New York 1819 State Senate, Southern District

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New York 1819 State Senate, Southern District
Date:: 1819
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: John Townsend, Peter R. Livingston, James Tallmadge, Jr., Philip J. Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Morris, Martin Mead, Isaac G. Graham, Nathaniel Montross, George Darling, Samuel Dickinson, Charles H. Havens, Wright Horton, William Jay, Robert Morris, Abraham Parsons, Peter Stone, Philip Summis, Robert Watts, Amos Whitney, Moses Wood

Candidates:	John Townsend	Peter R. Livingston	James Tallmadge, Jr.	Philip J. Schuyler	Pierre Van Cortlandt	James Morris	Martin Mead	Isaac G. Graham	Nathaniel Montross	George Darling	Samuel Dickinson	Charles H. Havens	Wright Horton	William Jay	Robert Morris	Abraham Parsons	Peter Stone	Philip Summis	Robert Watts	Amos Whitney	Moses Wood
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Clintonian	Federalist	Clintonian	Federalist
Final Result:	5676	5609	3142	2775	2714	2615	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
District of Southern	5676	5609	3142	2775	2714	2615	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dutchess County	605	681	763	1045	527	808	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Amenia	24	26	84	67	67	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Beekman[1]	17	19	77	162	13	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Clinton	75	75	39	144	27	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dover	7	9	68	72	38	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Fishkill[2]	169	162	78	66	61	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Milan	47	74	21	32	21	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North East[3]	3	3	89	30	77	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pawlings[4][5]	18	41	59	58	45	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Poughkeepsie[6]	51	57	93	123	73	111	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Red Hook	51	61	47	75	36	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rhinebeck[7][8]	86	95	25	107	8	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Stanford	53	53	39	49	28	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Washington[9]	4	6	44	60	33	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kings County[10][11]	234	234	185	46	183	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Brooklyn	96	97	73	33	73	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Bushwick	43	43	5	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Flatbush	38	37	48	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Flatlands	10	10	14	6	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gravesend	-	-	23	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Urecht	47	47	22	1	22	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
City of New York[12][13][14]	1399	1415	642	743	594	784	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward One	137	148	70	215	69	218	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Two	110	112	37	98	30	101	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Three[15]	96	95	62	118	57	122	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Four	155	156	66	117	47	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Five	180	183	79	68	73	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Six	115	115	65	34	66	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Seven	113	113	54	17	52	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Eight	184	186	70	20	67	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Nine	115	114	66	16	62	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward Ten	194	193	73	40	71	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Putnam County[16]	463	351	154	59	60	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Carmel[17]	185	100	53	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Kent[18]	68	66	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Patterson	49	29	35	28	1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Phillipstown	71	64	56	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southeast[19]	90	92	1	26	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Queens County[20][21]	359	355	224	427	217	435	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Flushing[22]	29	28	19	39	18	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hempstead	115	114	106	157	105	159	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Jamaica	65	63	45	48	45	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Newtown	60	60	22	32	22	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Hempstead[23]	46	45	8	47	7	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oyster Bay	44	45	24	104	20	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richmond County[24]	181	181	223	2	222	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rockland County	501	491	117	12	100	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Clarkstown	163	159	15	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Haverstraw	60	57	45	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hempstead	184	182	44	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Orangetown	94	93	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Suffolk County[25]	1091	1087	493	6	487	6	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
Town of Brookhaven	91	89	135	2	133	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Easthampton	129	128	16	1	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Huntington	272	272	79	-	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Town of Islip[26]	27	27	15	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Riverhead[27]	73	73	63	-	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shelter Island	17	17	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Smithtown	78	77	53	-	51	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southampton	271	271	36	-	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southold[28]	133	133	78	-	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Westchester County[29][30][31][32]	843	815	341	436	324	481	3	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-
Town of Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Cortlandt[33]	104	102	47	19	51	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of East Chester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Greenburgh	32	32	55	3	54	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Harrison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mamaroneck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mount Pleasant[34]	95	93	77	10	78	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Castle	15	12	12	3	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Rochelle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Castle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Salem[35]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pelham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Poundridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rye	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Scarsedale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Somers[36]	36	35	10	37	10	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of South Salem	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of West Chester	28	26	12	27	12	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of West Plains	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Yonkers	55	55	3	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Yorktown[37]	45	44	13	36	14	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[2]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 3 votes as James Tallmadge.

[3]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 3 votes as James Tallmadge.

[4]Philip J. Schuyler received 1 vote as Philip Schuyler.

[5]Peter R. Livingston received 1 vote as Peter Livingston.

[6]Philip J. Schuyler received 1 vote as Philip Schuyler.

[7]Philip J. Schuyler received 4 votes as Philip Schuyler and 1 vote as Philip P. Schuyler.

[8]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[9]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[10]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 5 votes as James Tallmadge.

