Massachusetts 1791 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Ballot 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1791 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Ballot 3
- Date:
- 1791
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Third Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- George Thacher, William Lithgow, Jr., Nathaniel Wells, John Gardner, William Martin, Josiah Thacher, Charles Chauncey, Henry Dearborn, Thomas Rice, Thomas Watstor
| Candidates: | George Thacher | William Lithgow, Jr. | Nathaniel Wells | John Gardner | William Martin | Josiah Thacher | Charles Chauncey | Henry Dearborn | Thomas Rice | Thomas Watstor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 1153 | 929 | 259 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eight | 1153 | 929 | 259 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cumberland County | 412 | 346 | 7 | - | 20 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Bakerstown[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgetown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | 8 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth[5] | - | 12 | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Falmouth | 50 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gorham | 54 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gray[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 4 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester | 55 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 40 | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Otisfield | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portland[7] | 31 | 215 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Raymondstown[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarboro | 28 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shepardston[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Standish | 43 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock County[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Isleboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 227 | 545 | - | 15 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Ballstown[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 3 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 3 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 3 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | 30 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | - | 131 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Green | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 9 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 2 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lewiston | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Castle | 7 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownalboro | 21 | 7 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Thomastown[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalboro | 14 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoboro | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wales | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 3 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 36 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 16 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 498 | 36 | 252 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Town of Arundel | 10 | - | 40 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 49 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownfield | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coxhall | 4 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francisboro[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fryburgh | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Little Ossipee[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littlefalls | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 40 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperrelboro | 4 | 33 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sanford | 12 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterborough | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | 68 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on October 4, 1790 with a 2nd Trial on November 26, 1790. A 4th Trial would be held on April 4, 1791.
[2]"2380 No. Votes, 1191 Majority." Original Election Returns.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[5]William Lithgow, Jr. received 7 votes as William Lithgow.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Gray.
[7]William Lithgow, Jr. received 1 vote as William Lithgow.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Raymondstown.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Shepardston.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Hancock County.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Ballstown.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Thomastown.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Norridgewock.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Penobscot.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Thomastown.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Francisboro.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Little Ossipee.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Washington.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). January 27, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). January 31, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). February 7, 1791.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). February 10, 1791.
The General Advertiser and Political, Commercial and Literary Journal (Philadelphia, PA). February 26, 1791.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). March 3, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). March 7, 1791.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). April 7, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 11, 1791.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). April 21, 1791.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 143.
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