New Jersey 1801 Legislative Council, Hunterdon County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1801 Legislative Council, Hunterdon County
Date:: 1801
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Council/Legislative Councillor
Candidates:: John Lambert, George Holcombe

Candidates:	John Lambert [1]	George Holcombe
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist
Final Result: [2]	1835	1552
Hunterdon County	1835	1552
Alexandria	150	70
Amwell	625	300
Bethlehem	129	56
Hopewell	216	242
Kingwood	243	90
Lebanon	103	92
Maidenhead	36	140
Readington	116	126
Tewksbury	107	37
Trenton	110	399

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"The re-election of Mr. Lambert, by so respectable a majority of the free suffrages of his fellow-citizens, is an ample refutation of the falsehoods so industriously circulated by his enemies and the enemies of equal liberty, to injure his character, and defeat his election." The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 20, 1801.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 27, 1801.

The Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 27, 1801.

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