New York 1803 State Senate, Western District

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1803 State Senate, Western District
Date:
1803
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Caleb Hyde, Vincent Mathews, Thomas R. Gold, Moss Kent, Elijah Price, Walter Wood, James Geddes, Silas Halsey, Caleb Keep, Henry Becker, Thomas Hart, John MacWhorter, David Ostrom, Freegift Patchin, Jedediah Sanger, Rudolph Stale, Ebenezer Caulker, Joshua Ferris, Frederick Getman, James Glover, Joseph Grover, Henry Huttington, Jacob Hyde, John Hyde, Philip Hyde, Joseph Jennings, Ensign Matheron, Nehemiah Palmer, Jr., John Patterson, Jedediah Peck, Amos Rathburn, Jared Redfield, John Robinson, Ambrose Spencer, Matthew Vincent, Ephraim Warner, John Willcock
Candidates: Caleb HydeVincent MathewsThomas R. GoldMoss KentElijah PriceWalter WoodJames GeddesSilas HalseyCaleb KeepHenry BeckerThomas HartJohn MacWhorterDavid OstromFreegift PatchinJedediah SangerRudolph StaleEbenezer CaulkerJoshua FerrisFrederick GetmanJames GloverJoseph GroverHenry HuttingtonJacob HydeJohn HydePhilip HydeJoseph JenningsEnsign MatheronNehemiah Palmer, Jr.John PattersonJedediah PeckAmos RathburnJared RedfieldJohn RobinsonAmbrose SpencerMatthew VincentEphraim WarnerJohn Willcock
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [1]8346600088554332222222111111111111111111111
District of Western8346600088554332222222111111111111111111111
Cayuga County[2][3]1521407-----3------------1---------1------
Town of Aurelius17245-----------------------------------
Town of Brutus3920-----------------------------------
Town of Cato27------------------------------------
Town of Dryden41------------------------------------
Town of Hector259-----------------------------------
Town of Jefferson37------------------------------------
Town of Junius6515-----------------------------------
Town of Locke772-----------------------------------
Town of Milton21218-----------------------------------
Town of Ovid231------------------------------------
Town of Owasco4012-----------------------------------
Town of Romulus1005-----------------------------------
Town of Scipio246270-----------------------------------
Town of Sempronius912-----------------------------------
Town of Ulysses617-----------------------------------
Town of Washington572-----------------------------------
Chenango County[4]1163946---5----------1--1-------1---1---1-
Town of Brookfield75120-----------------------------------
Town of Cazenovia85263-----------------------------------
Town of De Ruyter-40-----------------------------------
Town of Greene2021-----------------------------------
Town of Hamilton133215-----------------------------------
Town of Jericho4822-----------------------------------
Town of Norwich39833-----------------------------------
Town of Oxford14114-----------------------------------
Town of Sangersfield5283-----------------------------------
Town of Sherburne14275-----------------------------------
Town of Sullivan6920-----------------------------------
Genesee County23339-----------------------------------
Town of Batavia1465-----------------------------------
Town of Leicester414-----------------------------------
Town of Southampton4630-----------------------------------
Herkimer County[5][6]671253-------------2--------------------1
Town of Fairfield8819-----------------------------------
Town of Frankfort29------------------------------------
Town of German Flatts7720-----------------------------------
Town of Herkimer9034-----------------------------------
Town of Litchfield28122-----------------------------------
Town of Norway15419-----------------------------------
Town of Schuyler1161-----------------------------------
Town of Warren[7]8938-----------------------------------
Oneida County[8][9][10][11]1206140482------2-2-2---1--1--11-----------
Town of Adams50------------------------------------
Town of Augusta10132-----------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater2667-----------------------------------
Town of Brownville131-----------------------------------
Town of Camden509-----------------------------------
Town of Champion357-----------------------------------
Town of Deerfield2413-----------------------------------
Town of Floyd4815-----------------------------------
Town of Harrisburgh1154-----------------------------------
Town of Leyden2038-----------------------------------
Town of Lowville[12]911-----------------------------------
Town of Martinsburgh49------------------------------------
Town of Mexico9------------------------------------
Town of Paris69366-----------------------------------
Town of Redfield53------------------------------------
Town of Remsen823-----------------------------------
Town of Rome1516-----------------------------------
Town of Rutland4963-----------------------------------
Town of Steuben2916-----------------------------------
Town of Trenton347-----------------------------------
Town of Turin651-----------------------------------
Town of Vernon3868-----------------------------------
Town of Verona2929-----------------------------------
Town of Watertown886-----------------------------------
Town of Western121------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland1168-----------------------------------
Town of Whitestown69334-----------------------------------
Onondaga County[13]602543----4-3--2----------1-----------1--
Town of Camillus2917-----------------------------------
Town of Fabius9550-----------------------------------
Town of Homer7588-----------------------------------
Town of Lysanders183-----------------------------------
Town of Manlius7134-----------------------------------
Town of Marcellus81115-----------------------------------
Town of Onondaga3377-----------------------------------
Town of Pompey115159-----------------------------------
Town of Solon85------------------------------------
Ontario County[14][15]5751020--5-----------------------1---1----
Town of Augusta3421-----------------------------------
Town of Bloomfield24221-----------------------------------
Town of Bristol1109-----------------------------------
Town of Canandaigua2655-----------------------------------
Town of Charleston2532-----------------------------------
Town of Easton2762--4--------------------------------
Town of Farmington2612--1--------------------------------
Town of Geneseo[16]4950-----------------------------------
Town of Hartford1545-----------------------------------
Town of Jerusalem-11-----------------------------------
Town of Middletown954-----------------------------------
Town of Northfield774-----------------------------------
Town of Northampton459-----------------------------------
Town of Palmyra3646-----------------------------------
Town of Phelps6310--------------------------1---1----
Town of Pittstown5457-----------------------------------
Town of Seneca6049-----------------------------------
Town of Sodus-9-----------------------------------
Town of Sparta423-----------------------------------
Town of Vernon5714-----------------------------------
Town of Williamson1617-----------------------------------
Otsego County[17][18]1177731-6-------------------------1---1---
Town of Burlington14347-----------------------------------
Town of Butternuts3968-----------------------------------
Town of Cherry Valley7777-----------------------------------
Town of Exeter6918-----------------------------------
Town of Harwick7861-----------------------------------
Town of Middlefield2985-----------------------------------
Town of Milford5611-----------------------------------
Town of Otego991-----------------------------------
Town of Otsego127164-----------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield746-----------------------------------
Town of Plainfield[19]2769-----------------------------------
Town of Richfield11946-----------------------------------
Town of Springfield5853-----------------------------------
Town of Unadilla603-----------------------------------
Town of Worcester11922-----------------------------------
Schoharie County[20]667302-------2---2-----------------------
Town of Blenheim4812-----------------------------------
Town of Bristol324-----------------------------------
Town of Cobleskill18629-----------------------------------
Town of Jefferson8214-----------------------------------
Town of Middleburg9955-----------------------------------
Town of Schoharie11580-----------------------------------
Town of Sharon13488-----------------------------------
Steuben County[21]157126---------------------1-------------
Town of Bath[22]3237---------------------1-------------
Town of Canisteo1141-----------------------------------
Town of Danville26-----------------------------------
Town of Frederickstown[23]5015-----------------------------------
Town of Middletown362-----------------------------------
Town of Painted Post2625-----------------------------------
Tioga County[24][25][26]373229---------------1--------1----------
Town of Catherine386-----------------------------------
Town of Chemung1611-----------------------------------
Town of Lisle9517-----------------------------------
Town of Newtown5759-----------------------------------
Town of Chenango3642-----------------------------------
Town of Owego4139-----------------------------------
Town of Tioga3240-----------------------------------
Town of Union5715-----------------------------------

