New York 1809 State Senate, Eastern District

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1809 State Senate, Eastern District
Date:
1809
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
John Stearns, Daniel Paris, Simon Veeder, Adam Comstock, Kinner Newcomb, John Veeder, David Paris, Daniel Cady, Jonathan Dorr, John A. Ferris, Ralph Hascall, Thomas Hillhouse, Gates Hoyt, William A. Moore, Isaac Paris, William Ross, Joseph Simpson, Stearns, Daniel Stearns, Ebenezer Stevens, Simon Stevens, Jr., James J. Van Ops, Abraham Van Vechten, Henry Walton
Candidates: John Stearns[1]Daniel Paris[2]Simon VeederAdam ComstockKinner NewcombJohn VeederDavid ParisDaniel CadyJonathan DorrJohn A. FerrisRalph HascallThomas HillhouseGates HoytWilliam A. MooreIsaac ParisWilliam RossJoseph SimpsonStearns[3]Daniel StearnsEbenezer StevensSimon Stevens, Jr.James J. Van OpsAbraham Van VechtenHenry Walton
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [4][5]916691458560852755311111111111111111
District of Eastern916691458560852755311111111111111111
Albany County[6]16351637799797--------------------
City of Albany185183338339--------------------
Ward One[7]85865859--------------------
Ward Two78786262--------------------
Ward Three95961816--------------------
Ward Four78794746--------------------
Town of Bern324324112113--------------------
Town of Bethlehem2522518988--------------------
Town of Coeymans100100132132--------------------
Town of Colonie57573737--------------------
Town of Guilderland1331334848--------------------
Town of Rensselaerville308308152152--------------------
Town of Watervliet1251254444--------------------
Clinton County2332342902905-------1-----------
Town of Chazy27272020--------------------
Town of Champlain61613131--------------------
Town of Mooers13141818--------------------
Town of Peru58588989--------------------
Town of Plattsburgh7474132132--------------------
Essex County304297461453------1----1--------
Town of Chesterfield24241616--------------------
Town of Crownpoint282888--------------------
Town of Elizabethtown56556968--------------------
Town of Essex47483940--------------------
Town of Jay88123123--------------------
Town of Keen232096--------------------
Town of Lewis34303631--------------------
Town of Moriah121266--------------------
Town of Schroon449191--------------------
Town of Ticonderoga19193131--------------------
Town of Willsborough49493333--------------------
Franklin County[8]1581585153--------------------
Montgomery County[9][10][11]1820183016211630--21---------------1
Town of Amsterdam145145111112--------------------
Town of Broadalbin[12]5353194196--------------------
Town of Canajoharie[13]143145146147--------------------
Town of Charlestown208207205207--------------------
Town of Florida1071079090--------------------
Town of Johnstown[14]301302249252--------------------
Town of Manheim[15]76796666--------------------
Town of Mayfield84846078--------------------
Town of Minden238241115117--------------------
Town of Northampton50507775--------------------
Town of Oppenheim1321328080--------------------
Town of Palatine[16]159163100103--------------------
Town of Salisbury97972929--------------------
Town of Stratford29301212--------------------
Town of Wells15134848--------------------
Rensselaer County[17][18]1800179613231335-41----1----------1-
Town of Berlin[19]145146108108--------------------
Town of Brunswick110110107107--------------------
Town of Grafton62625356--------------------
Town of Greenbush185185202202--------------------
Town of Hoosick148148131131--------------------
Town of Lansingburgh2428114110--------------------
Town of Nassau1961965555--------------------
Town of Petersburgh63637070--------------------
Town of Pittstown126126201202--------------------
Town of Schaghticoke8585110114--------------------
Town of Schodack1681689292--------------------
Town of Stephentown[20]2102084545--------------------
Town of Troy188189125125--------------------
Saratoga County[21][22][23][24]1154113415651530-------------1------
Town of Ballston105104137137--------------------
Town of Charlton9998109107--------------------
Town of Edinburgh2020114114--------------------
Town of Galway8080154159--------------------
Town of Greenfield118114154141--------------------
Town of Hadley43416657--------------------
Town of Halfmoon225220194194--------------------
Town of Malta60556962--------------------
Town of Milton7170136133--------------------
Town of Moreau[25]25255349--------------------
Town of Northumberland78778182--------------------
Town of Providence58586767--------------------
Town of Saratoga7575143143--------------------
Town of Stillwater97978081--------------------
Schenectady County[26][27][28][29]420422470468-1----1---1---1--1--
