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476
424
26
19
116
94
·
·
Perth Amboy . .
1325
1331
12
14
630
458
408
415
I
2
I
3770
Piscataway . .
1157
1178
51
42
214
160
340
305
5
8
5
2802
Raritan .
1503
1429
42
44
325
304
499
414
13
8
5
3647
South Amboy.
1755
1802
3
4
969
660
662
574
2
2
I
5193
South Brunswick
1162
1152
94
59
128
104
315
330
26
12
4
2099
Woodbridge .
1275
1238
30
37
651
474
465
417
6
6
6
3705
Total .
17,694 18,048| 674 644
5160
4453
2
I
6088
5559 173 143
69
48,313
.
·
·
·
.
·
·
·
·
.
·
·
.
.
.
* Townshaj . from which no returns have been received. The figure, given are as reported by census of 1870.
480
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
7
9
1155
=
Fourth ward .
Fifth ward .
Sixth ward .
161
138
7
7
19
2944
43
221
1637
Idiots or Insane.
TOWNSHIPS AND WARDS.
MONMOUTH COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
|CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
White Males.'
White Females ..
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants
in Township.
Atlantic .
604
612
84
85
140|
127
I
210
226
29
21
6
1653
Eatontown
1015
1118
133
115
78
77
I
287
286
30
22
2
2573
Freehold. :
1463
1574
123
128
138
145
435
430
28
26
8
3571
Holmdel. .
533
579
24
36
84
82
174
183
13
131
·
.
1338
Howell .
1628
1551
51
4
66
46
536
461
I
I
5
3300
Manalapan.
843
892
58
62
128
III
247
259
19
18
4
2℃94
Marlboro
925
936
49
37
166
161
330
298
II
II
4
2274
Matawan
1065
1169
92
116
210
223
322
401
21
31
7
2875
Middletown
1734
1870
176
166
281
290
577
584
47
48
5
4517
Millstone .
973
920
50
35
60
53
312
302
18
13
15
2091
Ocean
2773
2715
106
93
219
201
2
791
845
19
15
5
6109
Raritan .
1553
1630
30
45
140
166
417
439
2
6
5
3564
Shrewsbury
2268
2484
377
375
423
402
645
670
IIO
86
18
6330
Upper Freehold.
1575
1567
169
139
75
73
467
398
29
36
3
3598
Wall .
I281
1270
7
7
24
24
390
366
3
4
9
2613
Total .
20,269 20,887 1483 1443
2232
2181
4'
2
6140
6148| 380
351
96
48,500
·
.
·
·
·
.
.
.
·
·
·
I
·
.
·
.
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
48I
.
TOWNSHIPS.'
Idiots or Insane.
MORRIS COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN. .
CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE! AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
| Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants in Township.
Boonton
1426
1433
19
22
326
350
491
459
4
3576
Chatham
1590
1702
62
84
. 423
577
I
1
483
442
14
19
12
4440
Chester
645
666
5
5
74
72
194
215
I
1467
* Hanover
774
734
I
. 134
97
271
218
· ·
.
·
1740
Mendham
720
735
11
10
79
65
216
187
I
2
3
1620
Montville .
680
646
14
16
47
39
I
212
190
2
4
II
1443
Morris
2534
2784
115
170
613
734
797
867
14
27
3
1760
Passaic .
732
722
5
5
138
116
224
184
.
· .
7!
1718
D'equannock
785
794
29
15
40
24
226
213
5
I
2
. 1693
Randolph .
2408
2351
17
25
1307
802
787
4
7
II
7576
Rackaway
2419
2371
12
14
1686
924
·
.
1076
971
7
6826
Rixhay .
902
903
3
5
183
161
276
279
.
. ·
2
2
2429
1195
:1179
3
24
21
.
4
2
59371
5632
40!
63 72!
49,019
·
.
.
.
·
Mount Olive
813
744
3
·
·
113
87
303
258
.
.
·
·
.
.
