Massachusetts 1820 Electoral College

Office:
Electoral College (Federal)
Title:
Elector
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Massachusetts 1820 Electoral College
Date:
1820
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Electoral College/Elector
Electors:
William Gray, William Phillips, Levi Lincoln, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, William Prescott, Elijah Mills, Benjamin Whitman, Ebenezer Seaver, Edmund Cushing, Samuel Dana, Silas Holman, David Starett, Timothy Pickering, John Brooks, Winslow Lewis, Timothy Bigelow, John Adams, Peter C. Brooks, George Cabot, Timothy Child, Henry Dearborn, William Eustis, Jonathan Leonard, Samuel D. Noblebags, James Richardson, Jonathan Russell, Jonas Sibley, David Slerrett, Doddridge Spear, Joseph Storey, William Sullivan, Samuel A. Wells, scattering
Electors: William GrayWilliam PhillipsLevi LincolnBenjamin W. CrowninshieldWilliam PrescottElijah MillsBenjamin WhitmanEbenezer SeaverEdmund CushingSamuel DanaSilas HolmanDavid StarettTimothy PickeringJohn BrooksWinslow LewisTimothy BigelowJohn AdamsPeter C. BrooksGeorge CabotTimothy ChildHenry DearbornWilliam EustisJonathan LeonardSamuel D. NoblebagsJames RichardsonJonathan RussellJonas SibleyDavid SlerrettDoddridge SpearJoseph StoreyWilliam SullivanSamuel A. Wellsscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Presidential Candidate:James MonroeJames Monroe
Final Result: 17009144988124605647272718777763321111111111111111114
Barnstable County64846919718-----------------------------
Town of Barnstable119706718-----------------------------
Town of Brewster5858-------------------------------
Town of Chatham2828-------------------------------
Town of Dennis2626-------------------------------
Town of Eastham2424-------------------------------
Town of Falmouth441529------------------------------
Town of Harwich19163------------------------------
Town of Orleans1616-------------------------------
Town of Provincetown2625-------------------------------
Town of Sandwich1365879------------------------------
Town of Truro1515-------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet1010-------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth12710819------------------------------
Berkshire County1296129912211184-2727------------1-------------
Town of Adams--9696-----------------------------
Town of Alford14143232-----------------------------
Town of Becket686822-----------------------------
Town of Chesire--9999-----------------------------
Town of Clarksburg[1]---------------------------------
Town of Dalton31311818-----------------------------
Town of Egremont[2]27275252-----------------------------
Town of Florida[3]---------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington1101102929-----------------------------
Town of Hancock33331818-----------------------------
Town of Hinsdale52521616-----------------------------
Town of Lanesborough54544343-----------------------------
Town of Lee1621621616-----------------------------
Town of Lenox3838118118-----------------------------
Town of Middlefield5858-------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington--1515-----------------------------
District of New Ashford[4]332222-----------------------------
Town of New Marlborough1141144141-----------------------------
Town of Otis54543030-----------------------------
Town of Peru494933-----------------------------
Town of Pittsfield[5]767612891-----------------------------
Town of Richmond40405252-----------------------------
Town of Sandisfield43439090-----------------------------
Town of Savoy--2727-----------------------------
Town of Sheffield68706161-----------------------------
Town of Stockbridge74744242-----------------------------
Town of Tyringham43433939---------------1-------------
Town of Washington[6]---------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge36365151-----------------------------
Town of Williamstown49505353-----------------------------
Town of Windsor--2828-2727--------------------------
Bristol County23941386105044----------------------------11
Town of Attleborough[7]---------------------------------
Town of Berkley685117------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth1141092722-----------------------------
Town of Dighton721161------------------------------
Town of Easton1063769------------------------------
Town of Fairhaven1273790------------------------------
Town of Freetown1171998------------------------------
Town of Mansfield1075453------------------------------
Town of New Bedford87845------------------------------
Town of Norton1377958------------------------------
Town of Raynham1307060------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth258138120------------------------------
Town of Seekonk1939895------------------------------
Town of Somerset583820------------------------------
Town of Swansea932964------------------------------
Town of Taunton440306135------------------------------
Town of Troy582632-----------------------------11
Town of Wellington[8]99833322-----------------------------
Town of Westport13011713------------------------------
Dukes County23252323---------2------------------6
Town of Chilmark[9]---------------------------------
Town of Edgartown2323------------------------------6
Town of Tisbury-22323---------2-------------------
Essex County1621139336218047-------6-------------------13
Town of Amesbury661010-----------------------------
Town of Andover77763635-----------------------------
Town of Beverly45432------------------------------
Town of Boxford2828-------------------------------
Town of Bradford3333-------------------------------
Town of Danvers9999------------------------------8
Town of Essex3131-------------------------------
Town of Gloucester352130222-----------------------------2
Town of Hamilton2323-------------------------------
Town of Haverhill6967-------------------------------
Town of Ipswich3030-------------------------------
Town of Lynn51542179----------------------------3
Town of Lynnfield1616-------------------------------
Town of Manchester675115------------------------------
Town of Marblehead78539------------------------------
