New York 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 15
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New York 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 15
- Date:
- 1818
- State:
- New York
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Robert Monell, Joseph S. Lyman, Samuel Campbell, Edward Pratt, Joshua Whitney, Ezekiel Crocker, William Ross, Rufus Baldwin, Martin G. Schuneman, Abraham Van Nostrand, Seth Chase, Caleb Eldred, George Harper, Jr., Thomas Humphrey, Heman Kelsey, Arunah Metcalf, Chester Patterson, Ezra Platt, David Buttolph, David Cooper, Obadiah German, Tilly Lynde, Joseph Monell, John C. Morris, Jarvis K. Pike, George Thompson, Joel Thompson, Ebenezer Wakely
| Candidates: | Robert Monell[1] | Joseph S. Lyman[2] | Samuel Campbell | Edward Pratt | Joshua Whitney | Ezekiel Crocker | William Ross | Rufus Baldwin | Martin G. Schuneman | Abraham Van Nostrand | Seth Chase | Caleb Eldred | George Harper, Jr. | Thomas Humphrey | Heman Kelsey | Arunah Metcalf | Chester Patterson | Ezra Platt | David Buttolph | David Cooper | Obadiah German | Tilly Lynde | Joseph Monell | John C. Morris | Jarvis K. Pike | George Thompson | Joel Thompson | Ebenezer Wakely |
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| Affiliation: | Clintonian | Clintonian | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: | 2903 | 2849 | 2689 | 2604 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Fifteen | 2903 | 2849 | 2689 | 2604 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broome County[3][4] | 574 | 566 | 188 | 190 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berkshire | 3 | 3 | 40 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chenango | 176 | 167 | 22 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisle[5] | 144 | 142 | 38 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Owego | 16 | 14 | 70 | 69 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union[6] | 129 | 126 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 106 | 114 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenango County[7][8][9][10] | 1243 | 1138 | 942 | 958 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Bainbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastern | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of German | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Green | 195 | 189 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of MacDonough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Berlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | 145 | 126 | 3 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pharsalia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherburne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Smithville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Smyrna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Otsego County[12] | 1086 | 1145 | 1559 | 1456 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | 47 | 57 | 161 | 137 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Butternuts | 101 | 90 | 78 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cherry Valley | 135 | 138 | 58 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Decatur | 22 | 22 | 65 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edmeston | 7 | 1 | 82 | 85 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Exeter | 7 | 7 | 115 | 114 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartwick | 63 | 118 | 110 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Laurens | 69 | 69 | 26 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maryland | 7 | 7 | 108 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlefield | 80 | 81 | 39 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 33 | 32 | 69 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Lisbon | 1 | 2 | 107 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Otego | 20 | 20 | 84 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Otsego[13] | 244 | 250 | 139 | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | - | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 18 | 19 | 45 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richfield | 12 | 12 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Unadilla | 29 | 29 | 67 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | 53 | 54 | 64 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worcester | 120 | 119 | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Joseph S. Lyman received 5 votes as Joseph S. Syman.
[4]Edward Pratt received 10 votes as Edward Platt.
[5]Joseph S. Lyman received 1 vote as Joseph S. Syman.
[6]Joseph S. Lyman received 4 votes as Joseph S. Syman.
[7]In the official canvass of votes, 1 vote for Samuel Campbell and 1 vote for Edward Pratt were counted as scattering votes.
[8]The Norwich Journal (Norwich, NY) and the Oxford Gazette (Oxford, NY) list 951 votes for Samuel Campbell in Chenango county.
[9]The Albany Argus (Albany, NY) lists 1244 votes for Robert Monell, 1142 for Joseph S. Lyman, 944 for Samuel Campbell, and 952 for Edward Pratt.
[10]"It is highly gratifying to the friends of Mr. Monell, to find that wherever his domestic virtues and intrinsic worth is known, he receives the unanimous suffrages of the people. He will undoubtedly be elected. Mr Campbell has deservedly many friends in this county. In some towns, his lenity and humanity, in executing the office of Sheriff, has rendered him extremely popular. He has many domestic virtues also. He must not, however, endeavor to rule this county, or grasp the highest offices in the gift of the people." Oxford Gazette (Oxford, NY). May 6, 1818.
[11]"Mr. Monell's majority in Norwich over Mr. Campbell was 30 votes." Oxford Gazette (Oxford, NY). May 6, 1818.
[12]Joseph S. Lyman received 1 vote as Joseph Lyman.
[13]Joseph S. Lyman received 1 vote as J. S. Lyman.
References:
Original Election Returns.
Oxford Gazette (Oxford, NY). May 6, 1818.
Otsego Herald (Cooperstown, NY). May 11, 1818.
The Watch-Tower (Cooperstown, NY). May 11, 1818.
The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). May 12, 1818.
The Norwich Journal (Norwich, NY). May 14, 1818.
The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). May 19, 1818.
Oxford Gazette (Oxford, NY). May 20, 1818.
The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). June 5, 1818.
The New-York Columbian (New York, NY). June 9, 1818.
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