.
3
2157
360
362
1721 $7794 209 377
4:24
a no returns have been received. The igures given are as reported by the census of 1570.
482
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
TOWNSHIPS.
Idiots or Insane.
.
.
3624
Jefferson .
6950
6
OCEAN COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
TOWNSHIPS.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
| Colored Males.
| Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants
in Township.
Berkeley
357
355
-
ON
I
107
113
716
Brick .
1502
I351
4
58
45
429
370
8
2966
Dover . .
1107
1054
59
62
·
364
344
-
2282
Eagleswood
290
232
-
1
84
54
N
524
Jackson . .
775
708
I
IO
00
110
IIO
730
Manchester
426
420
2
:3
65
61
139
A
I
·
977
Plumsted .
763
698
26
24
32
25
230
198
4
1568
Stafford .
533
480
+
N
16
6
N
147
182
1396
Total
6794
6362
37
38
255
221
·
201 1|
1900
n
00
16
13,707
·
.
·
.
·
·
.
·
·
·
142
128
1
1045
Union .
661
727
.
·
·
483
-
·
253
217
1503
Lacey . .
380
337
7
·
·
.
00
HW
Idiots or Insane.
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
PASSAIC COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN 5 AND 16.
-
TOWNSHIPS AND WARDS.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf & Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabi-
tants in Township.
Acquackanonk .
522
508
19
9
272
301 219
230
205| 206
5
1631
Little Falls .
503
511
2
I
221
1457
Manchester .
484
488
20
21
162
169
196
229
6
5
2
1344
Passaic-First ward ..
815
846
IO
II
653
575
321
352
I
3
·
·
2910
402
445
44
53
184
194
127
156
6
5
1322
Third ward .
206
248
5
6
89
97
93
91
651
1423
1539
59
70
926
866
541
599
7
8
4883
Paterson-First ward .
1380
1557
16
24
541
532
539
548
3
6
4
4050
1440
1543
29
34
770
720
660
632
8
7
37
4536
Fourth ward. .
1444
1677 1626
28
41
593
698
498
564
5
5
·
·
6
5520
Seventh ward .
1196
1294
943
1082
612
648
5
4515
1806
2044
1434
1486
899
1103
.
·
9
6770
11,382 12,588
200
239
7065
7332
2
·
5052
53691
42
50
70
38,814
Wayne .
676
630
20
15
175
$14
213
190
4
4
61
1030
West Milford .
1197
1173
26
21
32
23
381
379
71
6
7
24,2
-
2
7. 57
73.4
$1.775
484
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
Pompton
702
647
39
3
71
49
.
.
262
217
14
14
9
.
·
.
·
.
.
I
690
687
18
22
5
5623
Fifth ward .
1497
987
6
9
733
668
411
417
2
2
4
·
.
.
.
·
·
.
·
1176
1181
·
743
770
6
8
·
.
Second ward .
Third ward. .
1704
1860
105
113
875
965
·
·
4482
Sixth ward .
915
3318
Eighth ward .
.
·
·
·
·
.
.
·
·
·
212
·
I
Second ward . .
Idiots or Insane.
1544
22
18
SALEM COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE . AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
White Males. .
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
| Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants
in Township.
Elsinboro'
251
233
63
69
12
7
80
78
17
15
I
635
Lower Alloways Creek.
619
609
84
57
16
II
244
243
25
28
2
1396
Lower Penns Neck .
602
551
IOI
74
22
15
189
172
18
29
1365
Mannington .
550
453
425
432
33
33
3
I
180
136
147
149
2
1930
Pilesgrove .
1295
1418|
237
221
59
46
304
338
70
47
IO
3276
Pittsgrove .
872
732
3
IOI
91
. 22
19
125
124
31
21
3
1146
Salem-East ward .
888
997
77
98
65
54
229
245
16
14
2
2179
West ward .
973
1052
25
53
81
96
276
273
14
IO
2
2280
1861
2049
102
151
146
150
.
