Pennsylvania 1807 House of Representatives, Delaware County

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1807 House of Representatives, Delaware County
Date:: 1807
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: William Trimble, William Pennock, George Hunter, John Pierce

Candidates:	William Trimble [1]	William Pennock [2]	George Hunter	John Pierce
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [3][4][5]	949	942	626	619
Delaware County	949	942	626	619

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Both candidates on the Federalist ticket: "At a respectable meeting of the federal republicans of Delaware county, convened pursuant to public notice, at the Black Horse tavern in the township of Middletown, on Saturday, the 15t inst. Dr. Jonas Preston was called to the chair, and Dr. Samuel Anderson appointed secretary." The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). August 25, 1807.

[4]Both candidates on the Second [Federalist] ticket: "At a respectable meeting of the citizens of Delaware county, convened agreeably to notice at Isaac Cochran's tavern, in the township of Upper Providence, on Saturday 29th Aug. 1807. Isaac Malin, chairman - Samuel Edwards, sec." The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). September 4, 1807.

[5]Vote totals for republican candidates George Hunter and John Pierce are extrapolated (based on a total vote of 1568).

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). August 25, 1807.

The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). September 4, 1807.

The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1807.

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