John Schoolcraft (assemblyman)

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John Schoolcraft was an American politician.

He was elected in 1815 as a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany County) for the 1815-1816 term. [1] He had run for election to the Assembly, unsuccessfully, in three earlier elections: 1799 [2] ; 1806 (getting only one vote) [3] ; and 1807 [4] .

In 1816, he was a signatory to The Report of the Committee of Elections, in the Case of Peter Allen. [5] Controversially, at the commencement of that year's session of the legislature, "the Clerk of the County of Ontario, had been prevailed upon, to give a certain Peter Allen, a certificate that he was duly elected a member of [the] Assembly, although, in fact, not he, but Mr. Henry Fellows, his competitor, had been so elected." [6] At issue was whether ballots marked as "Hen. Fellows", rather than "Henry Fellows", should be counted towards Henry Fellows' tally, which would give him more votes than Peter Allen. The Committee, including Schoolcraft, advocated for seating Mr. Fellows, in place of Mr. Allen; and Fellows completed the legislative session. [7]

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References

  1. American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. "New York 1815 Election for State Assembly in Albany County." 2010. Tufts University. Digital Collections and Archives. Medford, MA. http://hdl.handle.net/10427/25579
  2. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, "A New Nation Votes" (searchable website, URL: https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/wm117q07v
  3. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, "A New Nation Votes" (searchable website, URL: https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/2j62s578z
  4. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, "A New Nation Votes" (searchable website, URL: https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/sj139293c
  5. The full text of that report, and its list of signatories, was published alongside an explanatory article, in the form of an extended letter to readers, in the New York Evening Post, February 16, 1816, Pg. 2
  6. "The Federal Republican Members of the Assembly, to the People of the State of New York," in New York Evening Post, February 16, 1816, Pg. 2. Originally published February 14 in the Albany Daily Advertiser.
  7. PoliticalGraveyard.com, "Members of the New York State Assembly, 1810-1819." https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly1810s.html