Delaware 1816 State Senate, Sussex County

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Delaware 1816 State Senate, Sussex County
Date:: 1816
State:: Delaware
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Joseph Maull, John Collins

Candidates:	Joseph Maull [1]	John Collins
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result:	1596	983
Sussex County	1596	983
Baltimore[2][3]	97	47
Broad Creek	165	153
Broadkill[4]	251	140
Cedar Creek	256	30
Dagsborough	161	59
Indian River	117	56
Lewes and Rehoboth	80	108
Little Creek	175	74
Nanticoke[5]	155	110
North West Fork	139	205

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Delaware Gazette and Peninsula Advertiser (Wilmington, DE) of October 17, 1816 lists John Collins with 982 votes.

[3]The American Watchman (Wilmington, DE) of October 16, 1816 lists Joseph Maull with 1559 votes, but the total of the votes for Maull in the various hundreds shown in this source is actually 1596, matching the total shown here.

[4]Broadkill Hundred was also sometimes known as Broad Kiln Hundred.

[5]The American Watchman (Wilmington, DE) of October 16, 1816 lists John Collins with 111 votes.

References:

Delaware Gazette and Peninsula Advertiser (Wilmington, DE). October 14, 1816.

American Watchman (Wilmington, DE). October 16, 1816.

Delaware Gazette and Peninsula Advertiser (Wilmington, DE). October 17, 1816.

American Watchman (Wilmington, DE). October 19, 1816.

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