Massachusetts 1824 Lieutenant Governor

Office:
Lieutenant Governor (State)
Title:
Lieutenant Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1824 Lieutenant Governor
Date:
1824
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Candidates:
Marcus Morton, Richard Sullivan, Skelton Felton, Phinehas Gay, William Phillips, Samuel Lathrop, James Fowler, John Mills, William Eustis, George Grennell, Jr., Solomon Hatch, Edward Pynchon, scattering
Candidates: Marcus Morton[1]Richard SullivanSkelton FeltonPhinehas GayWilliam PhillipsSamuel LathropJames FowlerJohn MillsWilliam EustisGeorge Grennell, Jr.Solomon HatchEdward Pynchonscattering
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]3806434017-----------
Barnstable County1191482----------3
Town of Barnstable32956-----------
Town of Brewster7073-----------
Town of Chatham5518-----------
Town of Dennis247-----------
Town of Eastham40------------
Town of Falmouth20538-----------
Town of Harwich1057-----------
Town of Orleans9310----------3
Town of Provincetown3310-----------
Town of Sandwich221102-----------
Town of Truro187-----------
Town of Wellfleet69-----------
Town of Yarmouth51105-----------
Berkshire County28621894----------25
Town of Adams23838-----------
Town of Alford6429-----------
Town of Becket5097-----------
Town of Chesire1922-----------
Town of Clarksburg2120-----------
Town of Dalton8549----------1
Town of Egremont[3]-------------
Town of Florida[4]-------------
Town of Great Barrington93125----------2
Town of Hancock4843-----------
Town of Hinsdale4781-----------
Town of Lanesborough9078----------4
Town of Lee101177----------1
Town of Lenox17650-----------
Town of Mount Washington3413-----------
District of New Ashford4016-----------
Town of New Marlborough69149-----------
Town of Otis6455-----------
Town of Peru3381-----------
Town of Pittsfield301109-----------
Town of Richmond9248-----------
Town of Sandisfield12266-----------
Town of Savoy10015-----------
Town of Sheffield141141----------1
Town of Stockbridge108107----------1
Town of Tyringham10453----------6
Town of Washington7546----------6
Town of West Stockbridge11353-----------
Town of Williamstown15884----------1
Town of Windsor10369----------2
Bristol County27872681----------75
Town of Attleborough213171----------12
Town of Berkley5263----------2
Town of Dartmouth132261-----------
Town of Dighton40-----------50
Town of Easton161103-----------
Town of Fairhaven200106----------1
Town of Freetown24863-----------
Town of Mansfield11467-----------
Town of New Bedford150355-----------
Town of Norton108119----------3
Town of Raynham9278----------1
Town of Rehoboth193177-----------
Town of Seekonk214175-----------
Town of Somerset8155-----------
Town of Swansea15185----------1
Town of Taunton306366----------5
Town of Troy17773-----------
Town of Wellington97100-----------
Town of Westport58264-----------
Dukes County14599-----------
Town of Chilmark3822-----------
Town of Edgartown5441-----------
Town of Tisbury5336-----------
Essex County53084696----------6
Town of Amesbury161130-----------
Town of Andover328260----------2
Town of Beverly109284-----------
Town of Boxford30128----------1
Town of Bradford101179----------1
Town of Danvers257343-----------
Town of Essex8859-----------
Town of Gloucester509309-----------
Town of Hamilton3785-----------
Town of Haverhill273217-----------
Town of Ipswich111202-----------
Town of Lynn626283-----------
Town of Lynnfield5442-----------
Town of Manchester5956-----------
Town of Marblehead52372-----------
Town of Metheun16490-----------
Town of Middleton6653-----------
Town of Newbury252236-----------
Town of Newburyport340463-----------
Town of Rowley143169-----------
Town of Salem602541----------1
Town of Salisbury185108-----------
Town of Saugus10058-----------
Town of Topsfield4082----------1
Town of Wenham3260-----------
Town of West Newbury38179-----------
Franklin County15272379---2---1--7
Town of Ashfield75133-----------
Town of Bernardston9455-----------
Town of Buckland3295----------2
Town of Charlemont26127---2---1---
Town of Colrain137157-----------
Town of Conway76122-----------
Town of Deerfield39183-----------
Ervings Grant[5]1620-----------
Town of Gill4956-----------
Town of Greenfield63105-----------
Town of Hawley20126-----------
Town of Heath31121-----------
Town of Leverett8446-----------
Town of Leyden6757-----------
Town of Monroe29------------
Town of Montague50101-----------
Town of New Salem94145----------1
Town of Northfield12076----------1
Town of Orange9329----------3
Town of Rowe2578-----------
Town of Shelburne18143-----------
Town of Shutesbury7230-----------
Town of Sunderland3075-----------
