Massachusetts 1812 Electoral College, Western District

Office:: Electoral College (Federal)
Title:: Elector
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Massachusetts 1812 Electoral College, Western District
Date:: 1812
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Electoral College/Elector
Electors:: Eleazer James, Isaac Maltby, George Bliss, Benjamin Haywood, John W. Hulbert, Ephraim Williams, William Walker, Pliny Merrick, Solomon Snead, Thomas Shepherd, Moses White, Jesse Stebbins, Jonathan Davis, Joseph Walker, William Hooker, Abraham Lincoln, scattering

Electors:	Eleazer James [1]	Isaac Maltby [2]	George Bliss [3]	Benjamin Haywood [4]	John W. Hulbert [5]	Ephraim Williams [6]	William Walker	Pliny Merrick	Solomon Snead	Thomas Shepherd	Moses White	Jesse Stebbins	Jonathan Davis	Joseph Walker	William Hooker	Abraham Lincoln	scattering
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Presidential Candidate:	DeWitt Clinton	DeWitt Clinton	DeWitt Clinton	DeWitt Clinton	DeWitt Clinton	DeWitt Clinton	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison	James Madison
Final Result: [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]	14830	14830	14829	14827	14827	14827	5582	5579	5577	5575	5569	5168	1	3	1	2	402
District of Western	14830	14830	14829	14827	14827	14827	5582	5579	5577	5575	5569	5168	1	3	1	2	402
Berkshire County	2268	2268	2268	2268	2268	2268	1576	1577	1576	1577	1577	1577	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Adams	54	54	54	54	54	54	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Alford	37	37	37	37	37	37	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Becket	113	113	113	113	113	113	19	19	19	19	19	19	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Chesire	3	3	3	3	3	3	144	144	144	144	144	144	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Clarksburg	21	21	21	21	21	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dalton	59	59	59	59	59	59	43	43	43	43	43	43	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Egremont	40	40	40	40	40	40	56	56	56	56	56	56	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Florida	33	33	33	33	33	33	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Great Barrington	152	152	152	152	152	152	49	49	49	49	49	49	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hancock	45	45	45	45	45	45	41	41	41	41	41	41	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hinsdale	81	81	81	81	81	81	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lanesborough	102	102	102	102	102	102	74	74	74	74	74	74	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lee	180	180	180	180	180	180	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lenox	36	36	36	36	36	36	124	125	124	125	125	125	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mount Washington	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
District of New Ashford	15	15	15	15	15	15	31	31	31	31	31	31	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Marlborough	172	172	172	172	172	172	35	35	35	35	35	35	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Otis	81	81	81	81	81	81	30	30	30	30	30	30	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Peru	112	112	112	112	112	112	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pittsfield	126	126	126	126	126	126	181	181	181	181	181	181	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Richmond	87	87	87	87	87	87	64	64	64	64	64	64	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sandisfield	90	90	90	90	90	90	115	115	115	115	115	115	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Savoy	10	10	10	10	10	10	55	55	55	55	55	55	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sheffield	151	151	151	151	151	151	70	70	70	70	70	70	-	-	-	-	-
District of Southfield[22]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Stockbridge	92	92	92	92	92	92	58	58	58	58	58	58	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Tyringham	102	102	102	102	102	102	106	106	106	106	106	106	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Washington	64	64	64	64	64	64	24	24	24	24	24	24	-	-	-	-	-
Town of West Stockbridge	49	49	49	49	49	49	59	59	59	59	59	59	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Williamstown	77	77	77	77	77	77	57	57	57	57	57	57	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Windsor	78	78	78	78	78	78	58	58	58	58	58	58	-	-	-	-	-
Franklin County	2381	2381	2380	2380	2379	2379	619	620	619	620	620	479	-	-	-	-	130
Town of Ashfield	127	127	127	127	127	127	26	26	26	26	26	-	-	-	-	-	26
Town of Bernardston	57	57	57	57	57	57	33	33	33	33	33	33	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Buckland	100	100	100	100	100	100	19	19	19	19	19	19	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Charlemont	100	100	100	100	100	100	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Colrain	134	134	134	134	134	134	9	13	13	13	13	13	-	3	1	-	-
Town of Conway	134	134	134	134	134	134	76	76	76	76	76	-	-	-	-	-	65
Town of Deerfield	224	224	224	224	224	224	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gill	80	80	80	80	80	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Greenfield	92	92	92	92	92	92	24	24	21	24	24	24	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hawley	121	121	121	121	121	121	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Heath	107	107	107	107	107	107	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leverett	49	49	49	49	49	49	34	34	34	34	34	34	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leyden[23]	58	58	58	58	58	58	39	39	39	39	39	39	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Montague	121	121	121	121	121	121	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	13
Town of New Salem	146	146	146	146	146	146	40	40	40	40	40	40	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northfield	62	62	62	62	62	62	78	78	78	78	78	78	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Orange	51	51	51	51	51	51	41	41	41	41	41	41	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rowe	87	87	87	87	87	87	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shelburne	133	133	133	133	133	133	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shutesbury	59	59	59	59	59	59	49	49	49	49	49	49	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sunderland	63	63	63	63	63	63	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Warwick	111	111	110	110	109	110	48	49	48	49	49	49	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Wendell	87	87	87	87	87	87	29	29	29	29	29	29	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Whately	78	78	78	78	78	78	26	26	26	26	26	-	-	-	-	-	26
Hampden County	1654	1655	1653	1654	1654	1654	847	846	847	846	847	658	-	-	-	-	189
Town of Blandford	118	118	118	118	118	118	17	17	17	17	17	2	-	-	-	-	15
Town of Brimfield	157	157	157	157	157	157	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Chester	109	109	109	109	109	109	37	37	37	37	37	-	-	-	-	-	37
Town of Granville	93	93	93	93	93	93	29	29	29	29	29	29	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Holland	36	36	36	36	36	36	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Longmeadow	117	117	117	117	117	117	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ludlow	37	37	37	37	37	37	48	48	48	48	48	48	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Monson	118	118	118	118	118	118	65	65	65	65	65	64	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Montgomery	47	47	47	47	47	47	40	40	40	40	40	-	-	-	-	-	40
Town of Palmer	123	123	123	123	123	123	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Russell	27	27	27	27	27	27	17	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	17
