New Jersey 1801 Assembly, Hunterdon County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1801 Assembly, Hunterdon County
Date:: 1801
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Peter Gordon, Joseph Hankinson, John Haas, Nathan Stout, Benjamin Van Cleve, Stephen Burrowes, Simon Wyckoff, Joseph King

Candidates:	Peter Gordon [1]	Joseph Hankinson [2]	John Haas [3]	Nathan Stout [4]	Benjamin Van Cleve	Stephen Burrowes	Simon Wyckoff	Joseph King
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [5][6][7][8][9]	1853	1787	1779	1727	1588	1586	1580	1351
Hunterdon County	1853	1787	1779	1727	1588	1586	1580	1351
Alexandria	150	143	141	143	79	81	65	78
Amwell	629	624	617	607	303	306	276	303
Bethlehem	129	129	129	124	60	60	54	60
Hopewell[10]	227	192	198	189	252	249	187	254
Kingwood	226	230	219	220	103	102	113	98
Lebanon	100	104	103	90	100	95	88	93
Maidenhead	42	31	31	27	152	138	114	131
Readington	111	117	122	110	122	120	49	135
Tewksbury	105	104	106	105	39	39	34	39
Trenton	134	113	113	112	378	396	371	389

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]The True American (Trenton, NJ) uses the spelling Burrows for Stephen Burrowes and Van Clive for Benjamin Van Cleve.

[6]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) reports 1727 votes for Nathan Stout but the township totals add up to 1650.

[7]The True American (Trenton, NJ) reports 1581 votes for Joseph King.

[8]"On Tuesday and Wednesday last, took place throughout this state, the Annual Election for Members of the Council and General Assembly, Sheriffs and Coroners. We have not yet received the returns from several of the Counties; but we can with confidence assure our readers that there will be a handsome Republican Majority in the ensuing Legislature. ... In Hunterdon county (where at the last election for Members of Congress the Federal ticket had an average majority of nearly one thousand votes) the Republican ticket for Members of the State Legislature has now succeeded by a majority of nearly three hundred." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

[9]"Many a luckless wight, who had pawned his last dollar on the success of Federalism in Hunterdon, is now muttering curses at his own credulity, and the delusive tales of the leaders of the party. Bought wit, is the best. They will henceforward be more cautious of reposing their confidence and cash, on the mere ipse dixit of the Lawyers." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

[10]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) reports 112 votes for Nathan Stout in Hopewell.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 27, 1801.

The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 27, 1801.

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