New Jersey 1810 Legislative Council, Essex County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1810 Legislative Council, Essex County
Date:: 1810
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: Charles Clark, Thomas Ward

Candidates:	Charles Clark [1]	Thomas Ward
Affiliation:	Bank Tax Ticket	Anti-Bank Tax Ticket
Final Result: [2]	1974	74
Essex County	1974	74
Acquackanonk	142	1
Caldwell	198	1
Elizabethtown	153	-
New Providence	67	6
Newark	544	51
Orange	316	3
Rahway	83	-
Springfield	214	-
Union	102	2
Westfield	155	10

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"In this county as we mentioned last week, the only contest was between the friends and the opposers of a tax on Bank-Stock. The friends to the tax run a full ticket; with Charles Clark, who last year in the House voted for the tax, at its head as Candidate for Council. The opposers of the tax run but a partial Ticket consisting of the Members of Council and two Members of Assembly who last year voted against the tax...The influence of this question extended even to the election of a Sheriff; and Thomas Crane, who avowed himself friendly to a tax on Bank-Stock, received 1489 votes; while Nathan Squier, who had some years ago been Sheriff, and discharged its duties with fidelity and approbation, but who last year voted against taxing Banks, had but 555." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 22, 1810.

References:

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 16, 1810.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 22, 1810.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 22, 1810.

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