Massachusetts 1819 Constitution for the State of Maine
- Office:
- State Government (District)
- Title:
- State Government
- Jurisdiction:
- District
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1819 Constitution for the State of Maine
- Date:
- 1819
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Government/State Government
- Candidates:
- for, against
| Candidates: | for[1] | against |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||
| Final Result: [2] | 10062 | 886 |
| Cumberland County | 1732 | 152 |
| Town of Baldwin | 30 | - |
| Town of Bridgetown | 78 | - |
| Town of Brunswick | 88 | 2 |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | 44 | - |
| Town of Danville | 44 | - |
| Town of Durham | 58 | 6 |
| Town of Falmouth | 58 | - |
| Town of Freeport | 77 | 26 |
| Town of Gorham | 94 | 1 |
| Town of Gray | 86 | 1 |
| Town of Harpswell | 10 | 8 |
| Town of Harrison | 19 | - |
| Town of Minot[3] | 57 | 13 |
| Town of New Gloucester | 118 | 1 |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 115 | 54 |
| Town of Otisfield | 26 | 5 |
| Town of Poland | 94 | 2 |
| Town of Portland | 286 | 12 |
| Town of Pownal | 40 | - |
| Town of Raymond | 52 | 6 |
| Town of Scarborough | 66 | 3 |
| Town of Standish | 57 | 11 |
| Town of Westbrook | 74 | 1 |
| Town of Windham | 61 | - |
| Hancock County | 801 | 112 |
| Town of Belfast | 59 | 12 |
| Town of Belmont | 61 | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | 9 | 31 |
| Town of Brooks | 23 | 1 |
| Town of Brooksville | 7 | 11 |
| Town of Bucksport[4] | 32 | 13 |
| Town of Castine | 29 | 4 |
| Town of Deer Isle | 22 | 1 |
| Town of Eden[5] | 18 | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 24 | 1 |
| Town of Frankfurt | 59 | 1 |
| Town of Gouldsborough | 14 | - |
| Town of Islesborough | 10 | 1 |
| Town of Jackson | 14 | - |
| Town of Knox | 30 | - |
| Town of Lincolnville | 62 | 2 |
| Town of Monroe[6] | 33 | 1 |
| Town of Mount Desert[7] | - | - |
| Town of Northport | 13 | - |
| Town of Orland | 22 | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 32 | - |
| Town of Prospect | 20 | - |
| Town of Searsmont | 22 | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | 23 | 24 |
| Town of Sullivan | 29 | 1 |
| Town of Surry | 30 | - |
| Town of Swanville | 21 | - |
| Town of Thorndike | 21 | - |
| Town of Trenton[8] | 22 | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | 30 | 2 |
| Kennebeck County | 1784 | 54 |
| Town of Augusta | 80 | 1 |
| Town of Belgrade | 28 | 2 |
| Town of Chesterville[9] | 38 | 8 |
| Town of China[10] | - | - |
| Town of Clinton | 39 | 1 |
| Town of Dearborn | 28 | - |
| Town of Fairfax | 26 | - |
| Town of Farmington | 105 | - |
| Town of Fayette | 66 | 4 |
| Town of Freedom[11] | - | - |
| Town of Gardiner | 54 | - |
| Town of Green | 70 | - |
| Town of Hallowell[12] | 142 | 3 |
| Town of Harlem | 33 | 1 |
| Town of Joy[13] | 28 | - |
| Town of Kingfield | 23 | - |
| Town of Leeds | 93 | - |
| Town of Malta[14] | 40 | - |
| Town of Monmouth | 98 | - |
| Town of Mount Vernon | 70 | - |
| Town of New Sharon | 53 | 2 |
| Town of Pittston | 20 | 8 |
| Town of Readfield[15] | 70 | - |
| Town of Rome | 24 | 1 |
| Town of Sidney | 73 | 1 |
| Town of Temple | 33 | 1 |
| Town of Unity | 43 | 1 |
| Town of Vassalborough | 50 | - |
| Town of Vienna | 32 | - |
| Town of Waterville | 110 | - |
| Town of Wayne | 68 | 1 |
| Town of Wilton | 62 | - |
| Town of Winslow | 31 | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 64 | 18 |
| Lincoln County | 1606 | 56 |
| Town of Alma | 18 | 7 |
| Appleton Plantation[16] | 18 | - |
| Town of Bath | 111 | 1 |
| Town of Boothbay | 38 | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 88 | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 45 | - |
| Town of Bristol | 64 | 2 |
| Town of Camden | 59 | 4 |
