Massachusetts 1791 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1791 Governor
Date:
1791
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John Hancock, Francis Dana, Thomas Russell, Samuel Phillips, Benjamin Lincoln, John Lowell, David Cobb, Samuel Adams, Azor Orne, Nathaniel Gorham, James Bowdoin, Tristram Dalton, William Heath, Elbridge Gerry, Caleb Strong, Theophilus Parsons, Charles Jarvis, Josiah Thatcher, Oliver Wendell, John Worthington, Loansami Baldwin, John Gardner, Jacob Goodlove, William Lithgow, Jr., Ebenezer Seale, James Sullivan, Samuel Alline, John Bagley, Christopher Clack, Thomas Cushing, Solomon Freeman, Ebenezer Hancock, Henry Hodan, Andrew Oliver, Isaac Randall, Richard Richardson, Amos Singletary, Increase Sumner, George Thatcher, Samuel Wallis, James Warren, James Whitman, Solomon Williams
Candidates: John Hancock[1]Francis DanaThomas RussellSamuel PhillipsBenjamin LincolnJohn LowellDavid CobbSamuel AdamsAzor OrneNathaniel GorhamJames BowdoinTristram DaltonWilliam HeathElbridge GerryCaleb StrongTheophilus ParsonsCharles JarvisJosiah ThatcherOliver WendellJohn WorthingtonLoansami BaldwinJohn GardnerJacob GoodloveWilliam Lithgow, Jr.Ebenezer SealeJames SullivanSamuel AllineJohn BagleyChristopher ClackThomas CushingSolomon FreemanEbenezer HancockHenry HodanAndrew OliverIsaac RandallRichard RichardsonAmos SingletaryIncrease SumnerGeorge ThatcherSamuel WallisJames WarrenJames WhitmanSolomon Williams
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 16055278176126121983837252120191210104333322222211111111111111111
Barnstable County389--------------------1--------11-----------
Town of Barnstable47--------------------1---------------------
Town of Chatham20------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham38------------------------------1-----------
Town of Falmouth37------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich56------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[2]-------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich39-----------------------------1------------
Town of Truro27------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet13------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth112------------------------------------------
Berkshire County773-7-10------1--------------1--1-------------
Town of Adams47-7----------------------------------------
Town of Alford[3]-------------------------------------------
Town of Becket[4]-------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton[5]-------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont31------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington43-------------------------1--1-------------
Town of Hancock23------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough34------------------------------------------
Town of Lee39------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox45----------1-------------------------------
Town of Louden17------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington[6]-------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford15------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough36------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield61------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield48------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond22---1--------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield[7]-------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield24---5--------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge51---4--------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham33------------------------------------------
Town of Washington30------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge41------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown81------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor52------------------------------------------
Bristol County1199-----35-----10--4---------------------------
Town of Attleborough143------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley32------------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth72------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton75------------------------------------------
Town of Easton61------------------------------------------
Town of Freetown62------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield53-----13------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford82------------------------------------------
Town of Norton77------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham40-----4--------4---------------------------
Town of Rehoboth252------------------------------------------
Town of Somerset47------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea50-----------10------------------------------
Town of Taunton97-----18------------------------------------
Town of Westport56------------------------------------------
Cumberland County930-3-16--11---------3-----1---1------1--------
Town of Bakerston[8]-------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgetown[9]-------------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick81------------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth52------------------------------------------
Town of Durham37------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth57------------------------------------------
Town of Freeport72------------------------------------------
Town of Gorham98------------------------------------------
Town of Gray28------------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell75------------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester72------------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth69-3-16--11-----------------------------------
Town of Portland101----------------3-----1---1------1--------
Town of Raymondston[10]-------------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro51------------------------------------------
Town of Shepardsfield22------------------------------------------
Town of Standish54------------------------------------------
Town of Turner18------------------------------------------
Town of Windham43------------------------------------------
Dukes County136------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark30------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown61------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury45------------------------------------------
Essex County96747332--63-------------2----------------1---
Town of Amesbury36------------------------------------------
Town of Andover72--25---------------------------------------
Town of Beverly36--1---------------------------------------
Town of Boxford26------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford25------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers44------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester52------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill63-4----------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich82--2------------------2----------------1---
District of Lynfield21--5---------------------------------------
Town of Lynn35------------------------------------------
Town of Manchester[11]-------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead39------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun46------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton18------------------------------------------
Town of Newbury5521----6-----------------------------------
Town of Newburyport8422-----3----------------------------------
Town of Rowley54---1--------------------------------------
Town of Salem90------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury40------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield24---1--------------------------------------
Town of Wenham25------------------------------------------
Hampshire County221964102297-1026----4----3-1------------------1-1
Town of Amherst80------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield76------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown70------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston27--8---------------------------------------
Town of Blandford42------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield76------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland23------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont17------------------------------------------
Town of Chester37--------2---------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield42----6-------------------------------------
Town of Colrain[12]-------------------------------------------
Town of Conway55------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington37--1---------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield25-4-1--------------------------------------
District of Easthampton21----4--------4----------------------------
Town of Goshen[13]-------------------------------------------
Town of Granby[14]-------------------------------------------
Town of Granville34------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield83-------1----------------------------------
Town of Greenwich63------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley43------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield44--------------------1---------------------
Town of Heath21------------------------------------------
