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Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer
Alexandria, Virginia
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Election results from Norfolk district counties show Federalist Mr. Griffin winning with 1027 votes against Democratic 829, despite gerrymandering by previous assembly. Mr. Anderson ousted in Gloucester for supporting district enlargement.
Merged-components note: The table of county election votes overlaps spatially and provides contextual data for the domestic news article about the election polls in Norfolk district, so merge them.
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| Gloucester, | 85 | 264 |
| Mathews, | 63 | 185 |
| James City, | 42 | 131 |
| Elizabeth City, | 29 | 130 |
| York, | 73 | 64 |
| Northampton, | 175 | 25 |
| Accomack, | 560 | 30 |
NORFOLK. April 30.
We yesterday learned the state of the polls from most of the counties in the District last represented by Mr. Stratton,
Federal. Democratic.
1027 829
The only remaining county from which we have not heard is Middlesex, which does not contain more than 100 voters; so that without the aid of a single vote from that county, we may with certainty pronounce Mr. Griffin's election.
Thus we see the just indignation of the people has been roused to counteract the nefarious policy of the last assembly, in giving this District a population of 43,000 while others were formed of little more than half that number; and we trust that this will prove a wholesome admonition to our next Legislature, and that they will see, that however palatable democracy may be, that the people will not favor its advancement, to the entire destruction of that most inestimable privilege of an equal representation in the Legislature of the Union.
We are assured Mr. Anderson, a violent Democrat, was turned out at the last election in Gloucester, for the vote he gave in the Assembly for enlarging the District.
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Norfolk
Event Date
April 30
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mr. griffin elected with federal 1027 votes to democratic 829; mr. anderson turned out in gloucester
Event Details
Polls from counties in district last represented by Mr. Stratton: Gloucester 85 Federal 264 Democratic, Mathews 63-185, James City 42-131, Elizabeth City 29-130, York 73-64, Northampton 175-25, Accomack 560-30. Middlesex pending but insignificant. People's response to assembly's district enlargement policy.