New Jersey 1805 Legislative Council, Morris County

Office:: Council (State)
Title:: Legislative Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: New Jersey 1805 Legislative Council, Morris County
Date:: 1805
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: David Welsh, John Cobb

Candidates:	David Welsh [1]	John Cobb
Affiliation:	Republican	Quid
Final Result: [2][3]	613	338
Morris County	613	338

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"In this county no federal opposition was made." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 22, 1805.

[3]"The Republican Candidates for Council and Assembly have been elected in the counties of Essex, Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland. The Federal tickets have succeeded in Bergen, Somerset, Middlesex, Burlington, and probably Cape-May. The strength of parties in the Legislature of this state this year is therefore Republicans to Federalists--tho' not so good as we expected, not so bad as it might have been." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 21, 1805.

References:

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 21, 1805.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 22, 1805.

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