Massachusetts 1797 State Senate, Worcester County

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1797 State Senate, Worcester County
Date:: 1797
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Daniel Bigelow, Salem Town, Josiah Stearns, Bezaleel Taft, Levi Lincoln, Benjamin Reed, Elijah Brigham, John Sprague, Pliny Merrick, Thomas Hale, Benjamin Heywood, Andrew Peters, Samuel Wilder, Artemas Howe, Samuel Flagg, Nathaniel Paine, Daniel Clapp, John Bisco, Edward Bangs, David Bigelow, Michael Gill, Joseph Allen

Candidates:	Daniel Bigelow [1]	Salem Town [2]	Josiah Stearns [3]	Bezaleel Taft [4]	Levi Lincoln [5]	Benjamin Reed	Elijah Brigham	John Sprague	Pliny Merrick	Thomas Hale	Benjamin Heywood	Andrew Peters	Samuel Wilder	Artemas Howe	Samuel Flagg	Nathaniel Paine	Daniel Clapp	John Bisco	Edward Bangs	David Bigelow	Michael Gill	Joseph Allen
Affiliation:
Final Result: [6][7]	2099	1931	1458	947	785	683	668	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Worcester County	2099	1931	1458	947	785	683	668	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ashburnham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Athal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Barre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
District of Berlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Bolton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Boylston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Brookfield	82	82	31	2	8	24	6	50	82	36	-	-	-	22	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Charlton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Fitchburg	31	31	31	-	-	31	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gardner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gerry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Grafton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hardwick	21	22	9	19	5	6	2	6	1	1	-	-	-	2	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Harvard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Holden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hubbardston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lancaster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leicester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leominster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lunenberg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mendon	47	47	1	13	47	34	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Milford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Braintree	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northborough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northbridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oakham	18	18	18	-	4	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	7	-	-	1	-	-
Town of Oxford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Paxton	11	18	29	15	-	24	27	11	2	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Town of Petersham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Princeton	78	78	47	30	48	-	48	-	-	31	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Town of Royalston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rutland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shrewsbury	57	20	49	57	18	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southborough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Spencer	36	36	36	-	36	33	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sterling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sturbridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sutton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Templeton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Upton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Uxbridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westborough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Western	36	-	35	-	31	3	-	-	34	1	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Town of Westminster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Winchendon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Worcester	93	94	22	73	76	16	10	72	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	1	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]"No. Voters, 2230. Make a choice, 1116." Governor's Council Records.

[7]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Bazaleel Taft and Levi Lincoln would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court.

References:

Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Brookfield Town Records.

Hardwick Town Records. 200.

Oakham Town Records. 351.

Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 124.

Princeton Town Records.

Spencer Town Records.

Warren Town Records. 38.

Worcester Town Records. 333.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 5, 1797.

Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). June 10, 1797.

Oriental Trumpet (Portland, ME). June 14, 1797.

Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 3. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 97.

Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 460.

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