New Jersey 1809 Legislative Council, Somerset County

Office:: Council (State)
Title:: Legislative Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1809 Legislative Council, Somerset County
Date:: 1809
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: John Frelinghuysen, Hugh MacEowen

Candidates:	John Frelinghuysen [1]	Hugh MacEowen
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [2]	987	655
Somerset County	987	655

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"In this county neither party [brought] out their whole strength. The Federalists have about 300 and the democrats 200 votes that were not given in." The Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 30, 1809.

References:

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 23, 1809.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 30, 1809.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 7, 1809.

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