Pennsylvania 1819 Auditor, Berks County

Office:: Auditor (County)
Title:: Auditor
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1819 Auditor, Berks County
Date:: 1819
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Auditor/Auditor
Candidates:: George Getz, John Frantz

Candidates:	George Getz	John Frantz
Affiliation:	Independent Republican	Democrat
Final Result:	1963	1719
Berks County[1][2][3]	1963	1719
Albany	21	63
Bethel	31	65
Croll's	24	85
District	17	7
Earl	29	57
Forrest	61	99
Hamburg	101	116
Huff's	9	70
Keely's	-	42
Kutztown	121	187
Longswamp[4]	70	42
Morgantown	30	37
Muthard's	26	64
Oley	70	51
Pike	24	28
Pricetown	61	34
Reading	779	364
Rockland[5]	60	41
Schertel's	117	54
Tulpehocken	98	83
White Horse	81	95
Womelsdorf	133	35

Notes:

[1]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) lists 2061 votes for George Getz and 1802 votes for John Frantz, though the township votes given add up to 1963 for Getz and 1719 for Frantz.

[2]The Readinger Postbothe lists 2060 votes for George Getz and 1840 votes for John Frantz.

[3]The Readinger Postbothe, October 16, mistakenly lists returns from Caernarvon townshiThese votes were the same as those from Morgantown.

[4]The Readinger Postbothe lists 82 votes for John Frantz.

[5]The Readinger Postbothe lists 70 votes for George Getz and 41 votes for John Frantz.

References:

Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 16, 1819.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1819.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1819.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1819.

Der Welt-Bothe und Wahre Republikaner von Berks, Schuykill und Libanon Caunties (Reading, PA). October 20, 1819.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1819.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 23, 1819.

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