New Hampshire 1790 U.S. House of Representatives, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Hampshire 1790 U.S. House of Representatives, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1790
- State:
- New Hampshire
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Jeremiah Smith, Nicholas Gilman, John Samuel Sherburne, Abiel Foster, Thomas Cogswell
| Candidates: | Jeremiah Smith[1] | Nicholas Gilman[2] | John Samuel Sherburne | Abiel Foster | Thomas Cogswell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | |||
| Final Result: | 4422 | 2802 | 1877 | 1338 | - |
| Cheshire County | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Acworth | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alstead | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown | 41 | 37 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Claremont | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornish | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Croydon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dublin | 17 | - | 17 | - | - |
| Town of Fitzwilliam | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gilsum | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hinsdale | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jaffrey | 43 | 43 | - | - | - |
| Town of Keene | 36 | 36 | - | - | - |
| Town of Langdon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lempster | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 30 | 12 | 12 | - | - |
| Town of Marlow | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Grantham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newport | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Packersfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 29 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rindge | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoddard | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 8 | - | - | 8 | - |
| Town of Surry | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanzey[3] | 29 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Town of Unity | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walpole | 34 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Town of Washington | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wendell | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westmoreland | 36 | 35 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grafton County | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Adams | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alexandria | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bartlett | 34 | 34 | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Campton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cockburne | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colebrook | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dalton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franconia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover | 18 | - | 17 | 10 | - |
| Town of Haverhill | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lancaster | 27 | - | 27 | - | - |
| Town of Landaff | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 55 | - | 43 | 13 | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | 8 | - | 8 | - | - |
| Town of Lyman | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Chester | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Holderness | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northumberland | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orford | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peeling | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Percy | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Piermont | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rumney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stewartstown | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thornton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wentworth | 20 | - | 20 | 1 | - |
| Town of Whitefield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hillsborough County | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amherst | 56 | 38 | 18 | - | - |
| Town of Andover[4] | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Antrim | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | 30 | 5 | 25 | - | - |
| Town of Boscawen | 21 | - | 8 | 21 | - |
| Town of Bradford | 30 | 10 | 20 | - | - |
| Town of Deering | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derryfield | 25 | - | 25 | - | - |
| Town of Dunbarton[5] | 45 | 30 | 8 | 7 | - |
| Town of Dunstable | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fishersfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francestown | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goffstown | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | - |
| Town of Greenfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Henniker | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hillsborough | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hollis | 44 | - | 13 | 10 | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kearsage Gore | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndeborough | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mason | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Merrimack[6] | 42 | 39 | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Milford | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mont Vernon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Boston | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Ipswich | 41 | - | 31 | 21 | - |
| Town of New London | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nottingham West | 44 | 41 | - | - | - |
| Town of Peterborough | 125 | 91 | 30 | 4 | - |
| Peterborough Slip | 21 | 21 | - | - | - |
| Town of Raby | 10 | 17 | - | 10 | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Society Land | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sutton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Temple | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warner | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weare | 20 | 15 | 5 | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | 35 | 6 | - | 29 | - |
| Town of Windsor | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rockingham County | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Allenstown | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Atkinson | 48 | 48 | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Bow[7] | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brentwood | 110 | 110 | - | - | - |
| Town of Candia | 2 | 14 | - | 12 | - |
| Town of Canterbury | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | 44 | 17 | 12 | 24 | - |
| Town of Chichester | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 109 | - | 32 | 133 | - |
| Town of Deerfield[8] | 15 | 40 | 2 | 57 | - |
| Town of East Kingston | 35 | 35 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Epping | 37 | 130 | 7 | 105 | - |
| Town of Epsom | 27 | 48 | 14 | 7 | - |
| Town of Exeter | 225 | 280 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Town of Greenland | 27 | - | 34 | - | - |
| Town of Hampstead[9] | 44 | 40 | 2 | 8 | - |
| Town of Hampton | 7 | 36 | 1 | 43 | - |
