New Hampshire 1794 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1794 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:
1794
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Jeremiah Smith, John S. Sherburne, Nicholas Gilman, Abiel Foster, Paine Wingate, James Sheafe, Timothy Walker, William Gordon, Jonathan Freeman, John Hale, Nathaniel Peabody, Aaron Hutchinson, Bezaleel Woodward, Timothy Farrar, W. Page, Moses Dow, J. Atherton, John Prentice, Olcott, John Langdon, Phillips White, John Bellows, Sanford Kingsbury, Woodbury Langdon, Thomas Cogswell, Benjamin West, S. Dana, Daniel Newcomb, Oliver Peabody, Daniel Rindge, Jonathan M. Sewall, Jonathan Steele, scattering
Candidates: Jeremiah Smith[1]John S. Sherburne[2]Nicholas Gilman[3]Abiel FosterPaine WingateJames SheafeTimothy WalkerWilliam GordonJonathan FreemanJohn HaleNathaniel PeabodyAaron HutchinsonBezaleel WoodwardTimothy FarrarW. PageMoses DowJ. AthertonJohn PrenticeOlcottJohn LangdonPhillips WhiteJohn BellowsSanford KingsburyWoodbury LangdonThomas CogswellBenjamin WestS. DanaDaniel NewcombOliver PeabodyDaniel RindgeJonathan M. SewallJonathan Steelescattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [4][5][6][7]37823175240520521492---------------------------3733
Cheshire County---------------------------------
Town of Acworth---------------------------------
Town of Alstead---------------------------------
Town of Charlestown---------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield---------------------------------
Town of Claremont---------------------------------
Town of Cornish---------------------------------
Town of Croydon---------------------------------
Town of Dublin---------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam---------------------------------
Town of Gilsum21-212121----------------------------
Town of Goshen---------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale---------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey---------------------------------
Town of Keene---------------------------------
Town of Langdon---------------------------------
Town of Lempster---------------------------------
Town of Marlborough---------------------------------
Town of Marlow---------------------------------
Town of New Grantham---------------------------------
Town of Newport---------------------------------
Town of Packersfield---------------------------------
Town of Plainfield---------------------------------
Town of Richmond---------------------------------
Town of Rindge---------------------------------
Town of Springfield---------------------------------
Town of Stoddard282---1--------28-2615---------------
Town of Sullivan16--------------16------16----------
Town of Surry---------------------------------
Town of Swanzey---------------------------------
Town of Unity---------------------------------
Town of Walpole---------------------------------
Town of Washington---------------------------------
Town of Wendell---------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland---------------------------------
Town of Winchester---------------------------------
Grafton County---------------------------------
Town of Adams---------------------------------
Town of Alexandria---------------------------------
Town of Bartlett---------------------------------
Town of Bath---------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem---------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater---------------------------------
Town of Campton---------------------------------
Town of Canaan---------------------------------
Town of Chatham---------------------------------
Town of Cockburne---------------------------------
Town of Colebrook---------------------------------
Town of Concord---------------------------------
Town of Coventry---------------------------------
Town of Dalton---------------------------------
Town of Danbury---------------------------------
Town of Dorchester---------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth---------------------------------
Town of Enfield---------------------------------
Town of Franconia---------------------------------
Town of Grafton---------------------------------
Town of Groton---------------------------------
Town of Hanover---------------------------------
Town of Haverhill---------------------------------
Town of Hebron---------------------------------
Town of Jefferson---------------------------------
Town of Lancaster---------------------------------
Town of Landaff---------------------------------
Town of Lebanon---------------------------------
Town of Lincoln---------------------------------
Town of Littleton---------------------------------
Town of Lyman---------------------------------
Town of Lyme---------------------------------
Town of New Chester---------------------------------
Town of New Holderness---------------------------------
Town of Northumberland---------------------------------
Town of Orange---------------------------------
Town of Orford---------------------------------
Town of Peeling---------------------------------
Town of Percy---------------------------------
Town of Piermont---------------------------------
Town of Plymouth---------------------------------
Town of Rumney---------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown---------------------------------
Town of Stratford---------------------------------
Town of Thornton---------------------------------
Town of Warren---------------------------------
Town of Wentworth32369--1-24------33----32------------
Town of Whitefield---------------------------------
Hillsborough County---------------------------------
Town of Amherst463847224266-44---13-1---------1------
Town of Andover1020-23--15-20------------------------
Town of Antrim---------------------------------
Town of Bedford---------------------------------
Town of Boscawen[8]408-14-3040-30------------------------
Town of Bradford---------------------------------
Town of Deering---------------------------------
Town of Derryfield---------------------------------
Town of Dunbarton2812525--53--23----23-----------------
Town of Dunstable6060------60-30----------------------
Town of Fishersfield---------------------------------
Town of Francestown[9]---------------------------------
Town of Goffstown---------------------------------
Town of Greenfield---------------------------------
Town of Hancock33230----112929-------1---------------
Town of Henniker---------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough2524------25------------------------
Town of Hollis---------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton[10]65--2916536-----63--------------------
Kearsage Gore---------------------------------
Town of Litchfield16161616-----------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough-44----44-4444--------44--------------
Town of Mason---------------------------------
Town of Merrimack22272233---42-------------------------
Town of Milford3232213210----------------------------
Town of New Boston---------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich44-154---54---54---------------------
Town of New London---------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West---------------------------------
Town of Peterborough10146676615-40------40------------------
Town of Raby---------------------------------
Town of Salisbury[11]25171635----19--------1---16-----------
