Massachusetts 1822 State Senate, Middlesex County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1822 State Senate, Middlesex County
- Date:
- 1822
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- William Austin, Joel Cranston, Levi Thaxter, Samuel Dana, John Abbot, Josiah Adams, Timothy Walker, Samuel Hoar, Jr., Edmund Parker, Ebenezer Hobbs, William Whittemore, John Wade, Thomas Harris, Benjamin Wheeler, Marshall B. Spring, Joseph Locke, William Whitney, scattering
| Candidates: | William Austin[1] | Joel Cranston[2] | Levi Thaxter[3] | Samuel Dana | John Abbot | Josiah Adams | Timothy Walker | Samuel Hoar, Jr. | Edmund Parker | Ebenezer Hobbs | William Whittemore | John Wade | Thomas Harris | Benjamin Wheeler | Marshall B. Spring | Joseph Locke | William Whitney | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | |
| Final Result: [4][5] | 3252 | 3232 | 3119 | 2758 | 2604 | 2554 | 2519 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 3252 | 3232 | 3119 | 2758 | 2604 | 2554 | 2519 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Acton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billerica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Boxboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brighton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carlisle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown | 178 | 273 | 264 | 27 | 256 | 250 | 257 | 260 | 252 | 149 | 255 | 133 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelmsford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dracut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dunstable | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Framingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 74 | 74 | 74 | 146 | 80 | 80 | 24 | 80 | 62 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holliston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lexington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Malden[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Natick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newton | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherborn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shirley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Reading | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoneham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sudbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tewksbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townsend | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tyngsborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waltham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 56 | 38 | 57 | 56 | 51 | 29 | 57 | 58 | 37 | 35 | 18 | 19 | - | 28 | 27 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Town of West Cambridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woburn | 128 | 124 | 120 | 32 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 95 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]"Whole number of votes, 29430. Make a choice, 2944." Governor's Council Records.
[5]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. John Abbot and Timothy Walker would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court.
[6]"The Committee further report that they have rejected the return from ... Malden in the County of Middlesex for want of attestation of the town Clerk to the return of votes." Governor's Council Records.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Watertown Town Records. 425.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 295-296.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 2, 1822.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 3, 1822,
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 6, 1822,
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 18, 1822.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). May 21, 1822.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). May 28, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). June 1, 1822.
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