Massachusetts 1793 Lieutenant Governor

Office:
Lieutenant Governor (State)
Title:
Lieutenant Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1793 Lieutenant Governor
Date:
1793
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Candidates:
Samuel Adams, Samuel Phillips, Nathaniel Gorham, Elbridge Gerry, Thomas Russell, Azor Orne, Benjamin Lincoln, Oliver Wendell, James Bowdoin, William Heath, Samuel Holten, David Cobb, Francis Dana, Benjamin Austin, Jr., Charles Jarvis, John Bacon, Oliver Prescott, James Sullivan, John Hancock, Simeon Strong, Artemas Ward, Moses Gill, John Brooks, John Adams, George Cabot, Daniel Davis, Thomas Dawes, Jr., Joshua Giddings, Joseph Lilley, Miles Powell, David Shepard, William Shepard, William Torgood, James Warren, Micah White, Theophilus Bradbury, Thomas Clark, Thomas Cushing, John Fisk, Samuel Fowler, Samuel Hancock, Ebenezer Jones, John Kent, John Lefavor, Samuel Lyman, Benjamin Pomrey, Aaron Pratt, Edward H. Robbins, Theodore Sedgwick, Joshua Thomas, Peleg Wordsworth
Candidates: Samuel Adams[1]Samuel PhillipsNathaniel GorhamElbridge GerryThomas RussellAzor OrneBenjamin LincolnOliver WendellJames BowdoinWilliam HeathSamuel HoltenDavid CobbFrancis DanaBenjamin Austin, Jr.Charles JarvisJohn BaconOliver PrescottJames SullivanJohn HancockSimeon StrongArtemas WardMoses GillJohn BrooksJohn AdamsGeorge CabotDaniel DavisThomas Dawes, Jr.Joshua GiddingsJoseph LilleyMiles PowellDavid ShepardWilliam ShepardWilliam TorgoodJames WarrenMicah WhiteTheophilus BradburyThomas ClarkThomas CushingJohn FiskSamuel FowlerSamuel HancockEbenezer JonesJohn KentJohn LefavorSamuel LymanBenjamin PomreyAaron PrattEdward H. RobbinsTheodore SedgwickJoshua ThomasPeleg Wordsworth
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2]1516440519317917093462322212118131010888755432222222222221111111111111111
Barnstable County331--27-----------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstable13--27-----------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham21--------------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham49--------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth52--------------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich41--------------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[3]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich71--------------------------------------------------
Town of Truro[4]23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet11--------------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth50--------------------------------------------------
Berkshire County775121403253014-------18--1-5--------2------------------1--
Town of Adams39--------------------------------------------------
Town of Alford17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Becket6-----14-------------5------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem11--------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesire--79------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington61--5-------------------------------------------1--
Town of Hancock16--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough2-61--------------------------2---------------------
Town of Lee41--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox49-------------1---1--------------------------------
Town of Louden13--------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington[5]---------------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford29--------------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough---2-30---------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield46--------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield64--------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond52--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield14--23-----------------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge75--7-----------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham2611-------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington21--------------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge28--------------8-----------------------------------
Town of Williamstown81--------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor37--------------------------------------------------
Bristol County67158---------17-10--------------------------------1----
Town of Attleborough421-------------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley24----------17---------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth91--------------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton43------------10-------------------------------------
Town of Easton44--------------------------------------------------
Town of Freetown44--------------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield48--------------------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford-31-------------------------------------------------
Town of Norton51--------------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham32--------------------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth128--------------------------------------------------
Town of Somerset10--------------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton3226--------------------------------------------1----
Town of Westport63--------------------------------------------------
Cumberland County694--1--19-----------1------2----------------1-------1
Town of Bakerston23------------------------2-------------------------
Town of Bridgetown[6]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick75--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth51--------------------------------------------------
Town of Durham------19--------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth55--1--------------------------------------1--------
Town of Freeport48--------------------------------------------------
Town of Gorham76-------------------------------------------------1
Town of Gray30--------------------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron21--------------------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester[7]---------------------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth60--------------------------------------------------
Town of Otisfield[8]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Portland47-----------------1--------------------------------
Town of Raymondston[9]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro43--------------------------------------------------
Town of Standish45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Turner22--------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham42--------------------------------------------------
Dukes County125--------------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown73--------------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury35--------------------------------------------------
Essex County12818-71-----10-4---7------12--2-------1--1----1-------
Town of Amesbury23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover942-------------------------------------------------
Town of Beverly42--------------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford191-------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford32--------------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers181--------------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester67--------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill63--1-----------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich119--------------------------2-----------------------
District of Lynfield23--1------2----------------------------------------
Town of Lynn61---------2----------------------------------------
Town of Manchester19--------------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead45-----------4------------------------------1-------
Town of Metheun27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton41---------5----------------------------------------
Town of Newbury813-------------------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport1022-5------1------------12----------1---------------
Town of Rowley63--------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem65---1-----------7---------------------1------------
Town of Salisbury28--------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham30--------------------------------------------------
Hampshire County24891073675211-----3-----35---1------2221---1-1----11-----
Town of Amherst53--------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown407-------------------------------------1-----------
Town of Bernardston38--------------------------------------------------
Town of Blandford58-712----------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield6418------------------------------------------1------
Town of Buckland26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont214----------1--------------------------------------
Town of Chester29-----------------------------222------------------
Town of Chesterfield42--------------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain44--------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway53--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington242-----------------4-------------------------------
Town of Deerfield34--------------------------------------------------
District of Easthampton2111-------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen393-------------------------------------------------
Town of Granby38--------------------------------------------------
