Massachusetts 1823 Lieutenant Governor

Office:
Lieutenant Governor (State)
Title:
Lieutenant Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1823 Lieutenant Governor
Date:
1823
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Candidates:
Levi Lincoln, Daniel Noble, Nathaniel Silsbee, Jonathan Allen, William Reed, Lewis Strong, George Noble, William Phillips, William Eustis, Clinton Thayer, scattering
Candidates: Levi Lincoln[1]Daniel NobleNathaniel SilsbeeJonathan AllenWilliam ReedLewis StrongGeorge NobleWilliam PhillipsWilliam EustisClinton Thayerscattering
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]3399330654--------291
Barnstable County1136509-----1--5
Town of Barnstable26564---------
Town of Brewster3959---------
Town of Chatham2751---------
Town of Dennis1245---------
Town of Eastham415--------2
Town of Falmouth19236---------
Town of Harwich764---------
Town of Orleans758---------
Town of Provincetown10837--------2
Town of Sandwich16389---------
Town of Truro474-----1---
Town of Wellfleet50---------1
Town of Yarmouth41107---------
Berkshire County26381981--------14
Town of Adams23539--------1
Town of Alford5335---------
Town of Becket5188---------
Town of Chesire185----------
Town of Clarksburg2218---------
Town of Dalton6956---------
Town of Egremont9952---------
Town of Florida[3]-----------
Town of Great Barrington79110--------1
Town of Hancock4844---------
Town of Hinsdale5077---------
Town of Lanesborough7976--------2
Town of Lee55181---------
Town of Lenox17054---------
Town of Mount Washington358---------
District of New Ashford4213---------
Town of New Marlborough64155---------
Town of Otis4876--------1
Town of Peru1976---------
Town of Pittsfield314106--------1
Town of Richmond9042---------
Town of Sandisfield12163--------1
Town of Savoy7514---------
Town of Sheffield98140---------
Town of Stockbridge9596--------1
Town of Tyringham8848--------2
Town of Washington6252--------3
Town of West Stockbridge10052---------
Town of Williamstown124164--------1
Town of Windsor6846---------
Bristol County22652250--------21
Town of Attleborough194128--------12
Town of Berkley3457---------
Town of Dartmouth87176---------
Town of Dighton9412---------
Town of Easton12675---------
Town of Fairhaven17173---------
Town of Freetown19058---------
Town of Mansfield7954---------
Town of New Bedford111394--------1
Town of Norton10391--------1
Town of Raynham7788---------
Town of Rehoboth174166--------5
Town of Seekonk203146---------
Town of Somerset5765---------
Town of Swansea12746---------
Town of Taunton211317--------1
Town of Troy11845---------
Town of Wellington6485--------1
Town of Westport45174---------
Dukes County14976----6----
Town of Chilmark2821---------
Town of Edgartown5148---------
Town of Tisbury707----6----
Essex County46374282--------10
Town of Amesbury133111---------
Town of Andover304217--------1
Town of Beverly143314---------
Town of Boxford12126---------
Town of Bradford78170--------3
Town of Danvers179275---------
Town of Essex4468---------
Town of Gloucester516366---------
Town of Hamilton3695---------
Town of Haverhill297227--------1
Town of Ipswich87209---------
Town of Lynn590263---------
Town of Lynnfield4751---------
Town of Manchester5080---------
Town of Marblehead43443---------
Town of Metheun15899---------
Town of Middleton5849---------
Town of Newbury249191--------1
Town of Newburyport293367--------4
Town of Rowley117136---------
Town of Salem464422---------
Town of Salisbury17869---------
Town of Saugus9062---------
Town of Topsfield2378---------
Town of Wenham2260---------
Town of West Newbury35134---------
Franklin County11381986--------18
Town of Ashfield61114---------
Town of Bernardston8058--------1
Town of Buckland3177---------
Town of Charlemont22120---------
Town of Colrain57129---------
Town of Conway5783--------5
Town of Deerfield19183---------
Town of Gill3349---------
Town of Greenfield[4]-----------
Town of Hawley12127---------
Town of Heath21104---------
Town of Leverett7438--------1
Town of Leyden5449---------
Town of Monroe19----------
Town of Montague4492--------1
Town of New Salem74132---------
Town of Northfield11261--------4
Town of Orange8020--------6
Town of Rowe1274---------
Town of Shelburne10125---------
Town of Shutesbury7742---------
Town of Sunderland2949---------
Town of Warwick6294---------
Town of Wendell4485---------
Town of Whately5481---------
Hampden County19971178--4422----70
