New Hampshire 1790 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1790 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:
1790
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Samuel Livermore, Jeremiah Smith, Nicholas Gilman, John Samuel Sherburne, Abiel Foster, James Sheafe, Nathaniel Peabody, Phillips White, William Page, Benjamin Bellows, Joshua Atherton, Simon Olcott, Amos Cogswell, Dana, Elisha Payne, John Bell, Joshua Wentworth, Woodbury Langdon, Jonathan Freeman, Aaron Hutchinton, John Pickering, Thomas Cogswell, Ladd, Oliver Peabody, Charles Henzell, Elihu Hyde, Elisha Ticknor, scattering
Candidates: Samuel Livermore[1]Jeremiah SmithNicholas GilmanJohn Samuel SherburneAbiel FosterJames SheafeNathaniel PeabodyPhillips WhiteWilliam PageBenjamin BellowsJoshua AthertonSimon OlcottAmos CogswellDanaElisha PayneJohn BellJoshua WentworthWoodbury LangdonJonathan FreemanAaron HutchintonJohn PickeringThomas CogswellLaddOliver PeabodyCharles HenzellElihu HydeElisha Ticknorscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]3585187616811591121311111002--------------------1329
Cheshire County----------------------------
Town of Acworth321910-9------34----------------
Town of Alstead----------------------------
Town of Charlestown----------------------------
Town of Chesterfield----------------------------
Town of Claremont7037-49--35-15-------------------
Town of Cornish----------------------------
Town of Croydon----------------------------
Town of Dublin1313-13------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam----------------------------
Town of Gilsum[5]----------------------------
Town of Goshen----------------------------
Town of Hinsdale3030------30-------------------
Town of Jaffrey----------------------------
Town of Keene303030-------------------------
Town of Langdon----------------------------
Town of Lempster----------------------------
Town of Marlborough----------------------------
Town of Marlow----------------------------
Town of New Grantham----------------------------
Town of Newport----------------------------
Town of Packersfield2525--25-----------------------
Town of Plainfield----------------------------
Town of Richmond----------------------------
Town of Rindge----------------------------
Town of Springfield----------------------------
Town of Stoddard-30--30---30-------------------
Town of Sullivan99------------------9-------
Town of Surry161616-------------------------
Town of Swanzey----------------------------
Town of Unity----------------------------
Town of Walpole----------------------------
Town of Washington----------------------------
Town of Wendell----------------------------
Town of Westmoreland----------------------------
Town of Winchester----------------------------
Grafton County----------------------------
Town of Adams----------------------------
Town of Alexandria----------------------------
Town of Bartlett----------------------------
Town of Bath----------------------------
Town of Bethlehem----------------------------
Town of Bridgewater----------------------------
Town of Campton----------------------------
Town of Canaan----------------------------
Town of Chatham----------------------------
Town of Cockburne----------------------------
Town of Colebrook----------------------------
Town of Concord----------------------------
Town of Coventry----------------------------
Town of Dalton----------------------------
Town of Danbury----------------------------
Town of Dorchester----------------------------
Town of Ellsworth----------------------------
Town of Enfield----------------------------
Town of Franconia----------------------------
Town of Grafton----------------------------
Town of Groton----------------------------
Town of Hanover----------------------------
Town of Haverhill----------------------------
Town of Hebron----------------------------
Town of Jefferson----------------------------
Town of Lancaster----------------------------
Town of Landaff----------------------------
Town of Lebanon32--262---------20---1110-----11-
Town of Lincoln----------------------------
Town of Littleton1010-10------------------------
Town of Lyman----------------------------
Town of Lyme----------------------------
Town of New Chester----------------------------
Town of New Holderness----------------------------
Town of Northumberland----------------------------
Town of Orange----------------------------
Town of Orford-24-18--26-18-------------------
Town of Peeling----------------------------
Town of Percy----------------------------
Town of Piermont----------------------------
Town of Plymouth30--30--30---------------------
Town of Rumney30--30--30---------------------
Town of Stewartstown----------------------------
Town of Stratford----------------------------
Town of Thornton----------------------------
Town of Warren----------------------------
Town of Wentworth17312---217--------------------
Town of Whitefield----------------------------
Hillsborough County----------------------------
Town of Amherst31141531------------------------
Town of Andover[6]----------------------------
Town of Antrim----------------------------
Town of Bedford----------------------------
Town of Boscawen44--4640-42--30------------------
Town of Bradford----------------------------
Town of Brookline----------------------------
Town of Deering----------------------------
Town of Derryfield----------------------------
Town of Dunbarton----------------------------
Town of Dunstable----------------------------
Town of Fishersfield----------------------------
Town of Francestown3030-30------------------------
Town of Goffstown----------------------------
Town of Greenfield----------------------------
Town of Hancock----------------------------
Town of Henniker----------------------------
Town of Hillsborough[7]--------30----30--------------
Town of Hollis----------------------------
Town of Hopkinton56--56--56---------------------
Kearsage Gore----------------------------
Town of Litchfield1314-14------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough----------------------------
Town of Mason----------------------------
Town of Merrimack----------------------------
Town of Milford----------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon----------------------------
Town of New Boston----------------------------
Town of New Ipswich----------------------------
Town of New London----------------------------
Town of Nottingham West----------------------------
Town of Peterborough116644-----44-11-----------------
Town of Salisbury-16-19--14---------------------
Town of Sharon----------------------------
Town of Society Land----------------------------
Town of Sutton----------------------------
Town of Temple----------------------------
Town of Warner----------------------------
Town of Weare9191-91------------------------
Town of Wilton----------------------------
Town of Windsor----------------------------
Rockingham County----------------------------
Town of Allenstown----------------------------
Town of Atkinson----------------------------
Town of Bow----------------------------
Town of Brentwood-4555-55-----------------------
Town of Candia----------------------------
Town of Canterbury----------------------------
Town of Chester-2530---18--------11-------3----
Town of Chichester17--17--8-----9---------------
Town of Concord[8]9250-30462384---17------1----------
Town of Deerfield[9]54251351-1---------------------
Town of East Kingston----------------------------
Town of Epping16-4381834-43--------------------
Town of Epsom----------------------------
Town of Exeter--21853101512457-28-19----13-----3-----
Town of Greenland30-229-228---------------------
Town of Hampstead----------------------------
Town of Hampton----------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls--30--30-30--------------------
