Massachusetts 1794 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1794 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Date:
- 1794
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Samuel Lyman, John Hastings, David Sexton, William Shephard, Samuel Fowler, Hugh MacClellan, William Billings, Samuel Henshaw, Justin Ely, Ebenezer Mattoon, Jr., David Smead, Samuel Field, Simeon Strong, John Williams, John Bliss, William Lyman, Timothy Robinson, Thomas Dwight, Warham Parks
| Candidates: | Samuel Lyman[1] | John Hastings[2] | David Sexton[3] | William Shephard[4] | Samuel Fowler | Hugh MacClellan | William Billings | Samuel Henshaw | Justin Ely | Ebenezer Mattoon, Jr. | David Smead | Samuel Field | Simeon Strong | John Williams | John Bliss | William Lyman | Timothy Robinson | Thomas Dwight | Warham Parks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [5][6][7] | 1853 | 1595 | 1455 | 1445 | 1215 | 854 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hampshire County | 1853 | 1595 | 1455 | 1445 | 1215 | 854 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amherst | 118 | 116 | 97 | 77 | 61 | - | 41 | 21 | - | 51 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashfield | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 31 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belchertown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bernardston | 29 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 34 | - | - | - | 34 | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blandford | 22 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 6 | - | 8 | 2 | 9 | - | - | 8 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Town of Brimfield | 85 | 86 | 86 | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 85 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlemont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colrain | 66 | 2 | 66 | 44 | - | 65 | - | - | - | 22 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Conway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cummington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deerfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Easthampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gill | 41 | - | 40 | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | 42 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenfield | 64 | - | 54 | 62 | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hadley | 36 | 46 | - | 44 | 10 | - | 42 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hatfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hawley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Heath | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leverett | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leyden | 18 | - | 14 | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | 18 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Longmeadow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlefield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montgomery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Salem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northampton | - | 111 | - | - | 114 | - | 113 | 113 | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Palmer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rowe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Russell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shutesbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Brimfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hadley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southwick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | 111 | 17 | 111 | 98 | - | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sunderland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ware | 25 | 25 | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warwick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wendell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Springfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westhampton | - | 46 | - | 5 | 42 | - | 45 | 46 | 9 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whately | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilbraham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worthington | - | - | - | 41 | 41 | - | - | 39 | 41 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]"No. Voters, 2594. Make a choice, 1298." Governor's Council Records.
[6]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Samuel Fowler would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court.
[7]"We hear from Boston, that by the votes which last week were returned to the Secretary's Office, for Senators for this county, 1170 making a choice, it appeared that four Senators were chosen viz. John Hasting, Esq. 1500 votes. William Shepard, Esq. 1344. Samuel Lyman, Esq. 1400. David Sexton, Esq. 1310. The highest on the list beside the above gentlemen, were, Samuel Fowler, Esq. 1141 votes. Samuel Henshaw, Esq. 759. Hugh MacClallen, Esq. 700. Justin Ely, Esq. 600. As the poll was not then closed, 'tis possible that state of the votes may be in some small degree altered, tho not so as to affect the above choice." Greenfield Gazette (Greenfield, MA). May 15, 1794.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records. 161.
Bernardston Town Records. 126-127.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 186-187.
Colrain Town Records. Book One. 280.
Leyden Town Records. 76.
Ware Town Records.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 9, 1794.
Greenfield Gazette (Greenfield, MA). April 10, 1794.
Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 15, 1794.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 16, 1794.
Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 22, 1794.
Greenfield Gazette (Greenfield, MA). May 15, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 28, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 31, 1794.
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