| Town of Cushing[17] | 18 | - |
| Town of Dresden | 28 | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 32 | - |
| Town of Friendship[18] | 22 | - |
| Town of Georgetown | 36 | 1 |
| Town of Hope[19] | 52 | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 52 | 12 |
| Town of Lewiston | 66 | 1 |
| Town of Lisbon | 103 | 1 |
| Town of Litchfield | 84 | 2 |
| Town of Montville | 53 | - |
| Montville | 20 | 1 |
| Town of New Castle | 36 | 6 |
| Town of Nobleborough | 49 | - |
| Town of Palermo | 48 | - |
| Town of Phipsburg | 33 | - |
| Town of Putnam | 18 | - |
| Town of Saint George | 23 | - |
| Town of Thomaston | 74 | - |
| Town of Topsham | 61 | - |
| Town of Union | 49 | 4 |
| Town of Waldoborough | 33 | 2 |
| Town of Wales | 14 | - |
| Town of Warren | 35 | 7 |
| Town of Whitefield | 42 | - |
| Town of Wiscasset | 52 | 5 |
| Town of Woolwich | 39 | - |
| Oxford County | 1350 | 88 |
| Town of Albany | 5 | 16 |
| Town of Bethel | 85 | - |
| Town of Brownfield | 57 | 1 |
| Town of Buckfield | 141 | 2 |
| Town of Denmark[20] | - | - |
| Town of Dixfield | 27 | 2 |
| Town of East Andover | 32 | 4 |
| Town of Fryburgh | 72 | - |
| Town of Gilead | 23 | - |
| Town of Greenwood | 21 | - |
| Town of Hartford | 68 | - |
| Town of Hebron | 70 | 3 |
| Town of Hiram | 28 | 1 |
| Town of Jay | 72 | 3 |
| Town of Livermore | 71 | 2 |
| Town of Lovell[21] | - | - |
| Town of Mexico | 12 | - |
| Town of Newry | 34 | - |
| Town of Norway | 76 | 1 |
| Town of Paris | 89 | 17 |
| Town of Porter | 36 | 1 |
| Town of Rumford | 52 | - |
| Town of Sumner | 48 | 4 |
| Town of Sweden | 20 | - |
| Town of Turner[22] | 88 | - |
| Town of Waterford | 35 | 23 |
| Town of Weld | 37 | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 27 | 2 |
| No. 1 | 18 | - |
| Penobscot County | 611 | 24 |
| Town of Atkinson[23] | 22 | - |
| Town of Bangor | 47 | 4 |
| Town of Brewer | 31 | 11 |
| Town of Carmel[24] | 12 | - |
| Town of Corinth | 18 | - |
| Town of Dexter[25] | 41 | - |
| Town of Dixmont | 23 | 5 |
| Town of Eddington | 20 | - |
| Town of Exeter | 27 | - |
| Town of Foxcroft[26] | 25 | - |
| Town of Garland | 16 | - |
| Town of Guilford | 27 | - |
| Town of Hampden | 36 | - |
| Town of Hermon | 16 | - |
| Town of Levant | 6 | - |
| Town of New Charleston[27] | 28 | - |
| Town of Newburg | 21 | 1 |
| Town of Newport | 28 | - |
| Town of Orono | 25 | - |
| Town of Orrington | 58 | - |
| Town of Sangerville | 17 | - |
| Town of Sebec | 28 | - |
| Williamsburgh | 10 | 3 |
| No. 1 3rd Range | 14 | - |
| No. 3 6th Range | 20 | - |
| Somerset County | 749 | 51 |
| Town of Anson | 70 | - |
| Town of Athens | 24 | 5 |
| Town of Avon | 28 | - |
| Town of Bingham[28] | 7 | - |
| Town of Bloomfield | 50 | 2 |
| Town of Canaan | 40 | - |
| Town of Corinna | 25 | - |
| Town of Cornville | 27 | - |
| Town of Embden | 14 | 1 |
| Town of Fairfield[29] | 67 | 4 |
| Town of Freeman | 13 | 9 |
| Town of Harmony[30] | - | - |
| Town of Industry | 29 | - |
| Town of Madison | 32 | 1 |
| Town of Mercer | 23 | 8 |
| Town of Moscow[31] | - | - |
| Town of New Portland[32] | 9 | 15 |
| Town of New Vineyard[33] | 21 | 5 |
| Town of Norridgewock | 66 | - |
| Town of North Hill[34] | - | - |
| Town of Palmyra | 27 | - |
| Town of Phillips | 11 | - |
| Town of Ripley | 34 | - |
| Town of Saint Albans | 22 | - |
| Town of Solon | 33 | - |
| Town of Starks | 38 | 1 |
| Town of Strong | 26 | - |
| Town of Warsaw[35] | 19 | - |
| Washington County | 222 | 15 |
| Town of Addison[36] | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 17 | - |
| Town of Cherryfield[37] | 14 | - |
| Town of Columbia[38] | 9 | 11 |
| Town of Dennysville[39] | - | - |
| Town of Eastport | 38 | 2 |
| Town of Harrington | 12 | 2 |
| Town of Janesborough | 22 | - |
| Town of Lubeck | 44 | - |
| Town of Machias | 38 | - |
| Town of Orangetown | 8 | - |
