Massachusetts 1819 Maine Separation

Office:: Referendum (State)
Title:: Referendum
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1819 Maine Separation
Date:: 1819
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Referendum/Referendum
Candidates:: for, against

Candidates:	for[1]	against
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3]	17299	7361
Cumberland County	3315	1394
Town of Baldwin[4]	53	26
Town of Bridgetown	90	34
Town of Brunswick	222	89
Town of Cape Elizabeth	79	17
Town of Danville	52	34
Town of Durham	45	71
Town of Falmouth	136	35
Town of Freeport	103	107
Town of Gorham	183	95
Town of Gray[5]	126	22
Town of Harpswell	32	55
Town of Harrison	40	2
Town of Minot	100	95
Town of New Gloucester	150	65
Town of North Yarmouth	178	194
Town of Otisfield[6]	29	41
Town of Poland[7]	141	5
Town of Portland	637	188
Town of Pownal	55	38
Town of Raymond	77	-
Town of Scarborough	254	24
Town of Standish	143	59
Thompson Pond	-	-
Town of Westbrook[8]	338	12
Town of Windham[9]	52	86
Hancock County	820	761
Town of Belfast	145	26
Town of Belmont	81	2
Town of Blue Hill	4	27
Town of Brooks	31	12
Town of Brooksville	9	43
Town of Bucksport	8	93
Town of Castine	43	35
Town of Deer Isle	20	88
Town of Eden	1	15
Town of Ellsworth[10]	14	35
Town of Frankfurt[11]	67	7
Town of Gouldsborough	2	47
Town of Islesborough	2	25
Town of Jackson	24	-
Town of Knox	38	1
Town of Lincolnville	38	54
Mariaville[12]	-	-
Town of Monroe[13]	44	9
Town of Mount Desert	-	13
Town of Northport	29	14
Town of Orland	-	48
Town of Penobscot[14]	26	2
Town of Prospect[15]	80	4
Town of Searsmont	24	6
Town of Sedgwick	17	27
Town of Sullivan	-	-
Town of Surry[16]	4	38
Swan	25	7
Town of Thorndike	34	-
Town of Trenton[17]	2	22
Town of Vinalhaven	4	44
No. 8 and 9	4	17
Kennebec County	3974	671
Town of Augusta	293	49
Town of Belgrade	84	8
Town of Chesterville	61	4
Town of China	38	5
Town of Clinton	163	1
Town of Dearborn	42	-
Town of Fairfax[18]	48	7
Town of Farmington	185	63
Town of Fayette[19]	81	14
Town of Freedom[20]	117	-
Town of Gardiner	215	41
Town of Green[21]	138	9
Town of Hallowell	344	96
Town of Harlem	48	9
Town of Joy	25	4
Town of Leeds	168	8
Town of Malta	131	-
Town of Monmouth[22]	270	6
Town of Mount Vernon	160	-
Town of New Sharon	90	4
Town of Pittston	64	18
Town of Readfield[23]	157	13
Town of Rome	35	-
Town of Sidney	100	86
Town of Temple[24]	24	30
Town of Unity[25]	98	5
Town of Vassalborough	114	37
Town of Vienna	72	1
Town of Waterville[26]	184	22
Town of Wayne	80	31
Town of Wilton	113	2
Town of Winslow	81	-
Town of Winthrop	119	98
25 Mile Pond[27][28]	32	-
Lincoln County	2523	1534
Town of Alma	40	50
Appleton Plantation	-	26
Town of Bath[29]	250	76
Town of Boothbay	10	36
Town of Bowdoin[30]	145	26
Town of Bowdoinham[31]	84	23
Town of Bristol	80	50
Town of Camden	97	46
Town of Cushing	25	8
Town of Dresden	48	8
Town of Edgecomb	25	37
Town of Friendship	15	23
Town of Georgetown[32]	54	20
Town of Hope[33]	33	19
Town of Jefferson	78	26
Town of Lewiston[34]	92	36
Town of Lisbon[35]	170	35
Town of Litchfield	282	4
Town of Montville[36]	134	1
Montville	20	2
Town of New Castle	22	29
Town of Nobleborough	95	38
Town of Palermo	102	6
Town of Phipsburg	20	111
Town of Putnam	13	25
Town of Saint George	30	18
Town of Thomaston[37]	121	89
Town of Topsham	113	61
Town of Union[38]	19	84
Town of Waldoborough	24	280
Town of Wales	39	7