Town of South Brimfield	33	34	34	33	33	33	24	23	24	23	24	24	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southwick	19	19	19	19	19	19	93	93	93	93	93	94	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Springfield	195	195	194	195	195	195	84	84	84	84	84	84	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Tolland	73	73	73	73	73	73	24	24	24	24	24	24	-	-	-	-	-
Town of West Springfield	126	126	126	126	126	126	165	165	165	165	165	165	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westfield	97	97	97	97	97	97	94	94	94	94	94	94	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Wilbraham	130	130	130	130	130	130	82	82	82	82	82	82	-	-	-	-	80
Hampshire County	2757	2756	2758	2757	2757	2756	310	311	311	302	300	227	-	-	-	-	90
Town of Amherst	210	210	210	210	210	210	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6
Town of Belchertown	275	275	275	275	275	275	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Chesterfield	97	97	97	97	97	97	49	49	49	49	49	36	-	-	-	-	13
Town of Cummington	108	108	108	108	108	108	23	23	23	23	23	-	-	-	-	-	23
Town of Easthampton	92	92	92	92	92	92	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Town of Goshen	81	81	81	81	81	81	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Granby	156	156	156	156	156	156	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Greenwich	102	102	102	102	102	102	60	60	60	60	60	60	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hadley	172	172	172	172	172	172	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Town of Hatfield	65	65	65	65	65	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Middlefield	95	95	95	95	95	95	23	23	23	23	23	23	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northampton	253	252	253	253	253	253	11	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Town of Norwich	96	96	96	96	96	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Pelham	76	76	76	76	76	76	38	38	38	38	38	38	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Plainfield	121	121	121	121	121	121	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of South Hadley	135	135	135	135	135	135	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southampton	185	185	186	185	185	185	13	14	14	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	14
Town of Ware	64	64	64	64	64	64	25	25	25	25	25	25	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westhampton	119	119	119	119	119	119	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Williamsburg	127	127	127	127	127	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Worthington	128	128	128	128	128	128	18	18	18	18	18	1	-	-	-	-	17
Worcester County	5770	5770	5770	5768	5769	5770	2230	2225	2224	2230	2225	2227	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ashburnham	98	98	98	98	98	98	22	22	22	22	22	22	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Athal	145	145	145	145	145	145	17	17	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Barre	140	140	140	140	140	140	75	75	75	75	75	75	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Berlin	89	89	89	89	89	89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Bolton	103	103	103	103	103	103	5	5	-	5	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Boylston	95	95	95	95	95	95	8	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Brookfield	252	252	252	252	252	252	14	13	14	14	14	14	1	-	-	-	-
Town of Charlton	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dana	13	13	13	13	13	13	39	39	39	39	39	39	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Douglas	102	102	102	102	102	102	38	38	38	38	38	38	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Dudley	97	97	97	97	97	97	50	50	50	50	50	50	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Fitchburg	106	106	106	106	106	106	81	81	81	81	81	81	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gardner	101	101	101	101	101	101	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Gerry	112	112	112	112	112	112	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Grafton	83	83	83	83	83	83	60	60	60	60	60	60	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hardwick	145	145	145	145	145	145	53	53	53	53	53	53	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Harvard	99	99	99	99	99	99	87	87	87	87	87	87	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Holden	157	157	157	157	157	157	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Hubbardston	99	99	99	99	99	99	52	52	52	52	52	52	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lancaster	186	186	186	186	186	186	22	22	22	22	22	22	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leicester	107	107	107	106	107	107	33	33	33	33	33	33	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Leominster	113	113	113	113	113	113	58	58	58	58	58	58	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Lunenberg	83	83	83	83	83	82	55	55	55	55	55	55	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Mendon	65	65	65	66	65	65	102	102	102	102	102	102	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Milford	45	44	45	45	45	45	71	71	71	71	71	71	-	-	-	-	-
Town of New Braintree	127	127	127	127	127	127	12	12	11	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-
Town of North Brookfield	95	95	95	95	95	95	47	47	47	47	47	47	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northborough	102	102	102	102	102	102	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Northbridge[24]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oakham	121	121	121	121	121	121	40	40	40	40	40	40	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Oxford	78	78	78	78	78	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Paxton	65	65	65	65	65	65	12	12	12	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Petersham	108	108	108	108	108	108	98	98	98	98	98	98	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Princetown	146	146	146	146	146	146	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Royalston	156	156	156	156	156	156	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Rutland	101	101	101	101	101	101	41	41	40	41	41	40	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Shrewsbury	139	139	139	139	139	139	41	41	41	41	41	41	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Southborough	107	107	107	107	107	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Spencer	108	108	108	108	108	108	99	99	99	99	99	99	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sterling	228	228	228	228	228	228	27	27	27	27	27	27	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sturbridge	111	111	111	111	111	111	90	90	90	90	90	90	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Sutton	175	175	175	175	175	175	163	163	163	163	163	163	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Templeton	110	110	110	110	110	110	50	50	50	50	50	50	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Upton	78	78	78	78	78	78	32	32	32	32	32	32	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Uxbridge	109	109	109	109	109	109	29	29	29	29	29	29	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Ward	48	48	48	48	48	48	37	37	37	37	37	37	-	-	-	-	-
Town of West Boylston	80	80	80	80	80	80	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westborough	94	94	94	94	93	94	59	59	59	59	59	59	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Western	85	85	85	85	85	84	60	60	60	60	60	60	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Westminster	179	179	179	179	179	179	29	29	29	29	29	29	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Winchendon	134	134	134	134	134	134	19	19	19	19	19	19	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Worcester	154	154	154	153	153	154	152	149	152	148	152	152	-	-	-	2	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) of October 29, 1812 lists the Republicans as "Whig Candidates".

