Connecticut 1809 Council of Assistants, Nomination

Office:
Council of Assistants (State)
Title:
Councillor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Connecticut 1809 Council of Assistants, Nomination
Date:
1809
State:
Connecticut
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Council of Assistants/Councillor
Candidates:
John C. Smith, Calvin Goddard, Henry Champion, Stephen T. Hosmer, Judson Canfield, Elizur Goodrich, Matthew Griswold, Jonathan Brace, Theodore Dwight, Jonathan Ingersoll, Frederick Wolcott, Roger M. Sherman, David Daggett, Joseph Walker, Jonathan Barnes, Aaron Austin, Asher Miller, Shubael Griswold, Asa Chapman, Daniel Putnam, Joshua King, Ebenezer Devotion, Walter Bradley, Moses Seymour, Jabez Fitch, Rufus Hitchcock, Moses Warren, Nicholl Fosdick, John Welch, Enoch Burrows, Daniel Tilden, Hezekial Goodrich, Isaac Spencer, Andrew Hull, Nathaniel Perry, Elijah House, Luther Loomis, Eli Todd, John T. Peters, Thomas Seymour, John Tallmadge, Beebe Hine
Candidates: John C. Smith[1]Calvin Goddard[2]Henry Champion[3]Stephen T. Hosmer[4]Judson Canfield[5]Elizur Goodrich[6]Matthew Griswold[7]Jonathan Brace[8]Theodore Dwight[9]Jonathan Ingersoll[10]Frederick Wolcott[11]Roger M. Sherman[12]David Daggett[13]Joseph Walker[14]Jonathan Barnes[15]Aaron Austin[16]Asher Miller[17]Shubael Griswold[18]Asa Chapman[19]Daniel Putnam[20]Joshua KingEbenezer DevotionWalter BradleyMoses SeymourJabez FitchRufus HitchcockMoses WarrenNicholl FosdickJohn WelchEnoch BurrowsDaniel TildenHezekial GoodrichIsaac SpencerAndrew HullNathaniel PerryElijah HouseLuther LoomisEli ToddJohn T. PetersThomas SeymourJohn TallmadgeBeebe Hine
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Fairfield County------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield------------------------------------------
Town of Danbury------------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield154-------------------128---------------------
Town of Greenwich[22]------------------------------------------
Town of Huntingdon------------------------------------------
Town of New Canaan------------------------------------------
Town of New Fairfield------------------------------------------
Town of Newtown------------------------------------------
Town of Norwalk[23]102-------------------154---------------------
Town of Reading------------------------------------------
Town of Ridgefield------------------------------------------
Town of Sherman[24]------------------------------------------
Town of Stamford48-------------------213---------------------
Town of Stratford------------------------------------------
Town of Trumbull------------------------------------------
Town of Weston------------------------------------------
Town of Wilton------------------------------------------
Hartford County------------------------------------------
Town of Berlin156-------------------106---------------------
Town of Bristol------------------------------------------
Town of Burlington97-------------------63---------------------
Town of Canton114-------------------17---------------------
Town of East Hartford118-------------------30---------------------
Town of East Windsor163-------------------48---------------------
Town of Enfield------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington------------------------------------------
Town of Glastonbury94-------------------148---------------------
Town of Granby161-------------------109---------------------
City of Hartford213-------------------161---------------------
Town of Hartland79-------------------36---------------------
Town of Marlborough76-------------------16---------------------
Town of Simsbury------------------------------------------
Town of Southington113-------------------43---------------------
Town of Suffield47-------------------54---------------------
Town of Wethersfield210-------------------35---------------------
Town of Windsor------------------------------------------
Litchfield County------------------------------------------
Town of Barkhamstead------------------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem91-----------------------------------------
Town of Canaan------------------------------------------
Town of Colbrook68-------------------48---------------------
Town of Cornwall------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen------------------------------------------
Town of Harwinton------------------------------------------
Town of Kent------------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield------------------------------------------
Town of New Hartford------------------------------------------
Town of New Milford------------------------------------------
Town of Norfolk94-------------------14---------------------
Town of Plymouth------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury[25]------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon------------------------------------------
Town of Southbury------------------------------------------
Town of Torrington89-------------------19---------------------
Town of Warren7272727246727271717170697170717172695861424443223334343233234115
Town of Washington------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown[26]------------------------------------------
Town of Winchester75-------------------29---------------------
Town of Woodbury------------------------------------------
Middlesex County------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham------------------------------------------
Town of Durham------------------------------------------
Town of East Haddam[27]168-------------------21---------------------
Town of Haddam------------------------------------------
Town of Killingworth103-------------------32---------------------
City of Middletown135-------------------48---------------------
