Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, Second Eastern District
- Office:
- Electoral College (Federal)
- Title:
- Elector
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, Second Eastern District
- Date:
- 1796
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Electoral College/Elector
- Electors:
- Stephen Longfellow, Lemuel Weeks, John Waite, John K. Smith, Samuel Thompson, Francis Winter, Daniel Davis, Samuel Tibbits, John Hubbard, Thomas B. Waite, Josiah Thacher, Dummer Sewall, John Lewis, Edmund Phinney
| Electors: | Stephen Longfellow[1] | Lemuel Weeks | John Waite | John K. Smith | Samuel Thompson | Francis Winter | Daniel Davis | Samuel Tibbits | John Hubbard | Thomas B. Waite | Josiah Thacher | Dummer Sewall | John Lewis | Edmund Phinney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||||
| Presidential Candidate: | John Adams | |||||||||||||
| Final Result: [2] | 418 | 123 | 75 | 69 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eastern Two | 418 | 123 | 75 | 69 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Cumberland County | 209 | 118 | 75 | 49 | - | - | 21 | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Bakerstown[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckfield | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Falmouth | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freeport | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gorham | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Gray | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jay | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Livermore[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester | 1 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Otisfield Plantation | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Paris | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Poland | 5 | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portland | 3 | 48 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raymondston Plantation | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarboro | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 209 | 5 | - | 20 | 25 | 24 | - | 12 | 9 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Town of Bath | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belgrade | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | - | - | - | - | 3 | 21 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Butterfield Plantation | 10 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fayette | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Green | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Lewiston | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | 20 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monmouth | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Vernon[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Sharon[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennicook Plantation | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Readfield | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rustfield Gore | 3 | 5 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Starks[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Stephen Longfellow voted for John Adams in the Electoral College. Whether his second vote was cast for Thomas Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth or Samuel Johnston is unknown.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Brunswick.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Livermore.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Mount Vernon.
[7]There were no votes recorded in New Sharon.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Starks.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). November 10, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 10, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 19, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 21, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 23, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 28, 1796.
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