| Town of Hampton Falls | 33 | 30 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Town of Hawke[10] | 24 | 35 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Kensington | 86 | 88 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Kingston | 69 | 68 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Londonderry | 34 | 34 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Town of Loudon | 81 | 3 | 74 | 58 | - |
| Town of New Castle | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newington[11] | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newmarket | 77 | 63 | 39 | 9 | - |
| Town of Newton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Hampton | 56 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northwood | 31 | - | - | 31 | - |
| Town of Nottingham[12][13] | 56 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - |
| Town of Pelham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pembroke | 34 | - | 18 | 54 | - |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plaistow | 19 | 13 | 2 | 13 | - |
| Town of Poplin | 18 | 18 | - | - | - |
| Town of Portsmouth[14] | 234 | 6 | 234 | 23 | - |
| Town of Raymond | 104 | 104 | - | - | - |
| Town of Rye | 62 | - | 62 | - | - |
| Town of Salem | 28 | 28 | 2 | 12 | - |
| Town of Sandown | 8 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Town of Seabrook | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hampton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratham[15] | 56 | 9 | 46 | 3 | - |
| Town of Windham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strafford County | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnstead[16] | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barrington | 13 | 129 | 94 | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Center Harbor | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Conway | 24 | - | - | 24 | - |
| Town of Dover[17] | 124 | 152 | 58 | 5 | - |
| Town of Durham | 45 | 12 | 61 | 10 | - |
| Town of Eaton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Effingham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gilmantown | 24 | 10 | - | 16 | 20 |
| Town of Lee | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Madbury | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Meredith | 48 | 47 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Middleton | - | 16 | 16 | - | - |
| Town of Milton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Moultonborough | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Durham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Hampton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ossipee | 30 | 30 | - | - | - |
| Ossipee Gore | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rochester | - | 60 | 30 | - | - |
| Town of Sanbornton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandwich | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somersworth | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tamworth | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tuftonboro | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wakefield | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolfeboro | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH), January 6, reports 24 votes for Jeremiah Smith in Swansey.
[4]"Voters were requested to bring in their ballots for Presidential Electors. Also for or against the amendments to the Constitution. Only a few people were present and no votes were offered." Town Records, as quoted in History of Andover. 246.
[5]The History of Dunbarton lists Jeremiah Smith with 14 votes, Nicholas Gilman with 11 votes and John Samuel Sherburne with 10 votes.
[6]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists Nicholas Gilman with 48 votes, John Samuel Sherburne with 3 votes and Jeremiah Smith with 51 votes.
[7]The Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), December 28, and the Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH), January 6, report 8 votes for Jeremiah Smith, 30 for John Samuel Sherburne and 24 for Abiel Foster in Bow.
[8]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists Nicholas Gilman with 16 votes, Jeremiah Smith with 38 votes and Abiel Foster with 51 votes.
[9]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists Jeremiah Smith with 47 votes, Abiel Foster with 1 vote and John Samuel Sherburne with 2 votes.
[10]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists Nicholas Gilman and Jeremiah Smith with 25 votes each and no votes for John Samuel Sherburne.
[11]"Unanimous for J. S. Sherburne, and Jeremiah Smith." The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). December 18, 1790.
[12]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists Jeremiah Smith and John Samuel Sherburne with 52 votes and Nicholas Gilman with 11 votes in Nottingham..
[13]The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH), December 21, and the Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), December 28, report 53 votes for Jeremiah Smith, 11 for Nicholas Gilman, and 52 for John Samuel Sherburne in Nottingham.
[14]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH), December 18, reports 19 votes for Nicholas Gilman in Portsmouth.
[15]The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH) lists John Samuel Sherburne with 41 votes.
[16]"Unanimous for J. S. Sherburne, and Jeremiah Smith." The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). December 18, 1790.
[17]The Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH), January 6, 1791, reports 45 votes for John Samuel Sherburne in Dover.
References:
Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 263.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 15, 1790.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). December 18, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). December 18, 1790.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). December 21, 1790.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). December 25, 1790.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 28, 1790.
Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). January 1, 1791.
Political and Sentimental Repository, or Stafford Recorder (Dover, NH). January 6, 1791.
The Concord Herald, and Newhampshire Intelligencer (Concord, NH). January 19, 1791.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). January 22, 1791.
The New-Hampshire Recorder, and the Weekly Advertiser (Keene, NH). February 10, 1791.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 208.
Carter, N. F. History of Pembroke, N.H.: 1730-1895. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895. 150.
Downs, Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H. 1761-1887. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing, 1908. 185.
Foster, Herbert Darling, George Mendal Bridgman and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, 1761-1818. Hanover, NH: Hanover, 1905. 98.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 239.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press 1905. 199.
Lancaster, Daniel. The History of Gilmanton. Gilmanton, NH: Alfred Prescott, 1845. 109-116.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 236.
Somers, A. N. History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1899. 213.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 122.
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXII. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 265.
Records of President and Council. New Hampshire Early State Papers. Volume XXII. 265.
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