New York 1805 State Senate, Southern District

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

Label:: New York 1805 State Senate, Southern District
Date:: 1805
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Ezra L'Hommedieu, DeWitt Clinton, Timothy Shay, Thomas Storm, John Floyd, Samuel Lloyd, Hugh Gelston, Jr., John Crowin, 3rd, Jonathan Dayton, Joseph Board, Napoleon Bonaparte, James Cheetham, Matthew Clarkson, Timothy B. Crane, Gad Dumbolton, John Ketcham, Jared London, Abraham Miller, Joshua Smith, Darius Crosby, Joel Frost, Thomas Gelston, William W. Gilbert, James Hallock, David Hedges, John L. Hommedieu, John Kessam, Brochos Livingston, William Meire, Jonas Mills, Selah Strong, Joseph Terry

Candidates:	Ezra L'Hommedieu [1]	DeWitt Clinton [2]	Timothy Shay	Thomas Storm	John Floyd	Samuel Lloyd	Hugh Gelston, Jr.	John Crowin, 3rd	Jonathan Dayton	Joseph Board	Napoleon Bonaparte	James Cheetham	Matthew Clarkson	Timothy B. Crane	Gad Dumbolton	John Ketcham	Jared London	Abraham Miller	Joshua Smith	Darius Crosby	Joel Frost	Thomas Gelston	William W. Gilbert	James Hallock	David Hedges	John L. Hommedieu	John Kessam	Brochos Livingston	William Meire	Jonas Mills	Selah Strong	Joseph Terry
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [3][4][5]	2760	2634	36	26	19	15	12	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
District of Southern	2760	2634	36	26	19	15	12	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kings County	162	156	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New York County	539	547	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
City of New York[6][7]	539	547	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Queens County[8]	399	454	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Flushing	49	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hempstead	92	92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Jamaica	76	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Newtown	89	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Hempstead	46	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oyster Bay	47	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richmond County	238	249	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Castletown	36	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northfield	87	88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southfield	51	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westfield	64	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Suffolk County	770	780	-	23	19	-	12	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1
Town of Brookhaven	58	52	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Easthampton[9]	76	61	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Huntington	176	178	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Islip	31	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Riverhead	98	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shelter Island	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Smithtown	3	30	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southampton[10]	194	202	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southold	119	123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Westchester County	531	565	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Town of Bedford	32	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Cortlandt	82	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of East Chester	11	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Greenburgh	9	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Harrison	34	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mamaroneck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mount Pleasant	29	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Castle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Rochelle	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Castle	54	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Salem	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pelham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pound-Ridge	65	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rye	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Salem	48	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Scarsdale	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Stephen	22	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westchester	24	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of White Plains	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Yonkers	28	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of York	34	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]"In the Southern District, the Federal Party are too feeble to oppose us,--De Witt Clinton and Ezra L'Hommedieu, Esquires, are the Senators elect.--We are really fearful that the Federal Party will, in a short time, exist but in name." American Citizen (New York, NY). May 3, 1805.

[4]The town and county votes listed here add up to 2634 for De Witt Clinton. However, the official canvass of votes lists 2629 votes for De Witt Clinton in the Southern District.

[5]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 21, lists Timothy Shay as part of "Purdy's Ticket."

[6]Ezra L'Hommedieu received 1 vote as E. L'Hommedieu.

[7]DeWitt Clinton received 1 vote as Consistency Clinton.

[8]The official canvass of votes lists 395 votes for Ezra L'Hommedieu but the town totals add up to 399.

[9]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 17, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 18, list 22 votes for Hugh Gelston, Jr.

[10]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 18, and the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 17, list 102 votes for Ezra L'Hommedieu.

References:

Brookhaven Town Records. 96.

American Citizen (New York, NY). May 10, 1805.

Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 10, 1805.

Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 11, 1805.

Suffolk Gazette (Sag Harbor, NY). May 13. 1805.

American Citizen (New York, NY). May 17, 1805.

Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 18, 1805.

The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 21, 1805.

Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 21, 1805.

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