New Jersey 1805 Assembly, Somerset County

Office:: Assembly (State)
Title:: Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1805 Assembly, Somerset County
Date:: 1805
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: William MacEowen, Peter J. Stryker, James Van Duyn, David Smally, John Stout, George MacDonald, Hugh MacEowen, John Annin, William Todd

Candidates:	William MacEowen [1]	Peter J. Stryker [2]	James Van Duyn [3]	David Smally	John Stout	George MacDonald	Hugh MacEowen	John Annin	William Todd
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [4][5][6][7][8]	896	839	806	472	429	397	3	1	1
Somerset County	896	839	806	472	429	397	3	1	1
Bedminster	54	50	47	53	45	22	3	-	1
Bernards	62	9	3	223	206	141	-	-	-
Bridgewater	115	120	107	94	83	143	-	-	-
Franklin	246	244	239	13	13	16	-	1	-
Hillsborough	244	241	235	40	36	33	-	-	-
Montgomery[9]	175	175	175	49	46	42	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ) uses the spelling Van Duyne for James Van Duyn.

[5]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ) reports 839 votes for Peter J. Stryker in Somerset County but the township totals add up to 843.

[6]The True American (Trenton, NJ) reports 895 votes for William McEowen in Somerset County.

[7]"In Somerset county it appears the federal ticket has run, and the following persons are elected ." Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 17, 1805.

[8]"The Republican Candidates for Council and Assembly have been elected in the counties of Essex, Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland. The Federal tickets have succeeded in Bergen, Somerset, Middlesex, Burlington, and probably Cape-May. The strength of parties in the Legislature of this state this year is therefore Republicans to Federalists--tho' not so good as we expected, not so bad as it might have been." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 21, 1805.

[9]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ) reports 179 votes for Peter J. Stryker in Montgomery.

References:

Original Election Certificate. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 17, 1805.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 21, 1805.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 22, 1805.

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