[8]Eleazer James was listed with 15324 votes but the town totals add up to 14830.

[9]Isaac Maltby was listed with 15326 votes but the town totals add up to 14830.

[10]George Bliss was listed with 15326 votes but the town totals add up to 14829.

[11]Benjamin Heywood was listed with 15325 votes but the town totals add up to 14827.

[12]John W. Hulbert was listed with 15324 votes but the town totals add up to 14827.

[13]Ephraim Williams was listed with 15325 votes but the town totals add up to 14827.

[14]William Walker was listed with 5577 votes but the town totals add up to 5582.

[15]Pliny Merrick was listed with 5588 votes but the town totals add up to 5579.

[16]Solomon Snead was listed with 5589 votes but the town totals add up to 5577.

[17]Thomas Shepherd was listed with 5585 votes but the town totals add up to 5575.

[18]Moses White was listed with 5586 votes but the town totals add up to 5569.

[19]Jesse Stebbins was listed with 5178 votes but the town totals add up to 5168.

[20]The scattering votes were listed as 471 but the town totals add up to 409.

[21]"Mr. Williams, on the above Ticket, is nominated in the room of Maj. Hoyt, to whom the only objection is that holding an office under the U.S. Government, he is ineligible to the office of Elector. Printers of papers in the district are earnestly requested to make this correction. - Voters will be careful that their votes name the towns in which each of the gentlemen on the PEACE TICKET resides." Hampden Federalist (Springfield, MA). November 5, 1812.

[22]The votes from Southfield were rejected.

[23]The votes for Jeremiah Stebbins, in town of Leyden, Franklin County, omitted in town records.

[24]The votes from Northbridge were rejected.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Bernardston Town Records. 301.

Brookfield Town Records.

Colrain Town Records.

Hardwick Town Records. 335.

Leyden Town Records. 64.

Ware Town Records.

Worcester Town Records. 258.

Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). October 29, 1812.

Hampden Federalist (Springfield, MA). November 5, 1812.

The National Aegis (Worcester, MA). November 11, 1812.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 11, 1812.

Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). November 13, 1812.

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). November 14, 1812.

Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). November 18, 1812.

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). November 21, 1812.

Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). November 24, 1812.

The Freeman's Journal and Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 25, 1812.

National Intelligencer (Washington, DC). November 26, 1812.

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). November 28, 1812.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 28, 1812.

The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA). November 30, 1812.

Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). December 15, 1812.

Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 4. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 67.

Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 489.

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