New Jersey 1799 Assembly, Morris County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1799 Assembly, Morris County
Date:: 1799
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: William Corwin, William Campfield, Cornelius Voorheis, Isaac Mead, John Deboe, David Welsh, George Tucker, Silas Condit, Joshua Jennings

Candidates:	William Corwin [1]	William Campfield [2]	Cornelius Voorheis [3]	Isaac Mead	John Deboe	David Welsh	George Tucker	Silas Condit	Joshua Jennings
Affiliation:
Final Result: [4][5][6][7][8]	1706	1662	1257	802	126	4	2	1	1
Morris County	1706	1662	1257	802	126	4	2	1	1
Chester[9]	99	119	119	23	-	1	-	-	-
Hanover[10]	447	284	414	203	18	-	1	-	-
Mendham	309	327	193	118	-	2	-	1	-
Morris	397	367	273	167	3	1	1	-	-
Pequannock[11]	242	273	46	195	62	-	-	-	-
Roxbury[12]	178	210	136	78	1	-	-	-	1
Washington	34	82	76	18	42	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The Federalist; or, New-Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) erroneously reports William Canfield, David Welsh and Isaac Mead as having been elected to the Assembly. William Canfield is likely a combination of the names William Campfield, a winner for Assembly, and Israel Canfield, the winning candidate for Sheriff.

[5]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) uses the spellings Voorhees and Voorhise for Cornelius Voorheis.

[6]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) uses the spelling Debow for John Deboe.

[7]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) reports 1657 votes for William Corwin, 1668 votes for William Campfield, 1258 for Cornelius Voorheis, 724 votes for Isaac Mead and 125 votes for John Deboe.

[8]"We hear the Republican Ticket has also proved triumphant in the counties of Morris and Sussex. We have received no official statements from the former ; but from those we have been favored with from the latter, from the townships of Newton, Oxford, Hardwick, Frankford, Independence, and Hardiston, it appears that the republican candidates have a considerable majority." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 15, 1799.

[9]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ), October 22, reports no votes for Isaac Mead in Chester.

[10]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ), October 22, reports 448 votes for William Corwin, 285 votes for William Campfield and 415 for Cornelius Voorheis in Hanover.

[11]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ), October 22, reports 278 votes for William Campfield in Pequannock.

[12]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ), October 22, reports 128 votes for William Corwin, no votes for John Deboe, and 23 votes for Isaac Mead in Roxbury.

References:

The Federalist; or New-Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 14, 1799.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 15, 1799.

The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 17, 1799.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 22, 1799.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 5, 1799.

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