Pennsylvania 1805 State Senate, District 4, Special

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1805 State Senate, District 4, Special
Date:: 1805
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: Special
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Christian Ley, Jacob Bucher

Candidates:	Christian Ley [1]	Jacob Bucher
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [2][3][4]	2113	1875
District of Four	2113	1875
Berks County[5]	1696	995
Bethel	24	15
Croll's	150	21
Forrest	103	54
Hamburg[6]	51	148
Kutztown	145	126
Mahantango	25	-
Muthard's	132	54
Orwigsburg	151	58
Pine Grove	40	8
Reading[7]	716	340
Alsace	91	17
Bern	22	88
Cumru	80	58
Exeter	50	6
Heidelberg	26	38
Maidencreek	22	7
Oley	70	18
Ruscombmanor	19	-
Reading	335	107
White Horse	42	71
Womelsdorf	117	100
Dauphin County[8]	417	880
Halifax	36	59
Harrisburg	32	161
Hummelstown	12	37
Jonestown	14	110
Lebanon	76	95
Middle Paxton	9	31
Middletown	28	65
Millerstown[9]	16	85
Myerstown	79	73
Palmstown	11	58
Schaefferstown	49	36
Upper Paxton	14	39
West Hanover	31	31

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Christian Ley is listed as both a Federalist and a Constitutionalist in various sources.

[3]"The Senatorial Election, in the counties of Berks and Dauphin, has terminated favourably~ Christian Ley, the Constitutional candidate, has a majority of 238 votes, to wit." Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 29, 1805.

[4]"The late Election, in Berks and Dauphin Counties, for a Senator in the room of Mr. [John] Kean, has terminated in favor of Mr. Christian Ley...Majority for Ley, 238." The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). December 3, 1805.

[5]"Majority for Ley in Berks, 701." Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). November 26, 1805.

[6]Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) attributes these vote totals to "Kercher's Town."

[7]Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) from November 19 lists 715 votes for Christian Ley and 339 for Jacob Bucher in Reading Borough. It is the only source which lists individual township and populated place vote totals for Reading Borough. However, the subsequent Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) from November 26 and Die Harrisburger Morgenrothe (Harrisburg, PA) from November 23 both list the vote totals for the Borough of Reading as 716 for Christian Ley and 340 for Jacob Bucher which, when added to the vote totals for the other townships and populated places in Berks County, provide the same vote totals for Berks County as listed in all other sources.

[8]"Majority for Bucher in Dauphin, 463." Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). November 26, 1805.

[9]The Dauphin Guardian (Harrisburg, PA) attributes these votes to the township of Annville.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). November 19, 1805.

Dauphin Guardian (Harrisburg, PA). November 23, 1805.

Die Harrisburger Morgenrothe (Harrisburg, PA). November 23, 1805.

The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser (Harrisburg, PA). November 23, 1805.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). November 26, 1805.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 28, 1805.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 29, 1805.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 30, 1805.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). December 3, 1805.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 7, 1805.

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