Gerardus Wynkoop II

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Gerrardus Wynkoop (died June 18, 1812) is a member of the Pennsylvania Representative Council of Bucks County and served as House speaker in 1793.

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Assembly Country before 1790

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• November 23, 1778 - because of disputed elections in Chester County, did people, other than those with the exception of the law, take an oath of allegiance between 1 June 1778 and the last election must be entitled to vote: no , 31 not)
• Prior October 7, 1786 - created a committee to draft a bill that would allow the Land Office General Receiver to receive repayments and interest on land purchased before July 4, 1776: no (25 yes, no 32)
• December 28, 1786 - Reviving the North American Bank Charter: yes (32 yes, no 28)
• December 28, 1786 - clause to place restrictions on Bank of North America: nay (28 yes, 33 nay)
• March 6, 1787 - Moving the state capital to Harrisburg: nay (33 yea, 19 nay)
• March 28, 1788 - acts to amend or explain part of an act to gradually abolish slavery (March 28 action is favorable for deletion): yes (40 yes, 16 no)
• February 19, 1789 - for the committee to bill to return Philadelphia's free campus/college/school property to trustees: yes (46 yes, no 18)

Selection (Bucks County)

Wynkoop won the election as a representative for the Assembly in subsequent years. The name listed with him is another one from winning Bucks County. (Note: The spelling of the last name of the politician whose first name is Valentine is listed exactly as referenced in the original source. The correct spelling is unknown.)

• 1779 (with Benjamin Fell, William Scott, Arthur Watts, Joseph Savage)
• 1781 (along with James Wilkinson, Thomas Long, James Tate, Charles Kachline)
• 1786 - 975 votes (along with Samuel Foulke - 979, John Chapman - 993, Valentine Opp - 937)
• 1787 (along with John Chapman, Valentine Opp, Samuel Foulk)
• 1788 (along with John Chapman, Valentine Opp, Samuel Foulk)
• 1789 (along with John Chapman, Valentine Opp, James Bryan)

Speaker

On December 22, 1786, on the resignation of Thomas Mifflin as speaker of the Assembly, Wynkoop was elected as speaker. He received forty-five votes and was escorted to a chair by Daniel Clymer. The oath is administered by Mr. Evans. On December 26, 1786 around midday, Wynkoop resigned as a speaker and Mifflin was re-elected.

Dissolve Assembly

Before the Pennsylvania Constitution was adopted in 1790, the state had unicameral legislatures. Wynkoop is a member of the legislature. On Saturday, September 4, 1790, the Assembly made a speech to the people of the state of Pennsylvania, indicating that the body was withdrawing from power because of concerns that their authority had ceased on the adoption of the new Constitution of the country. The Assembly Speaker, Richard Peters, refused to sit down. Wynkoop instead sat in the speaker's seat for this address.

Miscellaneous notes

Wynkoop, along with Jacob Hiltheimer, escorted Richard Peters to the speaker's seat after his election. Peters is the last speaker of the unicameral general assembly.

According to Wynkoop obituary, he served nineteen years in the Assembly. He also noted that he served as a speaker for several of those years. However, he was elected Bucks County Assessor in 1771 and 1773, which placed this claim in disagreement. That could be true if the author intends to include both the Assembly and the House of Representatives (Wynkoop lost the election in 1794), assuming that Wynkoop won his first election to the Assembly in 1775.

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Pennsylvania Representative Council

Selection (Bucks County)

• 1790 - 1.652 votes (along with John Chapman - 1651, James Bryan - 1636, Ralph Stover - 1593)
• 1791 (along with John Chapman, James Bryan, Ralph Stover)
• 1792 (must be selected to be selected as speaker, but election result not found)
• 1793 (along with John Chapman, Joseph Erwin, Ralph Stover)

• 1794 - came in fifth place with 537 votes, lost in election (top four selected)

Speaker

Wynkoop served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Representative Council in 1793.

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Other offices/political positions

Asesor untuk Bucks County

• 1771
• 1773

Presidential Voter

• Selection 1792

Wynkoop chaired a meeting on September 20, 1792 in Lancaster to elect the candidate for the seat of Congress and the presidential electorate. The voter list does not include its name. However, an article dated August 27, 1792 lists his name as a presidential voter.

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Various notes

According to Wynkoop's obituary, he is very concerned with widows and orphans. He was in the fellowship of the Dutch Reformed Church for over forty years.

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External links

• State of Gerrardus Wynkoop account, Esq. excise collector for Bucks County
• Obituary: Gerrardus Wynkoop

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