Massachusetts 1806 State Senate, Dukes and Nantucket Counties

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1806 State Senate, Dukes and Nantucket Counties
Date:
1806
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Isaac Coffin, Benjamin Allen, Jethro Athearn, William Worth, scattering
Candidates: Isaac Coffin[1]Benjamin AllenJethro AthearnWilliam Worthscattering
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]602----
District of Dukes and Nantucket602----
Dukes County80----
Town of Chilmark-----
Town of Edgartown-----
Town of Tisbury776221-
Nantucket County522---17
Town of Nantucket522---17

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"No. Voters, 728. Make a choice, 365." Governor's Council Records.
[3]"SENATORS - Official. The Governor and Council on examination of the returns of votes from the several towns and districts within the Commonwealth, for Counsellors and Senators, find them to stand as follows: Dukes and Nantucket. Number of Voters 728. Make a choice 365." Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). May 15, 1806.

References:

Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Tisbury Town Records. 326.
Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). April 19, 1806.
Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). May 15, 1806.
Freeman's Friend (Saco, ME). May 21, 1806.

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