New York 1798 State Senate, Southern District

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New York 1798 State Senate, Southern District
Date:: 1798
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: John Schenck, David Gelston, DeWitt Clinton, William Denning, Richard Hatfield, Peter Vandevoort, James Watson, Lewis Cornell, Gozen Ryers, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.

Candidates:	John Schenck [1]	David Gelston [2]	DeWitt Clinton [3]	William Denning [4]	Richard Hatfield [5]	Peter Vandevoort	James Watson	Lewis Cornell	Gozen Ryers	Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [6][7]	2760	2553	2516	2467	2502	2416	2352	2336	2148	1999
District of Southern	2760	2553	2516	2467	2502	2416	2352	2336	2148	1999
Kings County	263	175	179	144	162	270	114	164	166	66
Town of Brooklyn	51	25	38	32	52	79	52	60	57	14
Town of Bushwick	40	38	39	37	17	29	18	18	17	9
Town of Flat Lands	50	10	1	1	49	51	-	41	49	-
Town of Flatbush	46	26	26	30	27	62	27	28	27	14
Town of Graves End	36	36	35	4	1	33	1	1	-	29
Town of New Eutrecht	40	40	40	40	16	16	16	16	16	-
New York County[8][9]	746	772	762	777	977	950	998	963	952	647
City of New York	746	772	762	777	977	950	998	963	952	647
Ward One	54	62	65	63	90	94	99	94	95	48
Ward Two	57	67	69	70	230	222	228	223	221	48
Ward Three	75	82	78	79	193	186	206	188	185	53
Ward Four	115	119	118	124	132	129	133	132	131	96
Ward Five	117	117	118	120	142	132	142	135	132	98
Ward Six	182	188	180	185	69	68	70	69	68	176
Ward Seven	146	137	134	136	121	119	120	122	120	128
Queens County	474	271	290	250	309	321	308	377	230	198
Town of Flushing	25	18	21	20	51	48	51	70	49	-
Town of Jamaica	111	98	98	96	7	10	8	19	7	87
Town of Newtown	83	75	77	75	25	27	27	26	26	73
Town of North Hempstead	80	41	41	38	35	33	34	36	32	27
Town of Oyster Bay	40	18	12	13	67	63	65	63	62	8
Town of South Hempstead	135	21	41	8	124	140	123	163	54	3
Richmond County	12	10	12	12	254	241	252	256	208	7
Town of Castletown	1	1	1	1	46	45	46	45	44	-
Town of Northfield	4	3	4	4	70	70	70	70	74	3
Town of Southfield	2	2	2	2	45	34	44	50	42	2
Town of Westfield	5	4	5	5	93	92	92	91	48	2
Suffolk County[10]	714	753	714	730	171	167	170	145	159	578
Town of Brookhaven	41	41	41	40	95	95	96	95	95	-
Town of Huntington	125	140	138	143	30	17	27	4	18	119
Town of Islip	8	4	8	8	4	8	4	4	4	6
Town of Riverhead	93	93	93	93	20	20	20	20	20	86
Town of Shelter Island	9	14	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	2
Town of Smithtown	50	47	51	49	21	21	22	21	21	36
Town of Southampton	310	315	292	306	-	-	-	-	-	297
Town of Southold	78	99	80	78	1	6	1	1	1	32
Westchester County[11]	551	572	560	554	629	467	510	431	433	503
Town of Bedford	4	11	8	-	146	136	142	140	137	8
Town of Cortlandt	79	81	81	82	5	3	5	2	4	82
Town of Eastchester	4	3	4	4	31	28	29	30	26	3
Town of Greenburgh	34	35	32	36	18	16	16	15	15	23
Town of Harrison	19	20	20	19	5	2	2	2	2	23
Town of Mamaroneck	-	2	1	1	5	1	3	3	1	1
Town of Mount Pleasant	88	87	87	85	34	31	31	31	31	84
Town of New Castle	8	11	5	7	27	13	23	2	2	8
Town of New Rochell	3	4	4	4	28	23	24	22	22	2
Town of North Castle	48	48	48	48	4	1	1	1	1	47
Town of North Salem	37	36	39	39	22	7	7	4	2	20
Town of Pelham	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	-	-
Town of Poundridge	72	72	72	72	8	8	7	7	8	70
Town of Rye	8	9	9	8	39	31	32	12	28	9
Town of Salem	64	64	63	62	57	57	57	54	55	62
Town of Scarsdale	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	-	5
Town of Stephentown	17	15	18	12	96	38	50	39	40	2
Town of Westchester	-	-	-	-	32	19	18	17	18	-
Town of White Plains	8	11	11	10	24	17	20	16	18	3
Town of Yonkers	15	16	16	15	26	22	22	20	20	11
Town of York Town	39	43	38	46	15	6	13	6	3	40

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]"We need not remark, that all but one of the elected Senators are from the Republican Ticket; and it is said, that had the Electors been carful to add jun. to Mr. Van Cortlandt's name, he also would have been returned." Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 30, 1798.

[7]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) lists 2554 votes for David Gelston, 2462 votes for Richard Hatfield, 2315 votes for James Watson, 2333 votes for Lewis Cornell, 2248 votes for Gozen Ryers and 2001 votes for Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr., but an addition of the totals from the several counties gives the above results.

[8]Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 736 votes for John Schenck but the ward totals add up 746.

[9]Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 646 votes for Pierre Van Cortlandt but the ward totals add up to 647.

[10]Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 713 votes for DeWitt Clinton.

[11]Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) and The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) list 589 votes for Richard Hatfield but the town totals add up to 629.

References:

Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). May 30, 1798.

Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 2, 1798.

The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 4, 1798.

Northern Centinel (Salem, NY). June 11, 1798.

The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 22, 1798.

Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. Queens County in Olden Times. Jamaica, NY: Charles Welling, 1865. 88.

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