New Jersey 1808 Electoral College

Office:: Electoral College (Federal)
Title:: Elector
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: New Jersey 1808 Electoral College
Date:: 1808
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Electoral College/Elector
Electors:: James Mott, David Welch, Benjamin Egbert, James Morgan, George Burgin, Amos Harrison, Thomas Hendry, Abijah Smith, Thomas Sinnickson, Evi Adams, John Black, Jonathan Rhea, Peter J. Stryker, Jonathan Elmer, William Lloyd, John Outwater, Jacob Hufty, William T. Anderson, David Frazer, William MacCullough, Charles Pumberton, Joseph Sharp, Jacob S. Thomson, Daniel Stewart, William Rossell, Isaiah Shinn, Ebenezer Elmer, John Willson, Martin Ryerson

Electors:	James Mott [1]	David Welch [2]	Benjamin Egbert [3]	James Morgan [4]	George Burgin [5]	Amos Harrison [6]	Thomas Hendry [7]	Abijah Smith [8]	Thomas Sinnickson	Evi Adams	John Black	Jonathan Rhea	Peter J. Stryker	Jonathan Elmer	William Lloyd	John Outwater	Jacob Hufty	William T. Anderson	David Frazer	William MacCullough	Charles Pumberton	Joseph Sharp	Jacob S. Thomson	Daniel Stewart	William Rossell	Isaiah Shinn	Ebenezer Elmer	John Willson	Martin Ryerson
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Presidential Candidate:	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Final Result:	18670	18667	18706	18643	18643	18640	18555	18635	14687	14680	14660	14657	14622	14622	14588	14598	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bergin County	893	891	891	892	887	888	885	886	939	937	938	916	937	923	935	938	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burlington County	1053	1052	1053	1038	1049	1052	1050	1045	2264	2258	2265	2261	2258	2261	2262	2258	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape May County	115	115	115	115	115	115	112	115	311	310	308	300	311	311	311	311	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lower	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	54	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Middle	27	27	27	27	27	27	25	27	105	105	102	103	105	105	105	105	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Upper	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	129	128	129	129	129	129	129	129	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cumberland County[9]	906	904	906	902	902	900	891	900	612	609	612	609	612	612	607	611	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Essex County	3210	3219	3220	3217	3225	3221	3223	3225	589	590	591	590	589	585	576	591	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Acquackanonk	221	221	220	221	221	221	221	220	63	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell	326	346	343	336	345	341	344	346	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elizabeth	349	349	349	349	349	349	349	349	200	200	201	201	200	201	201	201	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Newark	934	933	933	934	933	933	933	933	178	178	178	178	178	173	178	178	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orange	435	435	435	435	434	432	435	434	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rahway	180	180	180	179	180	180	179	179	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Springfield	470	470	469	468	469	470	467	470	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Westfield	295	295	295	295	294	295	295	294	49	49	50	50	49	50	50	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gloucester County	1350	1340	1349	1351	1347	1337	1335	1339	1308	1307	1299	1307	1305	1309	1305	1308	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deptford	237	238	237	238	238	237	229	237	205	206	206	205	206	206	206	205	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egg Harbour	168	168	168	168	168	168	168	168	48	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Galloway	195	195	195	195	195	195	193	194	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gloucester	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gloucester	181	181	181	181	179	181	178	181	74	74	74	73	73	74	74	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greenwich	121	121	121	121	121	121	120	121	238	237	238	238	238	238	238	238	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Newton	81	80	81	81	80	81	81	72	130	130	121	130	130	130	128	130	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Waterford	158	157	157	158	157	158	157	157	112	111	112	113	112	113	111	112	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weymouth	93	93	93	93	93	80	93	93	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woolwich	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	354	354	354	354	353	354	353	354	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hunterdon County	2081	2079	2077	2083	2077	2081	2074	2079	1885	1885	1887	1877	1885	1884	1881	1877	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Alexandria	202	202	203	202	202	201	202	202	137	137	137	135	137	136	135	133	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amwell	673	674	673	675	673	674	671	675	339	339	339	339	339	339	339	339	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bethlehem	180	180	178	180	180	180	180	180	104	105	105	104	105	105	105	105	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hopewell	164	163	163	164	161	164	160	162	271	271	271	268	271	271	270	269	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kingwood	272	271	271	272	272	272	272	271	136	136	137	137	136	137	136	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	191	191	190	191	191	191	191	191	212	212	212	212	212	212	212	212	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maidenhead	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	129	129	129	129	129	129	128	129	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reading	116	115	116	