Town of Methuen39393232-----------------------------
Town of Middleton1712-------------------------------
Town of Newbury[10]---------------------------------
Town of Newburyport1521421411-----------------------------
Town of Rowley1717-------------------------------
Town of Salem2943601-47-------6--------------------
Town of Salisbury2218-4-----------------------------
Town of Saugus1514-------------------------------
Town of Topsfield2828-------------------------------
Town of Wenham9--9-----------------------------
Town of West Newbury2323-------------------------------
Franklin County7587095358---18------------------------71
Town of Ashfield3939-------------------------------
Town of Bernardston2424-------------------------------
Town of Buckland1818-4----------------------------4
Town of Charlemont2020-------------------------------
Town of Colrain4141-------------------------------
Town of Conway4040-------------------------------
Town of Deerfield2828-------------------------------
Town of Gill2626-------------------------------
Town of Greenfield4444-------------------------------
Town of Hawley4545-------------------------------
Town of Heath3434-------------------------------
Town of Leverett20203030-----------------------------
Town of Leyden5050-------------------------------
Town of Montague3131-------------------------------
Town of New Salem31-910----------------------------30
Town of Northfield1515-------------------------------
Town of Orange191-----18-------------------------
Town of Rowe2222-------------------------------
Town of Shelburne4949-------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury3838-------------------------------
Town of Sunderland77-------------------------------
Town of Warwick47471414-----------------------------
Town of Wendell3737------------------------------37
Town of Whately3333-------------------------------
Hampden County612552353291----------------------------2
Town of Blandford292988-----------------------------
Town of Brimfield5555-------------------------------
Town of Chester36363434-----------------------------
Town of Granville34341515-----------------------------
Town of Holland[11]---------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow323277-----------------------------
Town of Ludlow36363838-----------------------------
Town of Monson585844-----------------------------
Town of Montgomery7755-----------------------------
Town of Palmer424211-----------------------------
Town of Russell[12]---------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield2121-------------------------------
Town of Southwick2611194-----------------------------
Town of Springfield84705943----------------------------1
Town of Tolland17181818----------------------------1
Town of West Springfield57579797-----------------------------
Town of Westfield623032------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham16161617-----------------------------
Hampshire County66566456----------------------------2
Town of Amherst[13]---------------------------------
Town of Belchertown12612622-----------------------------
Town of Chesterfield[14]---------------------------------
Town of Cummington2828-------------------------------
Town of Easthampton[15]1616-------------------------------
Town of Enfield262622----------------------------2
Town of Goshen3636-------------------------------
Town of Granby2020-------------------------------
Town of Greenwich[16]---------------------------------
Town of Hadley3535-------------------------------
Town of Hatfield1414-------------------------------
Town of Middlefield5858-------------------------------
Town of Northampton878612-----------------------------
Town of Norwich[17]---------------------------------
Town of Pelham3636-------------------------------
Town of Plainfield[18]---------------------------------
Town of South Hadley3030-------------------------------
Town of Southampton5757-------------------------------
Town of Ware[19]---------------------------------
Town of Westhampton2323-------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg4343-------------------------------
Town of Worthington3030-------------------------------
Middlesex County1037100015131497----7777-----------1---1----1
Town of Acton--3232-----------------------------
Town of Ashby18181616-----------------------------
Town of Bedford16163636-----------------------------
Town of Billerica43431616-----------------------------
District of Boxboro[20]--2525----7-7----------------------
Town of Brighton2727-------------------------------
Town of Burlington716112-----------------------------
Town of Cambridge64642323-----------------------------
Town of Carlisle--4444-----------------------------
Town of Charlestown9889138144-----7-7-----------1---1-----
Town of Chelmsford4832215-----------------------------
Town of Concord43435555-----------------------------
Town of Dracut[21]---------------------------------
Town of Dunstable--2828-----------------------------
Town of East Sudbury883232-----------------------------
Town of Framingham707587-----------------------------
Town of Groton7558246-----------------------------
Town of Holliston28282727-----------------------------
Town of Hopkinton24246666-----------------------------
Town of Lexington116363-----------------------------
Town of Lincoln994041----------------------------1
Town of Littleton11113939-----------------------------
Town of Malden5555115115-----------------------------
Town of Marlborough12124747-----------------------------
Town of Medford55551616-----------------------------
Town of Natick1414-------------------------------
Town of Newton23232020-----------------------------
Town of Pepperell4949-------------------------------
Town of Reading7777-------------------------------
Town of Sherborn161699-----------------------------
Town of Shirley12122727-----------------------------
Town of South Reading81110101-----------------------------
Town of Stoneham--8282-----------------------------
Town of Stow[22]---------------------------------
Town of Sudbury993636-----------------------------
Town of Tewksbury112828-----------------------------
