Massachusetts 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, Middlesex District, Special
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, Middlesex District, Special
- Date:
- 1811
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- John L. Tuttle, Loammi Baldwin, Edmund Foster, Marshall Spring, Solomon Aiken, Samuel Hoar, William M. Richardson, Abraham Biglow, Jonathan Maynard, Robert Brimley, Timothy Falter, Daniel Varnum
| Candidates: | John L. Tuttle | Loammi Baldwin | Edmund Foster | Marshall Spring | Solomon Aiken | Samuel Hoar | William M. Richardson | Abraham Biglow | Jonathan Maynard | Robert Brimley | Timothy Falter | Daniel Varnum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 1361 | 1142 | 382 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Middlesex | 1361 | 1142 | 382 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Middlesex County | 1361 | 1142 | 382 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Acton | 8 | 16 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashby | 62 | 50 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | 31 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billerica | 33 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boxborough | 3 | 7 | 21 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brighton | 4 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | 19 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | 28 | 112 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carlisle | 57 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelmsford | 69 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 99 | 93 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dracut | 94 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dunstable | 34 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | 3 | 7 | 21 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Framingham | 52 | 57 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 30 | 81 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lexington | 107 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | 30 | 24 | 5 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | - | 29 | 55 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 78 | 45 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperell | 68 | 29 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Shirley | 3 | 13 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoneham | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stow | - | 23 | 29 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sudbury | 54 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tewksbury | 41 | 15 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townsend | 43 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tyngsboro | 30 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Waltham | 1 | 28 | 1 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 1 | 13 | - | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Cambridge | 70 | 17 | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Westford | 8 | 12 | 64 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 41 | 73 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | 39 | 23 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woburn | 81 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Special election to fill the seat of Joseph B. Varnum, having resigned June 29, 1811 before the 12th Congress convened.
[2]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on November 4, 1811.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Merrimack Intelligencer (Haverhill, MA). October 26, 1811.
The Sun (Baltimore, MD). October 28, 1811.
The Alexandria Herald (Alexandria, VA). October 31, 1811.
Republican Star or Eastern Shore General Advertiser (Easton, MD). November 5, 1811.
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