New York 1791 Assembly, Saratoga County

Office:
Assembly (State)
Title:
Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1791 Assembly, Saratoga County
Date:
1791
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:
Elias Palmer, Sidney Berry, Benjamin Rosecrants, Andrew Mitchell, Beriah Palmer, Adam Comstock
Candidates: Elias Palmer[1]Sidney Berry[2]Benjamin Rosecrants[3]Andrew Mitchell[4]Beriah PalmerAdam Comstock
Affiliation:
Final Result: [5]33127426820915944
Saratoga County33127426820915944

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]This election was contested. Apparently Beriah Palmer and James Gordon, both election Supervisors, submitted two different returns from Ballston. Without counting the actual votes, a majority of County Supervisors decided that both sets of returns should be destroyed and they were burnt. The Poll Lists, howevere, indicated there were 323 votes in the return submitted by Beriah Palmer and 224 in that of James Gordon. A report given to the Legislative Committe on Elections by Beriah Palmer and other inspectors concerning his set of Ballston returns, stated that 209 persons had made oath and that they had voted for Beriah Palmer, Adam Comstock, Benjamin Rosecrans and Elias Palmer, which, if accepted, would have changed the outcome. That report was not accepted and so there were no votes from Ballston in the final canvass. The election returns reported above are those from the towns of Stillwater, Saratoga and Half Moon.

References:

Journal of the New York Assembly, 1792. 24.

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