Town of Duanesburg1241249999--------------------
Town of Niskayuna[30]24232019--------------------
Town of Princeton43442830--------------------
City of Schenectady------------------------
Ward One48516666--------------------
Ward Two74746969--------------------
Ward Three[31][32]48515452--------------------
Ward Four5955132133--------------------
Washington County[33]1642163819781973----11---1-----11---
Town of Argyle167167139139--------------------
Town of Bolton32321717--------------------
Town of Cambridge[34]398397204205--------------------
Town of Chester16169696--------------------
Town of Easton[35]8886128126--------------------
Town of Fort Ann7272222222--------------------
Town of Granville138138178178--------------------
Town of Greenwich1051056464--------------------
Town of Hague[36]561011--------------------
Town of Hampton16163232--------------------
Town of Hartford[37]5454167167--------------------
Town of Hebron119119131130--------------------
Town of Johnsburgh666565--------------------
Town of Kingsbury7777128128--------------------
Town of Luzerne14134747--------------------
Town of Putnam111122--------------------
Town of Queensbury67667473--------------------
Town of Salem[38]144144142141--------------------
Town of Thurman14146059--------------------
Town of Whitehall99997171--------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Listed as Doctor Stearns of Waterford.
[4]The Farmer's Register lists Daniel Paris as Daniel Parris.
[5]Kinner Newcomb, Gates Hoyt, Abraham Van Vechten, John A. Ferris, William A. Moore, Jonathan Dorr, Simon Stevens, Jr., and Ebenezer Stevens were candidates for Assembly.
[6]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 12 and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 5 each list the vote totals for Albany County to be 1636 and 1638 for John Stearns and Daniel Paris, respectively. However, the actual sums of the town totals as they list them are 1635 and 1637, respectively.
[7]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 30, reports 59 votes for Simon Veeder in Ward One.
[8]The returns from Franklin County were not reported in the Official Canvass printed in The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 6, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 30. These figures come from a footnote to the Official Canvass published by Utica Patriot (Utica, NY), June 13. The Albany Register (Albany, NY): "The return from Franklin County was a mere statement of votes by the clerk, and not a transcript of the original returns from the different towns and therefore rejected."
[9]John Stearns received 2 votes as Jno. Stearns.
[10]Daniel Paris received 2 votes as Dan'l Paris.
[11]Simon Veeder received 21 votes as Simon Vedder and 1 vote as Simon Veter.
[12]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 9, American Citizen (New York, NY), May 12, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 12, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 16, report 134 votes for Simon Veeder and 136 votes for Adam Comstock in Broadalbin. The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 6 reports 194 votes for Simon Veeder and 196 votes for Adam Comstock.
[13]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 12, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 12, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 16, report 141 votes for John Stearns, 143 votes for Daniel Paris, and 146 votes for Adam Comstock in Canajoharie.
[14]The American Citizen (New York, NY) and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 12, report 219 votes for Simon Veeder in Johnstown.
[15]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 12, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 12, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 16, report 67 votes for Simon Veeder in Manheim.
[16]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 9, the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 12, the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 12, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 16, report 160 votes for John Stearns in Palatine.
[17]Lansingburgh Gazette, May 9, The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 5, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 12, report 1798 votes for John Stearns and 1797 votes for Daniel Paris in Rensselaer County.
[18]Troy Gazette (Troy, NY) reports 1795 votes for John Stearns in Rensselaer County.
[19]Troy Gazette (Troy, NY), Farmers' Register (Troy, NY), Lansingburgh Gazette, May 9, The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 5, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 12,report 145 votes for Daniel Paris in Berlin.
