Connecticut 1794 Council of Assistants, Nomination

Office:: Council of Assistants (State)
Title:: Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Connecticut 1794 Council of Assistants, Nomination
Date:: 1794
State:: Connecticut
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council of Assistants/Councillor
Candidates:: Jonathan Ingersoll, Thomas Grosvenor, Roger Griswold, John Chandler, Heman Swift, William Edmond, Aaron Austin, John Treadwell, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Nathaniel Smith, William Hillhouse, Joseph P. Cooke, David Daggett, Roger Newberry, John Allen, James Davenport, Samuel Huntington, Marvin Wait, Thomas Seymour, William Williams, Gideon Granger, Jr., Chauncey Goodrich, Amasa Learned, Moses Cleaveland, Ephraim Kirby, Sylvester Gilbert, David Smith, William Judd, Oliver Wolcott, Samuel W. Dana, Hezekiah Bissell, James Wadsworth, Jonathan Brace, Charles Phelps, Elisha Hyde, Asa Spalding, William Hart, John Sedgwick, John Davenport, Ebenezer Devotion, Jeremiah G. Brainard, Nathan Hale, Eliphalet Dyer, Elijah Hubbard, Simeon Baldwin, Samuel Mott, Constant Southworth, Samuel W. Johnson, Stephen T. Hosmer, Andrew Rowland, Simeon Bristol, William Mosely, Abraham Pierson, Joshua Coit, James Gordon, Joseph Hopkins, Zephaniah Swift, Samuel Gilbert, Latham Hull, Joseph Williams, Jabez Fitch, Hezekiah Ripley, Joshua Porter, Elisha Whittlesey, Calvin Goodard, Judson Canfield, John Watson, Henry Champion, Jr., Nathan Preston, Jeremiah Ripley, Matthew Griswold, Jr., Lemuel Sanford, Noah Phelps, Jeremiah Halsey, Charles Chauncey, Hezekiah Fitch, Thaddeus Bennet, John C. Smith, Joshua Huntington, Shadrack Osborn, Andrew Huntington, Timothy Pitkin, Jr., Nicholas S. Masters, Daniel Learned, Pierpont Edwards

Candidates:	Jonathan Ingersoll [1]	Thomas Grosvenor [2]	Roger Griswold [3]	John Chandler [4]	Heman Swift [5]	William Edmond [6]	Aaron Austin [7]	John Treadwell [8]	Jeremiah Wadsworth [9]	Nathaniel Smith [10]	William Hillhouse [11]	Joseph P. Cooke [12]	David Daggett [13]	Roger Newberry [14]	John Allen [15]	James Davenport [16]	Samuel Huntington [17]	Marvin Wait [18]	Thomas Seymour [19]	William Williams [20]	Gideon Granger, Jr.	Chauncey Goodrich	Amasa Learned	Moses Cleaveland	Ephraim Kirby	Sylvester Gilbert	David Smith	William Judd	Oliver Wolcott	Samuel W. Dana	Hezekiah Bissell	James Wadsworth	Jonathan Brace	Charles Phelps	Elisha Hyde	Asa Spalding	William Hart	John Sedgwick	John Davenport	Ebenezer Devotion	Jeremiah G. Brainard	Nathan Hale	Eliphalet Dyer	Elijah Hubbard	Simeon Baldwin	Samuel Mott	Constant Southworth	Samuel W. Johnson	Stephen T. Hosmer	Andrew Rowland	Simeon Bristol	William Mosely	Abraham Pierson	Joshua Coit	James Gordon	Joseph Hopkins	Zephaniah Swift	Samuel Gilbert	Latham Hull	Joseph Williams	Jabez Fitch	Hezekiah Ripley	Joshua Porter	Elisha Whittlesey	Calvin Goodard	Judson Canfield	John Watson	Henry Champion, Jr.	Nathan Preston	Jeremiah Ripley	Matthew Griswold, Jr.	Lemuel Sanford	Noah Phelps	Jeremiah Halsey	Charles Chauncey	Hezekiah Fitch	Thaddeus Bennet	John C. Smith	Joshua Huntington	Shadrack Osborn	Andrew Huntington	Timothy Pitkin, Jr.	Nicholas S. Masters	Daniel Learned	Pierpont Edwards
Affiliation:																						Federalist
Final Result: [21][22][23][24][25]	4604	4168	3603	3462	3107	2844	2736	2688	2585	2527	2486	2456	2378	2367	2325	2210	2137	2017	2000	1998	1971	1958	1944	1689	1653	1581	1407	1376	1357	1283	1266	1226	1223	1008	913	611	606	446	427	423	408	377	352	352	351	323	301	287	279	226	220	217	216	212	211	208	199	197	192	191	187	168	166	166	163	155	154	151	148	146	145	143	142	141	133	132	127	121	114	112	109	108	103	101	100

Notes:

[1]Nominated.

[2]Nominated.

[3]Nominated.

[4]Nominated.

[5]Nominated.

[6]Nominated.

[7]Nominated.

[8]Nominated.

[9]Nominated.

[10]Nominated.

[11]Nominated.

[12]Nominated.

[13]Nominated.

[14]Nominated.

[15]Nominated.

[16]Nominated.

[17]Nominated.

[18]Nominated.

[19]Nominated.

[20]Nominated.

[21]Gideon Granger, Jr. received 724 votes as Gideon Granger.

[22]The Hartford Gazette and Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT) list James Davenport with 2201 votes, Jeremiah G. Brainard with 480 votes, Samuel W. Johnson with 289 votes, Joseph Hopkins with 284 votes, Elisha Whittlesey with 168 votes, Hezekiah Ripley with 163 votes and Lemuel Sanford with 149 votes.

[23]The Norwich Packet (Norwich, CT) and The Weekly Register (Norwich, CT) list Ebenezer Devotion with 432 votes and John C. Smith with 127 votes.

[24]The Norwich Packet (Norwich, CT), Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT), Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT) and The Weekly Register (Norwich, CT) list Joseph P. Cooke as John P. Cook.

[25]The Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT) lists James Davenport with 2240 votes.

References:

Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). October 30, 1794.

Hartford Gazette (Hartford, CT). October 30, 1794.

The Phenix; Or, Windham Herald (Windham, CT). November 1, 1794.

The Weekly Register (Norwich, CT). November 4, 1794.

Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). November 5, 1794.

Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). November 6, 1794.

The Norwich Packet (Norwich, CT). November 6, 1794.

Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). November 8, 1794.

Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, ed. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles. Vol. II. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 545-546.

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