Town of Blandford7794---------
Town of Brimfield67160---------
Town of Chester11395---------
Town of Granville8365--------1
Town of Holland29---------18
Town of Longmeadow6861--44------
Town of Ludlow11122--------12
Town of Monson190107--------4
Town of Montgomery[5]-----------
Town of Palmer4057---22-----
Town of Russell4922---------
Town of South Brimfield6524---------
Town of Southwick21612---------
Town of Springfield268150--------32
Town of Tolland5237---------
Town of West Springfield301113--------3
Town of Westfield19394---------
Town of Wilbraham12555---------
Hampshire County11542645--------53
Town of Amherst15594--------34
Town of Belchertown116260--------2
Town of Chesterfield6967--------1
Town of Cummington60113---------
Town of Easthampton1111---------
Town of Enfield2597--------2
Town of Goshen1064---------
Town of Granby32124---------
Town of Greenwich3877---------
Town of Hadley40164---------
Town of Hatfield4853---------
Town of Middlefield4179---------
Town of Northampton140313--------9
Town of Norwich2780---------
Town of Pelham5830---------
Town of Plainfield16110--------1
Town of Prescott6240--------1
Town of South Hadley38116---------
Town of Southampton11178--------1
Town of Ware6292---------
Town of Westhampton19106---------
Town of Williamsburg33136--------2
Town of Worthington53141---------
Middlesex County55923015-------127
Town of Acton11929--------1
Town of Ashby8975---------
Town of Bedford7629--------1
Town of Billerica74133---------
District of Boxboro377---------
Town of Brighton5140---------
Town of Burlington4820---------
Town of Cambridge261221--------5
Town of Carlisle119----------
Town of Charlestown574278--------2
Town of Chelmsford133135--------1
Town of Concord14293---------
Town of Dracut15633---------
Town of Dunstable8312---------
Town of East Sudbury11936---------
Town of Framingham129144---------
Town of Groton13989---------
Town of Holliston6663--------1
Town of Hopkinton16159---------
Town of Lexington18336--------1
Town of Lincoln9917--------3
Town of Littleton11724---------
Town of Malden19663---------
Town of Marlborough19359---------
Town of Medford59123---------
Town of Natick6735---------
Town of Newton114134--------1
Town of Pepperell12680---------
Town of Reading43219---------
Town of Sherborn5665---------
Town of Shirley7136---------
Town of South Reading18714--------2
Town of Stoneham109----------
Town of Stow9331--------1
Town of Sudbury17442---------
Town of Tewksbury7415--------2
Town of Townsend11165---------
Town of Tyngsborough4455---------
Town of Waltham128105--------3
Town of Watertown11472-------1-
Town of West Cambridge17122---------
Town of Westford13846---------
Town of Weston7876---------
Town of Wilmington6045--------2
Town of Woburn21332--------1
Nantucket County319306--------2
Town of Nantucket319306--------2
Norfolk County30961592--------20
Town of Bellingham12320--------2
Town of Braintree8864--------5
Town of Brookline5254---------
Town of Canton12485---------
Town of Cohasset5760--------1
Town of Dedham297106---------
Town of Dorchester277194---------
District of Dover5035---------
Town of Foxborough8038--------1
Town of Franklin62125--------2
Town of Medfield4467---------
Town of Medway12147--------1
Town of Milton14252--------3
Town of Needham12450---------
Town of Quincy69135---------
Town of Randolph21958---------
Town of Roxbury406133--------3
Town of Sharon9144---------
Town of Stoughton16437--------2
Town of Walpole13780---------
Town of Weymouth16789---------
Town of Wrentham20269---------
Plymouth County25872261--------6
Town of Abington16396---------
Town of Bridgewater161255---------
Town of Carver11260---------
Town of Duxbury34188---------
Town of Halifax10723---------
Town of Hanover12040---------
Town of Hanson7558---------
Town of Hingham254153--------3
Town of Hull94---------
Town of Kingston46130---------
Town of Marshfield63122---------
Town of Middleborough408228---------
Town of North Bridgewater21129---------
Town of Pembroke8981---------
Town of Plymouth196251--------1
Town of Plympton6185---------
Town of Rochester148160---------
Town of Scituate192158---------
Town of Wareham9040--------2
Town of West Bridgewater48100---------
Suffolk County28082974--------9
City of Boston27382934--------9
Ward One259129--------0
Ward Two237113--------0
Ward Three299160--------3
Ward Four298324--------0
Ward Five275263--------0
Ward Six216151--------0
