New Jersey 1808 Sheriff, Cumberland County

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

Label:: New Jersey 1808 Sheriff, Cumberland County
Date:: 1808
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: John Buck, Samuel M. Shute, William Rose

Candidates:	John Buck [1]	Samuel M. Shute	William Rose
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [2]	999	673	1
Cumberland County	999	673	1
Deerfield	202	35	-
Downes	75	108	-
Fairfield	266	35	1
Greenwich	30	91	-
Hopewell	166	125	-
Maurice River	98	150	-
Millville	120	32	-
Stoe Creek	42	97	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The True American (Trenton, NJ) lists John Buck with 992 votes and Samuel M. Shute with 680 votes but the township totals add up to 999 votes for Buck and 673 votes for Shute.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1808.

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