Massachusetts 1822 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1822 Governor
Date:
1822
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John Brooks, William Eustis, George Bliss, William Reed, Levi Lincoln, Jeremiah Butterfield, William Phillips, William Sullivan, George G. Channing, Jacob Eustis, Stephen Fairbanks, Benjamin J. French, Ezra Hawkes, Benjamin Loring, John Lowell, James N. Maffitt, George W. Otis, John Phillips, William Phillips, Jonathan Simonds, D. Webster, Henry A. Dearborn, Josiah Quincy, James Lloyd, Christopher Gore, scattering
Candidates: John Brooks[1]William EustisGeorge BlissWilliam ReedLevi LincolnJeremiah ButterfieldWilliam PhillipsWilliam SullivanGeorge G. ChanningJacob EustisStephen FairbanksBenjamin J. FrenchEzra HawkesBenjamin LoringJohn LowellJames N. MaffittGeorge W. OtisJohn PhillipsWilliam PhillipsJonathan SimondsD. WebsterHenry A. DearbornJosiah QuincyJames LloydChristopher Gorescattering
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2]28751214101414332211111111111111111132
Barnstable County542423-----------------------4
Town of Barnstable50135------------------------
Town of Brewster626------------------------
Town of Chatham25-------------------------
Town of Dennis63-------------------------
Town of Eastham36-------------------------
Town of Falmouth5094------------------------
Town of Harwich3016------------------------
Town of Orleans1634------------------------
Town of Provincetown3443------------------------
Town of Sandwich8187------------------------
Town of Truro236------------------------
Town of Wellfleet10------------------------4
Town of Yarmouth622------------------------
Berkshire County17982079-----------------------13
Town of Adams28180------------------------
Town of Alford3845------------------------
Town of Becket7214------------------------
Town of Chesire1158------------------------
Town of Clarksburg[3]1916------------------------
Town of Dalton6353------------------------
Town of Egremont4263------------------------
Town of Florida[4]3621------------------------
Town of Great Barrington11842------------------------
Town of Hancock3944------------------------
Town of Hinsdale7044------------------------
Town of Lanesborough8372-----------------------1
Town of Lee13233------------------------
Town of Lenox54141------------------------
Town of Mount Washington927------------------------
District of New Ashford1541------------------------
Town of New Marlborough14849------------------------
Town of Otis6427-----------------------1
Town of Peru769------------------------
Town of Pittsfield94241-----------------------4
Town of Richmond3774------------------------
Town of Sandisfield90115-----------------------2
Town of Savoy1284------------------------
Town of Sheffield12344------------------------
Town of Stockbridge9270-----------------------2
Town of Tyringham3749------------------------
Town of Washington3259-----------------------2
Town of West Stockbridge4377------------------------
Town of Williamstown59115-----------------------1
Town of Windsor7272------------------------
Bristol County18191433-----------------------5
Town of Attleborough136109------------------------
Town of Berkley5517------------------------
Town of Dartmouth19874------------------------
Town of Dighton1062------------------------
Town of Easton4593-----------------------1
Town of Fairhaven55114------------------------
Town of Freetown45140------------------------
Town of Mansfield6266------------------------
Town of New Bedford20629------------------------
Town of Norton9063-----------------------2
Town of Raynham7742------------------------
Town of Rehoboth150137------------------------
Town of Seekonk139124-----------------------1
Town of Somerset5127-----------------------1
Town of Swansea4586------------------------
Town of Taunton222115------------------------
Town of Troy3238------------------------
Town of Wellington10229------------------------
Town of Westport9968------------------------
Dukes County110135------------------------
Town of Chilmark2334------------------------
Town of Edgartown5232------------------------
Town of Tisbury3569------------------------
Essex County34122473-----------------------12
Town of Amesbury9592------------------------
Town of Andover205175------------------------
Town of Beverly22971------------------------
Town of Boxford8918------------------------
Town of Bradford13558-----------------------3
Town of Danvers17386------------------------
Town of Essex4835------------------------
Town of Gloucester198225-----------------------1
Town of Hamilton7326------------------------
Town of Haverhill196198------------------------
Town of Ipswich17679------------------------
Town of Lynn159181-----------------------2
Town of Lynnfield3128-----------------------1
Town of Manchester6325------------------------
Town of Marblehead65194------------------------
Town of Metheun9497------------------------
Town of Middleton[5]4250------------------------
Town of Newbury15191-----------------------1
