Massachusetts 1787 Lieutenant Governor

Office:
Lieutenant Governor (State)
Title:
Lieutenant Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1787 Lieutenant Governor
Date:
1787
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Candidates:
Thomas Cushing, Benjamin Lincoln, Nathaniel Gorham, William Heath, Samuel Adams, Samuel Holton, George Leonard, James Warren, Benjamin Austin, Jr., Charles Jarvis, Isaac Backus, Azor Osric, James Sullivan, Oliver Wendell, Clive Wendell, John Hancock, Artemas Ward, George Watson, Benjamin Warren, John Worthington, George Seeman, Nathaniel Cushing, James Bowdoin, Francis Donaly, Warham Parks, William Williams, Caleb Strong, Charles Turner, John Adams, William Cushing, Abraham Fuller, Oliver Phelps, Thompson J. Skinner, Simeon Strong, Samuel Thayer, Aaron Wood, William Adams, Ebenezer Bridge, Tristram Dalton, Eason Daniel, Elijah Dexter, Robert Dodge, Joseph Donley, Richard Flagg, Elbridge Gerry, Thomas Gould, Asal Hunt, Rufus King, John Manning, Samuel Matthew, Joseph Palmer, Samuel Phillips, William Phillips, Oliver Prescott, Samuel Robinson, Thomas Smith, Alex Soper, Marshall Spring, Jonathan Thompson, Ebenezer Wales, Warren
Candidates: Thomas Cushing[1]Benjamin LincolnNathaniel GorhamWilliam HeathSamuel AdamsSamuel HoltonGeorge LeonardJames WarrenBenjamin Austin, Jr.Charles JarvisIsaac BackusAzor OsricJames SullivanOliver WendellClive WendellJohn HancockArtemas WardGeorge WatsonBenjamin WarrenJohn WorthingtonGeorge SeemanNathaniel CushingJames BowdoinFrancis DonalyWarham ParksWilliam WilliamsCaleb StrongCharles TurnerJohn AdamsWilliam CushingAbraham FullerOliver PhelpsThompson J. SkinnerSimeon StrongSamuel ThayerAaron WoodWilliam AdamsEbenezer BridgeTristram DaltonEason DanielElijah DexterRobert DodgeJoseph DonleyRichard FlaggElbridge GerryThomas GouldAsal HuntRufus KingJohn ManningSamuel MatthewJoseph PalmerSamuel PhillipsWilliam PhillipsOliver PrescottSamuel RobinsonThomas SmithAlex SoperMarshall SpringJonathan ThompsonEbenezer WalesWarren
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 1011967671608142364524021920818984785433232017141211876555544332222221111111111111111111111111
Barnstable County19682-------84-----3-1-----5-------------------------------1-----
Town of Barnstable11--------84---------------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham20------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham27------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth4024-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich1014-------------2---------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[2]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich7512-------------1-1-------------------------------------1-----
Town of Truro91---------------------5-------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet218-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth213-----------------------------------------------------------
Berkshire County17476428-44----------1---2--1------2--2----------------------------
Town of Adams-2828----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alford-16-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Becket326-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton-10-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont[3]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington1128-------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock816-----------------2-----------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough139-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee2613-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox967-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Louden[4]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington[5]-------------------------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford-14-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough3726-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield-47-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield-82-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond484-------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield263-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield531---------------------------2-------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge181-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham127--44--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington-10-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge-25-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown698------------------------------2----------------------------
Town of Windsor383-----------------------------------------------------------
Bristol County1726243-78-----------1----7---------------------------------1------
Town of Attleborough2083----------------------------------------------------1------
Town of Berkley125-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth1637-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton11232-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Easton57-------------------6----------------------------------------
Town of Freetown1077-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield122-52----------------1----------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford207------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norton103------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham632-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth35044-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea2266-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton12895-26-----------1---------------------------------------------
Cumberland County254226-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Blakerston[6]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgetown[7]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick[8]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth-80-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth[9]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gorham8327-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gray[10]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell28-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester48------------------------------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth-60-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Portland-54-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Raymondston[11]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Royalsboro[12]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro1547-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Standish130-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Turner[13]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham25------------------------------------------------------------
Dukes County6466--------41-------11------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark279-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown3742--------41--------------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury-15----------------11------------------------------------------
Essex County1221114315-26235----154---4------1-----1-----22-----1---1--1------------
Town of Amesbury3-1-------149-------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover12483---------------------------------1-------------------------
Town of Beverly6951-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford6734-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford-68-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers126---96-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester-109-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill--13--------1-------------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich121104---9---------1------------------21-----1---1--1------------
District of Lynfield311--112-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lynn352---106---------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Manchester-18---2-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead6534--3--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun75----------2-------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton553-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newbury16992--1------1-------------------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport182109--21------1---2------------1--------------------------------
Town of Rowley10045---5----------------1--------------------------------------
Town of Salem9200---2-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury173---2-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield49461--3-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham1620-----------------------------------------------------------
Hampshire County579106719577-----------4---6--1-551----2-2-----1--1------1-1--------1
