New Jersey 1802 Assembly, Hunterdon County

Office:
Assembly (State)
Title:
Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Jersey 1802 Assembly, Hunterdon County
Date:
1802
State:
New Jersey
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:
Peter Gordon, Stephen Burrowes, Simon Wyckoff, Benjamin Van Cleve, Joseph Hankinson, John Haas, Nathan Stout, Jacob Schenck
Candidates: Peter Gordon[1]Stephen Burrowes[2]Simon Wyckoff[3]Benjamin Van Cleve[4]Joseph HankinsonJohn HaasNathan StoutJacob Schenck
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]19091859184118261825182418061784
Hunterdon County19091859184118261825182418061784
Amwell[13][14]699306298307669670664280
Alexandria11590888611411311284
Bethlehem[15]12476737311912212374
Hopewell[16]227285285276211210203268
Kingwood199104104104194191194102
Lebanon9914113814010010098137
Maidenhead[17]58170166169575251163
Readington[18]116133133123116115110126
Tewksbury12951535312312512453
Trenton143503503495128126127497

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]The True American (Trenton, NJ), October 19, and The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ) use the spelling Burroughs for Stephen Burrowes.
[6]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) use the name Scheck for Jacob Schenk, the first name Samuel for Simon Wyckoff, and the first name initial P. for Benjamin Van Cleve.
[7]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1883 votes for Simon Wyckoff, 1781 votes for Jacob Schenck, and 1825 votes for John Haas in Hunterdon County.
[8]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1883 votes for Simon Wyckoff but the township totals add up to 1833.
[9]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) reports 1781 votes for Jacob Schenck in Hunterdon County.
[10]"In this County, contrary alike to our expectations and wishes, the Federalists have in part succeeded. The Republicans carried their Council, on Assemblyman, and Coroners : the Federalists three Assemblymen. This partial defeat of Republicanism is not, as some might suppose, owing to its decline. Every Republican Candidate has a larger number of votes this year than he had last. Our defeat is atributable principally to three causes :--to a too great certainty of success on the part of the Republicans, and a consequent relaxation of their exertions--to the extraordinary efforts of the Federalists, by secret Committees, Circular Letters, and otherwise--and to the number of illegal votes taken in by the Federalists, which in this township alone are supposed to amount to near an hundred and fifty ; while in Amwell and other Republican townships, no votes were knowingly admitted which were not legal. Had the Republicans made as great exertions--used similar means--and admitted such voters as the Federalists did, they would have entirely succeeded by large majorities. If they are partially defeated by the unjust and unlawful conduct of their adversaries, they are not disgraced by any improper measures of their own." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 18, 1802.
[11]"In our last we hinted that the cause of the republicans having lost ground in the legislature of this state, was owing in part to the inertness of republicans--but more particularly to the abuses practised at our elections. It is evident there were a much larger number of republican votes given in this year than at any former election, the most probable cause to which our failure of success is attributable,is the great number of illegal votes which have swelled the federal list so as to afford them a larger number of representatives. ... The following extract from a writer in the 'Ture American' will afford to the public in a degree an idea of the conduct of these pretenders of attachment to good order and the constitution. '... At the late election in the township of Trenton, persons of the following description were admitted to vote, viz. Persons under age. Persons not worth the sum specified by the Constitution; and some who are actually maintained by private charity and public contribution. Persons who have not resided in the County the time prescribed by law. And Blacks who are actual slaves. These things are not merely asserted--they are facts, that can and will be substantiated if occasion offers, or an opportunity is given.' " The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1802.
[12]"CONTESTED ELECTIONS. The several petitions from the counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Gloucester, relative to illegal proceedings alledged to have been had at the late election, were referred to a committee of Elections, consisting of Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Kitchel, Lacey, Ward, and Day--three Federalists, and two Republicans. A hearing of evidence on the part of the Petitioners from Hunterdon County, comes on before the committee, on Wednesday next; when we have no doubt that the illegality of the election of Van Cleve, Burrowes, and Wyckoff, will fully appear." The True American (Trenton, NJ). November 1, 1802.
[13]The Federalist reports 285 votes for Jacob Schenck.
[14]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) reports 290 votes for Simon Wyckoff in Amwell.
[15]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) reports 123 votes for John Haas in Bethlehem.
[16]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) reports 263 votes for Jacob Schenck.
[17]The Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) reports 51 votes for Peter Gordon and 58 votes for Joseph Hankinson in Maidenhead.
[18]The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ) reports 123 votes for Jacob Schenk in Readington.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 18, 1802.
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1802.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 18, 1802.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1802.
The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 22, 1802.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). November 1, 1802.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1802.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). June 6, 1803.

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