New Hampshire 1788 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1788 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:
1788
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Benjamin West, Samuel Livermore, Payne Wingate, Abiel Foster, John Sullivan, Nicholas Gilman, Joshua Atherton, Nathaniel Peabody, Pierce Long, Benjamin Bellows, Woodbury Langdon, Thomas Cogswell, Joshua Wentworth, Elisha Paine, Simeon Olcott, John Pickering, Timothy Walker, Timothy Farrar, Moses Dow, Peter Green, John Dudley, Beza Woodward, Christopher Toppan, Calf, John Stevens, Lemuel Holmes, Samuel Dana, Ebenezer Thompson, Samuel Daniell, Daniel Emerson, Enoch Hale, John Hall, Webster, scattering
Candidates: Benjamin WestSamuel LivermorePayne WingateAbiel FosterJohn SullivanNicholas GilmanJoshua AthertonNathaniel PeabodyPierce LongBenjamin BellowsWoodbury LangdonThomas CogswellJoshua WentworthElisha PaineSimeon OlcottJohn PickeringTimothy WalkerTimothy FarrarMoses DowPeter GreenJohn DudleyBeza WoodwardChristopher ToppanCalfJohn StevensLemuel HolmesSamuel DanaEbenezer ThompsonSamuel DaniellDaniel EmersonEnoch HaleJohn HallWebsterscattering
Affiliation:Pro-AdministrationPro-AdministrationFederalistFederalistPro-AdministrationFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [1][2]23742245205412361058871795777670527-----------------------2255
Cheshire County----------------------------------
Town of Acworth----------------------------------
Town of Alstead----------------------------------
Town of Charlestown----------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield278-2----1----139-----2---3----1---
Town of Claremont----------------------------------
Town of Cornish----------------------------------
Town of Croydon----------------------------------
Town of Dublin----------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam--17--22-------------12--------------
Town of Gilsum----------------------------------
Town of Goshen----------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale----------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey----------------------------------
Town of Keene3535---35----------------------------
Town of Langdon14--21213---1------------------------
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 Stoddard----------------------------------
Town of Sullivan----------------------------------
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[3]-18--11--10-12-------------5----------
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 Hanover11193----------168-------------------
Town of Haverhill----------------------------------
Town of Hebron----------------------------------
Town of Jefferson----------------------------------
Town of Lancaster-81------8---261------1-----------
Town of Landaff----------------------------------
Town of Lebanon1722--20----29---3215---3--7------------
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 Wentworth272727--1----------------------------
Town of Whitefield----------------------------------
Hillsborough County----------------------------------
Town of Amherst----------------------------------
Town of Andover----------------------------------
Town of Antrim----------------------------------
Town of Bedford----------------------------------
Town of Boscawen----------------------------------
Town of Bradford----------------------------------
Town of Brookline----------------------------------
Town of Deering----------------------------------
Town of Derryfield17-------15-----12-13----------------
Town of Dunbarton265-24--4--11-23-------------2-------
Town of Dunstable----------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield----------------------------------
Town of Francestown[4]---19------31------1919---------------
Town of Goffstown----------------------------------
Town of Greenfield----------------------------------
Town of Hancock-36--31----35------------------------
Town of Henniker----------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough----------------------------------
Town of Hollis----------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton----------------------------------
Kearsage Gore----------------------------------
Town of Litchfield----------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough----------------------------------
Town of Mason----------------------------------
Town of Merrimack----------------------------------
Town of Milford----------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon----------------------------------
Town of New Boston----------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich----------------------------------
Town of New London----------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West----------------------------------
Town of Peterborough----------------------------------
Town of Salisbury----------------------------------
Town of Sharon----------------------------------
Town of Society Land----------------------------------
Town of Sutton----------------------------------
Town of Temple----------------------------------
Town of Warner----------------------------------
Town of Weare----------------------------------
Town of Wilton----------------------------------
Town of Windsor----------------------------------
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 Concord45281257--656426-------39--1--------------
Town of Deerfield----------------------------------
Town of East Kingston----------------------------------
Town of Epping----------------------------------
Town of Epsom----------------------------------
Town of Exeter77225-8684-2-2-----------------2------
Town of Greenland----------------------------------
Town of Hampstead----------------------------------
Town of Hampton----------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls[5]----------------------------------
Town of Hawke----------------------------------
Town of Kensington----------------------------------
Town of Kingston----------------------------------
Town of Londonderry----------------------------------
Town of Loudon----------------------------------
Town of New Castle----------------------------------
Town of Newington----------------------------------
Town of Newmarket----------------------------------
Town of Newton----------------------------------
Town of North Hampton541156-----30-22-----------------------
Town of Northfield----------------------------------
Town of Northwood----------------------------------
Town of Nottingham----------------------------------
Town of Pelham----------------------------------
Town of Pembroke[6][7]61-27--36-4--1--2---914-6-4---11-11-
Town of Pittsfield----------------------------------
Town of Plaistow----------------------------------
Town of Poplin----------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth[8]893652-----109-44----17------------------
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----------------------------------
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 Gilmantown-----------59----------------------
Town of Lee----------------------------------
Town of Madbury----------------------------------
Town of Meredith----------------------------------
Town of Middleton----------------------------------
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[9][10][11][12][13]--183632-1013----35---------------------
Town of Sandwich----------------------------------
Town of Somersworth1515---15----------------------------
Town of Tamworth----------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro----------------------------------
Town of Wakefield----------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro----------------------------------

