Massachusetts 1816 House of Representatives, Nantucket

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1816 House of Representatives, Nantucket
Date:: 1816
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Thaddeus Coffin, George Bunker, Jr.

Candidates:	Thaddeus Coffin [1]	George Bunker, Jr.
Affiliation:	Federalist	Democrat
Final Result: [2]	206	142
Town of Nantucket	206	142

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"The full representation of Nantucket is nine, but on opening the meeting a motion was made to send but one, which motion was passed without opposition. Mr. Coffin is the first Federal Representative from this town for twenty years." Nantucket Gazette (Nantucket, MA). May 13, 1816.

References:

Nantucket Gazette (Nantucket, MA). May 13, 1816.

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