New Jersey 1800 Assembly, Somerset County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1800 Assembly, Somerset County
Date:: 1800
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: James Van Duyn, William MacEowen, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Henry Southard, Alexander Kirkpatrick, Albert Dumont

Candidates:	James Van Duyn [1]	William MacEowen [2]	Frederick Frelinghuysen [3]	Henry Southard	Alexander Kirkpatrick	Albert Dumont
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [4][5][6]	1401	1399	1389	455	419	339
Somerset County	1401	1399	1389	455	419	339
Bedminster	71	74	66	51	42	8
Bernards[7]	64	72	66	341	330	292
Bridgewater	314	314	315	21	13	9
Franklin	348	338	341	10	5	1
Hillsborough	316	315	315	8	7	7
Montgomery	288	286	286	24	22	22

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ) uses the spelling Freelinghuysen for Frederick Frelinghuysen and the form Vanduyn for James Van Duyn.

[5]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ) reports 1401 votes for William McEowen.

[6]"It appears by the return from Somerset county, that the democratic voters, mostly live in Bernards-town, the same township where Henry Southard, Esq. lives. Poor Henry is quite chop-fallen, and the whole junto, are in dreadful consternation--their groans are loud, and occasionally they are heard to mutter, what a cursed disappointment ! what, more than three to one against us ! Yes Henry, it is true, there are more than three to one in Somerset county, opposed to the disorganizing, antifederal, deistical system." Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 22, 1800.

[7]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ) reports 74 votes for William McEowen in Bernards.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 22, 1800.

The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 23, 1800.

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