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Detailed table and analysis of the 1819 Maryland state election results for the General Assembly, categorizing counties by Republican, Federal, and contested outcomes, with white population estimates and vote margins where applicable. Commentary highlights representational imbalances favoring smaller counties.
Merged-components note: These tables and the accompanying text form a single coherent report on the Maryland election results, including county data, tallies, and analysis. The components are sequential in reading order and thematically connected, with the text explicitly referring to the preceding table.
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| COUNTIES, &c. | Probable white population. | Members elected. | REMARKS. | |
| rep. | fed. | |||
| Harford | 18000 | 4 | — | No opposition do. |
| Baltimore | 85000 | 4 | — | do. |
| Do city | — | 2 | — | do. |
| Anne Arundel | 15000 | 4 | — | do. |
| Annapolis city | — | 2 | — | do. |
| Washington | 20000 | 4 | — | do. |
| Queen Anne's | 13000 | 4 | — | do. |
| Charles | 8000 | — | 4 | No opposition |
| St. Mary's | 7000 | — | 4 | do. |
| Somerset | 10000 | — | 4 | do. |
| Montgomery | 10000 | $ ^{*} $1 | 3 | Contested—see note. |
| Frederick | 35000 | 2 | 2 | highest rep. do. fed. | |
| Alleghany | 8000 | 3 | 1 | 2930 | 2958 |
| Calvert | 4000 | 1 | 3 | 640 | 555 |
| Prince Georges | 14000 | 2 | 2 | 377 | 354 |
| Cecil | 12000 | 4 | - | 775 | 750 |
| Kent | 8000 | 2 | 2 | 1031 | 1005 |
| Talbot | 10000 | 4 | - | 546 | 548 |
| Caroline | 8000 | 4 | - | 740 | 700 |
| Dorechester | 13000 | - | 4 | 641 | 623 |
| Worcester | 12000 | 4 | - | 950 | 1081 |
Philadelphia, Oct. 16, 1819.
MARYLAND ELECTION--1819
From Boyce's Weekly Register
POSITIVELY REPUBLICAN.
POSITIVELY FEDERAL.
CONTESTED COUNTIES,
The preceding table is compiled to show how easily a minority may rule (though the majority of the people now happen to have also a majority in the legislature,) under the liberal and just constitution of Maryland! The city of Baltimore—sending two members to the General Assembly, is divided into twelve equal wards; as to population or wealth. any two of these wards are superior to several of the counties of the State, which respectively send four delegates! and the plain, undoubted republican majority in either of them, except one ward, (though that also is Republican,) if thrown into the ten contested counties, electing forty members, or one half of the members in the House of Delegates, would insure the success of the republican ticket in every one of them!
White persons.
The positively republican counties contain
From this it also appears that the Republican counties, in which it would be entirely useless to attempt a federal opposition, contain only 8000 less white inhabitants than all the rest of the State.
*Though one gentleman on the republican ticket was elected, the county must be considered as decidedly federal. Highest on the republican ticket, except the gentleman elected, 745; do. on the federal ticket, 803. But the real federal majority is probably much greater.
| tain about | 151,000 |
| federal | 35,000 |
| Contested counties | 124,000 |
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1819
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Table compiling Maryland counties' probable white populations, members elected to the General Assembly as Republican or Federal, and remarks on opposition or contests. Includes vote margins in contested counties and a note on Montgomery. Commentary from Philadelphia, Oct. 16, 1819, via Boyce's Weekly Register, discusses representational imbalances under Maryland's constitution, noting Republican majorities in population but potential minority rule, with population breakdowns for Republican, Federal, and contested counties.