New Jersey 1806 Assembly, Essex County

Office:: Assembly (State)
Title:: Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1806 Assembly, Essex County
Date:: 1806
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Silas Whitehead, Amos Harrison, James Wilcox, Abraham Speer, Israel Day, Garret Van Houten, Samuel Pennington, Moses Jaques, Jr.

Candidates:	Silas Whitehead [1]	Amos Harrison [2]	James Wilcox [3]	Abraham Speer [4]	Israel Day	Garret Van Houten	Samuel Pennington	Moses Jaques, Jr.
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Opposition Republican	Republican	Opposition Republican	Opposition Republican	Opposition Republican
Final Result: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]	2261	2212	2183	1974	1943	1734	1709	1637
Essex County	2261	2212	2183	1974	1943	1734	1709	1637
Aquakanonk[12]	-	5	6	266	-	265	257	255
Caldwell	219	197	199	272	9	84	93	78
Elizabethtown	837	836	825	4	839	3	4	16
Newark	495	464	447	1285	394	1236	1206	1157
Rahway	41	43	42	133	41	132	132	115
Springfield	396	394	396	5	387	5	13	7
Westfield[13]	273	273	268	9	273	9	4	9

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) uses the spelling Vanhoutin for Garret Van Houten.

[6]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY) and The True American (Trenton, NJ) use the spelling Wilcock for James Wilcox.

[7]The True American (Trenton, NJ) uses the spelling Spear for Abraham Speer.

[8]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) reports 1948 votes for Israel Day and 1711 votes for Samuel Pennington.

[9]The True American (Trenton, NJ) reports 1973 votes for Abraham Speer.

[10]"In this county, there were two Republican tickets." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 27, 1806.

[11]"A general List all the Candidates voted for, in the several Townships of the county of Essex, at an Election held on the 14th and 15th days of October, 1806, for member of Council, members of the General Assembly, Sheriff and Coroners for said county for the year ensuing.--Newark Court-House, Oct. 18, 1806." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 21, 1806.

[12]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) reports 5 votes for Israel Day in Aquakanonk.

[13]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) reports 6 votes for Samuel Pennington in Westfield.

References:

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 21, 1806.

New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). October 21, 1806.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 27, 1806.

Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). November 7, 1806.

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