Town of Newburyport272114------------------------
Town of Rowley14990------------------------
Town of Salem374311-----------------------2
Town of Salisbury73108------------------------
Town of Saugus6160-----------------------1
Town of Topsfield6620------------------------
Town of Wenham4720------------------------
Town of West Newbury14821-----------------------1
Franklin County2116802-----------------------8
Town of Ashfield11149------------------------
Town of Bernardston5957------------------------
Town of Buckland9835------------------------
Town of Charlemont1272------------------------
Town of Colrain13229------------------------
Town of Conway10046------------------------
Town of Deerfield17419------------------------
Town of Gill4227------------------------
Town of Greenfield9343------------------------
Town of Hawley1016------------------------
Town of Heath11622-----------------------4
Town of Leverett4245------------------------
Town of Leyden5953------------------------
Town of Monroe[6]--------------------------
Town of Montague10219------------------------
Town of New Salem11040------------------------
Town of Northfield7071-----------------------2
Town of Orange3263------------------------
Town of Rowe719------------------------
Town of Shelburne1276------------------------
Town of Shutesbury3841-----------------------1
Town of Sunderland5821------------------------
Town of Warwick9134-----------------------1
Town of Wendell9030------------------------
Town of Whately7335------------------------
Hampden County132011871314332------------------11
Town of Blandford7632--3-2-------------------
Town of Brimfield12439------------------------
Town of Chester9192------------------------
Town of Granville7255-----------------------3
Town of Holland2026------------------------
Town of Longmeadow812412-----------------------
Town of Ludlow6967---3--------------------
Town of Monson12084------------------------
Town of Montgomery2342------------------------
Town of Palmer[7]11910------------------------
Town of Russell2222------------------------
Town of South Brimfield2451------------------------
Town of Southwick9112------------------------
Town of Springfield155151114-------------------1-1
Town of Tolland3725------------------------
Town of West Springfield133213------------------------
Town of Westfield7387------------------------
Town of Wilbraham7255-----------------------7
Hampshire County24946221----------------------9
Town of Amherst188371-----------------------
Town of Belchertown25052------------------------
Town of Chesterfield7650-----------------------2
Town of Cummington9538------------------------
Town of Easthampton174------------------------
Town of Enfield9612------------------------
Town of Goshen656------------------------
Town of Granby3625------------------------
Town of Greenwich[8]5827------------------------
Town of Hadley1735------------------------
Town of Hatfield5240-----------------------1
Town of Middlefield6230------------------------
Town of Northampton37046-----------------------1
Town of Norwich7832-----------------------2
Town of Pelham4342-----------------------3
Town of Plainfield979------------------------
Town of Prescott4459------------------------
Town of South Hadley11223------------------------
Town of Southampton1094------------------------
Town of Ware8643------------------------
Town of Westhampton1217------------------------
Town of Williamsburg13515------------------------
Town of Worthington13116------------------------
Middlesex County293234193-----------------------25
Town of Acton3198-----------------------2
Town of Ashby8031-----------------------3
Town of Bedford3058------------------------
Town of Billerica9730------------------------
District of Boxboro1039------------------------
Town of Brighton4635------------------------
Town of Burlington3022------------------------
Town of Cambridge20383------------------------
Town of Carlisle178------------------------
Town of Charlestown262277------------------------
Town of Chelmsford11887------------------------
Town of Concord8288-----------------------1
Town of Dracut38102------------------------
Town of Dunstable1759-----------------------1
Town of East Sudbury3375-----------------------1
Town of Framingham14576------------------------
Town of Groton10757------------------------
Town of Holliston8235------------------------
Town of Hopkinton53120-----------------------1
Town of Lexington52142------------------------
Town of Lincoln2179------------------------
Town of Littleton3486-----------------------1
Town of Malden88111------------------------
Town of Marlborough54118-----------------------1
Town of Medford15924------------------------
Town of Natick3036------------------------
Town of Newton14955-----------------------1
Town of Pepperell5697------------------------
Town of Reading1985------------------------
Town of Sherborn5731------------------------
Town of Shirley3055-----------------------2
Town of South Reading15131-----------------------1
Town of Stoneham976------------------------
