Massachusetts 1792 Lieutenant Governor

Office:
Lieutenant Governor (State)
Title:
Lieutenant Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1792 Lieutenant Governor
Date:
1792
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Candidates:
Samuel Adams, Samuel Phillips, David Cobb, Thomas Russell, Nathaniel Gorham, Benjamin Lincoln, Samuel Holton, James Sullivan, Tristram Dalton, Azor Orne, James Bowdoin, Francis Dana, Charles Jarvis, John Brooks, John Adams, William Phillips, William Heath, Moses Gill, John Hancock, Thomas Question, Adam Colson, Abner Ramsey, Elijah Dwight, Oliver Prescott, Benjamin Austin, Edward Davis, Samuel Dexter, Walter Frost, Elbridge Gerry, Stephen Gorham, Ebenezer Mead, Joseph Shod, Oliver Wendell, Ross Wynnan, John Avery, Jr., Nathaniel Balch, Thomas Bond, Job Bushing, William Cleland, E. Davis, Timothy Dexter, Nicholas Dike, William Eustis, John Fisk, Dwight Foster, Jonathan Grout, Stephen Hall, Benjamin Hammond, Joseph Henshaw, Michael Hodge, Samuel Nason, John Peters, Richard Richardson, Caleb Strong, Russell Sturgis, Increase Sumner, Richard Ward, John Worthington
Candidates: Samuel AdamsSamuel PhillipsDavid CobbThomas RussellNathaniel GorhamBenjamin LincolnSamuel HoltonJames SullivanTristram DaltonAzor OrneJames BowdoinFrancis DanaCharles JarvisJohn BrooksJohn AdamsWilliam PhillipsWilliam HeathMoses GillJohn HancockThomas QuestionAdam ColsonAbner RamseyElijah DwightOliver PrescottBenjamin AustinEdward DavisSamuel DexterWalter FrostElbridge GerryStephen GorhamEbenezer MeadJoseph ShodOliver WendellRoss WynnanJohn Avery, Jr.Nathaniel BalchThomas BondJob BushingWilliam ClelandE. DavisTimothy DexterNicholas DikeWilliam EustisJohn FiskDwight FosterJonathan GroutStephen HallBenjamin HammondJoseph HenshawMichael HodgeSamuel NasonJohn PetersRichard RichardsonCaleb StrongRussell SturgisIncrease SumnerRichard WardJohn Worthington
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Final Result: 1260944744335428593767666583725201916111088877644333222222111111111111111111111111
Barnstable County465---12---2---6---------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstable28-----------6---------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham17---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham42---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth39---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich35---12---2-------------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[1]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich41---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Truro46---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet55---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth162---------------------------------------------------------
Berkshire County551---13689111----2----18--6--------------------------------1--
Town of Adams45---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alford[2]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Becket16----6----------------------------------------------------
District of Bethlehem10---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton8---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington1------11----------1---6-----------------------------------
Town of Hancock18---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough----41-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee[3]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox48-------1----2-----------------------------------------1--
Town of Louden[4]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington-------------------8--------------------------------------
District of New Ashford----29-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough----58-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield27---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield51---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield1---8-9---------------------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge[5]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham31----2----------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington27---------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown76---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor54---------------------------------------------------------
Bristol County75622306--1------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Attleborough7017--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley5-28-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth63---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton44-9-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Easton36---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Freetown64---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield32-72-------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford36-32-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norton--73-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham8-34-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth240----1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Somerset18---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea58---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton47558---------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Westport55---------------------------------------------------------
Cumberland County690----40------------1----------2---------1------1-----------
Town of Bakerston[6]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgetown[7]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick93---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth63---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Durham-----39----------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Freeport33----1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Gorham74---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gray25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell51---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron41---------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester75---------------------------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth56---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Portland51-----------------1--------------------1------1-----------
Town of Raymondston[8]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro29----------------------------2----------------------------
Town of Standish26---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Turner30---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham[9]----------------------------------------------------------
Dukes County10724--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark-24--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown75---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury32---------------------------------------------------------
Essex County93514337-7101-2-3--2--7-----1----------------1--1-----1-1----1-
Town of Amesbury42---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover861---------1----------------------------------------------
Town of Beverly22---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford13--1------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers29-----10---------------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester63---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill39--30------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich711-2-2---1-----------------------------------------1----1-
District of Lynfield23---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lynn29--1-------1-----7----------------------------------------
Town of Manchester18---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead23----1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun41---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton167--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newbury7323-------------------------------------1-----------------
Town of Newburyport953-2-----1-1--1----------------------------------1--------
Town of Rowley48----4----------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem59--1---1------1--------1-------------------1--------------
Town of Salisbury46---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield33---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham23---------------------------------------------------------
Hampshire County182512441521320-44-------1--1--7-----------------------------------1
Town of Amherst50----3----------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield62---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown59---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston30---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Blandford7--62----------------7------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield58---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont24---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester32---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield252--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway38--1-----------1-----------------------------------------1
Town of Cummington19---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield26---3-----------------------------------------------------