Town of Townsend883131-----------------------------
Town of Tyngsborough221818-----------------------------
Town of Waltham21212019-----------------------------
Town of Watertown14121719-----------------------------
Town of West Cambridge228181-----------------------------
Town of Westford--6060-----------------------------
Town of Weston4747-------------------------------
Town of Wilmington15152424-----------------------------
Town of Woburn774747-----------------------------
Nantucket County170416124-----------------------------
Town of Nantucket170416124-----------------------------
Norfolk County930640933653---------1--------1-11-------
Town of Bellingham14143838-----------------------------
Town of Braintree4039-------------------------------
Town of Brookline16161212-----------------------------
Town of Canton996665--------------------1--------
Town of Cohasset191977-----------------------------
Town of Dedham44386765-----------------------------
Town of Dorchester[23]1165461------------------------------
District of Dover15152525-----------------------------
Town of Foxborough873948------------------------------
Town of Franklin77771313-----------------------------
Town of Medfield33332121-----------------------------
Town of Medway17174747-----------------------------
Town of Milton26245355-----------------------------
Town of Needham15155353-----------------------------
Town of Quincy454511-----------------------------
Town of Randolph19205050---------1-------------------
Town of Roxbury651710458------------------1--1-------
Town of Sharon[24]61314111-----------------------------
Town of Stoughton1202892------------------------------
Town of Walpole37353634-----------------------------
Town of Weymouth11114141-----------------------------
Town of Wrentham44445757-----------------------------
Plymouth County151510621087650----------------------------5
Town of Abington55554848-----------------------------
Town of Bridgewater152152136136-----------------------------
Town of Carver14145252-----------------------------
Town of Duxbury4135813-----------------------------
Town of Halifax13135352----------------------------3
Town of Hanover13135959-----------------------------
Town of Hanson37363635-----------------------------
Town of Hingham[25]25248179-----------------------------
Town of Hull[26]--55-----------------------------
Town of Kingston1051041718-----------------------------
Town of Marshfield36352423-----------------------------
Town of Middleborough38793294------------------------------
Town of Pembroke47474444-----------------------------
Town of Plymouth284238392----------------------------1
Town of Plympton49504444-----------------------------
Town of Rochester13575641----------------------------1
Town of Scituate62475439-----------------------------
Town of Wareham603129------------------------------
Suffolk County34833467186184----------3-111-1-------1111-
Town of Boston34553439175173----------3-111-1-------1111-
Town of Chelsea28281111-----------------------------
Worcester County1857179111351144-----------2-----1----1-----3
Town of Ashburnham6362109-----------------------------
Town of Athol68681111-----------------------------
Town of Barre76766363-----------------------------
Town of Berlin[27]---------------------------------
Town of Bolton37446------------------------------
Town of Boylston[28]---------------------------------
Town of Brookfield68682626-----------------------------
Town of Charlton[29]442974116-----------------------------
Town of Dana[30]11112727-----------------------------
Town of Douglas67675050-----------------------------
Town of Dudley54545353-----------------------------
Town of Fitchburg[31]37373333-----------------------------
Town of Gardner[32]---------------------------------
Town of Grafton[33]---------------------------------
Town of Hardwick[34]45472525-----------2-----------------
Town of Harvard834538------------------------------
Town of Holden[35]---------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston[36]---------------------------------
Town of Lancaster9980-19-----------------------------
Town of Leicester[37]---------------------------------
Town of Leominster10510522-----------------------------
Town of Lunenberg30302222-----------------------------
Town of Mendon2525101101-----------------------------
Town of Milford[38]---------------------------------
Town of Millbury[39]---------------------------------
Town of New Braintree[40]333388-----------------------------
Town of North Brookfield34342423----------------------------1
Town of Northborough[41]---------------------------------
Town of Northbridge[42]---------------------------------
Town of Oakham[43]---------------------------------
Town of Oxford3838-------------------------------
Town of Paxton[44]17171616-----------------------------
Town of Petersham71717374-----------------------------
Town of Phillipston[45]---------------------------------
Town of Princeton[46]5757-------------------------------
Town of Royalston5959-------------------------------
Town of Rutland[47]---------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury76763838-----------------------------
Town of Southborough[48]---------------------------------
Town of Southbridge26265252-----------------------------
Town of Spencer40392423-----------------------------
Town of Sterling[49]1171201614-----------------------------
Town of Sturbridge[50]40363530-----------------------------
Town of Sutton2828119119-----------------------------
Town of Templeton55552626-----------------------------
Town of Upton[51]---------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge[52]---------------------------------
Town of Ward[53]---------------------------------
Town of West Boylston[54]---------------------------------
Town of Westborough[55]---------------------------------
Town of Western46462727-----------------------------
Town of Westminster5151-------------------------------
Town of Winchendon70701212-----------------------------
Town of Worcester[56]8787124125-----------------1----1-----2

Notes:

[1]There were no votes recorded in Clarksburg.