.
5º5
518
30
24
4
4459
Upper Alloways Creek . .
864
841
45
32
18
16
215
227
14
7
8
1816
Upper Penns Neck .
1509
I344
17
14
32
26
435
400
2
2
2
2942
Upper Pittsgrove .
993
947
20
19
46
27.
255
235
4
5
3
2052
Total .
9882
9624 1198 1160
451
382| 3|
2816
2684 3581 327
43
22,701
.
.
·
·
45
32
284
213
.
.
I
1684
Quinton . .
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
485
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
TOWNSHIPS AND WARDS.
Idiots or Insane.
.
·
.
466
447
486
SOMERSET COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
| Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants,
in Township.
Bedminster
921
887
98
90
38
23
257
241
31
24
2
2057
Bernards . .
1153
1162
16
15
I55
117
338
327
6
5
6
2618
Branchburg .
585
574
42
42
30
36
104
137
13
6
1
1288
Bridgewater
2933
2729|
215
203
738
636
880
815
36
21
16
7514
Franklin .
1552
1505
217
208
253
245
468
464
48
40
8
4040
Hillsborough .
1424
1505
125
98
321
94
2
414
416
30
18
2
3569
Montgomery .
S75
858| 114
88
435
82!
231
249
33
26
IO
2452
North Plainfield
1142
1173
29
28
215
231
324
308
5
5
5
2818
Warren .
432
444
5
2!
121
93
165
165
.
.
I
1097
Total
11,017 10,8;cl
Sori 834
1557
2
.
3244
3122
202
145
51
27,453
·
·
·
·
.
.
·
·
·
·
.
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
TOWNSHIPS.
Idiots or Insane.
.
.
SUSSEX COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE ..
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
| Colored Males.
| Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants
in Township.
Andover .
56.51
592
I
16
IO
155
161
I
1184
Byram. .
728
047
8
4
50
31
195
164
I
1468
Frankford
837
876
10
8
38
14|
214
218
J
36
1784
Greene .
412
408
I
15
Hardyston .
1067
1054
9
9
150
114
360
337
4
3
2419
Hampton
458
514
1
14
3
.
.
·
·
I
21
II
99
IIO
I
853
Montague
.
1036
1178
IO
9
124
126
313
329
2
I
14
2483
Sandyston
583
566
15
13
13
IO
153
148
I
2
2
I200
Sparta . .
998
969
6
8
90
84
351
297
3
2
2155
Stillwater
703
716
2
I
27
=
204
263
1
4
1460
Vernon .
951
905
1
4
54
26
285
263
I
1941
Walpack .
327
208
2
5
· .
·
.
7
3683
Wantage. .
1737
1856
9
4
39
28
432
448
2
. ·
Total .
11,245'11,457
831
74|
667
483
.
I
3292
3180!
II
14
77
24,010
.
4
·
·
146
164
2
990
Lafayette. .
391
426
3
6
IO
II
.
136
114
2
· ·
·
·
·
·
.
:
.
84
63
2
632
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
487
៛
.
·
I
105
IOI
3
840
452
432
7
918
Newton .
.
TOWNSHIPS.
Idiots or Insane.
.
UNION COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN 5 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE.
TOWNSHIPS AND WARDS.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabitants
in Township.
Clark.
III
119 425
I
1
51
46
41
43
Cranford.
400
15
19
142
109
112
130
2
4
I
Elizabeth-First ward'
1514
1491
28
36
771
660
683
625
7
5
4500
Second ward
Third ward
Fourth ward
600
773
7
9
167
232
189
221
4
1797
Fifth ward
1748
2055
79
98
432
607
562
576
6
8
2
5019
Sixth ward ...
739
839
19
20
150
206
I
192
170
4
I
1974
Seventh ward
575
683
25
31
141
228
170
8
2
1683
760
817
13
13
3º3
408)
266
302
4
5
7
2314
8404
284
315
3799
I
3
3227
3211
57
18
30
25,923
Linden ..
