Massachusetts 1820 House of Representatives, Boston

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

Label:: Massachusetts 1820 House of Representatives, Boston
Date:: 1820
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Heman Lincoln, Samuel Hubbard, Lemuel Shaw, Edmund Winchester, Theodore Lyman, Jr., Nathan Hale, Francis C. Gray, Joseph Coolidge, Jr., William Sturgis, Warren Dutton, William Tudor, Joseph Austin, George Bond, Benjamin Russell, Josiah Quincy, Josiah Salisbury, Jeremiah Evarts, James Loring, Benjamin Whitman, James T. Austin, David Sears, Samuel A. Wells, Thaddeus Page, John P. Boyd, John Brazer, William Gray, Henry Orne, William Jackson, Thomas Badger, R. G. Shaw, Samuel F. Armstrong, D. Baxter, Samuel Brown, Samuel Dorr, William Little, George Odiorne, H. Purkitt, B. P. Tilden, F. Welsh, Samuel Whitwell, T. L. Winthrop, S. E. Dwight, D. Messinger, Jacob Rhodes, Frederick Weld, Thomas Baldwin, Samuel Billings, D. W. Child, John Cotton, Henry Dearborn, William Gale, Joseph Grafton, Aaron Hill, E. Jones, Samuel L. Knapp, Theodore Lyman, Ephraim Marsh, David C. Mosely, H. G. Otis, Jesse Putnam, Benjamin Rich, James Savage, Elisha Ticknor, Joseph Tilden, S. H. Walley, Arnold Welles, Caleb Adams, James Adams, Samuel Appleton, Jonathan L. Austin, Theodore Bainbridge, J .C. Ballard, F. Bassett, S. Bean, Alex Bliss, William B. Bradford, David W. Bradlee, Martin Brimmer, Peter C. Brooks, John Brown, George Burroughs, Frederick Cabot, R. B. Callender, John Campbell, James Carter, Joshua Child, John Clark, John Cotton, Alfred Curtis, Nathan Curtis, Charles Davis, Franklin Dexter, John Dorr, Daniel Dunton, John D. Dyer, Henry Emmons, Joseph Eustis, Otis Everett, R. Faxon, Amos Fitch, John Fitch, Jeremiah Fitch, Joseph Foster, John Fox, Ebenezer Francis, Ebenezer Frothingham, George Frothingham, Henry H. Fuller, T. Goddard, Joseph Grafton, Moses Grant, William R. Gray, David Hale, Joseph Hall, Jr., Jacob Hall, George Hallett, David Henshaw, Samuel Hitchborn, Barz Holmes, H. Homes, J. N. Howe, Matthew M. Hunt, Thomas Hunting, William Ingalls, Thomas Jackson, Fra James, T. K. Jones, J. Kilham, Gidney King, Ensign Lincoln, Jonathan Loring, James S. Lovell, John Lovering, Archibald MacNeill, Thomas Melville, William Minot, Elijah Morse, T. Motley, G. W. Otis, L. Packard, Jr., S. Parkman, Jr., A. Peabody, James Phillips, Turner Phillips, Jonathan Phillips, J. Phillips, James Prince, J. C. Rainsford, B. Rand, J. C. Ransford, Henry Rice, Benjamin Rich, John G. Rodgers, James Sabine, Thomas Sawyer, Jonathan Simonds, Elias Smith, James Smith, S. Snelling, David Stanwood, Isaac Stevens, L. Tappan, Charles Tappan, Joel Thayer, Joseph Thorndike, E. Ticknor, R. D. Tucker, Fitch Tufts, Phineas Upham, D. Vinal, T. Vose, Josiah Vose, D. Webster, Redford Webster, William Wells, Joseph West, Benjamin West, Jonathan Whitney, Asa Whitney, Josiah Whitney, Thomas Wigglesworth, Daniel Wild, Timothy Williams, Dean Willis, Isaac Winslow, Joseph Woodward, Edmund Wright, Jr.

