Delaware 1812 Electoral College
- Office:
- Electoral College (Federal)
- Title:
- Elector
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Delaware 1812 Electoral College
- Date:
- 1812
- State:
- Delaware
- Type:
- Legislative
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Electoral College/Elector
- Electors:
- Benjamin Blackiston, Thomas Fisher, James L. Clayton, James Sykes, Caleb P. Bennett, James Derrickson, Andrew Naudain, John Warner
Electors: | Benjamin Blackiston[1] | Thomas Fisher[2] | James L. Clayton[3] | James Sykes[4] | Caleb P. Bennett | James Derrickson | Andrew Naudain | John Warner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
Presidential Candidate: | DeWitt Clinton | DeWitt Clinton | DeWitt Clinton | DeWitt Clinton | James Madison | James Madison | James Madison | James Madison |
Final Result: [5] | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
General Assembly | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]"Neither house being precisely full there were only twenty five members in attendance, five short of the number allowed by the constitution; nineteen of which were federalists, the balance democratick." The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 20, 1812.
References:
Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1812.
Journal of the Delaware State Senate, 1812). 8.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). November 19, 1812.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 20, 1812.
Reed, H. Clay. "Presidential Electors in Delaware, 1789-1829." Delaware History. XIV, no. 1. (April, 1970): 12.
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