New York 1804 State Senate, Western District

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1804 State Senate, Western District
Date:
1804
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Henry Huntington, Jedediah Peck, Moss Kent, Jedediah Sanger, Robert Roseboom, George Huntington, Vincent Matthews, Jedediah Huntington, Elisha Peck, Amos Kent, Uri Tracy, Walter Wood, William MacCluer, Morgan Lewis, Jedediah Phelps, John Broom, Obadiah German, Nathaniel W. Howell, Benjamin Huntington, John Huntington, Joseph Jennings, Charles Kellog, Oliver Phelps, Henry Brayton, John M. Brown, Peter Combs, David Cook, Cooper, Benjamin Gilbert, Thomas Gold, Daniel Hawkes, Charles Hill, Henry Hinton, Henry Humphrey, Samuel Huntington, Huntington, Jedediah Kent, John Miller, Aran Phelps, John Rumsey, Gideon Sanger, Peter Swart, Levi Valentine, Nathan Williams
Candidates: Henry HuntingtonJedediah PeckMoss KentJedediah SangerRobert RoseboomGeorge HuntingtonVincent MatthewsJedediah HuntingtonElisha PeckAmos KentUri TracyWalter WoodWilliam MacCluerMorgan LewisJedediah PhelpsJohn BroomObadiah GermanNathaniel W. HowellBenjamin HuntingtonJohn HuntingtonJoseph JenningsCharles KellogOliver PhelpsHenry BraytonJohn M. BrownPeter CombsDavid CookCooper[1]Benjamin GilbertThomas GoldDaniel HawkesCharles HillHenry HintonHenry HumphreySamuel HuntingtonHuntingtonJedediah KentJohn MillerAran PhelpsJohn RumseyGideon SangerPeter SwartLevi ValentineNathan Williams
Affiliation:RepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 10826106916647664267371613865543322222222111111111111111111111
District of Western10826106916647664267371613865543322222222111111111111111111111
Cayuga County[2]10169883283023-----12-----11--1----------------------
Town of Aurelius20518795792---------------------------------------
Town of Brutus10810821----------------------------------------
Town of Cato4324--------2--------------------------------
Town of Dryden[3]4747------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson6060------------------------------------------
Town of Locke--------------------------------------------
Town of Milton[4]2282301718-------------11-------------------------
Town of Owasco5654941----------------1----------------------
Town of Scipio205179170170----------------------------------------
Town of Sempronius1031201030------1---------------------------------
Chenango County[5][6][7]1517153410411059---13------------------1----1------------
Town of Brookfield127126127127----------------------------------------
Town of Cazenovia202202285328----------------------------------------
Town of De Ruyter34263644----------------------------------------
Town of Greene57525152----------------------------------------
Town of Hamilton196196295305----------------------------------------
Town of Jericho6376108----------------------------------------
Town of Norwich4524493836----------------------------------------
Town of Oxford1661642327----------------------------------------
Town of Sherburne11713611293----------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan1091073739----------------------------------------
Genesee County[8]2072078082----------------------------------------
Town of Batavia11311377----------------------------------------
Town of Leicester5555------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton115353----------------------------------------
Town of Southampton38382022----------------------------------------
Herkimer County[9][10]10151027454465-5------------------1----1-----1--------
Town of Fairfield1111137281----------------------------------------
Town of Frankfort51532526----------------------------------------
Town of German Flatts1111113636----------------------------------------
Town of Herkimer1321325958----------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield6671126127----------------------------------------
Town of Norway2092093939----------------------------------------
Town of Schuyler1721713537----------------------------------------
Town of Warren1621656261----------------------------------------
Oneida County[11][12][13][14]2214209117301865----------------2--1--------1----------1
Town of Adams90884036----------------------------------------
Town of Augusta1421534787----------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater46384665----------------------------------------
Town of Brownsville2075557----------------------------------------
Town of Camden82775962----------------------------------------
Town of Champion27286061----------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield45425355----------------------------------------
Town of Ellisburgh4646------------------------------------------
Town of Floyd88871922----------------------------------------
Town of Harrisburgh31289798----------------------------------------
Town of Leyden[15]68685854----------------------------------------
Town of Lowville1401402928----------------------------------------
Town of Martinsburgh6363-2----------------------------------------
Town of Mexico[16]2424915----------------------------------------
Town of Paris123122404410----------------------------------------
Town of Redfield5050------------------------------------------
Town of Remsen32331011----------------------------------------
Town of Rome12997271----------------------------------------
Town of Rutland85864949----------------------------------------
Town of Sangerfield382186109----------------------------------------
Town of Steuben73732323----------------------------------------
Town of Trenton11114848----------------------------------------
Town of Turin79372061----------------------------------------
Town of Vernon746994101----------------------------------------
Town of Verona7468814----------------------------------------
Town of Watertown1161163838----------------------------------------
Town of Western252252-3----------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland36346463----------------------------------------
Town of Whitestown128121281288----------------------------------------
Onondaga County[17]996994599598-1----13-----112-1----------------------
Ontario County[18][19][20]784786996107550---8----2------------------------------
Town of Augusta--------------------------------------------
Bloomfield5050190190----------------------------------------
Town of Bristol66109109----------------------------------------
Town of Canandaigua51436562----------------------------------------
Town of Charleston29268383----------------------------------------
Town of Easton50495658----------------------------------------
Town of Farmington[21]787815157072--------------------------------------
Town of Geneseo26265454----------------------------------------
Town of Hartford14177274---------2------------------------------
Town of Jerusalem[22]881414----------------------------------------
Town of Middletown910-5150---------------------------------------
Town of Northfield24247878----------------------------------------
Town of Palmyra31358589----------------------------------------
Town of Phelps75792326----------------------------------------
Town of Pittstown[23]36377480----8-----------------------------------
Town of Seneca1261264142----------------------------------------
Town of Sodus[24][25]472226-----6----------------------------------
Town of Sparta454533----------------------------------------
Town of Vernon96961212----------------------------------------
Town of Williamson2324-9----------------------------------------
Otsego County[26][27]14011399892-1--------------------1-1--1---------1---
Town of Burlington1621619189----------------------------------------
Town of Butternuts40436568----------------------------------------
Town of Cherry Valley88865858----------------------------------------
Town of Exeter97922116----------------------------------------
Town of Hartwick[28]1301327468----------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield48518784----------------------------------------
Town of Milford787888----------------------------------------
Town of Otego97982120----------------------------------------
Town of Otsego114115182172----------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield102932715----------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield58679289----------------------------------------
Town of Richfield1061106968----------------------------------------
Town of Springfield[29]56494838----------------------------------------
Town of Unadilla4952305----------------------------------------
Town of Worcester1731721812----------------------------------------
Schoharie County797848205181---------111------1-1----------------1--
Seneca County[30]50442318057-31--------2-------------------1-1-11--1-
Town of Hector4848------------------------------------------
Town of Junius39--983819----------------------------1-1-1-----
Town of Ovid14715476-------1--2------------------1--------1-
Town of Romulus121121219-12--------------------------------------
Town of Ulysses696944----------------------------------------
Town of Washington79-3150----------------------------------------
Steuben County941007262----------------------------------------
Town of Bath23231717----------------------------------------
Town of Canisteo1191616----------------------------------------
Town of Dansville1515------------------------------------------
Town of Fredericktown-109-----------------------------------------
Town of Middletown2726------------------------------------------
Town of Painted Post18173029----------------------------------------
Tioga County281294708513-16---3-4---2-----1-----1--------1------

