New Jersey 1799 Clerk

Office:
Clerk (County)
Title:
Clerk
Jurisdiction:
County
Label:
New Jersey 1799 Clerk
Date:
1799
State:
New Jersey
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Clerk/Clerk
Candidates:
James Giles, Ebenezer Elmer
Candidates: James Giles[1]Ebenezer Elmer
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3]2721
In convention2721
Legislative Council64
General Assembly2117

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"CUMBERLAND. James Giles, esquire, requested leave, in writing, to resign his commission as clerk of the pleas; Resolved, That his resignation be accepted. Ebenezer Elmer and James Giles, esquires, being in nomination, the meeting proceeded to the choice of a clerk, when the votes were as follow: ... Whereby it appeared that James Giles, esquire, was duly chosen." Journal of the New Jersey State Assembly, 1799. 40.
[3]"CUMBERLAND.--James Giles, re-appointed clerk of the county. State of the Votes.--Giles, 27. Elmer, 21." New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). November 7, 1799.

References:

Journal of the New Jersey State Assembly, 1799. 40.
New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). November 7, 1799.

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