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15th Congress: New York 1816

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New York elected five Federalists and twenty-two Democratic-Republicans to the Fifteenth Congress.

New York used a district system for electing members to Congress. Each district elected one member of Congress, except Districts 1, 2, 12, 15, 20, and 21, which each elected two members.

In 1817, a special election was held in which James Tallmadge, Jr. was elected to replace Henry B. Lee, who had died.

Congressional election results, 15th Congress: New York 1816
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 George Townsend Democratic-Republican 3,798 26.9% ✓
1 Tredwell Scudder Democratic-Republican 3,781 26.7% ✓
1 Nathaniel Smith Federalist 3,268 23.1%
1 Samuel Jones, Jr. Federalist 3,267 23.1%
2 William Irving Democratic-Republican 5,225 29% ✓
2 Peter H. Wendover Democratic-Republican 5,199 28.9% ✓
2 Josiah Hoffman Federalist 3,792 21.1%
2 Isaac Ely Federalist 3,771 20.9%
3 Caleb Tompkins Democratic-Republican 1,787 56.7% ✓
3 Abraham Odell Federalist 1,347 42.7%
4 Henry B. Lee Democratic-Republican 2,530 52.6% ✓
4 Henry A. Livingston Federalist 2,271 47.2%
5 Philip Schuyler Federalist 3,154 58.8% ✓
5 James Van Alen Democratic-Republican 2,198 41%
6 James W. Wilkin Democratic-Republican 1,613 55.5% ✓
6 James Burt Federalist 1,295 44.5%
7 Josiah Hasbrouck Democratic-Republican 1,826 51.7% ✓
7 John Sudam Federalist 1,703 48.2%
8 Dorrance Kirtland Democratic-Republican 2,372 55.5% ✓
8 Samuel Sherwood Federalist 1,902 44.5%
9 Rensseler Westerloo Federalist 2,180 56.1% ✓
9 Elisha Jenkins Democratic-Republican 1,424 36.7%
9 John Lovett Federalist 277 7.1%
10 John P. Cushman Federalist 2,573 54.9% ✓
10 Thomas Turner Democratic-Republican 2,107 44.9%
11 John W. Taylor Democratic-Republican 1,804 53.5% ✓
11 Elisha Powell Federalist 1,564 46.4%
12 John Palmer Democratic-Republican 4,713 26.9% ✓
12 John Savage Democratic-Republican 4,597 26.2% ✓
12 Henry Ross Federalist 4,106 23.4%
12 Zebulon R. Shiperd Federalist 4,072 23.2%
13 Thomas Lawyer Democratic-Republican 2,145 54.9% ✓
13 William Beekman Federalist 1,763 45.1%
14 John Herkimer Democratic-Republican 2,579 50.8% ✓
14 Richard Van Horn Federalist 2,495 49.2%
15 Isaac Williams Democratic-Republican 5,027 26.6% ✓
15 John Drake Democratic-Republican 5,019 26.5% ✓
15 James Clapp Federalist 4,416 23.4%
15 James Hyde Federalist 4,416 23.4%
16 Henry R. Storrs Federalist 2,818 52.2% ✓
16 Nathan Williams Democratic-Republican 2,540 47.1%
17 Thomas H. Hubbard Democratic-Republican 3,128 51.4% ✓
17 Simeon Ford Federalist 2,938 48.3%
18 David A. Ogden Federalist 2,391 50.4% ✓
18 Ela Collins Democratic-Republican 2,349 49.5%
19 James Porter Democratic-Republican 2,789 55.2% ✓
19 James Geddes Federalist 2,244 44.4%
20 Daniel Cruger Democratic-Republican 6,361 35.4% ✓
20 Oliver Comstock Democratic-Republican 5,142 28.6% ✓
20 Elijah Miller Federalist 2,597 14.5%
20 Benjamin Johnson Federalist 1,814 10.1%
20 Enos T. Throop Democratic-Republican 1,271 7.1%
21 Benjamin Ellicott Democratic-Republican 8,794 29.4% ✓
21 John C. Spencer Democratic-Republican 8,053 26.9% ✓
21 Philip Church Federalist 6,152 20.6%
21 Graham Newell Federalist 6,071 20.3%

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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