New York 1807 State Senate, Western District

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New York 1807 State Senate, Western District
Date:
1807
State:
New York
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Alexander Rea, William Floyd, Caleb Hyde, Moss Kent, Caleb Sampson, Caleb Mason, Nathan Williams, William Hyde, Richard Townley, Elijah Price, William Rea, Wiliam Rumsey, Alexander Floyd, Henry Rea, John Rea, Russel Atwater, John Broome, Joseph W. Carter, Emanuel Corgell, Samuel Floyd, Robert Jackson, Chairman King, Joseph MacCarter, John MacWhorter, Vincent Matthews, Jacob Morris, Amos Rathbun, Thomas Storm, Archibald Thompson, Daniel Tompkins, William Bradley, George Brayton, Alexander Broome, Salmon Buel, Apollos Cooper, John Floyd, William Ford, Joshua Forman, David Fulton, Peter B. Garnsey, Elijah Holt, Thomas Horm, Noah Hoyt, James Hyde, Morris King, Abraham Kneely, Asa Lappam, Alexander Lay, Stephen Ludington, Luke MacCracken, Andrew Neil, Jonas Platt, Jonathan Stanley, Pardon Starks, Caleb Strong, John Tayler, William Tayler, George Widrig, Robert Wilson
Candidates: Alexander Rea[1]William Floyd[2]Caleb HydeMoss KentCaleb SampsonCaleb MasonNathan WilliamsWilliam HydeRichard TownleyElijah PriceWilliam ReaWiliam RumseyAlexander FloydHenry ReaJohn ReaRussel AtwaterJohn BroomeJoseph W. CarterEmanuel CorgellSamuel FloydRobert JacksonChairman KingJoseph MacCarterJohn MacWhorterVincent MatthewsJacob MorrisAmos RathbunThomas StormArchibald ThompsonDaniel TompkinsWilliam BradleyGeorge BraytonAlexander BroomeSalmon BuelApollos CooperJohn FloydWilliam FordJoshua FormanDavid FultonPeter B. GarnseyElijah HoltThomas HormNoah HoytJames HydeMorris KingAbraham KneelyAsa LappamAlexander LayStephen LudingtonLuke MacCrackenAndrew NeilJonas PlattJonathan StanleyPardon StarksCaleb StrongJohn TaylerWilliam TaylerGeorge WidrigRobert Wilson
Affiliation:RepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [3]134961341811549114412189887657433323222222222222211111111111111111111111111111
District of Western134961341811549114412189887657433323222222222222211111111111111111111111111111
Allegany County[4]17183738-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Angelica[5]17183738-------------------------------------------------------
Broome County[6][7][8]7485273246--8----------------------------------------------------
Cayuga County125512816694674398--65----------------2---1----------------------------
Town of Aurelius20219914110043------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brutus[9]21421433-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cato292916--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dryden575765--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson878722-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Locke335153--23-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton2322379853-45-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Owasco868589-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Scipio154154283289-30-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sempronius161168-11----65----------------2---1----------------------------
Chenango County[10][11]11761155717503167---------1------------------------1-------------------
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Ontario County[39]1262118215061572-------4----------------------------------1------1-----
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Town of Canton--4545-------------------------------------------------------
Town of De Kalb--3943-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton[47]--2727-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lisbon--4847-------------2--2-----------------1----------11--------
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Town of Massena22202523-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oswegatchie14145959-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Potsdam7105249-------------------------------------------------------
Schoharie County528528631587-------------------------------------------------------
Seneca County[48]40437738717210----------------------------1---------------------1---
Town of Hector4949828------------------------------------------------------
Town of Junius126010453-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ovid1301307948---------------------------------------------------1---
Town of Romulus801113432-----------------------------1-------------------------
Town of Ulysses655944362------------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington6868181-------------------------------------------------------
Steuben County162116129117------------1----------2-------1-------1---------------
Town of Bath31332423------------1------------------------------------------
Town of Canisteo12121725-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dansville4242215-----------------------1---------------1---------------
Town of Fredericktown141477-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middletown17-99-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Painted Post14143837-------------------------------1-----------------------
Town of Reading321321-----------------------1-------------------------------
Tioga County[49][50][51]91142157177------1-1-----22----2---1------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]In the official canvass of votes, returns from Hartford in Ontario county were rejected. As such, the official returns list 13441 votes for Alexander Rea, 13407 votes for William Floyd, 11395 votes for Caleb Hyde, and 11267 votes for Moss Kent in the Western District.
[4]Angelica was the only town in Allegany county in 1807.
[5]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 38 votes for Caleb Hyde and 37 votes for Moss Kent in Angelica.
[6]Scattering votes in Tioga and Broome counties were listed together.
[7]Moss Kent received 1 vote as Moses Kent.
[8]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 9, lists 249 votes for Moss Kent in Broome county.
[9]Moss Kent received 2 votes as Moses Kent.
[10]William Floyd received 5 votes as William Loyd.
[11]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 9, lists 1177 votes for Alexander Rea and 1156 votes for William Floyd.
[12]The Western Repository, May 5, lists 90 votes for Moss Kent and 92 votes for Caleb Hyde in Northampton.
[13]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 26, The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 22, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 29, list 16 votes for Moss Kent in Willink.
