New York 1788 Assembly, Queens County

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

Label:: New York 1788 Assembly, Queens County
Date:: 1788
State:: New York
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Samuel Jones, Stephen Carman, Whitehead Cornwell, John Schenck, Nathaniel Lawrence, Francis Lewis, Prior Townsend

Candidates:	Samuel Jones [1]	Stephen Carman [2]	Whitehead Cornwell [3]	John Schenck [4]	Nathaniel Lawrence	Francis Lewis	Prior Townsend
Affiliation:	Anti-Federalist	Anti-Federalist	Anti-Federalist	Anti-Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [5][6]	408	377	371	338	321	312	291
Queens County	408	377	371	338	321	312	291
Town of Flushing	9	9	56	10	65	72	57
Town of Jamaica	14	13	69	14	27	76	75
Town of Newtown[7]	23	6	52	23	82	60	57
Town of North Hempstead	84	82	47	98	80	49	50
Town of Oyster Bay	75	48	-	70	42	22	44
Town of South Hempstead	203	219	147	123	25	33	8

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Some sources list Whitehead Cornwell as Whitehead Cornell.

[6]"1788, Feb. 20-Samuel Jones, by the address of Governor Clinton, is made his active tool to serve the interests of his own party-N.Y. Adv." Queens County in Olden Times.

[7]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) lists Francis Lewis (Francis Seaman) with 67 votes in Newton.

References:

Journal of the New York Assembly, 1788.

The New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register (New York, NY). June 5, 1788.

The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). June 7, 1788.

Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. Queens County in Olden Times. Jamaica, NY: Charles Welling, 1865.

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