586
679
38
43
222
I
177
195
5
5
1757
New Providence
308
334
12
9
87
88
III
88
2
I
5
Plainfield
2571
2380
155
193
647
770
678
687
28
17
7216
Rahway-First ward
503
525
4I
114
106
200
176
9
13
.
3
8
1766
..
Third ward.
949
I110
48
82
173
215
277
298
7
26
2
2577
Fourth ward
479
575
32
39
56
82
1
120
104
9
5
2
1204
2567
2872
200
5+)
618
I
828
857
27
47
12
6947
Springfield.
303
338
Sumant ..
558
503
7
173
180
168
873
424
Westfield ..
1150
1234
17
3
3026
Total
17.537
19.47)
1,0
1 5
5954
$976
144
144
66 51.758
.
1338
I280
113|
108
724
I
2
505
498
29
25
10
3990
1121
. 'I153
.
1067 768
961
660
658
2
1646
..
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
488
Idiots or Insane.
..
Eighth ward
Second ward.
636
662
10
28
206
215
231
219
2
6
2
2
810
2
61
102
105
1480
210
224
205
3
2
2313
274
287
7 ou
-
4026
188
838
1340
..
329 IIIO
6
WARREN COUNTY.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN 5 AND 16. 1
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
| Colored Males.
| Colored Females
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, [Deaf & Dumb,
Total No. of Inhabi-
tants in Township.
Allamuchy ..
331
349
IO
IO
95
90
I
700
Belvidere ....
741
841
34
38
. 431
47
214
332
12
7
1744
Blairstown ...
712|
700
9
8
15
9
172
160
I
1453
Franklin ..
803
799
8
1
10
IO
204
202
I
9
1637
Frelinghuysen
574
578
S
3
5
130
125
X
1175
Greenwich
1308
1247
15
12
48
38
415
4
4
4
2728
Hackettstown
I225
1282
6
IO
105
78
328
333
4
206
312
276
3
I
73
87
592
.
6891
649
5
4
25
12
202
169
I
1384
Hope ..
786
746
2
3
13
8
. 217
164
1
I
1
1558
Independence
505
467!
3
3
27
24
149
112
I
I
1029
Knowlton.
814
778
I
I
49
29
214
195
I
6
1672
666
641
139
143
205
1
1590
Mansfield
881
844
I7
64
23
212
230
3
S
1847
Oxford
1624
1570
22
15
575
380
81
75
411
Phillipsburg-First ward.
793
777
IO
78
56
197
184
I
2
1720
=
Second ward.
778
781
196
172
266
295
1927
Third ward
882
911
5
5
198
152
283
333
I
2153
Fourth ward
589
499
..
195
157
204
223
1440
3042
2968
15
667
537
950
1034
2
2
1
7240
Town of Washington
1039
1001
66
61
86
67
304
250
14
2
2320
Washington ..
675
648
I
I
51
41
172
138
I
..
1417
Total.
16,997
16,577
200'
199
1944
1466
..
4940
4738
45
43
37,389
..
..
...
..
..
...
597
599
5
5
4186
Pahaquarry.
210
193
4
4
..
...
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
489
..
1
..
..
..
352
Hardwick .. Harmony ..
Lopatcong
2
6
6
..
2
2
Idiots or Insane.
TOWNSHIPS AND WARDS.
RECAPITULATION.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN.
CHILDREN BETWHEN 5 AND 16.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
White Males.
White Females.
Colored Males.
Colored Females.
Blind, Deaf & Dumb,
Idiots or Insane.
Total No. of Inhabi- tants in Counties.
Atlantic.
4,897
4,943
49
38
452
372
1,471
1,529
II
11
24
13,967
Bergen
12,809
12,975
890
893
3,996
3,951
2
.
4,274
4,178
201
213
66
35,516
Burlington.
23,227
23,080
1,115
1,169
1,830
1,832
I
I
6,520
6,342
269
280
62
53,155
Camden .
