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The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, La Salle County County, Illinois
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New Jersey legislature elected Democrat Danl. Haines of Sussex County as governor on the 27th ult. over Whig William Pennington of Essex by a 46-28 party-line vote. Washington Globe commentary notes it ends Pennington's prospects amid plans for a new constitution transferring elections to the people, referencing his 1838 misuse of the state seal.
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The legislature of New Jersey, in joint meeting on the 27th ult., elected Danl. Haines, Esq. (dem.) of Sussex county, governor, over William Pennington, (whig.) of Essex, and of "broad seal" memory, by a vote of 46 to 28—being a strict party vote.
Remarking on this election the Washington Globe says, "It seals William Pennington's prospects for governor of New Jersey; for the people of that state will now form a new constitution, which will take the election of governor from the legislature, elected by counties laid off by the whigs so as to give themselves the ascendency, and give it directly to the people, who will not elect any man governor who has used the seal of the state to certify a falsehood, as did Gov. Pennington in 1838, when he certified that whig members of congress were elected from the state, and affixed the state seal to the certificate."
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danl. haines elected governor by vote of 46 to 28
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The legislature of New Jersey, in joint meeting on the 27th ult., elected Danl. Haines, Esq. (dem.) of Sussex county, governor, over William Pennington, (whig.) of Essex, and of "broad seal" memory, by a vote of 46 to 28—being a strict party vote. Remarking on this election the Washington Globe says, "It seals William Pennington's prospects for governor of New Jersey; for the people of that state will now form a new constitution, which will take the election of governor from the legislature, elected by counties laid off by the whigs so as to give themselves the ascendency, and give it directly to the people, who will not elect any man governor who has used the seal of the state to certify a falsehood, as did Gov. Pennington in 1838, when he certified that whig members of congress were elected from the state, and affixed the state seal to the certificate."