New York 1812 Overseer of Highways, Hudson, Ward 2

Office:
Road Commission (City)
Title:
Road Commissioner
Jurisdiction:
City
Label:
New York 1812 Overseer of Highways, Hudson, Ward 2
Date:
1812
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Road Commission/Road Commissioner
Candidates:
Abisha Pinkham, Albertus Swain
Candidates: Abisha PinkhamAlbertus Swain
Affiliation:FederalistRepublican
Final Result: [1][2][3]365352
City of Hudson--
Ward Two365352

Notes:

[1]The Bee (Hudson, NY) uses the spelling Abishai for Abisha Pinkham.
[2]The Northern Whig (Hudson, NY) alleges several instances of malfeasance on the part of the Republicans in the charter elections (the city's mayor was Republican). These include the disenfranchisment of ten black men who had regularly voted in previous elections; the practice of allowing soldiers stationed in the city to vote; and the instance that some minors had been permitted to vote.
[3]"In the first place, the federalists lost this election by the necessary absence of seven federalists, attending as party and as witness in a suit in the Circuit Court of the U States, then sitting in the city of New York. -- The votes of these persons would have carried in every candidate on the federal ticket." Northern Whig (Hudson, NY). April 13, 1812.

References:

Northern Whig (Hudson, NY). April 13, 1812.
The Bee (Hudson, NY). April 14, 1812.

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