Town of Stow2178------------------------
Town of Sudbury39107------------------------
Town of Tewksbury2665-----------------------4
Town of Townsend5490-----------------------3
Town of Tyngsborough4035------------------------
Town of Waltham8373-----------------------2
Town of Watertown6653--------------------1---
Town of West Cambridge21154------------------------
Town of Westford4996-----------------------1
Town of Weston6847------------------------
Town of Wilmington[9]--------------------------
Town of Woburn48125------------------------
Nantucket County163315------------------------
Town of Nantucket163315------------------------
Norfolk County15831981-----------------------13
Town of Bellingham3684-----------------------3
Town of Braintree7575-----------------------1
Town of Brookline4620------------------------
Town of Canton2892------------------------
Town of Cohasset4213------------------------
Town of Dedham123175-----------------------2
Town of Dorchester156135------------------------
District of Dover3937------------------------
Town of Foxborough3450------------------------
Town of Franklin12855-----------------------1
Town of Medfield6540------------------------
Town of Medway7594-----------------------2
Town of Milton5488-----------------------1
Town of Needham66117------------------------
Town of Quincy11644------------------------
Town of Randolph65159------------------------
Town of Roxbury131188------------------------
Town of Sharon3380------------------------
Town of Stoughton38104-----------------------2
Town of Walpole7882------------------------
Town of Weymouth70135-----------------------1
Town of Wrentham85114------------------------
Plymouth County19341664-----------------------10
Town of Abington89124-----------------------3
Town of Bridgewater24880------------------------
Town of Carver4074------------------------
Town of Duxbury10518------------------------
Town of Halifax1868------------------------
Town of Hanover2891------------------------
Town of Hanson5438------------------------
Town of Hingham135214------------------------
Town of Hull611------------------------
Town of Kingston11316------------------------
Town of Marshfield8921------------------------
Town of Middleborough176287------------------------
Town of North Bridgewater38165-----------------------5
Town of Pembroke5971------------------------
Town of Plymouth286105------------------------
Town of Plympton7853------------------------
Town of Rochester[10]12969------------------------
Town of Scituate117114-----------------------2
Town of Wareham2226------------------------
Town of West Bridgewater10419------------------------
Suffolk County31481461-----11111111111111-----
City of Boston[11]31141421------1111111111111-----
Town of Chelsea3440------------------------
Worcester County53803414-----2-----------------22
Town of Ashburnham10442------------------------
Town of Athal11335------------------------
Town of Barre180157-----------------------1
Town of Berlin10113------------------------
Town of Bolton9320-----------------------1
Town of Boylston9518------------------------
Town of Brookfield171106------------------------
Town of Charlton69204-----------------------1
Town of Dana2570------------------------
Town of Douglas9555------------------------
Town of Dudley9075------------------------
Town of Fitchburg97106------------------------
Town of Gardner10125------------------------
Town of Grafton8884------------------------
Town of Hardwick11461------------------------
Town of Harvard6455------------------------
Town of Holden14928------------------------
Town of Hubbardston9673-----------------------4
Town of Lancaster17147-----------------------1
Town of Leicester7158-----------------------2
Town of Leominster10280------------------------
Town of Lunenberg6981-----------------------2
Town of Mendon26120-------------------1----
Town of Milford4097------------------------
Town of Millbury10251------------------------
Town of New Braintree10624----------------------1-
Town of North Brookfield7265-----------------------1
Town of Northborough10924------------------------
Town of Northbridge5031------------------------
Town of Oakham8032------------------------
Town of Oxford9168------------------------
Town of Paxton5630------------------------
Town of Petersham92111------------------------
Town of Phillipston10414------------------------
Town of Princeton14211-----------------------1
Town of Royalston15129------------------------
Town of Rutland9152------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury11154------------------------
Town of Southborough11415------------------------
Town of Southbridge5195-----------------------3
Town of Spencer10172------------------------
Town of Sterling19440-----------------------2
Town of Sturbridge8279-----------------------1
Town of Sutton81145------------------------
Town of Templeton12865------------------------
Town of Upton9755-----------------------1
Town of Uxbridge10982------------------------