[11]The Long Island Star, May 5, lists 186 votes for James Tallmadge and 184 votes for Pierre Van Cortlandt in Kings County, though the town totals add up to 185 and 183.

[12]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 283 votes as James Tallmadge.

[13]The Albany Argus (Albany, NY), May 7; the Commercial Advertiser, May 3; the Columbian, May 8; the National Advocate, May 3; and The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 4, report 805 votes for Philip J. Schuyler and 588 for Pierre Van Cortlandt in New York City.

[14]The Long Island Star, May 5, reports 1499 votes for John Townsend, 426 for James Tallmadge, Jr., 583 for Pierre Van Cortlandt, and 805 for Philip J. Schuyler in New York City.

[15]The Columbian May 8, and The National Advocate, May 3, list Philip J. Schuyler with 180 votes in Ward 3, which was apparently a misreading of the original written total of "one hundred and eighteen."

[16]The National Advocate, May 6, reports 403 votes for John Townsend in Putnam county.

[17]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[18]The town of Frederick changed its name to Kent in 1817. Some newspapers in 1819 still referred to the town as Frederick.

[19]One vote for Philip J. Schuyler has been credited to Philip S. Schuyler in Putnam County, town of Southeast. The official canvass of votes gives this vote for "Peter J. Schuyler," but it is listed as Philip J. Schuyler in the original election returns and in the Columbian June 10, 1819; it was apparently transcribed incorrectly in the official canvass.

[20]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 19 votes as James Tallmadge.

[21]The Long Island Star, May 5, reports 428 votes for Philip J. Schuyler in Queens County.

[22]The National Advocate, May 1, reports 19 votes for Pierre Van Cortlandt in Flushing.

[23]The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 1, reports 48 votes for James Morris in North Hempstead.

[24]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 37 votes as James Tallmadge.

[25]The Albany Argus (Albany, NY), May 14, reports 1097 votes for Peter R. Livingston in Suffolk County.

[26]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 9 votes as James Tallmadge.

[27]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[28]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 1 vote as James Tallmadge.

[29]James Tallmadge, Jr. received 20 votes as James Tallmage and 8 votes as James Tallmadge.

[30]Peter R. Livingston received 1 vote as Peter Livingston.

[31]The Columbian, May 12 and 14, and the Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, NY), May 18, report 853 votes for John Townsend, 820 for Peter Livingston, 334 for James Tallmadge, 430 for Philip J. Schuyler, 360 for Pierre Van Cortlandt, and 482 for James Morris in Westchester county.

[32]The National Advocate, May 11, reports 430 votes for Philip J. Schuyler, 330 for Pierre Van Cortlandt, and 334 for James Tallmadge in Westchester county.

[33]The National Advocate, May 6 and 7, report 25 votes for Philip J. Schuyler in Cortlandt.

[34]The National Advocate, May 6 and 7, report 65 votes for John Townsend in Mount Pleasant.

[35]"In North Salem .... Livingston and Townsend's majority for Senators, about 70." Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, NY). May 4, 1819.

[36]The National Advocate, May 6 and 7, report 37 votes for Peter R. Livingston and 85 votes for Philip J. Schuyler in Somers.

[37]The National Advocate, May 6 and 7, report 14 votes for James Tallmadge and 13 votes for Pierre Van Cortlandt in Yorktown.

References:

Original Election Books. Dutchess County Historian, Poughkeepsie.

Original Election Returns.

Brookhaven Town Records. 216-217.

Orange County Patriot; or, the Spirit of Seventy-Six (Goshen, NY). April 13, 1819.

National Advocate (New York, NY). May 1, 1819.

The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). May 1, 1819.

Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY). May 3, 1819.

National Advocate (New York, NY). May 3, 1819.

The Columbian. (For the Country) (New York, NY). May 4, 1819.

The Metropolitan (Georgetown, DC). May 4, 1820.

National Advocate (New York, NY). May 4, 1819.

The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). May 4, 1819.

Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, NY). May 4, 1819.

The Dutchess Observer (Poughkeepsie, NY). May 5, 1819.

Long-Island Star (Brooklyn, NY). May 5, 1819.

National Advocate (New York, NY). May 6, 1819.

The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). May 7, 1819.

National Advocate (For the Country) (New York, NY). May 7, 1819.

The New-York Columbian (New York, NY). May 8, 1819.

The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). May 11, 1819.

National Advocate (New York, NY). May 11, 1819.

The New-York Columbian (New York, NY). May 12, 1819.

The Dutchess Observer (Poughkeepsie, NY). May 12, 1819.

Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY). May 12, 1819.

The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). May 14, 1819.

The Columbian. (For the Country) (New York, NY). May 14, 1819.

Westchester Herald (Mount Pleasant, NY). May 18, 1819.

The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). June 4, 1819.

National Advocate (New York, NY). June 4, 1819.

The New-York Columbian (New York, NY). June 10, 1819.

Catskill Recorder (Catskill, NY). June 16, 1819.

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