New York 1796 State Senate, Western District

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1796 State Senate, Western District
Date:
1796
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Jedediah Sanger, James Gordon, Leonard Gansvoort, Thomas Morris, Thomas R. Gold, Joban's Dietz, Abraham Arndt, J. Richardson, Vincent Matthews, Jacob Morris, Leonard Bronck, Francis Nicol, Joseph White, Moses Kent, John Patterson, Lewis Dubois, Jelles A. Fonda, Benjamin Rosekrans, Daniel Miles, Peter Smith, Gaylord Griswold, Peter Swart, Jedediah Peck, Seth Phelps, Elias Palmer, Jonathan Fitch, Asa Danforth, George Hale, John Harper, Pixley, Hall, Charles Williamson
Candidates: Jedediah SangerJames GordonLeonard GansvoortThomas MorrisThomas R. GoldJoban's DietzAbraham ArndtJ. RichardsonVincent MatthewsJacob MorrisLeonard BronckFrancis NicolJoseph WhiteMoses KentJohn PattersonLewis DuboisJelles A. FondaBenjamin RosekransDaniel MilesPeter SmithGaylord GriswoldPeter SwartJedediah PeckSeth PhelpsElias PalmerJonathan FitchAsa DanforthGeorge HaleJohn HarperPixleyHallCharles Williamson
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublican
Final Result: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]52624758462044944461430134264274427141274107365436392031126411827136996396224834815264394183251631318464471
District of Western52624758462044944461430134264274427141274107365436392031126411827136996396224834815264394183251631318464471
Albany County[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]9199871033849816967862928917889101510309372418923511794011-----876147--471
City of Albany87909282798678848488888680-99----------------
Ward One38373935343635353537383733-77----------------
Ward Two13151412131311121213131313-22----------------
Ward Three36383935323732373738373634-------------------
Town of Bern135135135135135135135135135135135135135-------------------
Town of Bethlehem63667163607062636363727263-------------------
Town of Catskill422-121111761-102102----------------
Town of Coeymans23242821212222212122382721-------------------
Town of Cocksakie15196416151816151518736914-12----------------
Town of Duanesburgh113131117117116116117117116117117117117-1414----------------
Town of Freehold626363-45636363612306363-61------------47----
Town of Rensselaerville116121122120122122121102117121122120118-------------------
Town of Schenactady1341681691265816481159135157165166156-2107117---------------
Town of Watervliet167168170169164169166168169165168169169--1----------------
Herkimer County[18][19][20][21][22]14067538428341369699690698715684727706625271138-22416---108-1194-----
Town of Brookfield45---43-------31------------------
Town of Cassinovia119-4285121-1341491-3-------------------
Town of Fairfield57485451493332424137413250-------------------
Town of Floyd3133229-------1-------------------
Town of Frankfort2928282818282528262728262610------------------
Town of German Flatts64656565656064616165616161-------------------
Town of Hamilton1561520201451920151920201517-------------------
Town of Herkimer839090909088909087899090901------------------
Town of Litchfield56455147534549494750494948-------------------
Town of Norway25-2-27--42-----------------------
Town of Paris148626037153433941395242394922------------------
Town of Rome6033413653321410323636341524------------------
Town of Sangerfield5836373758373636373737362115------------------
Town of Schuyler661119146011111311310111112------------------
Town of Steuben51212121402118121212121811------------------
Town of Warren686868686868686868686868-54------------------
Town of Westmoreland51142516529-2192299105------------------
Town of Whitestown239214216217245205211215214108214215212116------------------
Montgomery County[23][24][25][26][27]5185715754513875006104073984084273993741202234034776177---227-------
Town of Amsterdam103246134325445--24----------------
Town of Broadalbin78952318-334912133223--97----------------
Town of Canajoharie176174182173179172209170171178174172150--3----------------
Town of Charlestown[28]--------------------------------
Town of Florida69698268686673615566716067--48----------------
Town of Johnstown505065465049108464447565425--94----------------
Town of Mayfield1111331130111111111281011--34----------------
Town of Palatine124140186129591962126710388919793--40----------------
Onondaga County[29][30][31]243127992542611278733620513412185135653-4814234---11058-81-----
Town of Aurelius21122141011226131313213-1-----------------
Town of Homer[32]--------------------------------
Town of Manilius272-2303-20-4--5-3-----------------
Town of Marcellus20171718281615501718141217-------------------
Town of Milton38111537421010641411111013-7-----------------
Town of Pompey5331303463313362726273332-26-----------------
Town of Romulus911353711-4952111118-------------------
Town of Scipio65433268724527875551452747-16-----------------
Town of Ulysses9---9---------------------------
Town of Unknown Town1--28---3427-----------------------
Ontario County[33][34]55149441859526753169418551518539342458126---352279---86199-------
Town of Bloomfield8586686585-86848486286-2-----------------
Town of Canandaigua94938994186-499094908892-1-----------------
Town of Erwin262626432626-2626262626--------------------
Town of Honeoye[35]--------------------------------
Town of Jerusalem15181138108--369999-------------------
Town of Middletown42424242142-64242424242-------------------
Town of Northfield25252525-25-252225252522-------------------
Town of Senaca4944474847471493734474747-23-----------------
Town of Sparta[36]--------------------------------
Town of Williamson71717071716968707171715071-------------------
Town of unknown656429652864-286565642864-------------------
Town of unknown252525272525-252522252525-------------------
Town of unknown54-48565354-54534654---------------------
Otsego County[37][38][39][40][41]83081976559760954853577271156350850339198313939-43-26--526553-3-----
Town of Burlington24224224025239122412382115234--------237---------
Town of Butternuts858585845384848686848685387------------------
Town of Cherry Valley160143147149152164157151936314013916273--------11---------
Town of Franklin[42]294628295282828289529281463------------------
Town of Harpersfield513698-1617223368--------39---------
Town of Kortright[43]--------------------------------
Town of Otego3027213233293429293621211051--------11---------
Town of Otsego275272239270116232228234228169227225120277--------169---------
Town of Richfield[44]---------17--3958--------53---------
Town of Suffrage4322122221522-33--------6---------
Town of Unadilla----1---165--539------------------
Saratoga County[45][46]323521428390385282289324294322346307308514547530514542-1483481-572-128484---
Town of Ballston9321688988791598--99----------------
Town of Charlton321007260292627272732622729--33----------------
Town of Gallway42705841414141414641422941--26----------------
Town of Greenfield112313889887812910--122----------------
Town of Halfmoon120129126115119116118117119119125124115--38----------------
Town of Milton71717068716066666466636866--13----------------
Town of Providence176711938--35126-2718--26----------------
Town of Saratoga11121111111111111111111111--141----------------
Town of Stillwater1017616060101011121016310--32----------------
Schoharie County[47]248226248223324416234220223391226231325875--52-------2-----
Town of Dorlach724862471402205743442054348216-------------------
Town of Schohary176178186176184196177177179186183183109-5-----------------
Tioga County[48]2242602123014323150171257218198518625282---138178---7359119---64--
Town of Chemung13131313-13-13131313-13-------------------
Town of Chenango[49]--------------------------------
Town of Jerico910-7----11----61-----------------
Town of New Town4381663-38-38643837-37-49-----------------
Town of Norwich[50]--------------------------------
Town of Owego47474753-47-53534747-1-50-----------------
Town of Oxford64634975434444379229484531-14-----------------
Town of Union87898790-8963034905364-108-----------------