| Town of Perry[40] | - | - |
| Town of Robbinston | 20 | - |
| Town of Steuben[41] | - | - |
| York County | 1212 | 334 |
| Town of Alfred[42] | - | - |
| Town of Arundel | 52 | - |
| Town of Berwick | 41 | - |
| Town of Biddeford[43] | 20 | 2 |
| Town of Buxton | 112 | 12 |
| Town of Cornish[44] | 25 | 15 |
| Town of Elliot | 51 | 1 |
| Town of Hollis | 71 | - |
| Town of Kittery | 10 | 21 |
| Town of Lebanon[45] | 106 | 3 |
| Town of Limerick | 57 | 1 |
| Town of Limington[46] | 73 | - |
| Town of Lyman | 49 | 37 |
| Town of Newfield | 17 | 13 |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 107 | - |
| Town of Saco | 103 | - |
| Town of Sanford[47] | 10 | 85 |
| Town of Shapleigh | 25 | 132 |
| Town of South Berwick | 36 | 11 |
| Town of Waterborough[48] | - | - |
| Town of Wells | 156 | 1 |
| Town of York | 91 | - |
Notes:
[1]Approved.
[2]There were 1062 votes rejected; 985 for and 77 against.
[3]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[4]The votes from Bucksport were not listed in the Original Election Returns, as either official votes or as rejected votes.
[5]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[6]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Mount Desert.
[8]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[9]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[10]There were no votes recorded in China.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Freedom.
[12]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[13]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[14]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[15]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[16]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[17]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[18]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[19]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Denmark.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Lovell.
[22]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[23]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[24]The Bangor Register, December 16, reports 16 Yea votes in Carmel.
[25]The Bangor Register, December 16, reports 47 Yea votes in Dexter.
[26]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[27]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[28]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[29]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[30]There were no votes recorded in Harmony.
[31]There were no votes recorded in Moscow.
[32]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[33]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[34]There were no votes recorded in North Hill.
[35]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[36]There were no votes recorded in Addison.
[37]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[38]"Return not signed by Town Clerk." Original Election Returns.
[39]There were no votes recorded in Dennysville.
[40]There were no votes recorded in Perry.
[41]There were no votes recorded in Steuben.
[42]There were no votes recorded in Alfred.
[43]"The return being signed by only one Selectman" Original Election Returns.
[44]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[45]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME), December 11, reports 115 Yea votes in Lebanon.
[46]"Not returned until after January 1, 1820." Original Election Returns.
[47]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME), December 11, reports 80 Nay votes in Sanford.
[48]There were no votes recorded in Waterborough.
References:
Original Election Returns. State Archives, Boston.
Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). December 11, 1819.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). December 16, 1819,
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