District of Easthampton[10]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen431--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granby27---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granville5--29------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield4513--1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenwich17---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley2412---4----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield1917--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawley28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Heath21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holland26---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett39---------------------------------------------------------
District of Leyden149--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow53---11----------------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow51---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield11----5----------------------------------------------------
Town of Monson[11]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Montague1-32-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery16---------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem70---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton978--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norwich[12]----------------------------------------------------------
District of Orange286--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Palmer31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham47---------------------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield[13]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Russell-------27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne55---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury36---------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield26-1-------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley38---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southampton2823--4-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Southwick22---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield423----------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Sunderland13---26----------------------------------------------------
Town of Ware39---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick100---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell31-8-------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield42---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westfield37--16---17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Westhampton23----1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Whately12---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham[14]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg35---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worthington34---------------------------------------------------------
Hancock County30323-8--9---------------------------------------------------
Town of Bangor24---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Belfast19---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill423--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambden21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle46-----9---------------------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt[15]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough29---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Islesborough[16]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert48---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orrington27--8------------------------------------------------------
Town of Penobscot[17]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick4---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan38---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Trenton25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven18---------------------------------------------------------
Lincoln County903-16---2------1-------------------------------------------
Ballstown Plantation19---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath44-------------1-------------------------------------------
Town of Boothbay45---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham19---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bristol54---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan34---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cushing40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb[18]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield[19]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Green[20]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell48--6---2--------------------------------------------------
Hancock Plantation23---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medencook[21]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Monmouth18---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newcastle43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro37---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock[22]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittston28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro[23]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Readfield33---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sidney51---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Thomastown[24]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsham63-1-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Union[25]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro75---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro49---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren[26]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winslow21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop41---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich38---------------------------------------------------------
Middlesex County154018912743-17112-1310174---3--------3-------------------1----1-----
Town of Acton376--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby49---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica43---1-----------------------------------------------------
District of Boxboro22---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge71-------1--1------1--------3------------------------1-----
District of Carlisle27---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown91-----------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford8--------11-12-8--------------------------------------------
Town of Concord60--82-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dracut50---1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable29---------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham1912916------------------------------------------------------
Town of Groton49------17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Holliston30--2------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton35---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lexington47---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln37--5-2----------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Malden---43-----1----4-------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough50--6------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medford34---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Natick30---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton37----------------------------------------------1----------
Town of Pepperell43---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Reading60----1------------1---------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn---26------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham22---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stow23-----------10---------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury48---------------------------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Townsend55---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham32---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown27---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westford42------------9--------------------------------------------
Town of Weston48--21------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington49---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn60---------------------------------------------------------
Nantucket County180---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nantucket180---------------------------------------------------------
Plymouth County41317801118-15-153----29------------2-2-----------1---------------
Town of Abington3616--------------------------2-----------------------------
Town of Bridgewater32137-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Carver29---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury16-------15-------------------------------------------------
Town of Halifax6---17-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover26--------1-----9--------------------------1---------------