Notes:

[1]Listed as Judge Cooper.
[2]Moss Kent received 1 vote as Moss Cent.
[3]Votes from Dryden were rejected from some vote tallies for Cayuga county.
[4]Jedidiah Peck received 1 vote as Jedediah Price.
[5]Though the votes listed here for Henry Huntington add up to 1523, the official canvas of votes for the Western District lists 1517 for Henry Huntington.
[6]The Western Oracle, and Chenango Weekly Magazine (Sherburne, NY), May 24, lists 1520 votes and 1528 votes for Jedediah Peck for Henry Huntington in Chenango county.
[7]Moss Kent received 27 votes as Moses Kent.
[8]In 1802, Genesee county was formed from part Ontario county, but the two continued to vote together in 1804, and most newspapers list returns from the two counties together.
[9]Henry Huntington received 1 vote as Henry Hunting.
[10]Jedidiah Peck received 2 votes as Jedediah Prich.
[11]Henry Huntington received 2 votes as Henry Hunnington.
[12]Jedediah Peck received 11 votes as Jediah Peck, 1 vote as Jedediah Pece and 1 vote as Kedediah Peec.
[13]Moss Kent received 1 vote as Moss Rent and 1 vote as Moors Kent.
[14]Jedediah Sanger received 1 vote as Jedah Sanger.
[15]Most sources list 38 votes for Moss Kent in Leyden, though the offical tally of votes lists 58.
[16]Though counted here, returns from Mexico were rejected from the official statewide vote tally.
[17]Jedediah Peck received 1 vote as Jedediah Price.
[18]In 1802, Genesee county was formed from part Ontario county, but the two continued to vote together in 1804, and most newspapers list returns from both counties together.
[19]Henry Huntington received 2 votes as Henry Huntingtor and 1 vote as Henry Huntingto.
[20]Moss Kent received 16 votes as Moses Kent.
[21]Moss Kent received 15 votes as Moses Kent.
[22]The Ontario Repository, May 1 lists 9 votes for each Henry Huntington and Jedediah Peck, and 13 votes for each Moss Kent and Jedediah Sanger.
[23]The Ontario Repository, May 8, lists 37 votes for Henry Huntington and 36 votes for Jedediah Peck in Pittstown.
[24]The Ontario Repository, May 1, lists five votes for Henry Huntington in Sodus.
[25]Moss Kent received 1 vote as Moses Kent.
[26]Henry Huntington received 1 vote for Henry Hunting.
[27]Moss Kent received 1 vote as Moses Kent.
[28]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 11, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 19, and American Citizen (New York, NY), May 17, list 98 votes for Jedediah Sanger in Hartwick.
[29]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 11, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 19, and American Citizen (New York, NY), May 17, list 66 votes for Henry Huntington in Springfield.
[30]Henry Huntington received 1 vote as Harry Huntington.

References:

Original Election Returns.
Original Election Books. Steuben County Court House, Bath.
Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). April 30, 1804.
Western Repository (Canandaigua, NY). May 1, 1804.
Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). May 7, 1804.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 8, 1804.
Western Repository (Canandaigua, NY). May 8, 1804.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 9, 1804.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 11, 1804.
Ontario Freeman (Canandaigua, NY). May 14, 1804.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 15, 1804.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 17, 1804.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 19, 1804.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 22, 1804.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 23, 1804.
The Western Oracle, and Chenango Weekly Magazine (Sherburne, NY). May 24, 1804.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 5, 1804.

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