New Jersey 1801 Assembly, Cumberland County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1801 Assembly, Cumberland County
Date:: 1801
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: George Burgin, Azel Pierson, Jonathan Bowen, John Sheppard, Jr., Jeremiah Brooks

Candidates:	George Burgin [1]	Azel Pierson [2]	Jonathan Bowen	John Sheppard, Jr.	Jeremiah Brooks
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [3][4][5]	918	911	529	522	1
Cumberland County	918	911	529	522	1
Deerfield	176	176	74	74	-
Downe	53	53	72	73	-
Fairfield	333	335	43	38	-
Greenwich	44	42	88	87	-
Hopewell	154	152	112	112	1
Maurice River	105	105	73	72	-
Stoe Creek	53	48	67	66	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]William B. Ewing, Ezekiel Foster, James Harris, James Lee, David Moore, John Pierson, Josiah Seeley, Richard Wood Sheppard, John Wood are listed as candidates on the Original Election Returns tally sheet, but received no votes.

[4]"The feds will do their utmost in Cumberland, to return their old members, but, I am well assured without effect." American. And Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD). September 29, 1801.

[5]"On Tuesday and Wednesday last, took place throughout this state, the Annual Election for Members of the Council and General Assembly, Sheriffs and Coroners. We have not yet received the returns from several of the Counties; but we can with confidence assure our readers that there will be a handsome Republican Majority in the ensuing Legislature. ... From Cumberland, we have authentic information that the whole of the Republican Ticket has succeeded, by a majority of near Four Hundred votes.--Cumberland was Federal last year." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

American. And Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD). September 29, 1801.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

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