New Jersey 1795 Legislative Council, Hunterdon County

Office:: Council (State)
Title:: Legislative Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1795 Legislative Council, Hunterdon County
Date:: 1795
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: John Lambert, Aaron D. Woodruff

Candidates:	John Lambert [1]	Aaron D. Woodruff
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]	1218	642
Hunterdon County	1218	642
Alexandria	71	73
Amwell	367	62
Bethlehem	122	-
Hopewell	174	96
Kingwood	199	40
Lebanon	143	-
Maidenhead	24	124
Reading	84	64
Tewksbury[3]	-	-
Trenton	34	183

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) lists 1286 votes for John Lambert and 644 votes for Aaron D. Woodruff.

[3]"This return was not received until 15 minutes after 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday 17th Oct." Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton. There is a total of 86 votes from Tewksbury, but no breakdown by office or candidate.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

New-Jersey State Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1795.

The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 27, 1795.

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