New Jersey 1801 Legislative Council, Gloucester County

Office:: Council (State)
Title:: Legislative Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1801 Legislative Council, Gloucester County
Date:: 1801
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: Thomas Clark, James Sloan, Joseph Cooper

Candidates:	Thomas Clark [1]	James Sloan	Joseph Cooper
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [2]	1092	839	248
Gloucester County	1092	839	248
Deptford	165	151	23
Egg Harbor	32	93	64
Galloway	14	14	126
Town of Gloucester	59	18	2
Gloucester	59	160	1
Greenwich	182	127	1
Newton	125	53	17
Waterford	107	83	10
Weymouth	8	57	2
Woolwich	341	83	2

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ), October 27, does not list Thomas Clark as a candidate, but reports James Sloan as the Federalist candidate with 1092 votes and Joseph Cooper with 839 votes.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1801.

The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 27, 1801.

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