New Jersey 1819 Constitutional Convention
- Office:
- Constitutional Convention (State)
- Title:
- Convention Delegate
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- New Jersey 1819 Constitutional Convention
- Date:
- 1819
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Constitutional Convention/Convention Delegate
- Candidates:
- yes, no
| Candidates: | yes | no |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 1746 | 12647 |
| Bergen County | 62 | 21 |
| Burlington County[3] | 946 | 1205 |
| Burlington | 58 | 95 |
| Chester | 257 | 90 |
| Chesterfield | 30 | 92 |
| Evesham | 215 | 116 |
| Little Egg Harbour | 48 | 23 |
| Mansfield | 25 | 134 |
| New Hanover | 82 | 156 |
| Northampton | 68 | 287 |
| Nottingham | 49 | 120 |
| Springfield | 69 | 40 |
| Washington | 22 | 36 |
| Willingborough | 23 | 16 |
| Cape May County | 40 | 2 |
| Lower | 8 | - |
| Middle | 20 | 2 |
| Upper | 12 | - |
| Cumberland County | 247 | 302 |
| Deerfield | 16 | 75 |
| Downe | 23 | 56 |
| Fairfield | 38 | 37 |
| Greenwich | 16 | 22 |
| Hopewell[4] | 10 | 83 |
| Maurice River | 112 | 1 |
| Millville | 32 | 9 |
| Stoe Creek | - | 19 |
| Essex County[5] | 39 | 2130 |
| Gloucester County | 24 | 1127 |
| Deptford | - | 245 |
| Egg Harbour | 1 | 51 |
| Galloway | - | 103 |
| Town of Gloucester | 6 | 45 |
| Gloucester | - | 82 |
| Greenwich | 3 | 92 |
| Hamilton | - | 46 |
| Newton | 11 | 82 |
| Waterford | 3 | 85 |
| Weymouth | - | 40 |
| Woolwich | - | 256 |
| Hunterdon County | 113 | 2618 |
| Alexandria | 1 | 337 |
| Amwell | 5 | 789 |
| Bethlehem | 8 | 213 |
| Hopewell | 26 | 231 |
| Kingwood | 1 | 282 |
| Lawrence | 18 | 69 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 178 |
| Readington | - | 268 |
| Tewksbury | 3 | 156 |
| Trenton | 40 | 95 |
| Middlesex County[6][7] | 50 | 1013 |
| East Windsor | 10 | 97 |
| North Burnseick | 14 | 108 |
| Perth Amboy | 1 | 10 |
| Piscataway | 5 | 135 |
| South Amboy | 6 | 132 |
| South Brunswick | 10 | 156 |
| West Windsor | 3 | 105 |
| Woodbridge | 1 | 270 |
| Monmouth County | 41 | 277 |
| Dover | - | 46 |
| Freehold | 9 | 60 |
| Howell | - | 32 |
| Middletown | 4 | 81 |
| Shrewsbury | 14 | 16 |
| Stafford | 8 | - |
| Upper Freehold | 6 | 42 |
| Morris County | 42 | 1642 |
| Salem County | 9 | 198 |
| Somerset County[8] | 7 | 953 |
| Bedminster | 1 | 96 |
| Bernards | 6 | 187 |
| Bridgewater | - | 148 |
| Franklin | - | 114 |
| Hillsborough | - | 159 |
| Montgomery | - | 140 |
| Warren | - | 109 |
| Sussex County | 126 | 1159 |
| Byram | 1 | 8 |
| Frankford | 3 | 43 |
| Greenwich | 17 | 120 |
| Hardiston | - | 186 |
| Hardwick | 8 | 138 |
| Independence | 2 | 82 |
| Knowlton | 14 | 61 |
| Mansfield | 73 | 53 |
| Montague | - | - |
| Newton | 1 | 150 |
| Oxford | 6 | 96 |
| Sandyston | - | 52 |
| Vernon | - | 117 |
| Wallpack | 1 | 37 |
| Wantage | - | 16 |
Notes:
[1]"The following is a correct statement of the votes given at the late election in the several counties on the proposition so to amend the Constitution of this state that the first meeting of the Legislature in every year should be on the second Wednesday in January, instead of the fourth Tuesday of October." Gloucester Farmer (Camden, NJ). November 2, 1819.
[2]"A message from the Council informed the House that the Governor had this day laid before the Council the returns of votes given in the several counties relating to the amendment .... it appear that the are: For 1636, Against 12,635." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1819.
[3]The New-Jersey Mirror and Burlington County Advertiser (Mount Holly, NJ) lists 846 Yes votes but the township totals add up to 946.
[4]The Washington Whig October 18, 1819 omitted the total for the township of Hopwell.
[5]"Acquackanonk rejected." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 16, 1819.
[6]The Fredonian (New Brunswick, NJ) October 21, 1819 lists 40 Yes votes but the township totals add up to 50.
[7]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) November 16, 1819 lists 1018 No votes but the township totals add up to 1013.
[8]The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) November 16, 1819 list 941 No votes but the township totals add up to 953.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
Columbian Herald (Woodbury, NJ). October 14, 1819.
Sussex Register (Newton, NJ). October 18, 1819.
The Washington Whig (Bridgeton, NJ). October 18, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 19, 1819.
The New-Jersey Mirror and Burlington County Advertiser (Mount Holly, NJ). October 20, 1819.
The Fredonian (New Brunswick, NJ). October 21, 1819.
Palladium of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 21, 1819.
The Times, and New Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). October 21, 1819.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 25, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 26, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 2, 1819.
Gloucester Farmer (Camden, NJ). November 2, 1819.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 16, 1819.
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