[20]Lansingburgh Gazette, May 9, The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 5, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 12, report 208 votes for John Stearns and 210 votes for Daniel Paris in Stephentown.
[21]Simon Veeder received 7 votes as Simeon Veeder and 1 vote as Smon Veeder.
[22]Adam Comstock received 4 votes as Adam Comsock.
[23]The Independent American (Ballston Spa, NY), American Citizen (New York, NY), May 20, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 23, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 23, report 1153 votes for John Stearns in Saratoga County.
[24]In a probable typographical error, The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 23, reports 1143 votes for Daniel Paris in Saratoga County.
[25]The Independent American (Ballston Spa, NY), American Citizen (New York, NY), May 20, Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 23, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 23, report 24 votes for John Stearns in Moreau.
[26]Simon Veeder received 2 votes as Simon Vedner.
[27]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 30, reports 468 votes for Simon Veeder in Schenectady County; however, the sum of totals per town is 458.
[28]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 9, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 2, report 473 votes for Simon Veeder in Schenectady County; however, the sum of totals per town is 467.
[29]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 9, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 2, report 469 votes for Adam Comstock in Schenectady County.
[30]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 9, and The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 2, report 19 votes for Simon Veeder and 20 votes for Adam Comstock in Niskayuna.
[31]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), June 30, reports 44 votes for Simon Veeder in Ward Three.
[32]"Last year, fellow-citizens, you were presented with a statement from the third ward, giving the federal candidates a plurality of 87 votes. I then unequivocally declared that this could not have been effected by fair means, and that the boxes were pilfered by the midnight robber. The difference between the Senator and Assembly canvass was, to my mind, sufficient evidence of the infamy of the transaction. -- But when I examined the affidavits of those men who had sworn in what manner they had voted, I had no longer any hesitation in forming my opinion, that the boxes must have been robbed by night, and other ballots put in the place of those stolen. If any thing was wanting to complete the proof, that infamy was perpetrated, it is the following statement -- from which it appears, that in that ward the votes on both sides were equal for Assembly. There have also been two elections for Assistant Alderman, and in both the federal and repubican candidates were equal. -- Such, citizens, are the means by which these men think of succeeding -- and can you submit to be deceived and deprived of your suffrages by such infamous conduct? You have already answered, No! -- Fellow-citizens of the third ward, you have evinced by your votes and vigilance, that the vile machinations of designing men cannot always succeed." Western Budget (Schenectady, NY). May 1, 1810.
[33]Simon Veeder received 1 vote as Simeon Veeder.
[34]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 26, and Lansingburgh Gazette report 397 votes for John Stearns in Cambridge.
[35]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 26, reports 81 votes for Daniel Paris in Easton.
[36]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 26, reports 6 votes for John Stearns in Hague.
[37]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 26, and Lansingburgh Gazette report 107 votes for Simon Veeder and 107 votes for Adam Comstock in Hartford.
[38]The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY), May 26, and Lansingburgh Gazette report 141 votes for Simon Veeder in Salem.

References:

Original Election Returns.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). May 2, 1809.
Farmers' Register (Troy, NY). May 2, 1809.
Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). May 2, 1809.
Western Budget (Schenectady, NY). May 1, 1810.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 5, 1809.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 9, 1809.
The Independent American (Ballston Spa, NY). May 9, 1809.
Lansingburgh Gazette (Lansingburgh, NY). May 9, 1809.
Troy Gazette (Troy, NY). May 9, 1809.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 12, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). May 12, 1809.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 12, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). May 16, 1809.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 20, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). May 23, 1809.
Columbian Gazette (Utica, NY). May 23, 1809.
Lansingburgh Gazette (Lansingburgh, NY). May 23, 1809.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 23, 1809.
Troy Gazette (Troy, NY). May 23, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). May 26, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). June 2, 1809.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 6, 1809.
Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). June 13, 1809.
The Balance, and New-York State Journal (Albany, NY). June 30, 1809.

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