Town of Granville28---9----------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield522-2-----------------------------------------------
Town of Greenwich25--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley502-------------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield431-------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawley23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Heath17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Holland32--------------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett46--------------------------------------------------
District of Leyden27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow54--------------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield20--------------------------------------------------
Town of Monson594-------------------------------------------------
Town of Montague25-----1--------------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery32--------------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem39-3---------1--------------------------------------
Town of Northfield45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton8938-2-----------------------------1-----------1-----
Town of Norwich28--------------------------------------------------
District of Orange226-------------------------------------------------
Town of Palmer24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham72--------------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield25--------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe22--------------------------------------------------
Town of Russell----17----------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne64--------------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury25--------------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield49--------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley39------------------------------------1-------------
Town of Southampton20826------------------------------------------------
Town of Southwick42--------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield73--13-------------11---1---------------------------
Town of Sunderland13--------------------------------------------------
Town of Ware29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick100--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell26--------------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield118--------------------------------------------------
Town of Westfield70--1211---------------------------------------------
Town of Westhampton551-------------------------------------------------
Town of Whately15--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham38-----------------2--------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg49-----------1--------------------------------------
Town of Worthington40--------------------------------------------------
Hancock County363----------------4---------------------------------
Town of Bangor23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Belfast24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill10--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambden16--------------------------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle43--------------------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt50--------------------------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Islesborough17--------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert48--------------------------------------------------
Town of Orrington[10]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Penobscot40--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick12--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan35----------------4---------------------------------
Town of Trenton[11]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven[12]---------------------------------------------------
Lincoln County1073--------21-----------------------------------------
Town of Ballstown24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath58--------------------------------------------------
Town of Boothbay34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham11--------------------------------------------------
Town of Bristol46--------------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cushing15--------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb42--------------------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield[13]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown89--------------------------------------------------
Town of Green9--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell75--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Medencook[14]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Monmouth32--------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon35--------------------------------------------------
Town of Newcastle43--------------------------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock9--------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittston31--------------------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro66--------------------------------------------------
Town of Readfield29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sidney38--------------------------------------------------
Town of Thomastown23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsham60--------------------------------------------------
Town of Union---------21-----------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro43--------------------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro51--------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren[15]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Winslow22--------------------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich36--------------------------------------------------
Middlesex County1677-255676-----------11---3----------------------------
Town of Acton29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby44--------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica35--1-----------------------------------------------
District of Boxboro19--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge64---8-------------1--------------------------------
District of Carlisle25--------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown153--------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford23--10-1---------------------------------------------
Town of Concord77-2------------------------------------------------
Town of Dracut68---------------------3----------------------------
Town of Dunstable22--------------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham24--9-5---------------------------------------------
Town of Groton54----------------1---------------------------------
Town of Holliston27--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton50--1-----------------------------------------------
Town of Lexington55--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton33--------------------------------------------------
Town of Malden13---37----------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough65--11----------------------------------------------
Town of Medford40--------------------------------------------------
Town of Natick30--------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton33--3-----------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperell52--------------------------------------------------
Town of Reading58--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn10---21----------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Stow39--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury21--------------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury22--------------------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough25--------------------------------------------------
Town of Townsend65--------------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham41--------------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Westford17--28-----------------------------------------------
Town of Weston26--2-----------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington57--------------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn75--------------------------------------------------
Nantucket County109--------------------------------------------------
Town of Nantucket109--------------------------------------------------
Plymouth County57437511-133-8--1--------------1-------2--------------1-
Town of Abington283-------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater6017-1----------------------1-------2----------------
Town of Carver40--------------------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury14--1----5----------------------------------------1-
Town of Halifax5153---1--------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover28--------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston17-------3------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield41-----2--------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough72-2--------1---------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke61----13---------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth28--------------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton49--------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester582-------------------------------------------------
Town of Scituate45--9-----------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham28--------------------------------------------------