Notes:

[1]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Thomas R. Gold with 4162 votes.
[2]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Joseph White with 3595 votes.
[3]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Abraham Arndt with 3428 votes.
[4]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Lewis Dubois with 1182 votes.
[5]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Benjamin Rosekrans with 693 votes.
[6]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Peter Smith with 618 votes.
[7]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Daniel Miles with 604 votes.
[8]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Elias Palmer with 358 votes.
[9]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists Asa Danforth with 90 votes.
[10]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) and Daily Advertiser use "Federal Republican Ticket" to denote Federalists.
[11]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 864 votes for Abraham Arndt.
[12]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 802 votes for Abraham Arndt.
[13]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) lists 939 votes for Joseph White.
[14]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 7 votes for Daniel Miles.
[15]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 4 votes for Daniel Miles.
[16]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 8 votes for Peter Smith.
[17]The Albany Register (Albany, NY) lists 119 votes for Jonathan Fitch.
[18]All newspapers reported 757 votes for James Gordon but the town totals add up to 753.
[19]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 714 votes for Vincent Matthews
[20]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 608 votes for J. Richardson
[21]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 1486 votes for Jedediah Sanger
[22]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 278 votes for Moses Kent
[23]The Albany Register (Albany, NY) lists 371 votes for James Gordon.
[24]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 220 votes for Moses Kent.
[25]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 75 votes for Benjamin Rosekrans.
[26]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 59 votes for Daniel Miles.
[27]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 24 votes for John Patterson.
[28]"Poll lost, being only one Poll list." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[29]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 24 votes for Peter Smith.
[30]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 56 votes for Elias Palmer.
[31]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 33 votes for Ana Danforth.
[32]"Lost, on account of the Inspectors not signing the poll lists." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[33]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 351 votes for Daniel Miles.
[34]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) reports three towns as "No Name". The Original Towns in Ontario County when it was organized on January 27, 1789 were: Bristol, Bloomfield, Canandaigua, Easton, Middletown, Phelps and Seneca. By the state elections in late April 1796 these new towns appear to have been organized: Erwin, Honeoye[April 5, 1796], Jerusalem, Northfield, Sparta, Williamson[Sodus]. It appears the no name towns listed in the 1796 election returns were Bristol, Easton and Phelps.
[35]"Not canvassed, the poll lists being signed only by one Clerk." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[36]"Signed by one Clerk only, and not by the Inspectors." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[37]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 610 votes for Thomas R. Gold.
[38]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 347 votes for Joseph White.
[39]The Albany Register (Albany, NY) lists 53 votes for Lewis Dubois.
[40]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) lists 3 votes for Benjamin Rosekrans.
[41]The Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) and Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) list 1 vote for Elias Palmer.
[42]Listed as "No Name" by The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY).
[43]"Lost on account of not being signed by the Inspectors." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[44]"The following is the result of the votes taken at the last Election for Senators in the town of richfield, in Otsego County, which being forwarded to the sheriff too late, and not received by him, were opened and estimated by the Superviosr and other of that town." Otsego Herald: or, Western Advertiser (Cooperstown, NY). June 7, 1796.
[45]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 835 votes for Thomas R. Gold.
[46]The Albany Register (Albany, NY) lists 284 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[47]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) lists 221 votes for J. Richardson.
[48]The Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY), The Albany Register (Albany, NY) and Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY) list 52 votes for Moses Kent.
[49]"Not canvassed on account of the Poll lists not being signed by the Inspectors." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
[50]"Not canvassed, as the poll lists were not signed by the Inspectors." The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.

References:

Otsego Herald: or, Western Advertiser (Cooperstown, NY). June 7, 1796.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 13, 1796.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 16, 1796.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 17, 1796.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 17, 1796.
Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 17, 1796.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 20, 1796.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 22, 1796.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 24, 1796.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 24, 1796.
Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 24, 1796.
The Herald; a Gazette for the Country (New York, NY). June 25, 1796.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 27, 1796.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). July 1, 1796.
Whitestown Gazette (Whitestown, NY). July 5, 1796.

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