Massachusetts 1788 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1788 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
- Date:
- 1788
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- George Thatcher, Josiah Thacher, Nathaniel Willson, William Lithgow, Jr., Samuel Thompson, Thomas Cutts, Daniel Cony, William Gorham, Joshua B. Osgood, John Fox, David Sewall, Thomas Rice
Candidates: | George Thatcher[1] | Josiah Thacher | Nathaniel Willson | William Lithgow, Jr. | Samuel Thompson | Thomas Cutts | Daniel Cony | William Gorham | Joshua B. Osgood | John Fox | David Sewall | Thomas Rice |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||
Final Result: [2][3] | 588 | 182 | 73 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
District of Six | 588 | 182 | 73 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Cumberland County | 87 | 132 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bridgetown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Brunswick[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Cape Elizabeth[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Falmouth[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gorham | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Gray[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Harpswell | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Gloucester | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of North Yarmouth | 2 | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Portland | 23 | 28 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Raymondstown[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Royalsboro[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Scarboro | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Standish | 2 | 22 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Windham | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lincoln County | 328 | 27 | - | 20 | 3 | - | 16 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Town of Balltown[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bath | 3 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Boothbay[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bowdoinham[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Bristol[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Canaan | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Edgecomb | 4 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Georgetown | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Hallowell | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lewistown[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Machias[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Medencook[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of New Castle | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Norridgewalk | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Pittstown[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Pownalboro | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Saint George[19] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Thomastown[20] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Topsham | 2 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Town of Union | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Town of Vassalboro | 32 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Town of Waldoboro[21] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Wales[22] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Walpole[23] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Warren[24] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Washington[25] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Winslow | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Winthrop | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Woolwich[26] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
York County | 173 | 23 | 58 | - | 18 | 20 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
Town of Arundel | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Berwick | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
Town of Biddeford | 8 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Brownfield[27] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Buxton | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Coxhall | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Town of Fryburgh | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
Town of Kittery | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Lebanon[28] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Limerick | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Littlefalls[29] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Parsonfield[30] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Pepperrelboro | 16 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Sandford | 26 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Shapleigh | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of Wells | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Town of York | 33 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"The elections in the country have, in general, been very thinly attended - owing in some measure to the late fall of snow, making the passing bad." The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
[3]"Only 948 voters out of a total population of over 90,000 voted in the first federal election in Maine." The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790, Vol. I. p 578.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Brunswick.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Cape Elizabeth.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Falmouth.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Gray.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Raymondstown.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Royalsboro.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Balltown.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Boothbay.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Bowdoinham.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Bristol.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Lewistown.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Machias.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Pittstown.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Saint George.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Thomastown.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Waldoboro.
[22]There were no votes recorded in Wales.
[23]There were no votes recorded in Walpole.
[24]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[25]There were no votes recorded in Washington.
[26]There were no votes recorded in Woolwich.
[27]There were no votes recorded in Brownfield.
[28]There were no votes recorded in Lebanon.
[29]There were no votes recorded in Littlefalls.
[30]There were no votes recorded in Parsonfield.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). January 14, 1789.
The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). January 20, 1789.
Jensen, Merrill and Robert A. Becker, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. I. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 578-583.
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