New Jersey 1799 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Jersey 1799 Governor
Date:
1799
State:
New Jersey
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Richard Howell, Andrew Kirkpatrick
Candidates: Richard Howell[1]Andrew Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:Federalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]3315
In convention3315
Legislative Council82
Charles Beardslee1-
Thomas Clark1-
Asher Holmes1-
Abraham Kitchell-1
John Lambert1-
Daniel Marsh-1
Martin1-
Samuel Ogden1-
Outwater1-
Parret1-
General Assembly2513
Blanch1-
Jonathan Bowen1-
George Burgin-1
Stephen Burrows1-
William Campfield-1
Charles Clark-1
Combs1-
William Corwin-1
William Coxe, Jr.1-
Dey1-
Silas Dickerson-1
Dunn-1
Joseph Gaston-1
John Haas1-
Joseph Hankinson1-
Samuel Harrison1-
Joshua L. Howell1-
Levi Howell-1
John Lequear1-
Job Lippincott1-
William Lloyd1-
William MacCullough-1
Manning1-
Moss1-
William Pearson1-
William S. Pennington-1
Seagrave1-
Shinn1-
Smith1-
Henry Southard-1
Spur-1
Joseph Stillwell1-
William Stockton1-
Edward Taylor1-
James Van Duyn1-
Cornelius Voorheis-1
Ward1-
Thomas Wilkins1-

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The Genius of Liberty reports 34 votes for Richard Howell; however, its list of those who voted contains 33 names.
[3]"His Excellency Richard Howell, esquire, and the honorable Andrew Kirkpatrick, esquire, being in nomination for governor, the Joint-Meeting proceeded to the choice, when the votes were as follow: ... Whereupon it appeared that is Excellency, Richard Howell, Esquire, was duly chosen." Journal of the New Jersey State Assembly, 1799. 37-38.
[4]"His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq. is re-elected Governor of New Jersey ... by the Legislature: the whole number of votes were 48, of which Gov. Howell had 33." The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). November 12, 1799.

References:

Journal of the New Jersey State Assembly, 1799. 37-38.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1799.
The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). November 7, 1799.
The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser (Harrisburg, PA). November 11, 1799.
The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). November 12, 1799.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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