Town of Holland26------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett36------------------------------------------
District of Leyden15---17--------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow53------2-----------------------------------
Town of Ludlow36------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield26------------------------------------------
Town of Monson48------1-----------------------------------
Town of Montague29------5-----------------------------------
Town of Montgomery24------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem[15]-------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield323-----------------------------------------
Town of Northampton211---63---1--------------------------------1
Town of Norwich29------------------------------------------
District of Orange27--1---------------------------------------
Town of Palmer50------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham37------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield23------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe19------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne72------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury38------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield21------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley59----1-------------------------------------
Town of Southampton32----23---3---------------------------------
Town of Southwick35------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield70------2-----------------------------------
Town of Sunderland22------------------------------------------
Town of Ware39---------------------------------------1--
Town of Warwick94------------------3-----------------------
Town of Wendell18-------1----------------------------------
Town of West Springfield69------------------------------------------
Town of Westfield532--3--------------------------------------
Town of Westhampton[16]-------------------------------------------
Town of Whately20------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham53------------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg40---1--------------------------------------
Town of Worthington37------------------------------------------
Hancock County441-94----------------------------------------
Town of Bangor[17]46-1----------------------------------------
Town of Belfast16------------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill22-2----------------------------------------
Town of Cambden26------------------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle42-10----------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt63------------------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough9-23----------------------------------------
Town of Islesborough7-7----------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert31-1----------------------------------------
Town of Orrington29------------------------------------------
Town of Penobscot50-48----------------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick32------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan31-2----------------------------------------
Town of Trenton[18]-------------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven37------------------------------------------
E. Tide Penobscot River[19]-------------------------------------------
Lincoln County1450-36--------------------1--------1-----1----
Ballstown Plantation22------------------------------------------
Town of Bath55------------------------------------------
Town of Boothbay46------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin26------------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham17------------------------------------------
Town of Bristol74------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan21------------------------------------------
Town of Cushing[20]59------------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb76------------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield14------------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown165-19----------------------------------------
Town of Green30------------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell93------------------------------------------
Hancock Plantation27------------------------------------------
Town of Medencook[21]-------------------------------------------
Town of Newcastle55------------------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro38------------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock23------------------------------------------
Town of Pittston44------------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro63-17--------------------1--------1-----1----
Town of Readfield39------------------------------------------
Town of Thomastown43------------------------------------------
Town of Topsham72------------------------------------------
Town of Union22------------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro76------------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro61------------------------------------------
Town of Wales44------------------------------------------
Town of Warren[22]-------------------------------------------
Town of Winslow30------------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop69------------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich46------------------------------------------
Middlesex County1892426-581-5122--18------2--------------1-------
Town of Acton26------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby48------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford41------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica53------------------------------------------
District of Boxboro20--------1---------------------------------
Town of Cambridge941-----2----1----------------------1-------
District of Carlisle31------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown80-1----1-----------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford44-------9----------------------------------
Town of Concord7642----------5------2----------------------
Town of Dracut31---13--------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable26------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury31------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham5212-----------2-----------------------------
Town of Groton86------------------------------------------
Town of Holliston35------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton571--3--------------------------------------
Town of Lexington39------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln39-1----2-----------------------------------
Town of Littleton40------------1-----------------------------
Town of Malden50------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough78------------------------------------------
Town of Medford303-----------------------------------------
Town of Natick27------------------------------------------
Town of Newton56-------3----------------------------------
Town of Pepperell62------------------------------------------
Town of Reading40---42----1---------------------------------
Town of Sherborn306-----------------------------------------
Town of Shirley32------------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham15------------------------------------------
Town of Stow4421----------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury37------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury36------------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough32------------------------------------------
Town of Townsend48------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham71------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown5513-----------------------------------------
Town of Westford64------------------------------------------
Town of Weston35-1--1-------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington38------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn63------------------------------------------
Nantucket County232------------------------------------------
Town of Sherburn232------------------------------------------
Plymouth County5821-521-313-7--2----------2----------------1-
Town of Abington51------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater48--52---------------------------------------
Town of Carver35------------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury251--------3--2-----------------------------
Town of Halifax31------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover32------1--4--------------------------------
Town of Kingston21------12----------------------------------
Town of Marshfield25------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough88-----1------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke35-----2-1----------------------------------
Town of Plymouth41------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton37-----------------------2----------------1-
Town of Rochester69------------------------------------------
Town of Scituate44------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham[23]-------------------------------------------
Suffolk County14508518311--23-1311-----3---------1----1---1-----
Town of Bellingham22------------------------------------------
Town of Boston543811----11-------------------1----1---------