Town of Kingston19--10------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield31-6-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough31-37-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke27--------2------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth37--1----------2-------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton45---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester48-----------------------------2---------------------------
Town of Scituate12---1-15---------------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham18---------------------------------------------------------
Suffolk County152878-22-3---23722-719---7---4-3----22--1--1--------------11---
Town of Bellingham28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boston686--17--------2--1----7---3------2---1--1--------------11---
Town of Braintree511--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline21---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea26---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset20---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester[27]43-----------------------1---------------------------------
District of Dover241--------------3---------3-------------------------------
Town of Foxborough2725--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin2714-1------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham----------35---7-------------------------------------------
Town of Hull[28]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield14-------------------------------1-------------------------
Town of Medway38---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton27----3----22----------------------------------------------
Town of Needham46--1------------------------------------------------------
Town of Quincy50---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury67--3-----2------6---------------1-------------------------
Town of Sharon60---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton114---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole57---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham3437--------------------------------------------------------
Washington County44---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Machias[29]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Papamaguadda[30]----------------------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 644---------------------------------------------------------
Worcester County167087391102733-4739-12---111----3-3-------21-11---1--11--1---------
Town of Ashburnham35---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Athal--------47-------------------------------------------------
Town of Barre37--1------------------------------------------------------
District of Berlin113---1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton10--21------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boylston17--18-------1----------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield3763----1---------------------------1-1-------1-------------
Town of Charlton116--25-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas15----3----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley63------------------------3--------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg50---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner24---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry16---16-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton41-1-1-------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick36--2------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holden2012-10----2--------1---------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston53---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster72---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester34---3-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster235-4------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg53---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mendon46---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford24---------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree42---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough19---18-------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oakham35---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford42---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton32---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham27---25-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown58----2----------------------------------------------------
Town of Royalston44-----23---------------------------------------------------
Town of Rutland40---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury36--24-----------------------------2---1----------1---------
Town of Southborough[31]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Spencer65---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling42-----3---------------------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge44---5-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton52-----2---------------------------------------------------
Town of Templeton52---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Upton53---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge5--------36------------------------------------------------
Town of Ward25---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough55----------------1---------------------------1------------
Town of Western4--21------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster227----4---------1------3-----------------1----------------
Town of Winchendon352---1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester48---------------------------------------------------------
York County69940---4-1---6--------------------------------------1-------
Town of Arundel23---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Berwick32---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford20---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield23---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Buxton63---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall34---------------------------------------------------------
Francisboro Plantation-14--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh39---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kittery58---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon41---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Limerick24---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Limington[32]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littlefalls[33]----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield29---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro36---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandford58---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh58---------------------------------------------------------
Washington Plantation-26--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough19---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wells113---------------------------------------------------------
Town of York29----4-1---6--------------------------------------1-------

Notes:

[1]Provincetown was not listed in the Official Results.
[2]There were no votes recorded in Alford.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Lee.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Loudon.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Stockbridge.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Bakerston.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Windham.
[10]No election meeting was held in Easthampton.
[11]There was no return for Lt. Governor though there were returns for Governor.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Norwich.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Plainfield.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Wilbraham.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Frankfurt.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Islesborough.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Penobscot.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Edgecomb.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Fairfield.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Green.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Norridgewock.
[23]There were no votes recorded in Pownalboro.
[24]There were no votes recorded in Thomastown.
[25]There were no votes recorded in Union.
[26]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[27]Benjamin Austin received 1 vote as Benjamin Austin, Jr.
[28]There were no votes recorded in Hull.
[29]There were no votes recorded in Machias.
[30]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
[31]There were no votes recorded in Southborough.
[32]There was no return in Limington.
[33]There were no votes recorded in Littlefalls.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 164.
Brookfield Town Records.
Freetown Town Records. 313.
Oakham Town Records. 240.
South Hadley Town Records. 103.
Spencer Town Records.
Worcester Town Records. 206.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 4, 1792.
King, Marquis Fayette, ed. Annals of Oxford, Maine. Portland, ME: Published by the author, 1903. 17.

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