Massachusetts 1809 Town Clerk, Salem

Office:
Town Clerk (Town)
Title:
Town Clerk
Jurisdiction:
Town
Label:
Massachusetts 1809 Town Clerk, Salem
Date:
1809
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Town Clerk/Town Clerk
Candidates:
John Punchard, John Pickering, Jr., scattering
Candidates: John Punchard[1]John Pickering, Jr.scattering
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: 7707213
Town of Salem[2][3][4][5]7707213

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]John Pickering, Jr. received 8 votes as John Pickering.
[3]The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA) lists Republicans as Tories and Federalists as Whigs.
[4]The Essex Register (Salem, MA) lists the Federalists as Tories.
[5]"Notwithstanding the extraordinary exertions of the TORIES on this occasion, the Republican candidate for Town Clerk had 57 more votes that then the tory Candidate, who is the legitimate son of Timothy Pickering." The Essex Register (Salem, MA). March 15, 1809.

References:

Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). March 14, 1809.
The Essex Register (Salem, MA). March 15, 1809.
Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). March 17, 1809.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). March 28, 1809.
The Republican and Savannah Evening Ledger (Savannah, GA). April 6, 1809.

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