New Jersey 1796 Assembly, Essex County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1796 Assembly, Essex County
Date:: 1796
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Assembly/Assemblyman
Candidates:: Jonas Wade, Elias Dayton, Abraham Speer, William S. Pennington, William Steel, Ezra Derby, Caleb Camp, Jedediah Swan, William Hornblower, William Gould, Samuel Hay, John Peck, Thomas Ward, Jesse Clark, Dodd, John Spear

Candidates:	Jonas Wade [1]	Elias Dayton [2]	Abraham Speer [3]	William S. Pennington	William Steel	Ezra Derby	Caleb Camp	Jedediah Swan	William Hornblower	William Gould	Samuel Hay	John Peck	Thomas Ward	Jesse Clark	Dodd	John Spear
Affiliation:
Final Result: [4]	1265	807	727	549	254	176	156	73	30	17	14	6	5	5	4	1
Essex County	1265	807	727	549	254	176	156	73	30	17	14	6	5	5	4	1
Acquackanonk	102	99	119	11	-	-	-	3	1	16	12	5	5	2	1	-
Elizabethtown	381	413	274	23	9	8	87	8	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1
Newark	411	174	258	296	110	26	42	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Springfield	178	50	53	101	132	1	20	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Westfield	193	71	23	118	3	141	7	57	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) and The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) use the spelling Spear for Abraham Speer.

References:

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 19, 1796.

The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). October 26, 1796.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 9, 1796.

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