20,657
21,415
2,189
2,389
3,123
3,204 13
4
6,161
6,281
532
510
51
52,994
Cape May .
3,769
3,930
170
161
81
72
1
1,152
1,068
44
42
20
8,190
Cumberland .
16,158
15,822
877
855
861
733
I
4
4,675
4,278
249
253
67
35,311
E-sex . .
54,989
58,453
1,634
1,899
25,035
26,787
9
21,551
21,699
296
304
238
168,812
Gloucester.
11,050
10,554
540
486
1,028
828
3,255
2,939
163
14I
37
24,486
Hudson ..
48,164
49,445
501
613
31,877
32,378 12 10
20,366
20,547
84
105
230
163,000
Hunterdon. .
17,174
17,704
255
275
1,144
921|
4,583
4,681
19
58
91
37,473
Mercer .
18,982
19,699
1,183
1,287
4,429
4,284 11|
9
6,443
6,266
310
264
64
49,884
Middlesex . .
17,694
18,048
674
644
5,160
4,453|
2
I
6,088
5,559
173
143
69
48.313
Monmouth. .
20,209
20,887
1,483
1,443
2,232
2, 181;
I
6,140
6,148
380
351
96
48,500
Morris
17,624
17,794
299
377
4,724
4,574 1
5,937
5,632
40
63
72
49,019
Ocean.
6,794
6,362
37
38
255
221
2,011
1,900
5
8
16
13,707
L'assaic .
16,889
18,084
391
412
8,924
9,073
2
.
7,087
7,394
85
88
95
53,775
Salem. .
9,882
9,624
1,198
1,160
451
3821
I
2,816
2,684
358
327
43
22,701
Somerset
.
11,017
10,870
851
834
2,312
1,557
3,244
3,122
202
145
51
27,453
Sussex .
11,245
11,457
83
74
667
483
I
3,292
3,180
II
14
771
24,010
Union. .
17.837
19,479
769
89!
6,221
6,552
5,954
5,976
144
144
00
51,758
Warren .
16 907
16,577
200
199
1,944
1,400 .
4,940
4,738:
45
41
43
37.389
Total.
3:5,124:
358,105 15.404 10,140, 100,746
100,304 01 19
127,960
126,141 3663 3505 1578
1,019,413
.
·
·
.
.
3
2
.
-
5
.
.
ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS.
490
COUNTIES.
.
.
.
6
4
2
-
ELECTORAL VOTE OF NEW JERSEY.
491
POPULATION.
1790.
184, 139 . 11,423 slaves.
1800.
211,149 12,422 slaves.
ISI0
245,562 10,851 slaves.
1820.
. 277,575 7,357 slaves.
1830.
320,8=3 2,254 slaves.
1840.
373,306 674 slives.
IS50
480,555 236 slaves.
1860.
30 slaves.
1870.
672,035 . 906,096 .
Total valuation of real estate in 1876, in the State of New Jersey, $445,- 918, 221 ; personal estate, $165,497,343; total real and personal estate, $656,- 415,561; total taxable valuation, $595,934,707.70; State tax, General, $814, 7SS.63, School, $$14,752.30; County tax, $3,034,474.39; bounty tax, $100,353.68; road tax, $195,539.62; poor tax, $45,000. Total debts, $52,- 163,830.70 .*
The State of New Jersey is entirely free.of debt, except her
war debt, which, on the 31st of October, IS77, was . . . $2,296,300 00
For the liquidation of this debt, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund report on hand 1,453,435 12
Net war debt, which is amply provided for by the Sinking Fund, as fast as the same falls due . $$42,864 SS
The following consolidated statements show the aggregate amount of money received and disbursed by the treasury in 1877 :
Disbursements. |
Receipts.
State.Fund
$1,649,487 59 $1,664,428 63
War Fund .
226,766 53
225,919 37
School Fund .
