Massachusetts 1822 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1822 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Date:
- 1822
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Lewis Strong, Joseph Strong, Jr., John Wells, Mark Doolittle, Charles P. Phelps, Samuel F. Dickinson, Elihu Lyman, Thomas Shepherd, Jonathan H. Lyman, Oliver Smith, Seth Wright, Alanson Knox, Daniel Wright
| Candidates: | Lewis Strong[1] | Joseph Strong, Jr. | John Wells | Mark Doolittle | Charles P. Phelps | Samuel F. Dickinson | Elihu Lyman | Thomas Shepherd | Jonathan H. Lyman | Oliver Smith | Seth Wright | Alanson Knox | Daniel Wright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | ||||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | 1786 | 1198 | 1108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hampshire County | 1786 | 1198 | 1108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amherst | 182 | 1 | 3 | 113 | - | 111 | 11 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belchertown | 117 | 107 | 4 | 108 | 222 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | 46 | 71 | 99 | 22 | 3 | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cummington | 20 | 88 | 88 | 20 | - | - | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Easthampton | 65 | 60 | 39 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 50 | 49 | 30 | 2 | 1 | - | 71 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 1 |
| Town of Goshen | 1 | 71 | 71 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 124 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 116 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich[5] | 85 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hadley | 173 | 1 | - | 40 | 137 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hatfield | 46 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 29 | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlefield | 62 | 5 | 7 | 60 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northampton | 190 | 221 | 237 | 171 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich | 77 | - | - | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | - | 42 | 41 | - | - | - | 32 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 93 | 4 | 4 | 93 | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prescott | 1 | 47 | 47 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 54 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hadley | 88 | 88 | 61 | 3 | 9 | 18 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southampton | 168 | 6 | 6 | 166 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ware | 24 | 96 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Westhampton | 47 | 68 | 85 | 50 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | 18 | 114 | 141 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worthington | 111 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"Whole number of votes, 6147. Make a choice, 1537." Governor's Council Records.
[3]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Joseph Strong, Jr. would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court.
[4]"Hampshire - Whole number 6147 - necessary to make a choice 1537." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). June 1, 1822.
[5]"The Committee further report that they have rejected the return ... from the town of Greenwich in the County of Hampshire, for not having been returned in season." Governor's Council Records.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
South Hadley Town Records. 194.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 3, 1822.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 10, 1822.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 17, 1822.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 17, 1822.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). April 20, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 18, 1822.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). May 21, 1822.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). May 22, 1822.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). May 28, 1822.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). June 1, 1822.
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