New York 1798 State Senate, Middle District

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New York 1798 State Senate, Middle District
Date:: 1798
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Ambrose Spencer, Ebenezer Foote, John Livingston, Joshua H. Brett, Peter Van Ness, Reuben Hopkins, John Hathorn

Candidates:	Ambrose Spencer	Ebenezer Foote	John Livingston	Joshua H. Brett	Peter Van Ness	Reuben Hopkins	John Hathorn
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1][2]	3435	2778	2569	2489	1087	997	684
District of Middle	3435	2778	2569	2489	1087	997	684
Columbia County	599	871	878	485	439	1	136
Town of Canaan	89	146	144	37	145	-	39
Town of Chatham	21	149	141	20	45	-	8
Town of Claverack	105	80	98	96	30	-	8
Town of Clermont	3	3	47	48	2	-	-
Town of Germantown	10	35	40	-	-	-	-
Town of Hillsdale	181	143	178	152	82	-	9
City of Hudson	114	94	67	91	10	-	-
Town of Kinderhook	25	147	97	7	122	-	71
Town of Livingston	51	74	66	34	3	1	1
Delaware County	273	281	203	333	-	-	-
Town of Colchester	-	38	34	3	-	-	-
Town of Delhi	1	45	45	1	-	-	-
Town of Franklin[3]	49	42	15	78	-	-	-
Town of Harpersfield[4]	80	-	-	88	-	-	-
Town of Kortwright	39	38	-	58	-	-	-
Town of Middleton	-	22	22	-	-	-	-
Town of Stamford	60	93	86	61	-	-	-
Town of Walton	44	3	1	44	-	-	-
Dutchess County	823	903	765	915	99	25	11
Town of Amenia[5]	46	61	51	53	7	-	-
Town of Barkman Town[6][7]	1	117	111	2	-	-	-
Town of Carmel	3	23	-	39	36	-	-
Town of Clinton[8]	107	123	108	112	-	-	-
Town of Fishkill	163	93	91	169	6	-	1
Town of Franklin	14	24	26	13	-	-	-
Town of Frederick	-	27	27	-	-	-	-
Town of Northeast	89	36	31	97	11	-	-
Town of Pawling[9]	57	103	85	60	-	-	-
Town of Phillips	43	27	26	51	7	-	-
Town of Poughkeepsie[10]	90	79	74	88	-	25	1
Town of Rhinebeck	63	89	54	79	32	-	9
Town of Southeast	27	62	60	25	-	-	-
Town of Stanford	66	17	3	73	-	-	-
Town of Washington	54	22	18	54	-	-	-
Orange County	923	365	333	77	281	834	297
Town of Cornwall[11]	133	9	9	69	84	45	88
Town of Deer Park	44	6	1	-	5	48	14
Town of Goshen	134	38	39	2	-	133	-
Town of Minisink	117	39	35	-	1	123	-
Town of Montgomery	179	73	66	-	-	180	-
Town of New Windsor	29	26	22	-	60	24	53
Town of Newburgh	-	44	27	-	125	-	132
Town of Wallkill	201	25	24	-	-	201	-
Town of Warwick[12]	86	105	110	6	6	80	10
Rockland County	285	-	-	291	-	3	-
Town of Charlestown	88	-	-	90	-	1	-
Town of Haverstraw[13]	30	-	-	30	-	-	-
Town of Hempstead[14]	89	-	-	94	-	2	-
Town of Orangetown[15]	78	-	-	77	-	-	-
Ulster County[16][17]	532	358	390	388	268	134	240
Town of Catskill	111	39	62	56	-	-	-
Town of Huley[18]	17	26	31	11	-	9	-
Town of Kingston[19]	141	101	116	127	3	-	1
Town of Mammakating	33	4	-	3	-	28	-
Town of Marbletown	4	63	60	8	25	-	18
Town of Marlborough	-	31	7	-	101	-	112
Town of Neversink[20]	44	-	-	43	-	-	-
Town of New Paltz[21]	9	38	35	9	48	21	25
Town of Rochester	16	3	3	14	80	-	83
Town of Shawangunk	55	23	33	1	11	76	1
Town of Windham[22]	57	30	30	58	-	-	-
Town of Wookstock[23]	45	-	13	58	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY) lists 3455 votes for Ambrose Spencer, 2779 votes for Ebenezer Foote and 2318 votes for Joshua H. Brett, but an addition of the totals for the several towns and counties gives the above results.

[2]"Mr. Brett lost 160 votes by his name's being spelt Joshua Brett." Hudson Gazette (Hudson, NY). June 12, 1798. An addition of the totals for the several towns and countes gives 170 votes lost.

[3]Joshua H. Brett received 2 votes as Joshua Brett.

[4]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[5]Joshua H. Brett received 2 votes as Joshua Brett.

[6]The town listed as "Barkman Town" in Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY) is probably the town of "Beekman".

[7]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[8]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[9]The town name "Pawling" in Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 6, 1798 is spelled "Paulling".

[10]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[11]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[12]Joshua H. Brett received 6 votes as Joshua Brett.

[13]Joshua H. Brett received 30 votes as Joshua Brett.

[14]Joshua H. Brett received 94 votes as Joshua Brett.

[15]Joshua H. Brett received 11 votes as Joshua Brett.

[16]The Packet (Catskill, NY) lists 359 votes for Ebenezer Foote, but an addition of the totals of the several towns gives above.

[17]The Packet (Catskill, NY) lists 367 votes for Joshua H. Brett, but an addition of the totals of the several towns gives above.

[18]Joshua H. Brett received 2 votes as Joshua Brett.

[19]Joshua H. Brett received 2 votes as Joshua Brett.

[20]Joshua H. Brett received 4 votes as Joshua Brett.

[21]Joshua H. Brett received 1 vote as Joshua Brett.

[22]Joshua H. Brett received 4 votes as Joshua Brett.

[23]Joshua H. Brett received 7 votes as Joshua Brett.

References:

Hudson Gazette (Hudson, NY). June 12, 1798.

The Packet (Catskill, NY). June 16, 1798.

The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 22, 1798.

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