1,404,837 45
1,488,440 13
Agricultural College Fund .
6,960 00
6,960 00
State Library Fund
1,946 67
1,150 00
Bank Note Redemption Fund.
21 61
Balance in Bank, November Ist, 1876
118,076 01
$3,290,019 88 53,504,974 19
TADLE II.
ELECTORAL VOTE OF NEW JERSEY FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, FROM MARCH 4th, 1789, TO MARCH 4th, 1876.
1789. George Washington, of Virginia 6
John Adams, of Massachusetts
I
. John Jay, of New York . 5
1793. George Washington, of Virginia 7
John Adams, of Massachusetts 7
1797. John Adams, of Massachusetts . 7
Thomas Pinckney; of South Carolina
1801. John Adams, of Massachusetts C. C. Pinckney, of South Carolina
7
1805. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia . 8
7
George Clinton, of New York S
8
George Clinton, of New York.
8
1809. James Madison, of Virginia .
* County, Township, and City debts.
---
492
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
1813. De Witt Clinton, of New York. 8
Jared Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania . 8
1817. James Monroe, of Virginia. . 8
Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York . 8
1821. James Monroe, of Virginia. . Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York.
8
1825. Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee .
8 8
John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
8
1833.
Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee. Martin Van Buren, of New York.
1837. William H. Harrison, of Ohio . 8
Francis Granger, of New York. 8
1841. William II. Harrison, of Ohio .
John Tyler, of Virginia
8
1845. Henry Clay, of Kentucky 7
Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey
7
1849. Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana.
7
Millard Fillmore, of New York. 7 7
1853. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire.
William R. King, of Alabama 7
7 1857. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. . John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky. 7
1861 .* Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine.
4
Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia
3 7
I865. George B. McClellan, of New Jersey George H. Pendleton, of Ohio 7
1869. Horatio Seymour, of New York. 7
Francis P. Blair, of Missouri.
1873. Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois .
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts .
I876. Samuel J. Tilden, of New York . Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana 9 9
Total vote for President in 1828, 45,708; 1832, 47,249; 1836, 51,720; 1840, 64,385 ; 1844, 76,944; 1848, 77,765; 1852, 83,283; 1856, 99,396; 1860, 121, 125; 1864, 136, 048; 1868, 163,122; 1872, 169,065; IS76, 220,245.
TABLE III. UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Jonathan Elmer, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791. William Paterson, from March 4, 1789, to November 23, 1790. Philemon Dickerson, from November 23, 1790, to March 3, 1793. John Rutherford, from March 4, 1791, to December 5, 1798. Frederick Frelinghuysen, from March 4, 1793, to November 12, 1796. Richard Stockton, from November 12, 1796, to March 3, 1799. Franklin Davenport, from December 5, 1793, to February 14, 1799. James Schureman, from February 14, 1799, to February 26, 1801. Jonathan Dayton, from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1805.
Aaron Ogden, from February 26, ISor, to March 3, 1803. John Condit, from September 1, 1803, to March 3, 1809.
* Vote divided.
8
1829. John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts. Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania.
8 8 8
8
3
493
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GOVERNORS.
Aaron Kitchell, from March 4, 1805, to March 21, 1809. John Lambert, from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1815. John Condit, from March 21, 1809, to March 3, 1817. James Jefferson Wilson, from March 4, 1815, to January 26, 1821. Mahlon Dickerson, from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1829. Samuel L. Southard, from January 26, 1821, to November 12, 1823. Joseph McIlvaine, from November 12, 1823, to November 10, 1826. Ephraim Bateman, from November 10, 1826, to January 30, IS29. Theodore Frelinghuysen, from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1835. Mahlon Dickerson, from January 30, 1829, to March 3, 1833. Samuel L. Southard, from March 4, 1833, to June 26, 1842. Garret D. Wall, from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1841. Jacob W. Miller, from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1853. William L. Dayton, from July 2, 1842, to March 3, 1851. Jacob W. Miller, from January 4, 1841, to March 3, 1853. Robert F. Stockton, from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857.
