Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Candidate from Suffolk County
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Candidate from Suffolk County
- Date:
- 1792
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Fisher Ames, Benjamin Austin, Jr., John C. Jones, William Heath, Charles Jarvis, James Bowdoin, William Eustis, Oliver Wendell, John Lowell, Stephen Higginson, Samuel Brown, Thomas Davis, Ebenezer Parsons
| Candidates: | Fisher Ames[1] | Benjamin Austin, Jr. | John C. Jones | William Heath | Charles Jarvis | James Bowdoin | William Eustis | Oliver Wendell | John Lowell | Stephen Higginson | Samuel Brown | Thomas Davis | Ebenezer Parsons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||
| Final Result: [2][3] | 1627 | 1028 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of One | 1627 | 1028 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Essex County | 491 | 106 | 14 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amesbury | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Andover | 26 | 19 | 19 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Beverly | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boxford | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danvers[4] | 23 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gloucester[5] | 24 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haverhill | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ipswich | 34 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lynn | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Lynnfield | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Manchester | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marblehead | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Metheun | 13 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middleton | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 15 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newburyport[6] | 55 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rowley[7] | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salem | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsfield | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wenham | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 419 | 385 | 37 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 19 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Acton | 1 | 17 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashby | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billerica | 1 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Boxboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge[8] | 21 | 2 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Carlisle | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown | 30 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelmsford[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 42 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dracut | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Dunstable | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | 7 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Framingham | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holliston | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lexington | 4 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | 22 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Malden | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | - | 21 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medford | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Natick | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newton[10] | 18 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperell | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading[11] | 30 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherborn | 16 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shirley | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoneham | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stow | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sudbury | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tewksbury | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townsend | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Tyngsborough | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waltham | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 3 | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woburn | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 717 | 537 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Bellingham | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boston | 371 | 330 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 14 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookline | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cohasset | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dedham | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | 36 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Dover | - | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Foxborough | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | 28 | 6 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | 18 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medfield | 11 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medway | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Needham | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Quincy | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | 38 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoughton | 1 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walpole | 14 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weymouth | 3 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wrentham[12] | 39 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"The Massachusetts law provided for a complex method of voting. The voters of Districts One and Two each could vote for four candidates, but the votes had to be distributed as follows: one vote for a candidate from each of the three counties in the district and one additional vote for any candidate from any part of the district. In the Third District each voter had two votes; one had to be cast for a candidate from Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties and the other for a candidate from Bristol and Plymouth. In addition all voters in the above three districts cast one additional vote for any candidate from anywhere in the three districts, listed in the returns as at-large. Voters of the Fourth District had three votes, one for a candidate from York, another from Cumberland and the other from any of the remaining counties of this district." Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1998. 9.
[3]"First District. For a Representative for the County of Suffolk, Number of Voters, 2900. Make a choice, 1451. Hon Fisher Ames, Esq. has 1627, and is chosen." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
[4]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 10 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[5]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 4 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[6]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 1 vote as Benjamin Austin.
[7]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 18 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[8]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 2 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Chelmsford.
[10]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 7 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[11]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 2 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[12]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 2 votes as Benjamin Austin.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Boston Town Records. 310.
Brookline Town Records. 390.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). December 14, 1792.
Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree: 1640 to 1793. Randolph, MA: Daniel H. Huxford, 1886. 618.
Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1998. 9.
Town of Weston, Records of the Town Clerk, 1804-1826. Boston: Alfred Mudge and Sons, 1894. 435-436.
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