Town of Saybrook155-------------------68---------------------
New Haven County------------------------------------------
Town of Branford------------------------------------------
Town of Cheshire40-------------------167---------------------
Town of Derby------------------------------------------
Town of East Haven------------------------------------------
Town of Guilford------------------------------------------
Town of Hamden------------------------------------------
Town of Milford------------------------------------------
Town of Meriden------------------------------------------
Town of Middlebury------------------------------------------
City of New Haven205-----------------------------------------
Town of North Haven35-------------------75---------------------
Town of Oxford------------------------------------------
Town of Wallingford86-------------------122---------------------
Town of Waterbury144-------------------152---------------------
Town of Wolcott------------------------------------------
Town of Woodbridge------------------------------------------
New London County------------------------------------------
Town of Bozrah29-------------------20---------------------
Town of Colchester------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin58-------------------20---------------------
Town of Groton------------------------------------------
Town of Lisbon------------------------------------------
Town of Lyme[28]108-------------------63---------------------
Town of Montville120-------------------34---------------------
City of New London66-------------------62---------------------
City of Norwich94-------------------90---------------------
Town of North Stonington------------------------------------------
Town of Preston138-------------------166---------------------
Town of Stonington------------------------------------------
Town of Waterford------------------------------------------
Tolland County------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton60-------------------9---------------------
Town of Coventry------------------------------------------
Town of Ellington------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron------------------------------------------
Town of Somers------------------------------------------
Town of Stafford108-------------------53---------------------
Town of Tolland101-------------------79---------------------
Town of Union------------------------------------------
Town of Vernon70-----------------------------------------
Town of Willington------------------------------------------
Windham County------------------------------------------
Town of Ashford------------------------------------------
Town of Brooklyn------------------------------------------
Town of Canterbury------------------------------------------
Town of Columbia------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton------------------------------------------
Town of Killingly------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield174-------------------196---------------------
Town of Plainfield------------------------------------------
Town of Pomfret------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling------------------------------------------
Town of Thompson------------------------------------------
Town of Voluntown------------------------------------------
Town of Windham------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Nominated.
[2]Nominated.
[3]Nominated.
[4]Nominated.
[5]Nominated.
[6]Nominated.
[7]Nominated.
[8]Nominated.
[9]Nominated.
[10]Nominated.
[11]Nominated.
[12]Nominated.
[13]Nominated.
[14]Nominated.
[15]Nominated.
[16]Nominated.
[17]Nominated.
[18]Nominated.
[19]Nominated.
[20]Nominated.
[21]The Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT) lists Theodore Dwight with 10188 votes.
[22]The votes from Greenwich were rejected "because it does not appear by the certificate of the presiding officer that the election was holden on the day prescribed by law." Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
[23]The votes from Norwalk were rejected "because the number of votes for each candidate is set down in figures and not 'in words at full length.'" Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
[24]"No return has been received from the town of Sherman." Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
[25]The votes from Roxbury were rejected "because the return has no signature." Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
[26]The votes from Watertown were rejected "because it does not appear by the certificate of the presiding officer that the meeting of the Freemen was holden on any particular day." Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
[27]Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT) lists the Federalist Ticket with 167 votes.
[28]There were two pressing of the Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT) September 20, 1809. The votes from Lyme have been changed in the second edition. This is unusual for a weekly newspaper. At this time I do not know which issue was the first pressing or the second issue.

References:

Original Election Certificate, Warren. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). September 20, 1809.
Connecticut Mirror (Hartford, CT). September 25, 1809.
Connecticut Mirror (Hartford, CT). October 23, 1809.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). October 24, 1809.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). October 26, 1809.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). October 26, 1809.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). November 1, 1809.
Norwich Courier (Norwich, CT). November 1, 1809.
Green, Samuel. The Connecticut Register for the Year of Our Lord, 1809. New London, CT: Samuel Green, 60.

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