Dolan claimed that Seeley was not a resident of this district, and that votes given for him (a plurality over Dolan) should be disqualified, but the Committee on Elections, and the Attorney General, held that an assemblyman was not required by law to reside in the district in which he was elected; see A Compilation of Cases of Contested Elections to Seats in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 295–300)