Suffolk County206858-75122314---2-7--11-------1-2-------1---1------1---
Town of Bellingham24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Boston1171---5-1-1---1----1----------2----------------------
Town of Braintree52-------------7------------------------------------
Town of Brookline26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset[16]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham45--------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester47-------13------------------------------------------
District of Dover37--------------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough2432-------------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin51--------------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham24--2-118------------------1------------------------
Town of Hull[17]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield9------15-------------------------------------------
Town of Medway37--------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Needham60--------------------------------------------------
Town of Quincy33--------------------------------------------------
Town of Randolph53-----------------1--------------------------------
Town of Roxbury55--4--------------------------------1--------------
Town of Sharon56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton84--1------------------------------------1------1---
Town of Walpole47--------------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham3426----------1--------------------------------------
Washington County187-----1--------------------------------------------
Town of Machias82-----1--------------------------------------------
Town of Papamaguadda[18]---------------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 527--------------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 645--------------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 2233--------------------------------------------------
Worcester County[19][20]197810910293640----11---2--2---4-----------1-------1---------
Town of Ashburnham43--------------------------------------------------
Town of Athal1----40---------------------------------------------
Town of Barre75--------------------------------------------------
District of Berlin102-------------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton5---16----------------------------------------------
Town of Boylston34--------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield10539-------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlton76--------------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas37--------------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley48--------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg37--------------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry231-------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton46--1-----------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick532--2----------------------------1-----------------
Town of Harvard41--------------------------------------------------
Town of Holden519-------------------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston47--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster63--------------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester19-10------------------3-----------------------------
Town of Leominster35--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg41--19-----------------------------------------------
Town of Mendon54--------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford46--------------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree53--------------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough321------------2--2---------------------------------
Town of Northbridge22--------------------1-----------------------------
Town of Oakham35-1------------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham2726-8-----------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown671-------------------------------------------------
Town of Royalston43---------9----------------------------------------
Town of Rutland56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury31---12----------------------------------------------
Town of Southborough47--------------------------------------------------
Town of Spencer52--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling60--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge28--------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton55--------------------------------------------------
Town of Templeton39--------------------------------------------------
Town of Upton25--------------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge265-------------------------------------------------
Town of Ward22--------------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough54--------------------------------------------------
Town of Western512-------------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster466--------2------------------------------1---------
Town of Winchendon30--------------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester425-16----------------------------------------------
York County76916-3426-----4---1----------------------------------
Town of Arundel38--------------------------------------------------
Town of Berwick57--------------------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield24--------------------------------------------------
Town of Buxton49--------------------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall23--------------------------------------------------
Town of Francisboro-16-------------------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh44--------------------------------------------------
Town of Kittery67--------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon47--------------------------------------------------
Town of Limerick32--------------------------------------------------
Town of Limington[21]---------------------------------------------------
Town of Littlefalls21--------------------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield26--------------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro40---42---------------------------------------------
Town of Sandford56--------------------------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh72--------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington19--------------------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough21--------------------------------------------------
Town of Wells68---------------1----------------------------------
Town of York29--3--6-----4--------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Samuel Adams would assume the duties of Governor on October 8, 1793 upon the death of John Hancock.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[4]Truro Town Records 76 give vote total as 27.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Mount Washington.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[7]There were no votes recorded in New Gloucester.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Otisfield.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Orrington.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Trenton.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Vinalhaven.
[13]No votes were returned from Fairfield for Lt. Governor though there were votes for Governor.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Cohasset.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Hull.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
[19]Samuel Holten received 11 votes as Doctor Holten.
[20]The county totals in the Official Results list Nathaniel Gorham with 11 votes, but the town results only add up to 10 votes.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Limington.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 177.
Blue Hill Town Records. 65.
Brookline Town Records. 394.
Brookfield Town Records.
Chatham Town Records. 102.
Falmouth Town Records. 331.
Freetown Town Records. 321.
Hardwick Town Records. 171.
Lee Town Records. 73.
Marshfield Town Records. 254.
Oakham Town Records. 264-265.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 65.
Princeton Town Records. 162.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 289.
Truro Town Records. 76.
Warren Town Records. 17.
Worcester Town Records. 239.
The Argus (Boston, MA). April 2, 1793.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 2, 1793.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 2, 1793.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 3, 1793.
The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet (Newburyport, MA). April 3, 1793.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 4, 1793.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). April 5, 1793.
The Medley or Newbedford Marine Journal (New Bedford, MA). April 6, 1793.
The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal (Boston, MA). April 8, 1793.
Western Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 9, 1793.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 113 - 114.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 161.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 450.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 30.
A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Boston Town Records. 1784 to 1796. Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903. 326.

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