Town of Hawke----------------------------
Town of Kensington-262415--22---------------------
Town of Kingston----------------------------
Town of Londonderry[10]13271811--18--------3------------
Town of Loudon[11]1531-34--24---28-----------------
Town of New Castle----------------------------
Town of Newington21-1925-5----------------------
Town of Newmarket2652134166142---------2----------
Town of Newton----------------------------
Town of North Hampton846447-52-5--------------------
Town of Northfield----------------------------
Town of Northwood----------------------------
Town of Nottingham[12]41101058--43---------------------
Town of Pelham----------------------------
Town of Pembroke----------------------------
Town of Pittsfield35101133-910---------------------
Town of Plaistow----------------------------
Town of Poplin----------------------------
Town of Portsmouth[13][14]32352129163119391211--------9------1---
Town of Raymond--681413--63--------------------
Town of Rye63-4278-3514--------------------
Town of Salem----------------------------
Town of Sandown----------------------------
Town of Seabrook----------------------------
Town of South Hampton----------------------------
Town of Stratham-34931-720---------------------
Town of Windham----------------------------
Strafford County----------------------------
Town of Alton----------------------------
Town of Barnstead40--40--19-----21---------------
Town of Barrington4151930-28----------------------
Town of Brookfield----------------------------
Town of Burton----------------------------
Town of Center Harbor----------------------------
Town of Conway----------------------------
Town of Dover[15]92-8848-48---------------1------
Town of Durham[16]28101029-2810---------------------
Town of Eaton----------------------------
Town of Effingham----------------------------
Town of Farmington----------------------------
Town of Gilmantown----------------------------
Town of Lee1814216-2---------------3------
Town of Madbury4040-40------------------------
Town of Middleton[17]21-2121------------------------
Town of Milton----------------------------
Town of Moultonborough----------------------------
Town of New Durham----------------------------
Town of New Hampton----------------------------
Town of New Salem[18]11-2928------------------------
Town of Ossipee----------------------------
Ossipee Gore----------------------------
Town of Rochester----------------------------
Town of Sanbornton----------------------------
Town of Sandwich----------------------------
Town of Somersworth----------------------------
Town of Tamworth----------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro----------------------------
Town of Wakefield----------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro----------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Wednesday last the President and council of this state assembled at Exeter for the purpose of examining the returns for representative to Congress. On opening, counting, and sorting the votes, the whole number was 14,277. The number necessary for a choice was 2380." The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). October 26, 1790.
[3]"[Jeremiah Smith, Nicholas Gilman, John S. Sherburne, Abiel Foster] being the four highest candidates, are to be sent out to 'WE THE PEOPLE,' out of whom two are to be elected." Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). October 16, 1790.
[4]New Hampshire law required a majority to be elected. A second trial would be held in December 2, 1790.
[5]The Federalist candidates received 23 votes.
[6]"Voters were requested to bring in their ballots for Presidential Electors. Also for or against the amendments to the Constitution. Only a few people were present and no votes were offered." Town Records, as quoted in History of Andover. 246.
[7]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) reports 30 votes for Samuel Livermore in Hillsborough.
[8]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), the Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), Orsborne's Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), and The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH) list Samuel Livermore with 95 votes, Nathaniel Peabody with 82 votes, Abiel Foster with 40 votes, John S. Sherburne with 37 votes and James Sheafe with 20 votes in Concord.
[9]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), September 3, reports 54 votes for both Nicholas Gilman and Abiel Foster in Deerfield.
[10]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), September 3, reports 10 votes for John Bell in Londonderry.
[11]The Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), September 5, and the Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH), September 23, report 23 votes for Joshua Atherton in Loudon.
[12]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), September 3, reports 10 votes for Samuel Livermore and 47 for John Samuel Sherburne in Nottingham.
[13]John Samuel Sherburne received 2 votes as Samuel Sherburne.
[14]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), September 3, reports 168 votes for John Samuel Sherburne in Portsmouth.
[15]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), September 3, reports 43 votes for John Samuel Sherburne in Dover.
[16]The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH), and The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH) report 26 votes for Samuel Livermore, 27 for John Samuel Sherburne and 26 for James Sheafe in Durham.
[17]The Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH), September 23, reports 20 votes for Samuel Livermore, Nicholas Gilman and John Samuel Sherburne in Middleton.
[18]The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH) reports 10 votes for Nathaniel Peabody in New Salem.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 261-262.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). September 1, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). September 2, 1790.
Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH). September 2, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). September 3, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). September 7, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). September 9, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). September 10, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). September 14, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). September 16, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). September 17, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). September 23, 1790.
Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH). September 23, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). September 24, 1790.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). September 25, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). October 12, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). October 16, 1790.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). October 16, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). October 19, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). October 21, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). October 26, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Recorder, and the Weekly Advertiser (Keene, NH). October 28, 1790.
Downs, Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H. 1761-1887. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing, 1908. 185.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 239.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press 1905. 199.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 236.
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXII. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 263.

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