Town of Braintree101------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline16------------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea32------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset29------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham27------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester52-1-------7--------------------------------
District of Dover35------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough37------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin19--30---1-----------------------------------
Town of Hingham22-13----------------------------------------
Town of Hull[24]-------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield20---1-------------3------------------------
Town of Medway44------------------------------------------
Town of Milton45---------6--------------------------------
Town of Needham65------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury7243-----2--11------------------------1-----
Town of Sharon36------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton75------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole53------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth32------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham73--1---------------------------------------
Washington County217------------------------------------------
Town of Machias137------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 416------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 528------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 619------------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 2217------------------------------------------
Worcester County22441401-11--1213-17--6-3--------2----------1------
Town of Ashburnham[25]-------------------------------------------
Town of Athal1439-----------------------------------------
Town of Barre78------------------------------------------
District of Berlin171-----------------------------------------
Town of Bolton1512-----------------------------------------
Town of Boylston39---1--------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield117------------------------------------------
Town of Charlton67------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas25---------------3--------------------------
Town of Dudley70------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg391-----------------------------------------
Town of Gardner24------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry388-----------------------------------------
Town of Grafton41------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick54------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard50------------------------------------------
Town of Holden414--1----1---------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston56------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster66------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester[26]-------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster2232-----1-----------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg291------2--17-------------------------------
Town of Mendon42------------------------------------------
Town of Milford43------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree54------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough35------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge20------------------------------------------
Town of Oakham52------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford36------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton35-1----------------------------------------
Town of Petersham53------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown821-----------------------------------------
Town of Royalston529-----------------------------------------
Town of Rutland80------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury5419-----------------------------------------
Town of Southborough[27]-------------------------------------------
Town of Spencer71------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling46--------3---------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge62------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton108--------6---------------------------------
Town of Templeton40---4---------6----------2----------1------
Town of Upton40------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge363-----------------------------------------
Town of Ward32------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough76------------------------------------------
Town of Western329-----------------------------------------
Town of Westminster58---4--------------------------------------
Town of Winchendon35---1----3---------------------------------
Town of Worcester681-----------------------------------------
York County934------1-----------------------------------
Town of Arundel50------------------------------------------
Town of Berwick44------------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford48------------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield21------------------------------------------
Town of Buxton90------------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall37------------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh32------------------------------------------
Town of Kittery44------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon90------------------------------------------
Town of Limerick37------------------------------------------
Town of Littlefalls27------------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield38------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro56------------------------------------------
Town of Sandford63------------------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh66------------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough16------------------------------------------
Town of Wells125------------------------------------------
Town of York50------1-----------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Provincetown was not listed in the Official Results.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Alford.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Becket.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Dalton.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Mount Washington.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Sandisfield.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Bakerston.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Manchester.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Colrain.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Goshen.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Granby.
[15]There were no votes recorded in New Salem.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Westhampton.
[17]Bangor is listed in the Official Results as "Bangor or Kenduskeg", the name of the original Plantation which it was called before it was incorporated as a town in 1791.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Trenton.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Plantation E. Tide Penobscot River.
[20]The votes in Cushing were not recorded in the Original Election Returns.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[23]There were no votes recorded in Wareham.
[24]There were no votes recorded in Hull.
[25]There were no votes recorded in Ashburnham.
[26]There were no votes recorded in Leicester.
[27]There were no votes recorded in Southborough.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Bernardston Town Records. 85, 88.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 154.
Blue Hill Town Records. 39.
Boston Town Records. 255.
Braintree Town Records. 607 - 608.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records.
Charlemont Town Records. 129.
Chatham Town Records. 95.
Colrain Town Records. Book One. 260.
Falmouth Town Records. 326.
Freetown Town Records. 298.
Hardwick Town Records. 144.
Lee Town Records. 63.
Leyden Town Records. 47.
Ludlow Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records. 245.
Oakham Town Records. 217-218.
Peru Town Records. 71.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 26.
Pittsfield Town Records.
Princeton Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 98.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 280.
Truro Town Records. 53.
Ware Town Records.
Warren Town Records. 241-242.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 6. 435-436.
Weston Town Records. 423.
Worcester Town Records. 182-183.
Herald of Freedom (Boston, MA). April 5, 1791.
The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet (Newburyport, MA). April 6, 1791.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 6, 1791.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 6, 1791.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 7, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 11, 1791.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 13, 1791.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, Maine: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 4.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 60.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 145.
French, W. R. A History of Turner, Maine. Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg and Sonham, 1887. 214.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 445.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 22.

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