Massachusetts 1802 U.S. House of Representatives, District Eastern 1, Special, Ballot 5
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1802 U.S. House of Representatives, District Eastern 1, Special, Ballot 5
- Date:
- 1802
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- Fifth Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Samuel Thacher, Martin Kinsley, Nathaniel Dummer, Thurston Whitney, Phineas Bruce, Alden Bradford, Jonathan Sibley, Francis Blyth, Samuel S. Wild
| Candidates: | Samuel Thacher[1] | Martin Kinsley | Nathaniel Dummer | Thurston Whitney | Phineas Bruce | Alden Bradford | Jonathan Sibley | Francis Blyth | Samuel S. Wild |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | |||||
| Final Result: [2][3] | 829 | 625 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eastern One | 829 | 625 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 158 | 327 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bangor | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckstown[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Castine | 19 | 27 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | 10 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eddington Plantation | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsboro[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampden | - | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Islesborough | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincolnvil[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northport | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orland | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | - | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 East Penobscot River[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 East Penobscot River | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 8 and 9 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kennebec County | 199 | 213 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Anson | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Augusta | 37 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Clinton | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornville[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 39 | 72 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Harlem[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock | 21 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | 2 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sidney | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalboro | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 349 | 82 | 22 | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Ballstown[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 82 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambden | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dresden[16] | 15 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medencook | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford[19] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newcastle | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro[20] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomastown | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Union | 36 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Waldoboro | 5 | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wiscasset | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Woolwich | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 123 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Addison | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport[21] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrington | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 34 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Steuben | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 22 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Special election to fill the seat of Silas Lee, having resigned on August 20, 1801 before the 7th Congress convened.
[3]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on September 25, 1801 with a 2nd Trial on December 7, 1801, a 3rd Trial on April 5, 1802 and a 4th Trial on June 7, 1802.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Belfast.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Buckstown.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Goldsboro.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Lincolnvil.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Mount Desert.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Prospect.
[10]"No votes returned." Original Election Returns.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 1 East Penobscot River.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Cornville.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Fairfield.
[14]"No votes returned." Original Election Returns.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Ballstown.
[16]"Meeting illegal so deemed by the Selectmen." Original Election Returns.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Edgecomb.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Georgetown.
[19]There were no votes recorded in New Milford.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Nobleboro.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Eastport.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). July 30, 1802.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). August 6, 1802.
Jenks' Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). August 16, 1802.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). September 3, 1802.
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