New York 1811 Assembly, Clinton and Franklin Counties

Office:: Assembly (State)
Title:: Assemblyman
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New York 1811 Assembly, Clinton and Franklin Counties
Date:: 1811
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Gates Hoit, George Perry

Candidates:	Gates Hoit [1]	George Perry
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [2][3]	708	680
District of Clinton and Franklin	708	680
Clinton County	451	566
Town of Champlain	81	55
Town of Chazy	110	79
Town of Moores	25	20
Town of Peru	78	153
Town of Plattsburgh	157	259
Franklin County	257	114
Town of Chateauguay	81	22
Town of Constable	73	37
Town of Dickinson	19	10
Town of Malone	84	45

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Most sources note the majority for Gates Hoit is 28 and that there are 3 [unnamed] scattering votes.

[3]"From the above statement of the votes taken in the counties of Clinton and Franklin, it will be seen that Mr. Hoit, the federal republican candidate, has been re-elected a member of our state legislature by an increased majority.--This result, so honorable to the character of Mr. Hoit, is rendered doubly interesting, from the consideration that it involves the total downfall of democracy in these two counties, and places the cause of federalism upon a sure and substantial foundation. It is indeed, matter of great joy, that friends of rational freedom have a third time been enabled to elect their candidate in spite of every opposition, and to triumph over the machinations and intrigues of designing men;--and we sincerely rejoice that our fellow citizens have evinced their attachment to sound prin-." Political Observatory (Plattsburgh, NY). May 11, 1811.

References:

Republican (Plattsburgh, NY). May 3, 1811.

Republican (Plattsburgh, NY). May 10, 1811.

Political Observatory (Plattsburgh, NY). May 11, 1811.

Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY). May 27, 1811.

New-York Spectator (New York, NY). May 29, 1811.

Political Observatory (Plattsburgh, NY). May 29, 1811.

The Columbian (New York, NY). May 30, 1811.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). May 30, 1811.

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