Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, Third Middle District
- Office:
- Electoral College (Federal)
- Title:
- Elector
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, Third Middle District
- Date:
- 1796
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Electoral College/Elector
- Electors:
- Samuel Holten, John Norris, Benjamin Hall, Loammi Baldwin, Moses Brown, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Sewall, Jonathan Ingersoll
Electors: | Samuel Holten[1] | John Norris | Benjamin Hall | Loammi Baldwin | Moses Brown | Elbridge Gerry | Samuel Sewall | Jonathan Ingersoll |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||
Presidential Candidate: | John Adams | |||||||
Final Result: [2][3] | 235 | 235 | 162 | 124 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
District of Middle Three | 235 | 235 | 162 | 124 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
Essex County | 126 | 235 | 21 | 3 | 31 | - | 5 | 2 |
Town of Beverly | 31 | - | 1 | 2 | 30 | - | 5 | - |
Town of Danvers | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Lynfield | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lynn | - | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Manchester | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Marblehead | 24 | 49 | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Town of Middleton | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Salem | 11 | 106 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Middlesex County | 109 | - | 125 | 121 | 10 | 19 | - | - |
Town of Bedford | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Billerica | - | - | 45 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Town of Malden | 37 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Medford | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Reading | 25 | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Stoneham | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - |
Town of Tewksbury | 5 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Wilmington | 7 | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Woburn | 1 | - | 1 | 57 | - | - | - | - |
Suffolk County | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Chelsea | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]A majority was required for an elector to be elected. Samuel Holten was eventually chosen by the Massachusetts General Court.
[3]Samuel Holten voted for John Adams in the Electoral College. Whether his second vote was cast for Thomas Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth or Samuel Johnston is unknown.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). November 8, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 9, 1796.
Political Gazette (Newburyport, MA). November 11, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 16, 1796.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). November 18, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 19, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 21, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 23, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 28, 1796.
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