Town of Warren	24	127
Town of Whitefield	80	10
Town of Wiscasset	101	56
Town of Woolwich	38	41
Oxford County	1893	550
Town of Albany	6	9
Town of Bethel	117	24
Town of Brownfield	94	11
Town of Buckfield	119	11
Town of Denmark	91	4
Town of Dixfield	57	-
Town of East Andover	36	14
Town of Fryburgh	78	70
Town of Gilead	17	5
Town of Greenwood	37	1
Town of Hartford[39]	44	22
Town of Hebron	61	80
Town of Hiram	53	9
Howards Gore	6	1
Town of Jay	149	8
Town of Livermore[40]	131	25
Town of Lovell[41]	12	38
Town of Mexico[42]	12	-
Town of Newry	44	1
Town of Norway[43]	67	56
Town of Paris	171	40
Town of Porter	48	-
Town of Rumford	52	2
Town of Sumner[44][45]	73	38
Town of Sweden	16	14
Town of Turner	136	15
Town of Waterford	42	52
Town of Weld	55	-
Town of Woodstock	40	-
No. 1[46]	29	-
No. 4	-	-
Bradley's Grant	-	-
Lunt's Grant	-	-
Penobscot County	675	231
Town of Atkinson	8	18
Town of Bangor	89	17
Blakesburgh[47]	-	11
Town of Brewer	37	18
Brownsville	1	18
Town of Carmel	2	14
Town of Corinth	21	2
Town of Dexter[48]	58	-
Town of Dixmont	40	1
Town of Eddington	6	10
Town of Exeter	34	-
Town of Foxcroft	19	1
Town of Garland[49]	24	-
Town of Guilford	31	-
Town of Hampden	38	5
Town of Hermon	7	5
Town of Levant	9	2
Town of New Charleston	18	18
Town of Newburg	14	16
Town of Newport[50]	91	-
Town of Orono	4	19
Town of Orrington	25	37
Town of Sangerville	19	16
Town of Sebec	48	2
Williamsburgh	-	-
No. 1 3rd Range[51]	17	1
No. 3 3rd Range[52]	15	-
No. 3 6th Range	-	-
No. 4 2nd Range	-	-
Somerset County	1453	240
Town of Anson	91	-
Town of Athens	31	6
Town of Avon[53]	47	-
Town of Bingham	11	3
Town of Bloomfield	48	41
Town of Canaan	192	16
Town of Corinna	35	4
Town of Cornville	40	2
Town of Embden	33	3
Town of Fairfield	117	26
Town of Freeman	22	-
Gilman Pond[54]	10	-
Town of Harmony[55]	13	12
Town of Industry	51	11
Town of Kingfield[56]	42	3
Town of Madison	68	11
Town of Mercer	47	21
Town of Moscow[57]	13	3
Town of New Portland[58]	43	1
Town of New Vineyard	21	-
Town of Norridgewock	160	33
Town of North Hill	32	2
Town of Palmyra	32	-
Town of Phillips[59]	48	1
Town of Ripley	16	-
Town of Saint Albans	20	3
Sebasticook	-	-
Snakeroot Hill	-	-
Town of Solon	46	2
Town of Starks[60]	35	23
Town of Strong[61]	33	10
Town of Warsaw	32	-
No. 1 1st Range	7	2
No. 3 East of Kennebec River	-	-
No. 3 West of Kennebec River	-	-
No. 5 2nd Range	13	-
No. 7 7th Range	4	1
Washington County	487	147
Town of Addison	-	-
Town of Calais	57	2
Town of Cherryfield	4	21
Town of Columbia	2	30
Town of Dennysville	6	4
Town of Eastport	147	5
Town of Harrington	8	1
Town of Janesborough	21	-
Town of Lubeck	67	8
Town of Machias	103	24
Town of Perry	24	-
Town of Robbinston	25	-
Town of Steuben	5	40
Plantation No. 9	-	-
Plantation No. 11[62][63]	7	9
Plantation No. 12	11	3
York County	2159	1833
Town of Alfred	100	29
Town of Arundel[64]	23	109
Town of Berwick	39	54
Town of Biddeford	50	49
Town of Buxton[65]	364	11
Town of Cornish[66][67]	102	14
Town of Elliot	20	122
Town of Hollis[68]	175	1
Town of Kittery[69]	21	36
Town of Lebanon	62	106
Town of Limerick[70]	50	78
Town of Limington	118	34
Town of Lyman	21	117
Town of Newfield	35	110
Town of Parsonsfield[71][72][73]	161	92
Town of Saco	325	16
Town of Sandford	97	69
Town of Shapleigh	100	135
Town of South Berwick	35	70
Town of Waterborough	61	37
Town of Wells	49	408
Town of York[74]	151	136