Notes:

[1]"The whole number of gentlemen voted for as Representatives were about 70." The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). January 6, 1789.
[2]There were 15,377 total votes; 2563 necessary to make a choice.
[3]Nathaniel Peabody received 10 votes as General Peabody.
[4]Timothy Farrar received 19 votes as Timothey Farrar.
[5]"Forty votes were cast for congressman." History of Hampton Falls, N.H.. 137.
[6]Joshua Wentworth received 1 vote as Colonel Wentworth.
[7]Christopher Toppan received 6 votes as Christopher Toppin.
[8]"It is to be lamented, that in matters of such general consequence, our fellow citizens should be so inattentive to their true interests. At the above meeting not more than one quarter of the inhabitants, qualified by law to vote, attended." The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 16, 1788.
[9]Payne Wingate received 18 votes as Pane Wingate.
[10]Abiel Foster received 36 votes as Judge Foster.
[11]John Sullivan received 32 votes as General Sullivan.
[12]Joshua Atherton received 10 votes as Atherton.
[13]Nathaniel Peabody received 13 votes as General Peabody.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 245.
The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 16, 1788.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). December 17, 1788.
The Freeman's Oracle: or, New-Hampshire Advertiser (Exeter, NH). December 20, 1788.
Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). December 31, 1788.
The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). January 6, 1789.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). January 7, 1789.
The New-Hampshire Recorder, and the Weekly Advertiser (Keene, NH). January 13, 1789.
The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). January 23, 1789.
Brown, Warren. History of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Manchester, NH: J. R. Clarke, 1900. 137.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 176.
Carter, N. F. History of Pembroke, N.H.: 1730-1895. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895. 148.
Cochrane, W. R. History of Francestown, N.H. Nashua, NH: Town of Nashua, 1895. 125.
Downs, Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H. 1761-1887. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing, 1908. 163.
Foster, Herbert Darling, George Mendal Bridgman and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, 1761-1818. Hanover, NH: Hanover, 1905. 79.
Griffin, S. G. A History of the Town of Keene. Keene, NH: Sentinel Print., 1904. 288.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 104.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 238.
Kingsbury, Frank Burnside. History and Genealogical Register of the Town of Langdon, Sullivan county, New Hampshire. White River Junction, VT: Right Printing, 1932. 49.
Knapp, William D. First Annual Report of the City of Somersworth. Somersworth, NH, 1894. 45-49.
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. 29.
McClintock, John N. History of Pembroke. 1883. 157.
Norton, John F. The History of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1887. New York, NY: Burr Printing House, 1888. 176.
Randall, Oran Edmund. History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. Brattleboro, VT: D. Leonard, 1882. 105-106.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 426.
Somers, A. N. History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1899. 212.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 121.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 69.
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXI. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 257, 433.

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