PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FROM CHESTER COUNTY
Each state is authorized by the constitution to appoint a number of electors equal to the # of senators and representatives
the state is entitled to in Congress. Then these electors vote directly
for the President and Vice President. The following are the men who have filled the earliest office of Presidential electors from Chester County.
- 1792 - Thomas Bull
- 1796 - James Boyd
- 1804 - James Boyd
- 1808 - George Hartman
- 1812 - James Fulton
- 1816 - William Clingan
- 1824 - Cromwell Pearce
- 1826 - John W. Cuningham
- 1832 - Oliver Alison
- 1836 - Oliver Alison
- 1840 - A.R. McIlvaine
- 1844 - Jesse Sharp
- 1848 - John D. Steele
- 1852 - N. Strickland
- 1856 - John H. Brinton
- 1860 - J.M. Broomall
- 1864 - Robert Parke
- 1868 - Francis C. Hooton
- 1872 - John M. Broomall
- 1876 - Joseph W. Barnard
- 1880 - David Houston
- (no electors are given for 1789 and 1800-in those years none of the electors resided in Chester co.)
This page updated on February 27, 2009