New Jersey 1803 Assembly, Hunterdon County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1803 Assembly, Hunterdon County
Date:: 1803
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Peter Gordon, John Haas, Joseph Hankinson, Nathan Stout, Stephen Burrowes, Simon Wyckoff, Benjamin Van Cleve, Jacob Schenck

Candidates:	Peter Gordon [1]	John Haas [2]	Joseph Hankinson [3]	Nathan Stout [4]	Stephen Burrowes	Simon Wyckoff	Benjamin Van Cleve	Jacob Schenck
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [5][6][7][8][9][10]	2875	2856	2855	2847	2416	2414	2413	2400
Hunterdon County	2875	2856	2855	2847	2414	2413	2416	2400
Alexandria	197	196	196	196	136	136	135	135
Amwell[11][12]	1011	1010	1010	1011	432	434	432	431
Bethlehem	211	208	209	210	118	119	119	116
Hopewell	272	267	267	259	383	381	382	376
Kingwood	373	370	370	370	175	174	175	172
Lebanon	212	211	210	210	206	205	207	206
Maidenhead	82	81	81	80	161	160	163	160
Readington	156	156	156	156	205	205	205	205
Tewksbury	190	188	188	188	50	50	50	50
Trenton	171	169	168	167	550	550	545	549

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]The True American (Trenton, NJ) uses the spelling Burroughs for Stephen Burrowes.

[6]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) reports 2835 votes for Joseph Hankinson, 2419 votes for Stephen Burrowes, 2846 votes for Nathan Stout, 2857 votes for John Haas, and 2431 votes for Benjamin Van Cleve.

[7]The Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ) and The True American (Trenton, NJ) report 2875 votes for Peter Gordon in Hunterdon County but the township totals add up to 2874.

[8]The Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ) reports 2413 votes for Benjamn Van Cleve in Hunterdon County but the township totals add up to 2463.

[9]"Hunterdon County. With great joy we give to our readers the glad tidings, that REPUBLICANISM HAS COMPLETELY TRIUMPHED IN THIS COUNTY!--The following are the Official Returns--from which it will be seen that the whole Republican Ticket has succeeded by Majorities of between four and five hundred, viz. ... The result in this county places it beyond a doubt, that there will be a Republican Majority in both Houses of the Legislature, and consequently in joint-meeting." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 17, 1803.

[10]"The late election which has turned out in favor of the Democrats, gives to that party a majority of fourteen in Joint-meeting--three in Council, and eleven in the House of Assembly. Hunterdon county in the year 1801, returned a full democratic representation--in 1802 it gave three federal members and two democratic, and this far it has again returned a full democratic representation ... A variety of rumours from Hunterdon and Gloucester, relative to the measures pursued by the democrats to gain the election, have reached our ears ... It is reported that a prosecution has been instituted against the judge of election for Kingwood ; and we are credibly informed that the democrats in one of the Eggharbour townships, in Gloucester, carried to the poll hands and pockets full of tickets, which the officers received as the votes of Tom, Dick and Harry, or any body else. It is firmly believed by many persons of observation, that democrats last fall determined to have the election this year in the counties of Hunterdon and Gloucester, and that this they resolved to effect one way or another ." Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1803.

[11]The Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ) and The True American (Trenton, NJ) report 1010 votes for Peter Gordon in Amwell.

[12]The Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ) reports 482 votes for Peter Gordon in Amwell.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 17, 1803.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1803.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1803.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 25, 1803.

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