[2]The votes from Egremont were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Florida.
[4]The votes from New Ashford were rejected as "return not good."
[5]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 37 votes as Benjamin Crowninshield.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Washington.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Attleborough.
[8]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 22 votes as Benjamin Crowninshield.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Chilmark.
[10]The votes in Newbury were not certified by the Town Clerk.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Holland.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Russell.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Amherst.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Chesterfield.
[15]The votes from Easthampton were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Greenwich.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Norwich.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Plainfield.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Ware.
[20]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 25 votes as B. Crowninshield.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Dracut.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Stow.
[23]The Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA) reports 115 votes for William Gray, 51 for William Phillips, and 64 for Levi Lincoln.
[24]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 11 votes as Benjamin Crowninshield.
[25]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 79 votes as Benjamin Crowninshield.
[26]Benjamin W. Crowninshield received 5 votes as Benjamin Crowninshield.
[27]There were no votes recorded in Berlin.
[28]There were no votes recorded in Boylston.
[29]The votes from Charlton were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[30]The votes from Dana were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[31]The votes from Fitchburg were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[32]There were no votes recorded in Gardner.
[33]There were no votes recorded in Grafton.
[34]The votes from Hardwick were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[35]There were no votes recorded in Holden.
[36]There were no votes recorded in Hubbardston.
[37]There were no votes recorded in Leicester.
[38]There were no votes recorded in Milford.
[39]There were no votes recorded in Millbury.
[40]The votes from New Braintree were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[41]There were no votes recorded in Northborough.
[42]There were no votes recorded in Northbridge.
[43]There were no votes recorded in Oakham.
[44]The votes from Paxton were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[45]There were no votes recorded in Phillipston.
[46]The votes from Princeton were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[47]There were no votes recorded in Rutland.
[48]There were no votes recorded in Southborough.
[49]The votes from Sterling were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[50]The votes from Sturbridge were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[51]There were no votes recorded in Upton.
[52]There were no votes recorded in Uxbridge.
[53]There were no votes recorded in Ward.
[54]There were no votes recorded in West Boylston.
[55]There were no votes recorded in Westborough.
[56]The votes from Worcester were not included in the Original Election Returns.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Three. 199.
Boston Town Records. 165-166.
Brookline Town Records. 541.
Charlton Town Records. Book 3. 158.
Dana Town Records.
Easthampton Town Records. Vol. 2. 11.
Fitchburg Town Records. 201.
Hardwick Town Records. Vol. 3. 372.
Ludlow Town Records.
New Braintree Town Records.
Northampton Town Records. Vol. 4. 400.
Orange Town Records. Vol. 2. 124.
Palmer Town Records.
Paxton Town Records.
Princeton Town Records.
Southbridge Town Records, 1816-1843. 52.
Springfield Town Records. Vol. 4. 150, 153.
Sterling Town Records. 112.
Sturbridge Town Records. 1798-1824, 442..
Tisbury Town Records. 404-405.
Truro Town Records. 233.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 8. 376-377.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 273.
Worcester Town Records. 114.
Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 7, 1820.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 7, 1820.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). November 7, 1820.
Columbian Centinel. American Federalist (Boston, MA). November 8, 1820.
The Essex Register (Salem, MA). November 8, 1820.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). November 8, 1820.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). November 8, 1820.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). November 8, 1820.
Boston Commercial Gazette (Boston, MA). November 9, 1820.
Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). November 9, 1820.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). November 10, 1820.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 10, 1820.
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). November 11, 1820.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). November 16, 1820.
Charleston Courier (South Carolina). November 16, 1820.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). November 17, 1820.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). November 17, 1820.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 506.

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