Massachusetts 1803 Selectman, Boston, Special
- Office:
- Selectman (Town)
- Title:
- Selectman
- Jurisdiction:
- Town
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1803 Selectman, Boston, Special
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Selectman/Selectman
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Chapman, John May, Francis Wright, Thomas Lewis, Caleb Bingham, John Lord, scattering
| Candidates: | Jonathan Chapman[1] | John May[2] | Francis Wright[3] | Thomas Lewis | Caleb Bingham | John Lord | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||
| Final Result: [4][5] | 428 | 428 | 428 | 120 | 102 | 100 | - |
| Town of Boston | 428 | 428 | 428 | 120 | 102 | 100 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]"At a meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the town of Boston duly qualified and legally warned in public Town meeting assembled at Faneuil Hall on Thursday the twelfth day of May Anno Domini 1803 at 10 o'clock AM.--... On motion, the Inhabitants were directed to bring in their votes for three Selectmen, and half past eleven o'clock assigned for closing the Poll. On counting the votes it appeared that the whole number was 523 and that the following Gentlemen were chosen." Thirty-Fifth Report Boston Records: Boston Town Records 1796-1813, p.147.
[5]"TOWN-MEETING. On Thursday, another meeting was held, for municipal purposes. Three vacancies having risen in the Board of Selectmen, a poll was opened to supply them--at the close of which the result was declared to be as follows: The whole number of votes 553.--... and a few scattered votes." Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 14, 1803.
References:
Boston Town Records. 147.
Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 14, 1803.
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