New York 1806 U.S. House of Representatives, District 17
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New York 1806 U.S. House of Representatives, District 17
- Date:
- 1806
- State:
- New York
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- John Harris, Daniel W. Lewis, Silas Halsey, James Faulkner, Benjamin Barton, Elijah Price, Nathaniel W. Howell, Septimus Evans, Benjamin Grover, John Harsen, John Wilson, John Collins, Paul Cooper, Joseph Grover, John Heresee, Humphrey Holland, Cornelius Humphrey, Nathaniel W. Lewis, William Lewis, Walter D. Nichol, John Perrigo, Oliver Phelps, Seth Phelps, William Rogers, John Sayre, Gideon Sherman
| Candidates: | John Harris[1] | Daniel W. Lewis | Silas Halsey | James Faulkner | Benjamin Barton | Elijah Price | Nathaniel W. Howell | Septimus Evans | Benjamin Grover | John Harsen | John Wilson | John Collins | Paul Cooper | Joseph Grover | John Heresee | Humphrey Holland | Cornelius Humphrey | Nathaniel W. Lewis | William Lewis | Walter D. Nichol | John Perrigo | Oliver Phelps | Seth Phelps | William Rogers | John Sayre | Gideon Sherman |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Lewisite | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [2] | 1768 | 1676 | 1570 | 93 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Seventeen | 1768 | 1676 | 1570 | 93 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Allegany County[3] | - | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Angelica[4] | - | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cayuga County[5] | 944 | 238 | 389 | - | - | 29 | 20 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Aurelius[6] | 273 | 74 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Brutus | 85 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cato | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dryden | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson[7] | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Locke | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 24 | 3 | 232 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Owasco | 7 | 19 | 11 | - | - | 4 | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scipio[8] | 281 | 131 | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sempronius[9] | 34 | - | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Genesee County | 51 | 117 | 362 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Batavia | - | 9 | 149 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Erie[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leicester | 51 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northampton | - | 11 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southampton | - | 7 | 162 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willink[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ontario County | 397 | 1085 | 665 | 35 | 15 | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Augusta | 1 | 6 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bloomfield | - | 162 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | 99 | 23 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canandaigua[12] | 46 | 70 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charleston | - | 24 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Easton | - | 60 | 14 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 1 | 11 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Geneseo | 6 | 22 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford | - | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jerusalem | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middletown | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | 61 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Palmyra | 1 | 53 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Phelps | 25 | 61 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittstown | - | 69 | 66 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Seneca | 76 | 86 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sodus | - | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sparta | 55 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vernon | 75 | 20 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamson | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Seneca County[13] | 340 | 137 | 256 | 11 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Hector | 1 | 13 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Junius | 67 | 47 | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ovid[14] | 115 | 27 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Romulus | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ulysses | 57 | - | 75 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 40 | 13 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Steuben County | 86 | 202 | 147 | 47 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 8 | 59 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canisteo | 30 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dansville | 25 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fredericktown[15] | - | 25 | 84 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middletown | 5 | 2 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Painted Post | 18 | 55 | 9 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The official canvass of votes lists 1734 votes for John Harris, 1662 votes for Daniel W. Lewis, and 1457 votes for Silas Halsey in District 17.
[3]Allegany county was separated from Genesee county in 1806, but most sources list its returns with those from Genesee.
[4]Angelica was the only town in Allegany County.
[5]The official canvass of votes gives 910 votes for John Harris and 289 votes for Silas Halsey in Cayuga county.
[6]Daniel W. Lewis received 1 vote as Daniel Lewis.
[7]John Harris received 2 votes as John Harris, Jr.
[8]Daniel W. Lewis received 5 votes as Daniel Lewis.
[9]34 votes for John Harris in Sempronius were not counted in the official canvass of votes.
[10]No returns were reported in the town of Erie.
[11]No returns were reported for the town of Willink.
[12]Daniel W. Lewis received 16 votes as Daniel Lewis.
[13]The official canvass of votes lists 341 votes for John Harris in Seneca county.
[14]Silas Halsey receievd 4 votes as Silas Halse and 2 votes as Silu Halsey.
[15]Daniel W. Lewis received 1 vote as Daniel Lewis.
References:
Original Election Returns.
Original Election Books. Steuben County Court House, Bath.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 6, 1806.
Otsego Herald (Cooperstown, NY). May 15, 1806.
Columbian Gazette (Utica, NY). May 20, 1806.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 26, 1806.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 27, 1806.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). June 14, 1806.
Plebeian (Kingston, NY). June 27, 1806.
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