New York 1797 Assembly, Albany County

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

Label:: New York 1797 Assembly, Albany County
Date:: 1797
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Dirck Ten Broeck, Nathaniel Ogden, Philip P. Schuyler, Andrew N. Heermance, John Prince, Thomas E. Barker, Joel Thompson, Peter West, Johan Jost Dietz, John H. Wendell, George Hale, John Sanders, Jacob Hochstrasser, John Ostrander, Jr., John Thornton, Daniel Brown, Jr., Philip Conine, Jr., Philip Van Rensselaer

Candidates:	Dirck Ten Broeck [1]	Nathaniel Ogden [2]	Philip P. Schuyler [3]	Andrew N. Heermance [4]	John Prince [5]	Thomas E. Barker [6]	Joel Thompson [7]	Peter West [8]	Johan Jost Dietz [9]	John H. Wendell [10]	George Hale	John Sanders	Jacob Hochstrasser	John Ostrander, Jr.	John Thornton	Daniel Brown, Jr.	Philip Conine, Jr.	Philip Van Rensselaer
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [11][12]	2345	2220	2210	1735	1634	1573	1505	1489	1423	1404	1082	1007	855	818	791	716	683	207
Albany County	2345	2220	2210	1735	1634	1573	1505	1489	1423	1404	1082	1007	855	818	791	716	683	207
City of Albany	398	358	359	298	350	298	291	305	280	339	69	90	46	67	66	40	52	-
Ward One	223	209	196	162	175	161	156	161	147	179	56	41	38	57	55	34	37	-
Ward Two	83	75	81	70	83	69	68	72	68	76	7	25	-	7	6	5	6	-
Ward Three	92	74	82	66	92	68	67	72	65	84	6	24	8	3	5	1	9	-
Town of Berne	332	236	328	226	237	227	228	278	237	234	96	96	94	93	98	54	98	92
Town of Bethleham	54	27	20	21	20	20	22	22	17	26	1	30	2	1	1	6	27	73
Town of Catskill	75	100	68	152	4	31	7	16	3	7	183	182	174	184	145	150	24	-
Town of Coeymans	52	53	43	47	41	6	27	15	25	46	37	8	10	10	-	-	1	21
Town of Coxsackie	231	263	252	152	153	152	135	109	154	83	198	111	106	111	108	105	113	-
Town of Duanesburgh	164	164	161	125	125	121	123	124	113	123	38	44	44	31	43	37	38	-
Town of Freehold	80	86	46	86	63	93	62	54	6	23	85	19	30	33	-	17	10	-
Town of Rensselaerville	222	210	219	219	221	220	220	167	204	88	64	84	6	4	-	1	2	21
Town of Schenectady	467	462	452	177	196	177	166	171	176	186	285	297	287	263	301	278	288	-
Town of Watervliet	270	261	262	232	224	228	224	228	208	249	26	46	56	21	29	28	30	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Elected.

[8]Elected.

[9]Elected.

[10]Elected.

[11]All of the newspapers list 1589 votes for John Prince, 1736 votes for Andrew N. Heermance and 845 votes for Jacob Hochstrasser, but doing the addition of the totals of the several towns gives the above totals.

[12]All of the newspapers report "There were a few scattering votes."

References:

The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). June 2, 1797.

The Albany Chronicle (Albany, NY). June 5, 1797.

The Mohawk Mercury (Schenectady, NY). June 6, 1797.

Catskill Packet (Catskill, NY). June 10, 1797.

Munsell, Joel. The Annals of Albany. Vol. V. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1854. 188.

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