Massachusetts 1800 State Senate, Worcester County

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

Label:: Massachusetts 1800 State Senate, Worcester County
Date:: 1800
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Salem Towne, Bezaleel Taft, Josiah Stearns, Elija Brigham, Thomas Hale, Levi Lincoln, John Whiting, Samuel Flagg, Samuel Jones, Nathaniel Paine, Jabez Upham, Edmond Howe, John Sprague, Benjamin Reed, Daniel Bigelow, Charles Cusing, Benjamin Kinball, Moses White, Joseph Stone, Joseph Wood, Luke Drury, Pliny Merrick, Andrew Peters, Benjamin Haywood, Joseph Fox, John Cutler, Thomas Denny, Silas Cutler, William Putnam, Timothy Whiting, Jonathan Warner, Samuel Curtis, Nathaniel Fisher, Howard, Artemas Howe, Stephen Rice, Timothy Bouteil, Jonathan Hale, William Henshaw, Silas Holman, Cheney Reed, Josiah Town, scattering

Candidates:	Salem Towne [1]	Bezaleel Taft [2]	Josiah Stearns [3]	Elija Brigham [4]	Thomas Hale [5]	Levi Lincoln	John Whiting	Samuel Flagg	Samuel Jones	Nathaniel Paine	Jabez Upham	Edmond Howe	John Sprague	Benjamin Reed	Daniel Bigelow	Charles Cusing	Benjamin Kinball	Moses White	Joseph Stone	Joseph Wood	Luke Drury	Pliny Merrick	Andrew Peters	Benjamin Haywood	Joseph Fox	John Cutler	Thomas Denny	Silas Cutler	William Putnam	Timothy Whiting	Jonathan Warner	Samuel Curtis	Nathaniel Fisher	Howard	Artemas Howe	Stephen Rice	Timothy Bouteil	Jonathan Hale	William Henshaw	Silas Holman	Cheney Reed	Josiah Town	scattering
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican		Federalist				Federalist	Republican		Republican				Federalist
Final Result: [6]	2409	2178	2113	2104	1743	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Worcester County	2409	2178	2113	2104	1743	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ashburnham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Athal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Barre	50	36	41	41	22	6	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
District of Berlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Bolton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Boylston	45	42	48	37	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Brookfield	173	152	87	162	152	16	13	1	1	-	110	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	28
Town of Charlton	54	62	63	65	63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Douglas	44	57	50	57	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dudley	55	55	55	54	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Fitchburg	21	-	19	19	1	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	32	19	32	35	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	13	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gardner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gerry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Grafton	81	81	83	41	36	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hardwick[7]	42	17	51	47	50	2	-	-	-	-	4	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Harvard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Holden	23	39	36	17	40	-	3	-	-	23	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hubbardston	46	29	35	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lancaster	119	96	103	109	98	19	20	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leicester	41	48	-	41	40	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leominster	48	31	29	37	17	41	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	40	-	33	39	21	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lunenberg	48	31	29	37	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mendon	77	20	7	20	20	49	54	54	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Milford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Braintree	45	45	43	45	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northborough	32	34	28	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northbridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oakham[8]	16	15	26	19	13	-	11	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oxford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Paxton	20	28	28	26	21	-	7	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Petersham	51	28	59	38	35	26	37	27	-	21	16	65	-	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Princeton	81	69	66	76	76	5	4	-	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Royalston	1	54	61	63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rutland	32	11	30	33	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shrewsbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southborough	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Spencer	17	32	35	22	12	16	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sterling	71	49	36	65	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sturbridge	71	75	76	-	74	-	-	-	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sutton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Templeton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Upton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Uxbridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ward	10	18	7	8	2	39	44	45	35	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westborough	31	73	61	37	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Western	35	46	46	48	25	5	13	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Town of Westminster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Winchendon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Worcester[9]	135	25	24	41	14	104	100	110	95	18	2	-	35	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]"No. Voters, 3093. Make a choice, 1547." Governor's Council Records.

[7]The Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). lists 50 votes each for Salem Town, Elijah Brigham, Josiah Stearns and Thomas Hale. Bezaleel Taft is listed as receiving zero votes.

[8]The Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). lists Salem Town with 18 votes, Elijah Brigham with 32 votes, Josiah Stearns with 34 votes, Thomas Hale with 18 votes and Bezaleel Taft with 25 votes.

[9]The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA) lists 105 votes for Levi Linclon.

References:

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

Brookfield Town Records.

Hardwick Town Records. 232.

Oakham Town Records. 415.

Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 165.

Princeton Town Records.

Spencer Town Records.

Warren Town Records.

Worcester Town Records. 378.

The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA). April 8, 1800.

The Political Repository: Or, Farmer's Journal (Brookfield, MA). April 8, 1800.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 9, 1800.

The Telescope: or, American Herald (Leominster, MA). April 10, 1800.

The Political Repository: Or, Farmer's Journal (Brookfield, MA). April 15, 1800.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 16, 1800.

The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA). April 22, 1800.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 23, 1800.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 30, 1800.

Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 191 - 192.

Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 466.

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