New Jersey 1795 Assembly, Hunterdon County

Office:: Assembly (State)
Title:: Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1795 Assembly, Hunterdon County
Date:: 1795
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Benjamin Van Cleve, David Frazer, Simon Wickoff, Hugh Runyan, William Lowry

Candidates:	Benjamin Van Cleve [1]	David Frazer [2]	Simon Wickoff [3]	Hugh Runyan	William Lowry
Affiliation:
Final Result: [4][5][6]	1549	1417	1185	681	-
Hunterdon County	1549	1417	1185	681	-
Alexandria	133	115	112	66	-
Amwell	357	332	297	180	-
Bethlehem	118	121	47	69	-
Hopewell	231	207	214	28	-
Kingwood	127	149	106	174	-
Lebanon	139	140	21	81	-
Maidenhead	146	115	81	43	-
Reading	134	39	148	14	-
Tewksbury[7]	-	-	-	-	-
Trenton	164	199	159	26	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) and Guardian use the spelling Wyckoff for Simon Wickoff.

[5]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) lists 1631 votes for Benjamin Van Cleve, 1478 votes for David Frazer, 1265 for Simon Wickoff and 717 votes for Hugh Runyan. These totals likely included the returns from Tewksbury.

[6]According to the Original Election Return, William Lowry declined.

[7]"This return was not received until 15 minutes after 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday 17th Oct." Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton. There is a total of 86 votes from Tewksbury, but no breakdown by office or candidate.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

New-Jersey State Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1795.

The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 27, 1795.

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