New Jersey 1815 Sheriff, Bergen County

Office:: Sheriff (County)
Title:: Sheriff
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: New Jersey 1815 Sheriff, Bergen County
Date:: 1815
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Samuel H. Berry, John Westervelt, Jr.

Candidates:	Samuel H. Berry [1]	John Westervelt, Jr.
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [2]	876	656
Bergen County	876	656
Bergen	103	103
Franklin	166	195
Hackensack	78	-
Harrington	130	74
New Barbadoes	159	116
Pompton	156	32
Saddle River	84	136

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]John Westervelt Jr. withdrew as a candidate the day of the election. As a result no poll was taken for him in the town of Hackensack.

References:

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 24, 1815.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1815.

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