Notes:

[1]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6, lists 8344 votes for Caleb Hyde and 5956 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[2]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6, and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 31 and June 3 list 1515 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[3]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 3, lists 409 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[4]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 3, lists 1164 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[5]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1; the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6; and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 17 and 31, list 661 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[6]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 3, lists 261 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[7]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1, lists 81 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[8]The Patroit, May 9; The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 17; and Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 25 report 1205 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[9]The Columbian Gazette, May 9; Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6; and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 31 and June 3 list 1179 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[10]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 3, lists 1443 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[11]"No legal returns have been made from the towns of Watertown and Lowville, their votes will probably be lost." The Patriot (Utica, NY), May 9, 1803.
[12]The Columbian Gazette, May 9, lists 18 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[13]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 3, lists 584 votes for Caleb Hyde and 540 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[14]Genesee county was formed from Ontario county in 1802, but in 1803 the two counties continued to vote together. Most sources list returns from both counties together.
[15]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6, and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 31 and June 3 list 808 votes for Caleb Hyde and 1059 votes for Vincent Matthews in Ontario county. These totals seem to include 233 votes for Caleb Hyde and 39 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[16]Some sources misspell Geneseo as "Genesee" or "Genisco."
[17]Caleb Hyde received 2 votes as Christopher Hyde and 1 vote as Mr. Hyde.
[18]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6, and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 13 and 31 list 1194 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[19]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1, lists these returns for Pittsfield.
[20]Caleb Hyde received 1 vote as Caleb Ryde.
[21]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 6; the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 8; and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 31 list 116 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[22]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1, lists 23 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[23]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1, lists 59 votes for Caleb Hyde.
[24]Caleb Hyde received 1 vote as General Hyde.
[25]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 1, and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 13, list 207 votes for Vincent Matthews.
[26]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 6, and The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 31, list 204 votes for Vincent Matthews.

References:

Original Election Certificate.
Original Election Books. Steuben County Court House, Bath.
The Patriot (Utica, NY). May 2, 1803.
The Patriot (Utica, NY). May 9, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 10, 1803.
Western Repository, and Genesee Advertiser (Canandaigua, NY). May 10, 1803.
Otsego Herald: or, Western Advertiser (Cooperstown, NY). May 12, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 13, 1803.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 16, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 17, 1803.
Farmers' Register (Lansingburgh, NY). May 17, 1803.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 23, 1803.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 25, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 27, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 31. 1803.
American Citizen (New York, NY). June 1, 1803.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 3, 1803.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). June 8, 1803.
North, Safford E., ed. Our Country and Its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York. Boston: Boston History, 1899. 83.

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