Ward Seven196412--------3
Ward Eight206389--------0
Ward Nine141267--------2
Ward Ten 221287--------0
Ward Eleven184238--------0
Ward Twelve206201--------1
Town of Chelsea7040---------
Worcester County44775599-----11-36
Town of Ashburnham75116--------1
Town of Athal50156---------
Town of Barre159160--------1
Town of Berlin1689---------
Town of Bolton39117--------1
Town of Boylston2194---------
Town of Brookfield113160---------
Town of Charlton15949--------1
Town of Dana6918---------
Town of Douglas10380---------
Town of Dudley11798---------
Town of Fitchburg111110---------
Town of Gardner[6]-----------
Town of Grafton13092---------
Town of Hardwick110131--------1
Town of Harvard11795---------
Town of Holden38182---------
Town of Hubbardston8582--------4
Town of Lancaster87204---------
Town of Leicester7199--------1
Town of Leominster126126------1--
Town of Lunenberg9571---------
Town of Mendon20727--------1
Town of Milford10737--------2
Town of Millbury74128---------
Town of New Braintree[7]-----------
Town of North Brookfield8163---------
Town of Northborough33110---------
Town of Northbridge7540---------
Town of Oakham3788---------
Town of Oxford6485--------5
Town of Paxton3351---------
Town of Petersham14292---------
Town of Phillipston19125---------
Town of Princeton18130---------
Town of Royalston48198---------
Town of Rutland[8]6395---------
Town of Shrewsbury70137---------
Town of Southborough32107---------
Town of Southbridge12157--------3
Town of Spencer103103---------
Town of Sterling61212---------
Town of Sturbridge10392--------9
Town of Sutton21097---------
Town of Templeton83136--------3
Town of Upton7193---------
Town of Uxbridge116115---------
Town of Ward4050---------
Town of West Boylston4188--------2
Town of Westborough9788---------
Town of Western6196-----1---
Town of Westminster61206---------
Town of Winchendon63140--------1
Town of Worcester25218411-------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Beginning in 1822, the Original Election Returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor for Massachusetts stopped listing individual results for the scattering votes, instead listing them simply as scattering. Any identification of scattering votes is because of results published in various newspapers.
[3]"No return from Town of Florida on file." Original Election Returns.
[4]"Rejected, not being attested by Town Clerk." Original Election Returns.
[5]"Rejected by the Committee the votes not having been Returned in season." Original Election Returns.
[6]"No returns." Original Election Returns.
[7]"No returns." Original Election Returns.
[8]"Rejected, not designating for what office." Original Election Returns.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Three. 331.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 547-548.
Charlemont Town Records. 423.
Chatham Town Records. 46.
Colrain Town Records. Book Two. 216.
Fitchburg Town Records. Vol. V. 239.
Leominster Town Records. 78-79.
Leyden Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records. 100-101.
Palmer Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 201.
Tisbury Town Records. 420.
Truro Town Records. 250.
Wareham Town Records. Book Two. 29.
Warren Town Records. 192.
Watertown Town Records. 455.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 311.
Worcester Town Records. 162-163.
Boston Patriot and Daily Mercantile Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 8, 1823.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 8, 1823.
Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 8, 1823.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 8, 1823.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 9, 1823.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 9, 1823.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 9, 1823.
Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, WA). April 9, 1823.
Boston Commercial Gazette (Boston, MA). April 10, 1823.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 11, 1823.
The Observer (Salem, MA). April 12, 1823.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). April 14, 1823.
The Essex Register (Salem, MA). June 2, 1823.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). June 6, 1823.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 514.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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