Massachusetts 1804 Council

Office:
Governor's Council (State)
Title:
Governor's Councillor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1804 Council
Date:
1804
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor's Council/Governor's Councillor
Candidates:
Oliver Wendell, Salem Town, John Hastings, Hugh MacClellan, John Cushing, Nathaniel Marsh, John Heard, Thomas Hale, Joseph Russell
Candidates: Oliver Wendell[1]John Hastings[3]Salem Town[2]Nathaniel Marsh[6]Hugh MacClellan[4]John Cushing[5]John Heard[7]Thomas Hale[8]Joseph Russell[9]
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublican
Final Result: [10][11]233227226226223217210163156
General Court233227226226223217210163156

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected but declined.
[5]Elected but declined.
[6]Elected.
[7]Elected but declined.
[8]Elected but declined.
[9]Elected but declined.
[10]"Friday, June 1--Agreeably to assignment the Houses convened for the purpose of choosing Counsellors. The whole number of votes was 237, of which ... who were chosen. A message was received from the Senate, assigning tomorrow (This day) at 11 o'clock for the purpose of choosing five Counsellors, in the room of the Hon. John Heard, Joseph Russell, Thomas Hale, John Cushing, and Hugh McLellan, who had declined accepting that office." Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). June 2, 1804.
[11]The Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA), June 6: "Saturday, June 2--Agreeably to assignment, the two Houses, convened, to supply the vacancies in the Hon. Council, occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Messrs. Heard, Hale, Cushing, McLellan and Russell, when the Hon. Nathan Cushing, Stephen Bullock, Henry Knox, Samuel Dexter, and Artemas Ward, Esquires, were chosen." Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). June 6, 1804.

References:

Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). June 2, 1804.
The Independent Chronicle (Boston, MA). June 4, 1804.
Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). June 6, 1804.

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