Delaware 1816 Sheriff, Kent County
- Office:
- Sheriff (County)
- Title:
- Sheriff
- Jurisdiction:
- County
- Label:
- Delaware 1816 Sheriff, Kent County
- Date:
- 1816
- State:
- Delaware
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Sheriff/Sheriff
- Candidates:
- Enoch Joyce, Rueben Anderson, Richard Harrington, Thomas Rothwell
| Candidates: | Enoch Joyce[1] | Rueben Anderson[2] | Richard Harrington | Thomas Rothwell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Democrat | Federalist | Democrat |
| Final Result: | 1040 | 892 | 828 | 922 |
| Kent County | 1040 | 892 | 828 | 922 |
| Duck Creek | 151 | 104 | 241 | 177 |
| Little Creek | 71 | 81 | 89 | 90 |
| Mispillion | 380 | 297 | 175 | 275 |
| Murderkill | 378 | 355 | 283 | 342 |
| Saint Jones[3] | 60 | 55 | 40 | 38 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The American Watchman of October 16, 1816 refers to this hundred as "Saint George's", and the Delaware Gazette of October 17, 1816 refers to it as "Saint G.", but there was no such hundred in Kent County.
References:
American Watchman (Wilmington, DE). October 16, 1816.
Delaware Gazette and Peninsula Advertiser (Wilmington, DE). October 17, 1816.
These election records were released on 11 January 2012. Versions numbers are assigned by state. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are complete and are in Version 1.0. All other states are in a Beta version. For more information go to the about page.
