Maine 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Maine 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
- Date:
- 1820
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- William D. Williamson, Jacob MacGaw, John Cooper, Martin Kinsley, John Wilkins, Josiah Kedder, Lemuel Trescott, John Wilson, Francis Carr, Samuel Dutton, Simeon Fowler, Goodwin Grant
| Candidates: | William D. Williamson | Jacob MacGaw | John Cooper | Martin Kinsley | John Wilkins | Josiah Kedder | Lemuel Trescott | John Wilson | Francis Carr | Samuel Dutton | Simeon Fowler | Goodwin Grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Republican | Republican | ||||||||
| Final Result: [1] | 636 | 291 | 160 | 144 | 126 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Four | 636 | 291 | 160 | 144 | 126 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 430 | 122 | 11 | 48 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Belfast[2] | 71 | 32 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belmont[3] | 26 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bluehill | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooks[4][5] | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooksville | 6 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bucksport | 2 | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Castine[6] | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 14 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfort | 39 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsborough | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Jackson[7] | 13 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Knox[8] | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mariaville Plantation | 11 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monroe | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | 18 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orono[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect | 6 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Searsmont | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgewick | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 19 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Surry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swansville | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thorndike[10] | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No 3 and 9, N. of Sullivan | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penobscot County | 160 | 109 | - | 11 | 124 | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Atkinson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bangor[11] | 25 | 41 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brewer | 5 | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carmel[12] | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth[13] | 4 | 9 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dexter | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dixmont | 2 | 8 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eddington | 2 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Etna | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Exeter | 4 | 1 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Foxcroft | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Garland | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampden | 9 | - | - | - | 7 | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Hermon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Levant | 2 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Charleston | 10 | 17 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newburgh | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newport | 13 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orono[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | - | - | - | 1 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Sangerville | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sebec | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | - | 11 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1, 3rd Range Penobscot | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3, 3rd Range Penobscot | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3, 6th Range Penobscot | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 46 | 60 | 149 | 85 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Addison | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cherryfield | 1 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | - | - | 24 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dennysville | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport[16] | 19 | 53 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrington | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jonesborough | 10 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lubec | 2 | 1 | 2 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias[17] | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Perry | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Robinston | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Steuben | 3 | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 9 Washington | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 12 Washington | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 15 Washington | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Maine law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on January 22, 1821.
[2]The Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME) lists John MacGaw with 33 votes and lists no votes for Martin Kinsley.
[3]The Bangor Register lists Jacob MacGaw with 6 votes and no votes for Martin Kinsley.
[4]The votes from Brooks are not included in the Original Election Returns.
[5]The Bangor Register lists William D. Williamson with 16 votes.
[6]The Bangor Register lists William D. Williamson with 25 votes.
[7]The Bangor Register lists William D. Williamson with 14 votes.
[8]The Bangor Register lists William D. Williamson with 25 votes.
[9]No meeting.
[10]The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) lists Jacob MacGraw with 6 votes.
[11]The Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME) lists 6 votes for John Cooper.
[12]The Bangor Register lists one scattering vote.
[13]The Bangor Register lists one scattering vote.
[14]No Records.
[15]"No meeting." Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). November 18, 1820.
[16]The Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME) lists Jacob MacGaw with 52 votes.
[17]The Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME) lists William D. Williamson with 2 votes and no votes for Martin Kinsley.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Maine Executive Council Journal, Vol. I. 60-62.
Register of the Maine Governor's Council, Vol. I. 29-31.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). October 21, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). November 2, 1820.
Maine Intelligencer (Brunswick, ME). November 3, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). November 9, 1820.
Hancock Gazette (Belfast). November 9, 1820.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). November 11, 1820.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). November 14, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). November 16, 1820.
Hancock Gazette (Belfast). November 16, 1820.
Maine Intelligencer (Brunswick, ME). November 17, 1820.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). November 18, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). November 23, 1820.
Hancock Gazette (Belfast). November 23, 1820.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). December 19, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). December 21, 1820.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). December 22, 1820.
American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). December 23, 1820.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). December 28, 1820.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). December 30, 1820.
Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). December 30, 1820.
Eastport Sentinal. January 20, 1821.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). March 6, 1821.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). March 10, 1821.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). August 28, 1821.
American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). September 29, 1821.
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