Town of Amherst-22-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield22------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown147-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston117-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Blandford232-------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield5719-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland15------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont34-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester-2914----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield-32-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain-23-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway5256----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington121-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield-2523----------------------------------------------------------
District of Easthampton126-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen717-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granby186-------------------------------2-----------------1---------
Town of Granville2324-----------------3--1--------2-----------------------------
Town of Greenfield72213----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenwich143-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley543-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield8431----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Heath129-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holland-35-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett320-------------------------------------1---------------------
District of Leyden-13-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow35-22----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow[14]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield[15]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Monson[16]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Montague121------------------------1----------------------------------
Town of Montgomery5-----------------------5------------------------------------
Town of New Salem24-3----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield259-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton298-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norwich-19-----------------------------------------------------------
District of Orange7244------------1--------------------------1------------------
Town of Palmer818-----------------3-----------------------------------------
Town of Pelham5------------------------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield[17]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe17------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne60210----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury[18]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield12------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley2225-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southampton268-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southwick[19]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield946-------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Sunderland718-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ware[20]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick-8-77---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell14------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield57111----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westfield546-----------------------------------------------1----------1
Town of Westhampton-30-----------------------5-----------------------------------
Town of Whately28-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham26248------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg-24-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worthington526-----------------------------------------------------------
Lincoln County25011361567--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Balltown[21]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath311--12--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boothbay15---7--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham[22]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bristol[23]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb35------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown[24]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell[25]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Howardstown[26]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lewiston[27]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Machias76------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Modencook[28]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Castle[29]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewalk[30]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittston35------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro--36----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Saint George[31]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsham----48--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Union---15---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro30------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro43------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wales[32]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren[33]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winslow13------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop[34]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich[35]-------------------------------------------------------------
Middlesex County947102293574258-------33---------------212------1---------------1---11--
Town of Acton111152----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby49------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford1232-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica44155--------------------------------------------------1-------
District of Boxboro-33-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge643143622--------------------------------1-----------------------
District of Carlisle-931----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown91355-49-----------------------------------------------------1--
Town of Chelmsford22-63-2--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord328237----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dracut25127----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable24------------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury88------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham7846-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Groton72345--------------------------1-------------------------------
Town of Holliston4213-3---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton1115-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lexington62535-4--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln5467----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton1669----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Malden1736-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough8741-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medford638-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Natick48------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton824-485-------------------------2------------------------------
Town of Pepperell142212----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Reading-4890-2-----------------------2--------------------------------
Town of Sherborn3250-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley2762----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham-8--19--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stow8494-1--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury273176---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury13-76----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Townsend--43----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham28502----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown-3160254--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westford1591----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weston5551--1----------------------------------------------------1---
Town of Wilmington1563---------33------------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn8723-69--------------------------------------------------------
Nantucket County991--2----------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Sherburn991--2----------1---------------------------------------------
Plymouth County68614030-2-219179188------2-11---6-----4------------1-----11--------1----
Town of Abington7611-----2---------6-------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater63465---183-------------------------------------------------1----
Town of Duxbury3616--1------------5---6---------------------------------------
Town of Halifax9-3---28------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover314----8-27----------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston384-------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield2717-----1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough25222----131--------------------------------------11-------------
Town of Pembroke652-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth7616--1--38-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton1------357----------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester17911-----3-------1------------------------1--------------------
Town of Scituate[36]338-----1104------------------4---------------------------------
