Pennsylvania 1811 State Senate, District 2
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1811 State Senate, District 2
- Date:
- 1811
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- John Gemmil, William Hemphill
Candidates: | John Gemmil[1] | William Hemphill |
---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist |
Final Result: [2] | 3041 | 3005 |
District of Two | 3041 | 3005 |
Chester County[3] | 2518 | 2238 |
Delaware County | 523 | 767 |
Chester | 157 | 140 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Isaac Wayne (Federalist) resigned his seat prior to the beginning of the session and John Gemmil was elected to replace him for the remainder of the term.
[3]"You will have seen that Mr. Gemmil is the lowest candidate on the republican return, but this circumstance is occasioned by his having some personal enemies in some of the districts, who pursued the base principle of scratching tickets. Let censure be given where censure is due. Mr. Gemmil has been shamefully scratched in the Paoli district and Old Red Lion, and a few votes in West Chester.- Much praise is due to the republicans in all the other districts. The following districts deserve more than a passing paragraph of fame, namely the Manor, Sloan, Gum Tree, Hoods, Chatham, and the Cross Roads...If the election of Mr. Gemmil had been lost by the conduct of his personal enemies in scratching his name off the ticket; the very pen that directs this communication, would have given a full exposition of te impolitic, ungenerous, and unprincipled motives which gave birth to that shameful transaction." The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1811.
References:
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1811.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1811.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1811.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1811.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1811.
The Chester and Delaware Federalist (West Chester, PA). October 16, 1811.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1811.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1811.
Kline's Weekly Carlisle Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 18, 1811.
Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 18, 1811.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1811.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1811.
The Mercury (Pittsburgh, PA). October 21, 1811.
The Republican Argus (Northumberland, PA). October 23, 1811.
Der unabhangige Republikaner (Allentown, PA). October 25, 1811.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 26, 1811.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1811.
Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 29, 1811.
The Gleaner, and Luzerne Advertiser (Wilkes-Barre, PA). November 1, 1811.
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