Town of Warwick57113-----------
Town of Wendell4887-----------
Town of Whately8299-----------
Hampden County21011653--13551-115
Town of Blandford87123---3551-11-
Town of Brimfield53164-----------
Town of Chester[6]-------------
Town of Granville10894----------1
Town of Holland[7]3010--1--------
Town of Longmeadow81138-----------
Town of Ludlow11179-----------
Town of Monson140124-----------
Town of Montgomery5437----------1
Town of Palmer6567-----------
Town of Russell4522-----------
Town of South Brimfield5228-----------
Town of Southwick2198-----------
Town of Springfield336319-----------
Town of Tolland4049----------1
Town of West Springfield342132-----------
Town of Westfield226128-----------
Town of Wilbraham104131----------2
Hampshire County13902841----------7
Town of Amherst98170-----------
Town of Belchertown135288-----------
Town of Chesterfield11976-----------
Town of Cummington69120-----------
Town of Easthampton5115-----------
Town of Enfield27112-----------
Town of Goshen1771-----------
Town of Granby37148-----------
Town of Greenwich5075-----------
Town of Hadley28179-----------
Town of Hatfield6555----------1
Town of Middlefield6379-----------
Town of Northampton168273----------2
Town of Norwich3684-----------
Town of Pelham9337----------3
Town of Plainfield26125-----------
Town of Prescott6941-----------
Town of South Hadley31123-----------
Town of Southampton21100-----------
Town of Ware92112-----------
Town of Westhampton26118-----------
Town of Williamsburg33129----------1
Town of Worthington76131-----------
Middlesex County58123244----------23
Town of Acton12530-----------
Town of Ashby111109-----------
Town of Bedford8034-----------
Town of Billerica74124-----------
District of Boxboro458----------1
Town of Brighton6370-----------
Town of Burlington4324-----------
Town of Cambridge313305----------3
Town of Carlisle128-----------1
Town of Charlestown538307-----------
Town of Chelmsford138151----------1
Town of Concord146101-----------
Town of Dracut15139-----------
Town of Dunstable9114-----------
Town of East Sudbury12138----------1
Town of Framingham170135-----------
Town of Groton14483----------1
Town of Holliston7086----------1
Town of Hopkinton16361----------1
Town of Lexington21636-----------
Town of Lincoln11326-----------
Town of Littleton12329----------4
Town of Malden20477----------1
Town of Marlborough20247-----------
Town of Medford55143-----------
Town of Natick7637-----------
Town of Newton111171----------1
Town of Pepperell12585-----------
Town of Reading44250-----------
Town of Sherborn5988-----------
Town of Shirley7931-----------
Town of South Reading18310-----------
Town of Stoneham1321----------1
Town of Stow12326----------2
Town of Sudbury16851-----------
Town of Tewksbury8710----------2
Town of Townsend[8]-------------
Town of Tyngsborough[9]-------------
Town of Waltham141110----------1
Town of Watertown12183-----------
Town of West Cambridge18023-----------
Town of Westford15935-----------
Town of Weston[10]9379-----------
Town of Wilmington7042----------1
Town of Woburn22835-----------
Nantucket County253108-----------
Town of Nantucket253108-----------
Norfolk County33001922----------9
Town of Bellingham14028----------1
Town of Braintree10878-----------
Town of Brookline5373-----------
Town of Canton12231-----------
Town of Cohasset5782-----------
Town of Dedham308130-----------
Town of Dorchester289224-----------
District of Dover5733-----------
Town of Foxborough8745-----------
Town of Franklin86124----------2
Town of Medfield7891-----------
Town of Medway13080----------2
Town of Milton14467-----------
Town of Needham14458-----------
Town of Quincy70140----------1
Town of Randolph13069-----------
Town of Roxbury454196----------1
Town of Sharon10154-----------
Town of Stoughton17426----------1
Town of Walpole14277-----------
Town of Weymouth198102-----------
Town of Wrentham228114----------1
Plymouth County31542271----------2
Town of Abington232114-----------
Town of Bridgewater121138----------1
Town of Carver12741-----------
Town of Duxbury65172-----------
Town of East Bridgewater103148-----------
Town of Halifax11824----------1
Town of Hanover13234-----------
Town of Hanson8375-----------
Town of Hingham290165-----------
Town of Hull158-----------
Town of Kingston63116-----------
Town of Marshfield73105-----------
Town of Middleborough536227-----------
Town of North Bridgewater22034-----------
Town of Pembroke10346-----------
Town of Plymouth233259-----------
Town of Plympton7988-----------
Town of Rochester198184-----------
Town of Scituate212152-----------
Town of Wareham10043-----------
Suffolk County31043388----------13
City of Boston[11]30383347----------13