Candidates:	Heman Lincoln [1]	Samuel Hubbard [2]	Lemuel Shaw [3]	Edmund Winchester [4]	Theodore Lyman, Jr.[5]	Nathan Hale [6]	Francis C. Gray [7]	Joseph Coolidge, Jr.[8]	William Sturgis [9]	Warren Dutton [10]	William Tudor [11]	Joseph Austin [12]	George Bond [13]	Benjamin Russell [14]	Josiah Quincy [15]	Josiah Salisbury	Jeremiah Evarts	James Loring	Benjamin Whitman	James T. Austin	David Sears	Samuel A. Wells	Thaddeus Page	John P. Boyd	John Brazer	William Gray	Henry Orne	William Jackson	Thomas Badger	R. G. Shaw	Samuel F. Armstrong	D. Baxter	Samuel Brown	Samuel Dorr	William Little	George Odiorne	H. Purkitt	B. P. Tilden	F. Welsh	Samuel Whitwell	T. L. Winthrop	S. E. Dwight	D. Messinger	Jacob Rhodes	Frederick Weld	Thomas Baldwin	Samuel Billings	D. W. Child	John Cotton	Henry Dearborn	William Gale	Joseph Grafton	Aaron Hill	E. Jones	Samuel L. Knapp	Theodore Lyman	Ephraim Marsh	David C. Mosely	H. G. Otis	Jesse Putnam	Benjamin Rich	James Savage	Elisha Ticknor	Joseph Tilden	S. H. Walley	Arnold Welles	Caleb Adams	James Adams	Samuel Appleton	Jonathan L. Austin	Theodore Bainbridge	J .C. Ballard	F. Bassett	S. Bean	Alex Bliss	William B. Bradford	David W. Bradlee	Martin Brimmer	Peter C. Brooks	John Brown	George Burroughs	Frederick Cabot	R. B. Callender	John Campbell	James Carter	Joshua Child	John Clark	John Cotton	Alfred Curtis	Nathan Curtis	Charles Davis	Franklin Dexter	John Dorr	Daniel Dunton	John D. Dyer	Henry Emmons	Joseph Eustis	Otis Everett	R. Faxon	Amos Fitch	John Fitch	Jeremiah Fitch	Joseph Foster	John Fox	Ebenezer Francis	Ebenezer Frothingham	George Frothingham	Henry H. Fuller	T. Goddard	Joseph Grafton	Moses Grant	William R. Gray	David Hale	Joseph Hall, Jr.	Jacob Hall	George Hallett	David Henshaw	Samuel Hitchborn	Barz Holmes	H. Homes	J. N. Howe	Matthew M. Hunt	Thomas Hunting	William Ingalls	Thomas Jackson	Fra James	T. K. Jones	J. Kilham	Gidney King	Ensign Lincoln	Jonathan Loring	James S. Lovell	John Lovering	Archibald MacNeill	Thomas Melville	William Minot	Elijah Morse	T. Motley	G. W. Otis	L. Packard, Jr.	S. Parkman, Jr.	A. Peabody	James Phillips	Turner Phillips	Jonathan Phillips	J. Phillips	James Prince	J. C. Rainsford	B. Rand	J. C. Ransford	Henry Rice	Benjamin Rich	John G. Rodgers	James Sabine	Thomas Sawyer	Jonathan Simonds	Elias Smith	James Smith	S. Snelling	David Stanwood	Isaac Stevens	L. Tappan	Charles Tappan	Joel Thayer	Joseph Thorndike	E. Ticknor	R. D. Tucker	Fitch Tufts	Phineas Upham	D. Vinal	T. Vose	Josiah Vose	D. Webster	Redford Webster	William Wells	Joseph West	Benjamin West	Jonathan Whitney	Asa Whitney	Josiah Whitney	Thomas Wigglesworth	Daniel Wild	Timothy Williams	Dean Willis	Isaac Winslow	Joseph Woodward	Edmund Wright, Jr.
Affiliation:					Federalist	Federalist									Federalist																												Federalist												Federalist				Federalist																																																																																																							Federalist											Federalist
Final Result: [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]	2464	2460	2446	2445	2377	1570	1567	1557	1555	1551	1549	1542	1522	1500	1482	953	953	950	938	936	931	923	913	902	897	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Town of Boston	2464	2460	2446	2445	2377	1570	1567	1557	1555	1551	1549	1542	1522	1500	1482	953	953	950	938	936	931	923	913	902	897	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Elected.

[8]Elected.

[9]Elected.

[10]Elected.

[11]Elected.

[12]Elected.

[13]Elected.

[14]Elected.

[15]Elected.

[16]"Voted to proceed to the Choice of Fifteen persons to represent this Town in the General Court the present Year. .... The Votes being collected, Sorted and Counted it appeared that the whole number given in was 2498. Necessary to make a choice 1250, the following Gentlemen had the number of Votes set against their respective names and were declared to be duly elected, Representatives for the Year ensuing." Boston Town Records. 141.

[17]Joseph Coolidge, Jr. received 1 vote as Joseph Coolidge.

[18]David C. Mosely received 2 votes as David Mosely.

[19]H. G. Otis received 2 votes as H. G. Otis, Jr.

[20]David Hale received 1 vote as D. Hale, Jr.

[21]Gidney King received 1 vote as G. King.

[22]John Lovering received 1 vote as J. Lovering.

[23]John Dorr received 1 vote as J. Door.

References:

Boston Town Records. 141-143.

New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). May 16, 1820.

The Repertory (Boston, MA). May 16, 1820.

Columbian Centinel. American Federalist (Boston, MA). May 17, 1820.

Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). May 18, 1820.

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