New Jersey 1809 Sheriff, Sussex County

Office:: Sheriff (County)
Title:: Sheriff
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: New Jersey 1809 Sheriff, Sussex County
Date:: 1809
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Ephraim Green, Jr., Daniel Swayze

Candidates:	Ephraim Green, Jr.[1]	Daniel Swayze
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist
Final Result:	1685	1382
Sussex County	1685	1382
Byram	56	30
Frankford	65	116
Greenwich	192	81
Hardiston	187	37
Hardwick	210	156
Independence	98	49
Knowlton	83	200
Mansfield	55	173
Montigue	70	8
Newton	148	114
Oxford[2]	106	158
Sandyston	37	23
Vernon	154	52
Wallpack	41	26
Wantage	183	159

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Original Election Returns lists 116 votes for Ephraim Green, Jr. in the town of Oxford. But, the total number of votes cast, township wide, in the town of Oxford, is listed as 264. Doing the addition of the votes received by the two candidates, with 158 votes for Daniel Swayze and 106 votes for Green you get the correct total vote count of 264. Additionally, using the vote count of 106 votes, Ephraim Green, Jr's. county wide total is correct at 1685 votes.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 23, 1809.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 24, 1809.

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