Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, First Middle District

Office:
Electoral College (Federal)
Title:
Elector
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Massachusetts 1796 Electoral College, First Middle District
Date:
1796
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Electoral College/Elector
Electors:
Thomas Dawes, Samuel Adams, William Heath, Increase Sumner, Harrison G. Otis, John Adams, James Bowdoin, William Eustis
Electors: Thomas Dawes[1]Samuel AdamsWilliam HeathIncrease SumnerHarrison G. OtisJohn AdamsJames BowdoinWilliam Eustis
Affiliation:FederalistFederalist
Presidential Candidate:
Final Result: [2]17121377532111
District of Middle One17121377532111
Middlesex County126133------
Town of East Sudbury1513------
Town of Holliston126------
Town of Hopkinton439------
Town of Natick-21------
Town of Newton[3]--------
Town of Sherborn3310------
Town of Weston631------
Norfolk County158269532-11
Town of Brookline2310------
Town of Dedham13651-----
Town of Dorchester3869------
Town of Medway923------
Town of Needham1431------
Town of Roxbury4177432-11
Town of Sharon2815------
Suffolk County1428975---1--
Town of Boston1428975---1--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Thomas Dawes voted for John Adams in the Electoral College. Whether his second vote was cast for Thomas Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth or Samuel Johnston is unknown.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Newton.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Boston Town Records. City Document No. 115. 6-7.
Brookline Town Records. 413.
Weston Town Records. Vol. I. 469.
The Minerva (Dedham, MA). November 8, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 9, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 10, 1796.
Political Gazette (Newburyport, MA). November 11, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 12, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 15, 1796.
The Minerva (Dedham, MA). November 15, 1796.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). November 15, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 16, 1796.
Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). November 18, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 18, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 19, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 21, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 22, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 23, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 28, 1796.

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