Notes:

[1]Approved.

[2]July 26, 1819 was set as the date for voting on the question of separation.

[3]September 20, 1819 was set as the election date for delegates to an impending Constitutional Convention, which would convene on October 11, 1819.

[4]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 23 Nay votes in Baldwin.

[5]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 124 Yea votes and 24 Nay votes in Gray.

[6]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 27 Yea votes and 42 Nay votes in Otisfield.

[7]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 136 Yea votes in Poland.

[8]The Columbian. (For the Country) (New York, NY) lists 300 Yea votes in Westbrook.

[9]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 54 Yea votes and 83 Nay votes in Windham.

[10]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 30 Nay votes in Ellsworth.

[11]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 69 Yea votes in Frankfurt.

[12]There were no votes recorded in Mariaville.

[13]The Bangor Register lists 47 Yea votes in Monroe.

[14]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 28 Yea votes in Penobscot.

[15]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 82 Yea votes in Prospect.

[16]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 30 Nay votes in Surry.

[17]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 12 Yea votes and 38 Nay votes in Trenton.

[18]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 67 Yea votes in Fairfax.

[19]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 85 Yea votes in Fayette.

[20]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 115 Yea votes in Freedom.

[21]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 130 Yea votes in Green.

[22]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 273 Yea votes in Monmouth.

[23]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) and The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) list 156 Yea votes and 17 Nay votes in Readfield.

[24]The votes from Temple were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[25]The Bangor Weekly Register lists 85 Yea votes in Unity.

[26]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 188 Yea votes and 28 Nay votes in Waterville.

[27]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) lists 38 Yea votes in 25 Mile Pond.

[28]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 35 Yea votes in 25 Mile Pond.

[29]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) and The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) list 249 Yea votes and 66 Nay votes in Bath.

[30]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 225 Yea votes in Bowdoin.

[31]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 170 Yea votes and 40 Nay votes in Bowdoinham.

[32]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 56 Yea votes in Georgetown.

[33]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 13 Nay votes in Hope.

[34]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 30 Nay votes in Lewiston.

[35]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) lists 260 Yea votes in Lisbon.

[36]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 144 Yea votes in Montville.

[37]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 120 Yea votes and 79 Nay votes in Thomaston.

[38]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 82 Nay votes in Union.

[39]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 40 Yea votes and 20 Nay votes in Hartford.

[40]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 28 Nay votes in Livermore.

[41]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 13 Yea votes and 36 Nay votes in Lovell.

[42]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 20 Yea votes in Mexico.

[43]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 70 Yea votes and 61 Nay votes in Norway.

[44]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) lists 33 Nay votes in Sumner.

[45]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 70 Yea votes and 28 Nay votes in Sumner.

[46]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 11 Yea votes in Plantation Number 1.

[47]Blakesburgh was also listed as Crosby or Crosbytown.

[48]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 80 Yea votes in Dexter.

[49]The Bangor Register lists 18 Yea votes in Garland.

[50]The votes from Newport were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[51]Plantation No. 1 3rd Range was also known as Jackson Plantation.

[52]Plantation No. 3 3rd Range was also known as Stetson Plantation.

[53]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 50 Yea votes in Avon.

[54]Gilman Pond was also listed as Plantation No. 2 1st Range.

[55]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 14 Yea votes and 13 Nay votes in Harmony.

[56]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME), Bangor Weekly Register and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 52 Yea votes and 2 Nay votes in Kingfield.

[57]The votes from Moscow were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[58]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 40 Yea votes in New Portland.

[59]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list lists 50 Yea votes in Phillips.

[60]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 30 Yea votes and 25 Nay votes in Starks.

[61]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 30 Yea votes in Strong.

[62]Plantation No. 11 was also known as Little River or Little Machias.

[63]The votes from Plantation No. 11 were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[64]The votes from Arundel were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[65]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 365 Yea votes and 10 Nay votes in Buxton.

[66]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 95 Yea votes and 16 Nay votes in Cornish.

[67]The Weekly Visiter, July 31, reports 95 Yea votes and 16 Nay votes in Cornish.

[68]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME), July 31, reports 170 Yea votes in Hollis.

[69]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) list 24 Yea votes in Kittery.

[70]The votes from Limerick were not included in the Original Election Returns.

[71]The American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME) lists 163 Yea votes and 90 Nay votes in Parsonsfield.

[72]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 174 Yea votes and 90 Nay votes in Parsonsfield.

[73]The Weekly Visiter, July 31, reports 174 Yea votes and 90 Nay votes in Parsonsfield.

[74]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 251 Yea votes in York.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME). July 28, 1819.

Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). July 29, 1819,

American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). July 31, 1819.

Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). July 31, 1819.

Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). July 31, 1819.

Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). July 31, 1819.

The Columbian. (For the Country) (New York, NY). August 3, 1819.

The Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). August 3, 1819.

Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME). August 4, 1819.

Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). August 4, 1819.

Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). August 5, 1819,

American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). August 7, 1819.

The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). August 10, 1819.

The Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). August 10, 1819.

Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME). August 11, 1819.

Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). August 11, 1819.

Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). August 12, 1819,

American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). August 14, 1819.

The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). August 17, 1819.

Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). August 18, 1819.

Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). August 19, 1819,

The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). August 31, 1819.

Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). September 2, 1819,

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