New York 1812 U.S. House of Representatives, District 12

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: New York 1812 U.S. House of Representatives, District 12
Date:: 1812
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: Zebulon R. Shipherd, Elisha I. Winter, Melancton Smith, Roger Skinner, William Livingston, John Savage, John Daniels, Jr., Thomas P. Grosvenor, Elisha J. Shipherd, Alexander Livingston, Roger Grissell, Melancton Skinner, Melancton Wheeler, Henry Mattison, Abel Wood

Candidates:	Zebulon R. Shipherd [1]	Elisha I. Winter [2]	Melancton Smith	Roger Skinner	William Livingston	John Savage	John Daniels, Jr.	Thomas P. Grosvenor	Elisha J. Shipherd	Alexander Livingston	Roger Grissell	Melancton Skinner	Melancton Wheeler	Henry Mattison	Abel Wood
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican			Federalist
Final Result:	3981	3912	3238	3208	404	7	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
District of Twelve	3981	3912	3238	3208	404	7	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Clinton County	325	325	-	361	368	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Essex County[3]	547	480	494	587	143	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Franklin County[4]	333	334	105	110	1	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Washington County[5][6][7][8][9]	2776	2773	2278	2143	260	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	1	1	1
Town of Argyle	283	275	170	110	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Bolton	70	70	24	23	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Caldwell	36	36	37	27	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Cambridge	587	585	173	177	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Chester	32	35	64	65	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Easton	190	188	183	184	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Fort Ann	85	84	247	249	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Town of Granville	234	240	162	145	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Town of Greenwich	186	187	73	74	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hague	26	8	24	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hampton	7	7	45	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hartford	114	115	196	196	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hebron	168	168	105	87	18	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Town of Johnsburg	2	2	91	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Kingsbury	120	120	143	141	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Luzerne	32	32	81	81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Putnam[10]	30	28	17	2	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Queensbury	113	110	88	84	16	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Salem	215	215	140	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Thurman	36	36	104	81	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Whitehall	187	191	91	98	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elisha J. Winter received 1 vote as Joseph Winter and 2 votes as Elisha Winter.

[4]Melancton Smith received 1 vote as Melantin Smith.

[5]Zebulon R. Shipherd received 2 votes as Zebulon Shipherd.

[6]Elisha J. Winter received 2 votes as Clisha Winter.

[7]Melancton Smith received 1 vote as Melandon Smith.

[8]Roger Skinner received 1 vote as Roger Scinner.

[9]The Northern Post (Salem, NY) reports 2275 votes for Melancton Smith and 305 votes for William Livingston.

[10]Melancton Smith received 1 vote as Malandon Smith.

References:

The Northern Post (Salem, NY). January 7, 1813.

The Albany Register (Albany, NY) (Supplement). January 26, 1813.

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