Elections
Ebenezer Ford, the President of the Journeymen Carpenters Society, was elected to the New York State Assembly on the Workingmen ticket. Besides, the splitting of the votes among the several parties led to the election of many candidates opposed to Tammany Hall, mainly National Republicans. At the municipal election the Workingmen received about 6,000 votes, Tammany Hall about 11,000. The result was the failure of Tammany to secure a majority in the Common Council. Mayor Walter Bowne (Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society in 1820 and 1831) stood for re-election. Fourteen Aldermen and Assistants were opposed to Bowne, and thirteen favored him. Bowne, who was not a member but as Mayor presided over the Council, said that the constitution permitted him to vote for the office of Mayor which led seven Alderman to walk out, leaving the Council without quorum on December 29, 1829. They returned on January 6, 1830, and Bowne was elected by a majority of one vote. How this vote was obtained was a mystery. Fourteen members declared under oath that they had voted for Thomas R. Smith, Bowne’s opponent.
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