William Wright, from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1859. John R. Thomson (died), from February 11, 1853, to March 3, 1862. Richard S. Field (vacancy), from 1862 to
John C. Ten Eyck, from March 17, 1859, to March 3, 1865.
James W. Wall (vacancy), from January 14, 1863, to William Wright, from February 26, 1863, to March 3, 1869. John P. Stockton (vacancy), from March 15, 1865, to -. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (vacancy), from January 23, 1867, to --. John P. Stockton, from March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1875.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, from March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1877. Theodore F. Randolph, from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1881.
John R. McPherson, from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1883.
TABLE IV. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GOVERNORS.
Carstianson (first Dutch Governor). 1614
Peter Minuit (Governor of New Netherlands). 1624
Wouter Van Twiller (Governor of New Netherlands). 1633-1638
William Kieft (Governor of New Netherlands) 1638-1646
Colonel John Printz (Governor of New Sweden) 1642-1653
Peter Stuyvesant (Governor of New Netherlands) 1646-1664
Philip Carteret (first English Governor) 1664-1676
Major Edmund Andross (appointed by the Duke of York) 1674-1676
GOVERNORS OF EAST JERSEY.
Philip Carteret . 1677-1682
Robert Barclay (Proprietary Governor in England) 1682-1600
Thomas Rudyard (Deputy Governor) 1682-1683
Gawen Lawrie ( Deputy Governor). . 1683-1686
Lord Neil Campbell (Deputy Governor) 1686-1687
Andrew Hamilton ( Deputy Governor) . 1688-1689
1687-16S8
Major Edmund Andross ( Royal Governor of New York) 1690
John Tatham (Proprietary Governor ; rejected by Province) .
Col. Joseph Dudley ( Proprietary Governor ; rejected by Province) 1691
Colonel Andrew Hamilton . . 1692-1697
Jeremiah Basse . . 1698-1699
Andrew Bowne ( Deputy Governor) 1699
Colonel Andrew Hamilton 1699-1703
494 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GOVERNORS.
GOVERNORS OF WEST JERSEY.
Board of Commissioners 1676
Edward Byllinge (Governor) 1679-1687
Samuel Jennings (Deputy Governor) . 1679-1684
Thomas Ollive . . 1684-1655
John Skene. 1685-1687
Daniel Coxe 1687-1690
Edward Hunloke (Deputy Governor) 1690
West Jersey Society of Proprietors. 1691
Colonel Andrew Hamilton .
1692-1697
Jeremiah Basse (both Provinces.) 1697-1699
Colonel Andrew Hamilton .
1699-1702
GOVERNORS OF EAST AND WEST JERSEY UNITED.
Edward Lord Cornbury * 1702-1708
John Lord Lovelace* (died in office) 1708-1709
Col. Richard Ingolsby ( Lieutenant-Governor). 1709-1710
Col. Robert Hunter* 1710-1720
William Burnett* 1720-1737
John Montgomerie*
1728-1731
Lewis Morris (President of Council).
1731-1732
William Cosby *.
1732-1736
John Anderson (President of Council) 1736
John Hamilton (President of Council)
1736-1733
GOVERNORS SEPARATE FROM NEW YORK.
Lewis Morris. 1738-1746
John Hamilton (President of Council) 1746
John Reading (President of Council).
1746-1747
Jonathan Belcher . 1747-1757
John Reading ( President of Council).
1757-1753
Francis Bernard.
1758-1760
Thomas Bowne.
1760-1761
Josiah Hardy.
1761-1763
William Franklin.
1763-1776
GOVERNORS UNDER REVOLUTIONARY AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.
William Livingston
1776-1790
William Paterson .
1791-1793
Richard Howell.
1794-1801
Joseph Bloomfield. ISO1-1802
John Lambert ( Vice-President of Council)
IS02-1803
Joseph Bloomfield.