Ward One296161-----------
Ward Two263123-----------
Ward Three321195-----------
Ward Four315359-----------
Ward Five297328-----------
Ward Six249198-----------
Ward Seven225418-----------
Ward Eight195411-----------
Ward Nine165279-----------
Ward Ten233343-----------
Ward Eleven193287-----------
Ward Twelve296245-----------
Town of Chelsea6641-----------
Worcester County5130635922-1------25
Town of Ashburnham95119-----------
Town of Athal60156-----------
Town of Barre186181-----------
Town of Berlin1495-----------
Town of Bolton53134-----------
Town of Boylston38100-----------
Town of Brookfield[12]13418922---------
Town of Charlton24578----------2
Town of Dana7719----------1
Town of Douglas9284-----------
Town of Dudley126105-----------
Town of Fitchburg142123-----------
Town of Gardner29103----------1
Town of Grafton132108-----------
Town of Hardwick129145-----------
Town of Harvard119111-----------
Town of Holden40187-----------
Town of Hubbardston95115----------1
Town of Lancaster98225-----------
Town of Leicester87108----------1
Town of Leominster122128-----------
Town of Lunenberg11376----------1
Town of Mendon27533-----------
Town of Milford13046----------1
Town of Millbury78136----------1
Town of New Braintree31121-----------
Town of North Brookfield9180----------2
Town of Northborough34115-----------
Town of Northbridge7746-----------
Town of Oakham53104-----------
Town of Oxford84122----------7
Town of Paxton4155-----------
Town of Petersham153114-----------
Town of Phillipston27126-----------
Town of Princetown24178-----------
Town of Royalston55189-----------
Town of Rutland89105-----------
Town of Shrewsbury98151-----------
Town of Southborough41130-----------
Town of Southbridge13157----------1
Town of Spencer117133-----------
Town of Sterling64242-----------
Town of Sturbridge9997----------3
Town of Sutton231105-----------
Town of Templeton86157-----------
Town of Upton78101----------2
Town of Uxbridge[13]-------------
Town of Ward5253-----------
Town of West Boylston36109-----------
Town of Westborough10098-----------
Town of Western63116---1--1----
Town of Westminster73199----------1
Town of Winchendon95129-----------
Town of Worcester298223-----------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Beginning in 1822, the Original Election Returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor for Massachusetts stopped listing individual results for the scattering votes, instead listing them simply as scattering. Any identification of scattering votes is because of results published in various newspapers.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Egremont.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Florida.
[5]The votes from Erving's Grant were rejected.
[6]"The votes of Chester were rejected, there having been two returns, certified by two sets of Selectmen." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 29, 1824.
[7]"Not returned in Season." Original Election Returns.
[8]"Not r'cd in Season." Original Election Returns.
[9]"Not r'cd in Season." Original Election Returns.
[10]Marcus Morton received 1 vote as Marcus.
[11]The Original Returns, which were not broken down by Wards listed the vote in Boston for Marcus Morton as 3038, while newspaper returns reported his vote as 3048.
[12]Phinehas Gay received 1 vote as Phineas Gay.
[13]"No Return." Original Election Returns.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Three. 343.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 551-552.
Charlemont Town Records. 134.
Chatham Town Records. 75.
Colrain Town Records. Book Two. 226.
Fitchburg Town Records. Vol. V. 253.
Holland Town Records.
Leominster Town Records. 120-121.
Leyden Town Records. 255-256.
Marshfield Town Records. 113.
South Hadley Town Records. 220.
Tisbury Town Records. 427.
Truro Town Records. 253.
Wareham Town Records. Book Two. 29.
Warren Town Records. 197.
Watertown Town Records. 324.
Weston Town Records. 486.
Worcester Town Records. 186.
Nantucket Inquirer (Nantucket, MA). April 5, 1824.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 6, 1824.
Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 6, 1824.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 6, 1824.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 7, 1824.
The Repertory (Boston, MA). May 28, 1824.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 29, 1824.
Concord Gazette and Middlesex Yeoman (Concord, MA). May 29, 1824.
The National Aegis (Worcester, MA). June 2, 1824.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 517.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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