New York 1808 State Senate, Southern District
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New York 1808 State Senate, Southern District
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- New York
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Benjamin Coe, William W. Gilbert, Samuel Jones, James Morris, William Denning, Jonathan Fisk, Richard Hatfield, Gurdon S. Mumford, Benjamin L. Day, Benjamin Ferris, William Henderson, Ebenezer Sage, John W. Seaman, Nathaniel Smith, Daniel T. Terry, David Ackerman, John Depoyster, Barent Gardenier, Gilbert Horton, Jeremiah Johnson, James Jones, Abraham Mead, Abraham Miller, Richard Morris, William Morris, Ozias Osborn, Abraham Rose, Amon Tabor
Candidates: | Benjamin Coe[1] | William W. Gilbert[2] | Samuel Jones | James Morris | William Denning | Jonathan Fisk | Richard Hatfield | Gurdon S. Mumford | Benjamin L. Day | Benjamin Ferris | William Henderson | Ebenezer Sage | John W. Seaman | Nathaniel Smith | Daniel T. Terry | David Ackerman | John Depoyster | Barent Gardenier | Gilbert Horton | Jeremiah Johnson | James Jones | Abraham Mead | Abraham Miller | Richard Morris | William Morris | Ozias Osborn | Abraham Rose | Amon Tabor |
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Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Result: [3][4][5] | 4662 | 4633 | 3975 | 3907 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
District of Southern | 4662 | 4633 | 3975 | 3907 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kings County | 274 | 283 | 254 | 253 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Brooklyn | 104 | 107 | 109 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bushwick | 45 | 45 | 18 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Flatbush | 34 | 40 | 28 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Flatlands | 18 | 18 | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gravesend | 4 | 4 | 53 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Utrecht | 69 | 69 | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New York County | 1572 | 1572 | 1579 | 1581 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
City of New York | 1572 | 1572 | 1579 | 1581 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward One | 127 | 128 | 300 | 298 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Two | 139 | 142 | 238 | 238 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Three | 157 | 158 | 217 | 219 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Four | 177 | 175 | 181 | 182 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Five | 281 | 279 | 174 | 175 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Six | 143 | 143 | 107 | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Seven | 158 | 158 | 59 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Eight | 173 | 173 | 111 | 111 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Nine | 62 | 62 | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ward Ten | 155 | 154 | 122 | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Queens County[6][7][8][9] | 593 | 582 | 651 | 589 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Richmond County | 202 | 202 | 228 | 227 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Castletown | 54 | 54 | 34 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Northfield | 97 | 97 | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Southfield | 25 | 25 | 57 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Westfield | 26 | 26 | 101 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffolk County[10][11] | 1246 | 1215 | 306 | 298 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Town of Brookhaven | 150 | 148 | 114 | 114 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of East Hampton | 167 | 167 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Huntington | 279 | 279 | 19 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Islip | 27 | 27 | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Riverhead | 95 | 69 | 23 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Shelter Island | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Smith Town | 29 | 26 | 62 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Southampton[12] | 346 | 346 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Southold | 133 | 133 | 63 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Westchester County[13] | 775 | 779 | 957 | 959 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Public Advertiser (New York, NY) uses the name Jonas for Samuel Jones.
[4]Ebenezer Sage, William Denning, Gurdon S. Mumford, William Henderson, Barent Gardenier, Jonathan Fisk, Richard Hatfield, Benjamin Ferris, and Ozias Osborn were candidates for Congress. Nathaniel Smith, Daniel T. Terry, and Abraham Rose were candidates for Assembly.
[5]"Thus for the first time in twenty years the federal ticket has succeeded in Queens. Last year the democrats went in by a majority of 400; this has been overcome, and 98 added on the other side. We fear not to predict a similar evidence of returning good sense in most of our country towns. They are cursed with no Irish mobs; no throngs of office-holders; no fawning sycophants about a Manhattan Bank." New-York Herald (New York, NY). May 4, 1808.
[6]William W. Gilbert received 46 votes as Wm. Gilbert.
[7]The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), April 30, the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 4, and The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 583 votes for William W. Gilbert.
[8]The Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA) (Norfolk VA) reports 588 votes for William W. Gilbert.
[9]The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), April 30, the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 4, The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA) (Norfolk VA) report 629 votes for James Morris.
[10]William W. Gilbert received 346 votes as William Gilbert.
[11]The Suffolk Gazette (Sag Harbor, NY), the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 12, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 6, report 302 votes for James Morris in Suffolk County.
[12]Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 6, reports 326 votes for Benjamin Coe in Southampton.
[13]William W. Gilbert received 12 votes as William Gilbert.
References:
New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). April 30, 1808.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 2, 1808.
New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). May 2, 1808.
The Public Advertiser (New York, NY). May 2, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 3, 1808.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). May 3, 1808.
New-York Herald (New York, NY). May 4, 1808.
The Public Advertiser (New York, NY). May 4, 1808.
Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY). May 5, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 5, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 6, 1808.
New-York Spectator (New York, NY). May 7, 1808.
The Public Advertiser (New York, NY). May 7, 1808.
Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA) (Norfolk VA). May 9, 1808.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 12, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 13, 1808.
Suffolk Gazette (Sag Harbor, NY). May 14, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 19, 1808.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 20, 1808.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 27, 1808.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 7, 1808.
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