ISO3-IS:2
Aaron Ogden.
1812-1813
William S. Pennington.
1813-1815
Isaac II. Williamson.
IS17-1829
Peter D. Vroom.
IS29-1S32
Samuel L. Southard .
IS32-IS33
Elias P. Seeley ..
IS33-1834
Peter D. Vroom.
IS35-IS30
Philemon Dickerson.
IS36-IS37
William Pennington.
I837-1843
Daniel Haines
IS43-1544
* Also Governors of New York at the same time.
Mahlon Dickerson.
IS15-1817
Garret D. Wall (declined)
495
LEGISLATURE OF 1776.
GOVERNORS UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Charles C. Stratton
1845-1848
Daniel Haines .
1848-1851
George F. Fort .
IS51-1854
Rodman M. Price.
IS54-1857
William A. Newell
1857-1SOO
Charles S. Olden
IS60-IS63
Joel Parker.
1863-1866
Marcus L. Ward
1866-1869
Theodore F. Randolph.
1869-1872
Joel Parker.
1872-1875
Joseph D. Bedle.
1875-1878
George B. McClellan
IS78-ISSI
TABLE V.
LEGISLATURE OF 1776.
COUNCIL.
Bergen.
John Fell.
Burlington .
Richard Smith.
Cape May
Jonathan Hand.
Cumberland.
Theophilus Elmer.
Essex .
Stephen Crane.
Gloucester .
John Cooper.
Hunterdon
John Stephens, Vice- President.
Middlesex
John Wetherill.
Monmouth .
Nathaniel Scudder.
Morris.
Silas Condict.
Salem
Andrew Sinnickson.
Somerset.
William Paterson.
Sussex. .
. John Cleves Symmes.
ASSEMBLY.
Bergen-Peter Zabriskie, Theunis Dey, David Board. Burlington-Peter Tallman, Caleb Shreve, Joseph Newbold. Cape May-Eli Eldridge, Joseph Savage, Hugh Hathorne. Cumberland-Ephraim Harris, Jonathan Bowen, John Buck. Essex-Abraham Clark, Caleb Camp, Henry Garritse. . Gloucester-Richard Somers, Robert F. Price.
Hunterdon-John Hart ( Speaker), John Mchelem, Charles Coxe. Middlesex-John Combs, Daniel Moores, Benjamin Manning. Monmouth-John Covenhoven, Joseph Holmes, Jr., James Mott, Jr. Morris-Jacob Drake, Ellis Cook, William Woodhull. Salem-Edmund Wetherby, Samuel Dick, Elisha Bassett, Jr. Somerset-Jacob Bogart, Alexander McEowen, Reoloff Vandike. Sussex-Caspar Shaver, Abia Brown, Thomas Peterson.
496
EW TOWNSHIPS.
TABLE VI. NEW TOWNSHIPS .*
Florence Township, Burlington County, was formed from Mansfield town- ship, March 7, 1872.
Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, was formed from Evesham township, March 7, 1872.
Allamuchy Township, Warren County, was formed from Independence township, April 4, 1873.
Eatontown Township, Monmouth County, was formed from Ocean and Shrewsbury townships, April 4, 1873.
Commercial Township, Cumberland County, was formed from Downe township, February 27, 1874.
Holland Township, Hunterdon County, was formed from Alexandria township, March 27, 1874.
Eagleswood Township, Ocean County, was formed from Stafford township, March 17, 1874.
Berkeley Township, Ocean County, was formed from Dover township, March 31, 1875.
Ocean Township, Ocean County, was formed from Union and Lacey townships, April 13, 1876.
Ringwood Township, Bergen County, was formed from Franklin township, March 30, 1876.
West Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, was formed from Woolwich township, March 7, 1877.
Sayreville Township, Middlesex County, was formed from South Amboy township, April 6, 1876.
Chambersburg Borough, Mercer County, was constituted a Township, March 27, 1874.
*See Vol. I., Chapters XI. and XII.
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