Massachusetts 1791 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1791 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Date:
- 1791
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Thomas Dawes, Cotton Tufts, William Phillips, William Heath, Benjamin Austin, Jr., Stephen Metcalf, James Bowdoin, Jonathan Mason, Thomas Russell, John Read, Lemuel Kollock, Ebenezer Thayer, Jr., Charles Jarvis, Richard Cranch, Stephen Higginson, Caleb Davis
| Candidates: | Cotton Tufts[2] | Thomas Dawes[1] | Stephen Metcalf[6] | William Phillips[3] | William Heath[4] | Benjamin Austin, Jr.[5] | James Bowdoin | Jonathan Mason | Thomas Russell | John Read | Lemuel Kollock | Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. | Charles Jarvis | Richard Cranch | Stephen Higginson | Caleb Davis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [7][8] | 1237 | 1206 | 1086 | 1032 | 864 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 1237 | 1206 | 1086 | 1032 | 864 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bellingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boston | 627 | 630 | 621 | 469 | 469 | 625 | 156 | 151 | 26 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Town of Braintree | 49 | 19 | 17 | 50 | 39 | - | 1 | - | 41 | 40 | 30 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookline | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cohasset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dedham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Dover | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Foxborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Needham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoughton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walpole | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weymouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wrentham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]Elected.
[7]"No. Voters, 1327. Make a choice, 664." Governor's Council Records.
[8]Stephen Metcalf is not listed in the Governor's Records.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Brookline Town Records. 370.
Herald of Freedom (Boston, MA). April 5, 1791.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 7, 1791.
Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree: 1640 to 1793. Randolph, MA: Daniel H. Huxford, 1886. 607 - 608.
A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Boston Town Records. 1784 to 1796. Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903. 255.
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