Town of Ward3635------------------------
Town of West Boylston7724------------------------
Town of Westborough9877------------------------
Town of Western7847------------------------
Town of Westminster17142-----------------------1
Town of Winchendon11644------------------------
Town of Worcester166191-----2------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Beginning in 1822, the Original Election Returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor for Massachusetts stopped listing individual results for the scattering votes, instead listing them simply as scattering. Any identification of scattering votes is because of results published in various newspapers.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Clarksburg.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Florida.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Middleton.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Monroe.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Palmer.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Greenwich.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Wilmington.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Rochester.
[11]The Original Election returns lists 12 scattering votes in City of Boston, while the City recorded 13 names as receiving 1 vote each.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records,
Blandford Town Records. Book Three. 319.
Boston Town Records. 274-275.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 544-545.
Charlemont Town Records. 401.
Chatham Town Records. 40-41.
Colrain Town Records. Book Two. 207.
Leominster Town Records. 52.
Leyden Town Records. 234.
Ludlow Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records. 97-98.
Mendon Town Records.
New Braintree Town Records.
Palmer Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 194.
Tisbury Town Records. 413.
Truro Town Records. 243.
Wareham Town Records. Book Two. 27.
Watertown Town Records. 425.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 295-296.
Worcester Town Records. 142.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). April 2, 1822.
Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 2, 1822.
The Repertory (Boston, MA). April 2, 1822.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 2, 1822.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 2, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 3, 1822.
Columbian Reporter and Old Colony Journal (Taunton, MA). April 3, 1822.
The Essex Register (Salem, MA). April 3, 1822.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 3, 1822.
Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder (Springfield, MA). April 3, 1822.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 3, 1822.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 3, 1822.
American Statesman and Evening Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 4, 1822.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 4, 1822.
Boston Commercial Gazette (Boston, MA). April 4, 1822.
Nantucket Inquirer (Nantucket, MA). April 4, 1822.
Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). April 4, 1822.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). April 5, 1822.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 5, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 6, 1822.
Essex Patriot (Haverhill, MA). April 6, 1822.
Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, MA). April 6, 1822.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 6, 1822.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). April 9, 1822.
Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA). April 10, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 10, 1822.
Columbian Reporter and Old Colony Journal (Taunton, MA). April 10, 1822.
The Essex Register (Salem, MA). April 10, 1822.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 10, 1822.
Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder (Springfield, MA). April 10, 1822.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 10, 1822.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). April 10, 1822.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 11, 1822.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). April 12, 1822.
Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder (Springfield, MA). April 17, 1822.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). April 17, 1822.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 18, 1822.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). April 24, 1822.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). May 1, 1822.
Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder (Springfield, MA). June 5, 1822.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). June 5, 1822.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). June 7, 1822.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 5. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 226.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 512 - 513.

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