Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually.

State Senator Darius Crosby died on November 18, 1818, leaving a vacancy in the Southern District.

DeWitt Clinton) and the Bucktails (led by Martin Van Buren, and including the Tammany Hall organization in New York City).

The Federalists ran their own tickets in counties where they had a majority, but endorsed and supported the Clintonians in most places where they were a minority.

Aaron Clark (Dem.-Rep.) was re-elected Clerk of the Assembly with 87 votes against 32 for James Van Ingen (Fed.).

DeWitt Clinton now recommended to call a convention with limited powers to amend the State Constitution.