[14]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 19; the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 18; the Columbian Gazette, May 12; New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20; and the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, list 1105 votes for Alexander Rea, 1101 for William Floyd, and 614 votes for Caleb Hyde in Herkimer county. The town votes listed, though, add up to the totals listed here.
[15]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 9, lists 1100 votes for William Floyd in Herkimer county.
[16]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 1100 votes for Alexander Rea, 1098 votes for William Floyd, 614 votes for Caleb Hyde, and 589 votes for Moss Kent in Herkimer county.
[17]William Rea received 2 votes as William Ray.
[18]Moss Kent received 7 votes as Moses Kent.
[19]John Broome received 1 vote as John Broom.
[20]Scattering votes for Jefferson, Lewis, and Saint Lawrence counties were listed together.
[21]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 21 and June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 693 votes for William Floyd in Jefferson county.
[22]Scattering votes for Jefferson, Lewis, and Saint Lawrence counties were listed together.
[23]Moss Kent received 5 votes as Moses Kent.
[24]The Columbian Gazette, May 12; New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23; and New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20, list 1761 votes for Alexander Rea and 1651 votes for Caleb Hyde in Oneida couty.
[25]The Patriot, May 12, lists 175
[26]The Columbian Gazette, May 12; The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 14; the New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20; and the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, list 52 votes for Alexander Rea in Redfield.
[27]The Columbian Gazette, May 12, the New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20, and the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, list 2 votes for Caleb Hyde in Remsen.
[28]The New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, lists 6 votes for Alexander Rea in Remsen.
[29]The Columbian Gazette, May 12; The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 14; New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20; and the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, list 133 votes for Alexander Rea in Rome.
[30]The New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20, lists 215 votes for Moss Kent in Sangerfield.
[31]The Columbian Gazette, May 12; The Albany Register (Albany, NY), May 14; New-York Evening Post (New York, NY), May 20, and the New-York Herald (New York, NY), May 23, list 77 votes for Alexander Rea in Verona.
[32]Moss Kent received 6 votes as Moses Kent.
[33]William Floyd received 4 votes as William F. Floyd and 1 vote as Williams Floyd.
[34]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 1287 votes for Alexander Rea in Onondaga county.
[35]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 29, lists 1065 votes for Caleb Hyde in Onondaga county.
[36]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 2, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 29, list 37 votes for William Floyd in Cicero.
[37]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 2, and the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 29, list 8 votes for Moses Kent in Lysander.
[38]The Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 2, and the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 29, list 160 votes for William Floyd in Manlius.
[39]Newspaper sources list 1503 votes for Caleb Hyde and 1571 votes for Moss Kent in Ontario county, though the town votes add up to 1506 and 1572, respectively.
[40]The returns from Hartford were rejected in the Official Canvass of Votes.
[41]The American Citizen (New York, NY), May 26, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 29, list 152 votes for Caleb Hyde in Pittstown.
[42]One vote for William Floyd in Otsego county was listed among the scattering votes.
[43]The Otsego Herald (Cooperstown, NY) lists 1892 votes for William Floyd in Otsego county, though the town votes listed add up to 1792.
[44]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 1785 votes for William Floyd in Otsego county.
[45]Scattering votes for Jefferson, Lewis, and Saint Lawrence counties were listed together.
[46]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 9, the American Citizen (New York, NY), May 21 and 26, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), May 22, list 91 votes for William Floyd in Saint Lawrence county.
[47]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 9, and the Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY), June 12, list 17 votes for Caleb Hyde in Hopkinton.
[48]The American Citizen (New York, NY), June 12, and the Columbian Gazette, June 16, list 8 votes for Caleb Sampson in Seneca county.
[49]Scattering votes in Tioga and Broome counties were listed together.
[50]The Albany Register (Albany, NY), June 9, lists 174 votes for Moss Kent in Tioga county.
[51]Moss Kent received 2 votes as Ross Kent.

References:

Original Election Returns.
Western Repository (Canandaigua, NY). May 5, 1807.
Columbian Gazette (Utica, NY). May 12, 1807.
Western Repository (Canandaigua, NY). May 12, 1807.
Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). May 12, 1807.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 14, 1807.
Otsego Herald (Cooperstown, NY). May 14, 1807.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 18, 1807.
Columbian Gazette (Utica, NY). May 19, 1807.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 19, 1807.
New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). May 20, 1807.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 21, 1807.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 21, 1807.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). May 22, 1807.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 22, 1807.
New-York Herald (New York, NY). May 23, 1807.
American Citizen (New York, NY). May 26, 1807.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). May 29, 1807.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 9, 1807.
American Citizen (New York, NY). June 9, 1807.
Republican Watch-Tower (New York, NY). June 12, 1807.
Columbian Gazette (Utica, NY). June 16, 1807.
Smith, James H. History of Chenango and Madison Counties New York. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and, 1880. 578.

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