New Jersey 1804 Legislative Council, Essex County, Special

Office:
Council (State)
Title:
Legislative Councillor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Jersey 1804 Legislative Council, Essex County, Special
Date:
1804
State:
New Jersey
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:
John Dodd, Amos Harrison
Candidates: John Dodd[1]Amos Harrison
Affiliation:Republican
Final Result: [2][3]1063734
Essex County1063789
Acquackanonk505
Caldwell100106
Elizabethtown101114
Newark675210
Springfield13154
Westfield6245

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) reports 789 votes for Amos Harrison but the township totals add up to 734.
[3]"In 1803, William S. Pennington resigned from the legislature to accept an appointment as attorney for the New Jersey federal district. At the interim election to fill his seat in January 1804, the Republicans in the county openly divided once more. Voters in the vicinity of Newark pitted their candidate against a candidate representing the old coalition headed by Elizabethtown party men. The Newark candidate once again defeated his opponent." New Jersey's Jeffersonian Republicans: The Genesis of an Early Party Machine 1789-1817. Carl E. Prince. University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill. 1964. p.79.

References:

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). January 24, 1804.
Prince, Carl E. New Jersey's Jeffersonian Republicans: The Genesis of an Early Party Machine. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1967. 79.

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