Town of Sharon---------------------------------
Town of Society Land---------------------------------
Town of Sutton---------------------------------
Town of Temple4848-----------48-------------------
Town of Warner---------------------------------
Town of Weare---------------------------------
Town of Wilton---------------------------------
Rockingham County---------------------------------
Town of Allenstown---------------------------------
Town of Atkinson---------------------------------
Town of Bow---------------------------------
Town of Brentwood---------------------------------
Town of Candia---------------------------------
Town of Canterbury---------------------------------
Town of Chester---------------------------------
Town of Chichester---------------------------------
Town of Concord[12]67711610072650-9--38-5----------21---1---
Town of Deerfield---------------------------------
Town of East Kingston---------------------------------
Town of Epping---------------------------------
Town of Epsom---------------------------------
Town of Exeter[13]12989132-6835---------------------------
Town of Greenland---------------------------------
Town of Hampstead---------------------------------
Town of Hampton515151419----------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls---------------------------------
Town of Hawke---------------------------------
Town of Kensington---------------------------------
Town of Kingston---------------------------------
Town of Londonderry---------------------------------
Town of Loudon477-4322-------26--------------------
Town of New Castle---------------------------------
Town of Newington---------------------------------
Town of Newmarket---------------------------------
Town of Newton---------------------------------
Town of North Hampton---------------------------------
Town of Northfield---------------------------------
Town of Northwood---------------------------------
Town of Nottingham303030-30----------------------------
Town of Pelham---------------------------------
Town of Pembroke---------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield---------------------------------
Town of Plaistow---------------------------------
Town of Poplin---------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth[14]22114749734-29--3939--------32---1611-11-11-
Town of Raymond---------------------------------
Town of Rye---------------------------------
Town of Salem---------------------------------
Town of Sandown---------------------------------
Town of Seabrook---------------------------------
Town of South Hampton---------------------------------
Town of Stratham---------------------------------
Town of Windham---------------------------------
Strafford County---------------------------------
Town of Alton---------------------------------
Town of Barnstead---------------------------------
Town of Barrington-6868--68---67-----------------------
Town of Brookfield---------------------------------
Town of Burton---------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor---------------------------------
Town of Conway---------------------------------
Town of Dover---------------------------------
Town of Durham---------------------------------
Town of Eaton---------------------------------
Town of Effingham---------------------------------
Town of Farmington---------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown3425-34-------------32---------------
Town of Lee57575757-----------------------------
Town of Madbury282828-28----------------------------
Town of Meredith---------------------------------
Town of Middleton[15]283029-28----------------------------
Town of Milton---------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough---------------------------------
Town of New Durham---------------------------------
Town of New Hampton---------------------------------
Town of Ossipee---------------------------------
Ossipee Gore---------------------------------
Town of Rochester---------------------------------
Town of Sanbornton---------------------------------
Town of Sandwich---------------------------------
Town of Somersworth---------------------------------
Town of Tamworth---------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro---------------------------------
Town of Wakefield---------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro---------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]There were 18,452 votes, 2307 necessary to make a choice.
[5]The New Hampshire and Vermont Journal lists 18455 total votes.
[6]New Hampshire law required a majority to be elected. Abiel Foster would be elected in a 2nd Trial in December of 1794.
[7]The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH) and the General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), October 22, report 1292 total votes for Paine Wingate.
[8]"In Boscawen, the whole votes were for Foster, Sherburne, Smith, Freeman and Bellows." Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). August 28, 1794.
[9]"At a town meeting Aug. 25, 1794, the highest vote cast for congressman in this town was only 26." History of Francestown, N.H.. 144.
[10]The Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH), August 28, and the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26 and September 2, report 2 votes for Paine Wingate in Hopkinton.
[11]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26 and September 2, reports 37 votes for Abiel Foster in Salisbury.
[12]The Mirrour (Concord, NH), August 28, and the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26 and September 2, report 39 votes for Aaron Hutchinson in Concord.
[13]The Mirrour (Concord, NH), September 1, and the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26 and September 6, report 55 votes for James Sheafe in Exeter.
[14]The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH), August 28, and the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26, report 7 votes for James Sheafe in Portsmouth.
[15]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), August 26 and September 6, reports 31 votes for John S. Sherburne in Middleton.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 283-284.
New Hampshire Governor's Council Records, 1794. 36.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). August 26, 1794.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). August 28, 1794.
The Mirrour (Concord, NH). August 28, 1794.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). August 28, 1794.
The Mirrour (Concord, NH). September 1, 1794.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 2, 1794.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 6, 1794.
The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH). October 3, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1794.
Cochrane, W. R. History of Francestown, N.H. Nashua, NH: Town of Nashua, 1895. 144.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 240.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 119.
Lancaster, Daniel. The History of Gilmanton. Gilmanton, NH: Alfred Prescott, 1845. 109-116.
Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar for the Year 1860. Concord, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1860. 30.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 236.

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