Pennsylvania 1820 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1820 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County
Date:: 1820
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Robert Carr, James Dyre, John Wurtz, William Weaver, Lynford Lardner, George Rees, Jr., Nathan Jones, John Bockius, Jacob Souder, John Foulkrod, Richard F. Bower, David Hardie, Joel B. Sutherland

Candidates:	Robert Carr [1]	James Dyre [2]	John Wurtz [3]	William Weaver [4]	Lynford Lardner [5]	George Rees, Jr.[6]	Nathan Jones	John Bockius	Jacob Souder	John Foulkrod	Richard F. Bower	David Hardie	Joel B. Sutherland
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [7]	3471	3349	3315	3257	3222	3179	3131	3087	3013	2992	2903	2812	315
Philadelphia County[8][9][10][11]	3471	3349	3315	3257	3222	3179	3131	3087	3013	2992	2903	2812	315
District of Blockley and Kingsessing[12]	176	189	183	185	185	186	136	134	134	134	132	131	3
Bristol	60	57	61	54	54	53	62	70	62	65	63	62	6
Bustleton[13][14]	156	119	153	155	159	158	176	181	176	185	176	179	1
Frankford	166	146	166	167	146	172	113	113	125	119	113	112	10
Germantown[15]	242	240	243	258	244	242	364	354	366	363	364	356	1
District of Kensington	377	327	377	376	370	372	409	410	447	410	406	408	3
Moyamensing[16]	132	132	132	61	61	56	140	82	79	23	79	15	67
Northern Liberties[17][18][19]	1098	1081	1069	1072	1094	1071	908	909	942	907	910	902	11
Passyunk[20]	45	45	44	44	22	45	102	104	101	103	102	100	4
Penn	290	287	289	290	288	283	266	266	268	266	266	264	1
Roxborough	69	68	72	68	70	70	163	165	165	162	164	157	8
District of Southwark[21]	660	658	526	529	529	471	293	299	153	255	128	126	200

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]The American Daily Advertiser, October 12, lists the Federalist candidates as "Friends of Hiester" and the Republican candidates as "Friends of Findlay."

[8]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) reports 3371 votes for Robert Carr, 3259 votes for William Weaver, 3132 votes for Nathan Jones, and 3018 votes for Jacob Souder.

[9]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 3479 votes for Robert Carr, 3322 votes for John Wurtz, 3259 votes for William Weaver, 3242 votes for Lynford Lardner, 3132 votes for Nathan Jones, 3021 votes for Jacob Souder, 2993 votes for John Foulkrod, and 2810 votes for David Hardie.

[10]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), October 11, reports 316 votes for Joel B. Sutherland.

[11]The Democratic Press, October 11, and the Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), October 17, report 3133 votes for Nathan Jones.

[12]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 184 votes for Robert Carr.

[13]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 178 votes for Jacob Souder.

[14]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) reports 183 votes for John Foulkrod.

[15]The Union, October 13, reports 210 votes for James Dyre.

[16]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) reports 182 votes for John Wurtz.

[17]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1269 votes for John Wurtz and 907 votes for Nathan Jones.

[18]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1076 votes for John Wurtz, 1073 votes for George Rees Jr., 943 votes for Jacob Souder, 908 votes for John Foulkrod, and 898 votes for David Hardie.

[19]The Union, October 13, reports 1269 for John Wurtz, 839 votes for John Bockius, and 907 for Nathan Jones.

[20]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 43 votes for George Rees, Jr. and 102 votes for David Hardie.

[21]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 549 votes for Lynford Lardner.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1820.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1820.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1820.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 17, 1820.

Village Record, or Chester and Delaware Federalist (West Chester, PA). October 18, 1820.

The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA). November 8, 1820.

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