The 1802 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from April 27 to 29, 1802, to elect 17
U.S. Representatives
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to represent the State of
New York
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in the
United States House of Representatives
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of the
8th United States Congress
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.
Background
Ten U.S. Representatives had been elected in April 1800 to a term in the
7th United States Congress
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beginning on March 4, 1801.
Thomas Tillotson
Thomas Tillotson (May 5, 1832) was an American physician and politician.
Life
Born in the Province of Maryland around 1751 or 1752, Tillotson received a thorough education, studied medicine, and practiced. He was the great great nephew of the A ...
and
John Bird had resigned their seats, and
Theodorus Bailey and
John P. Van Ness
Johannes Petrus "John Peter" Van Ness (November 4, 1769 – March 7, 1846) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1801 to 1803 and Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1830 to 1834.
Early life
Van Ne ...
were elected to fill the vacancies. Van Ness's seat was declared vacant on January 17, 1803. The other nine representatives' term would end on March 3, 1803. The congressional elections were held together with the State elections in late April 1802, about ten months before the term would start on March 4, 1803, and about a year and three months before Congress actually met on October 17, 1803.
Congressional districts
Until the previous elections, there had been ten congressional districts. After the U.S. census of 1800, Congress re-apportioned the seats, and New York's representation was increased to 17. On March 30, 1802, the
New York State Legislature
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re-apportioned the congressional districts.
*The
1st District comprising
Queens
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and
Suffolk
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counties.
*The
2nd District comprising the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Ward of
New York County
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; and
Kings and
Richmond
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counties.
*The
3rd District comprising the 4th, 6th and 7th Ward of New York County.
*The
4th District comprising
Westchester and
Rockland counties.
*The
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comprising
Orange County
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.
*The
6th District comprising
Dutchess County
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.
*The
7th District comprising
Ulster
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and
Greene
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counties.
*The
8th District
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comprising
Columbia County.
*The
9th District comprising
Albany County.
*The
10th District comprising
Rensselaer County
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.
*The
11th District
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comprising
Clinton,
Saratoga and
Essex
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counties.
*The
12th District comprising
Washington County.
*The
13th District comprising
Montgomery and
Schoharie counties.
*The
14th District comprising
Delaware
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and
Otsego counties.
*The
15th District comprising
Herkimer and
Oneida
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counties.
*The
16th District comprising
Chenango,
Tioga and
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counties.
*The
17th District comprising
Ontario
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,
Steuben and
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counties.
Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York
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. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the abovementioned counties.
Result
12 Democratic-Republicans and 5 Federalists were elected. The incumbents Smith, Mitchill, Van Cortlandt, Thomas and Van Rensselaer were re-elected; the incumbent Van Ness was defeated.
Note: The Anti-Federalists called themselves "Republicans." However, at the same time, the Federalists called them "Democrats" which was meant to be pejorative. After some time both terms got more and more confused, and sometimes used together as "Democratic Republicans" which later historians have adopted (with a hyphen) to describe the party from the beginning, to avoid confusion with both the later established and still existing
Democratic and
Republican
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parties.
Aftermath and special elections
John Cantine, elected in the 7th D., resigned his seat before the congressional term began. A special election to fill the vacancy was held at the time of the annual State election in April 1803, and was won by Josiah Hasbrouck, of the same party.
Isaac Bloom, elected in the 6th D., died on April 26, 1803, before Congress met. A special election to fill the vacancy was held in September 1803, and was won by Daniel C. Verplanck, of the same party.
The House of Representatives of the
8th United States Congress
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met for the first time at the
United States Capitol
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in
Washington, D.C.
)
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, on October 17, 1803, and Griswold, Hasbrouck, Livingston, McCord, Mitchill, Palmer, Sammons, Sands, Thomas, Van Cortlandt and Verplanck took their seats on this day. Smith took his seat on October 20; Patterson and Root on October 21; Van Rensselaer on October 29; Phelps on November 7; and Tibbits on November 15.
''Abridgment of the Debates in Congress from 1789 to 1856''
(Vol. III; pages 50, 52, 78 and 98)
John Smith, from the 1st D., resigned his seat effective February 22, 1804, after his election to the U.S. Senate
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. A special election to fill the vacancy was held at the time of the annual State election in April 1804, and was won by Samuel Riker, of the same party. Riker took his seat on November 5, 1804.
(Note: The vacancy in the 8th Congress and the next term in the 9th Congress were filled at the same election. The candidate with the higher number of votes won the full term, the next best was elected to fill the vacancy. Thus Wickes succeeded Riker on March 4, 1805.)
Samuel L. Mitchill, who had been re-elected in the 3rd D. in April 1804 to a third term, beginning on March 4, 1805, resigned his seat on November 22, 1804, after his election to the U.S. Senate
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. A special election to fill both vacancies (the remainder of his term in the 8th Congress and his seat in the 9th Congress) was held, and were won by George Clinton, Jr.
George Clinton Jr. (June 6, 1771 – September 16, 1809) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1805 to 1809.
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, of the same party. Clinton took his seat in the 8th Congress on February 14, 1805, and remained in office after March 4.
Notes
Sources
''The New York Civil List''
compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 65 for district apportionment; pg. 69 for Congressmen)
Members of the Eighth United States Congress
Election result 1st D.
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Election result 3rd D.
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Election result 4th D.
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Election result 5h D.
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Election result 6th D.
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Election result 7th D.
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Election result 9th D.
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Election result 10th D.
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Election result 11th D.
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Election result 12th D.
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Election result 13th D.
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Election result 14th D.
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Election result 15th D.
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Election result 16th D.
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Election result 17th D.
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Special election result 7th D.
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Special election result 6th D.
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Special election result 1st D.
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{{United States House of Representatives elections
1802
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1802 New York (state) elections
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