New Jersey 1803 Assembly, Hunterdon County, Special
- Office:
- Assembly (State)
- Title:
- Assemblyman
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New Jersey 1803 Assembly, Hunterdon County, Special
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Assembly/Assemblyman
- Candidates:
- H. Runyan, J. Benjamin, Ellett Tucker
| Candidates: | H. Runyan[1] | J. Benjamin | Ellett Tucker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | |
| Final Result: [2][3] | 1482 | 789 | 59 |
| Hunterdon County | 1482 | 789 | 59 |
| Alexandria | 125 | 51 | - |
| Amwell | 557 | 55 | - |
| Bethlehem | 127 | 23 | - |
| Hopewell | 144 | 88 | - |
| Kingwood | 148 | 64 | - |
| Lebanon[4] | 39 | 46 | 59 |
| Maidenhead | 56 | 51 | - |
| Readington | 111 | 83 | - |
| Tewksbury | 103 | - | - |
| Trenton | 72 | 328 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"A General List of the votes taken in the several townships of the said County of Hunterdon for the purpose of electing one member to represent this County in the General Assembly of this state for the remainder of the present year in the place of Peter Gordon who has resigned his seat in the same." Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
[3]"Thus Federalism, like a beast in the mire, sinks lower and lower every struggle it makes." The True American (Trenton, NJ). December 26, 1803.
[4]"In Lebanon 59 votes were given for Mr. Tucker, probably owing to the voters not knowing he had declined." The True American (Trenton, NJ). December 26, 1803.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). December 26, 1803.
New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). January 3, 1804.
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