116	116	116	116	116	163	163	163	163	162	162	163	163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tewksbury	137	137	137	137	136	137	136	136	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Trenton	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	338	337	338	334	338	337	337	338	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Middlesex County	1216	1216	1216	1214	1212	1212	1216	1213	1523	1520	1518	1521	1522	1517	1523	1505	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monmouth County	1559	1558	1557	1559	1558	1557	1557	1555	1618	1619	1620	1621	1619	1620	1620	1619	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Dover	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	111	112	110	112	112	112	112	112	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Freehold	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	418	281	281	281	281	281	281	280	281	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Howell	176	176	176	177	176	176	176	176	255	255	255	256	255	254	256	255	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Middletown	445	446	446	446	446	446	445	445	119	120	120	120	120	120	120	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shrewsbury	270	270	270	270	270	270	270	270	273	273	275	273	273	273	273	273	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stafford	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	107	107	107	107	106	107	107	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Upper Freehold	154	152	151	152	152	151	152	152	472	471	472	472	472	473	472	471	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morris County	2417	2415	2417	2402	2412	2414	2409	2404	493	494	496	495	494	490	494	453	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Salem County[10]	1062	1059	1059	1062	1059	1060	1059	1058	612	609	610	610	608	612	607	611	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Elsinborough	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lower Alloways Creek[11]	103	101	102	103	103	102	103	102	67	65	66	66	66	67	66	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lower Penns Neck	46	46	46	46	45	46	46	46	119	119	119	119	119	119	119	119	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mannington	106	106	106	106	106	106	106	106	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pilesgrove	143	142	141	143	143	142	140	141	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Pittsgrove[12]	191	191	191	191	190	191	191	190	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Salem	74	74	74	74	73	74	74	74	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Upper Alloways Creek	232	232	232	232	232	232	232	232	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Upper Penns Neck	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	140	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somerset County	849	848	848	849	847	849	843	848	1293	1297	1296	1300	1287	1293	1254	1291	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sussex County	1968	1962	1980	1959	1953	1954	1901	1963	1240	1245	1220	1241	1205	1206	1243	1227	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Byram	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frankford	74	75	74	72	74	73	74	74	130	131	131	129	131	132	131	130	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greenwich	222	222	218	222	221	222	213	222	161	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hardwick[13]	226	226	216	223	226	222	222	196	138	138	138	138	139	138	139	134	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hardyston	178	176	175	175	176	176	174	177	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Independence	107	106	106	106	106	106	106	106	42	43	43	43	43	42	43	38	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Knowlton	186	186	186	185	185	185	183	185	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mansfield	102	101	100	102	101	101	77	103	171	170	169	170	170	172	170	170	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montigue	48	47	48	48	43	48	47	48	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Newton	183	184	183	184	181	182	182	183	108	109	107	107	107	107	106	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oxford	178	177	178	178	176	175	167	110	82	82	82	83	46	44	83	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sandyston	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon	147	147	147	147	147	147	147	147	41	41	41	41	40	41	41	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wallpack	31	31	25	31	31	31	31	31	23	24	2	23	23	24	23	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wantage	195	193	192	195	195	195	187	195	155	155	155	155	155	155	155	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Elected.

[8]Elected.

[9]Peter J. Stryker received 4 votes as Peter Stryker.

[10]On the Original Election Returns from Salem County, the 32 votes listed for William Lloyd in the town of Elsinborough have been scratched out and his county wide total listed as 577.

[11]Peter J. Stryker received 2 votes as Peter Stryker.

[12]Peter J. Stryker received 6 votes as Peter Stryker.

[13]Peter J. Stryker received 1 vote as Peter Stryker.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

New Jersey Privy Council Records.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 8, 1808.

New-Jersey Telescope (Newark, NJ). November 8, 1808.

New-Jersey Telescope (Newark, NJ). November 11, 1808.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 16, 1808.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 17, 1808.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 17, 1808.

The Statesman (Newburyport, MA). November 20, 1808.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 22, 1808.

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