Town of Wareham273-----------------------------------------------------------
Suffolk County108198731175243--281----23-1------2-------------1-1-----1-----1-1------1-
Town of Bellingham-5-62---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boston880424--179---------------------------------1----------------------
Town of Braintree559-1542---------------------------------------------1----------
Town of Brookline39-228--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea245-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset-10-----8-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham1069-34---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester4106-76--1--------------1--------------------------------------
District of Dover116-28---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough16-3611--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin282-108---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham3135-------------1--------------------1------------------------
Town of Hull[37]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield11343121--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medway338-66---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton-44-14---19--------------1---------------------1----------------
Town of Needham-3-1372--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury2171-643---1-------------------------------------------1------1-
Town of Sharon---97---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton41-181---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole24--74---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth67--31--------23-----------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham483-85---------------------------------------------------------
Worcester County2487913323435-1--36---20-14---------3----------------1-----------------
Town of Ashburnham766-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Athal41741----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barre857-----------------------------------------------------------
District of Berlin1723-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton1145--12-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boylston4321-----------------------------------------1-----------------
Town of Brookfield14171-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlton3515--------36--------------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas65------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley4913-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg395-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner27------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry2620-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton10111-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick396-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard1281-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holden5593----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston[38]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster3681-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester758-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster216416-----------------------1----------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg66926----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mendon107------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford93----2-------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree[39]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough25201-2--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge41------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oakham44------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford3318-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton51------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham184-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown1940-----1-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Royalston1144-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rutland3737-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury709--------------13--------------------------------------------
Town of Southborough782-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Spencer1869-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling6441-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge727184----------20-----------2----------------------------------
Town of Sutton19330-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Templeton22833----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Upton892-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge58------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ward20214--1----------1--------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough965-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Western4591----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster8511----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winchendon8130----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester87621----------------------------------------------------------
York County4451243----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Arundel19------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Berwick125------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford22------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield[40]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Buxton--41----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall[41]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh[42]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kittery62------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon[43]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Limerick[44]12------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littlefalls[45]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield[46]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperrelboro204-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandford54------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh[47]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough[48]-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wells654-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of York6642----------------------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Provincetown was not listed in the Official Records.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Egremont.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Louden.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Mount Washington.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Blakerston.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Brunswick.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Falmouth.
[10]No votes were recorded for Lieutenant Governor in Gray, though there were votes for Governor.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Royalsboro.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Turner.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Ludlow.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Middlefield.
[16]There were no votes in Monson for Lieutenant Governor though there were votes for Governor.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Plainfield.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Shutesbury.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Southwick.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Ware.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Balltown.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Bowdoinham.
[23]There were no votes recorded in Bristol.
[24]There were no votes recorded in Georgetown.
[25]There were no votes recorded in Hallowell.
[26]There were no votes recorded in Howardstown.
[27]There were no votes recorded in Lewiston.
[28]There were no votes recorded in Modencook.
[29]There were no votes recorded in New Castle.
[30]There were no votes recorded in Norridgewalk.
[31]There were no votes recorded in Saint George.
[32]There were no votes recorded in Wales.
[33]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[34]There were no votes recorded in Winthrop.
[35]There were no votes recorded in Woolwich.
[36]Benjamin Austin, Jr. received 2 votes as Benjamin Austin.
[37]There were no results from Hull.
[38]There were no votes recorded in Hubbardston.
[39]There were no votes recorded in New Braintree.
[40]There were no votes recorded in Brownfield.
[41]There were no votes recorded in Coxhall.
[42]There were no votes recorded in Fryburgh.
[43]No votes were recorded for Lieutenant Governor in Lebanon, though there were votes for Governor.
[44]The votes from Limerick were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[45]There were no votes recorded in Littlefalls.
[46]There were no votes recorded in Parsonfield.
[47]There were no votes recorded in Shapleigh.
[48]There were no votes recorded in Waterboro.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Town of Weston: Records of the First Precinct, 1746-1754 and of the Town, 1754-1803. Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1893. 388.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 13.

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