New Jersey 1819 Constitutional Convention

Office:
Constitutional Convention (State)
Title:
Convention Delegate
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Jersey 1819 Constitutional Convention
Date:
1819
State:
New Jersey
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Constitutional Convention/Convention Delegate
Candidates:
yes, no
Candidates: yesno
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1][2]174612647
Bergen County6221
Burlington County[3]9461205
Burlington5895
Chester25790
Chesterfield3092
Evesham215116
Little Egg Harbour4823
Mansfield25134
New Hanover82156
Northampton68287
Nottingham49120
Springfield6940
Washington2236
Willingborough2316
Cape May County402
Lower8-
Middle202
Upper12-
Cumberland County247302
Deerfield1675
Downe2356
Fairfield3837
Greenwich1622
Hopewell[4]1083
Maurice River1121
Millville329
Stoe Creek-19
Essex County[5]392130
Gloucester County241127
Deptford-245
Egg Harbour151
Galloway-103
Town of Gloucester645
Gloucester-82
Greenwich392
Hamilton-46
Newton1182
Waterford385
Weymouth-40
Woolwich-256
Hunterdon County1132618
Alexandria1337
Amwell5789
Bethlehem8213
Hopewell26231
Kingwood1282
Lawrence1869
Lebanon11178
Readington-268
Tewksbury3156
Trenton4095
Middlesex County[6][7]501013
East Windsor1097
North Burnseick14108
Perth Amboy110
Piscataway5135
South Amboy6132
South Brunswick10156
West Windsor3105
Woodbridge1270
Monmouth County41277
Dover-46
Freehold960
Howell-32
Middletown481
Shrewsbury1416
Stafford8-
Upper Freehold642
Morris County421642
Salem County9198
Somerset County[8]7953
Bedminster196
Bernards6187
Bridgewater-148
Franklin-114
Hillsborough-159
Montgomery-140
Warren-109
Sussex County1261159
Byram18
Frankford343
Greenwich17120
Hardiston-186
Hardwick8138
Independence282
Knowlton1461
Mansfield7353
Montague--
Newton1150
Oxford696
Sandyston-52
Vernon-117
Wallpack137
Wantage-16

Notes:

[1]"The following is a correct statement of the votes given at the late election in the several counties on the proposition so to amend the Constitution of this state that the first meeting of the Legislature in every year should be on the second Wednesday in January, instead of the fourth Tuesday of October." Gloucester Farmer (Camden, NJ). November 2, 1819.
[2]"A message from the Council informed the House that the Governor had this day laid before the Council the returns of votes given in the several counties relating to the amendment .... it appear that the are: For 1636, Against 12,635." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1819.
[3]The New-Jersey Mirror and Burlington County Advertiser (Mount Holly, NJ) lists 846 Yes votes but the township totals add up to 946.
[4]The Washington Whig October 18, 1819 omitted the total for the township of Hopwell.
[5]"Acquackanonk rejected." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 16, 1819.
[6]The Fredonian (New Brunswick, NJ) October 21, 1819 lists 40 Yes votes but the township totals add up to 50.
[7]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) November 16, 1819 lists 1018 No votes but the township totals add up to 1013.
[8]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) November 16, 1819 list 941 No votes but the township totals add up to 953.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
Columbian Herald (Woodbury, NJ). October 14, 1819.
Sussex Register (Newton, NJ). October 18, 1819.
The Washington Whig (Bridgeton, NJ). October 18, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 19, 1819.
The New-Jersey Mirror and Burlington County Advertiser (Mount Holly, NJ). October 20, 1819.
The Fredonian (New Brunswick, NJ). October 21, 1819.
Palladium of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 21, 1819.
The Times, and New Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 21, 1819.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 25, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 26, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1819.
Gloucester Farmer (Camden, NJ). November 2, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 16, 1819.

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