Massachusetts 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, District Southern 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, District Southern 2
- Date:
- 1800
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Nahum Mitchell, Josiah Smith, Samuel Niles, Benjamin Whitman, Nathaniel Goodwin, Daniel Snow, Beza Haywood, Kilborn Whitman, Joseph Croswell, Benjamin, David Stockbridge, Henry Warren, William Crow Cotton, Caleb Turner, Joseph Barker, Samuel Norton, George Partridge, Joseph Smith, Luke Wadsworth
| Candidates: | Nahum Mitchell | Josiah Smith | Samuel Niles | Benjamin Whitman | Nathaniel Goodwin | Daniel Snow | Beza Haywood | Kilborn Whitman | Joseph Croswell | Benjamin | David Stockbridge | Henry Warren | William Crow Cotton | Caleb Turner | Joseph Barker | Samuel Norton | George Partridge | Joseph Smith | Luke Wadsworth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Republican | |||||||
| Final Result: [1] | 611 | 551 | 150 | 116 | 99 | 60 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Southern Two | 611 | 551 | 150 | 116 | 99 | 60 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Norfolk County | 122 | 204 | 1 | 49 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 18 | 41 | 1 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cohasset | 26 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 27 | 70 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Quincy | 19 | 7 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 18 | 73 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weymouth | 14 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plymouth County | 429 | 330 | 149 | 63 | 99 | 57 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Abington | 12 | 48 | 36 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 143 | 68 | 1 | 1 | - | 53 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carver | 4 | - | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duxbury | 11 | 40 | - | 16 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Halifax | 1 | 13 | 31 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover | - | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Kingston | 42 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | 2 | 25 | - | 20 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Middleborough | 55 | - | 72 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pembroke | 16 | 50 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 67 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 37 | - | 5 | 1 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plympton | 20 | 8 | - | - | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scituate | 56 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 60 | 17 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | 60 | 17 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull[2] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on March 9, 1801.
[2]There were no votes recorded in Hull.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). November 7, 1800.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). November 14, 1800.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). November 18, 1800.
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