New York 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: New York 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
Date:: 1794
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: Ezekiel Gilbert, John Bay, Mathew Adgate

Candidates:	Ezekiel Gilbert [1]	John Bay	Mathew Adgate
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [2][3]	1168	441	419
District of Six	1168	441	419
Columbia County	1168	441	419
Town of Canaan[4]	178	-	266
Town of Clavarack	90	156	15
Town of Clermont	49	15	-
Town of Germantown	37	6	1
Town of Hillsdale	142	98	52
Town of Hudson City	229	17	-
Town of Kinderhook	240	12	82
Town of Livingston	203	137	3

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) February 17; The Herald; A Gazette for the Country (New York, NY), February 14; and American Minerva, and the New-York (Evening) Advertiser (New York, NY) February 12, list a total of 768 votes for Ezekiel Gilbert, though the votes given add up to 1168.

[3]Though listed here as "District 6", U.S. House of Representatives districts in New York were not officially identified by number until 1797. Civil List and Forms of Government of the Colony of the State of New York. 223.

[4]The Diary; or Evening Register (New York, NY), February 11, lists John Bay with 3 votes.

References:

The Diary; or Evening Register (New York, NY). February 11, 1795.

American Minerva, and the New-York (Evening) Advertiser (New York, NY). February 12, 1795.

The Herald; a Gazette for the Country (New York, NY). February 14, 1795.

The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). February 17, 1795.

The Goshen Repository, and Weekly Intelligencer (Goshen, NY). February 17, 1795.

Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). February 21, 1795.

Hutchins, S. C. Civil List and Forms of Government of the Colony State of New York. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, and, 1870.

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