Massachusetts 1817 Governor's Council

Office:: Governor's Council (State)
Title:: Governor's Councillor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1817 Governor's Council
Date:: 1817
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Governor's Council/Governor's Councillor
Candidates:: Josiah Quincy, Jonathan Hunewell, Daniel Waldo, Samuel Lathrop, Prentiss Mellon, Archelaus Lewis, Israel Bartlett, James Ellis, David Stockbridge, Joseph B. Varnum, Mark Langdon Hill, Joseph Bemis, Alexander Rice, William Moody, John Hart, Solomon Freeman, William D. Williamson, Solomon Bates

Candidates:	Josiah Quincy [1]	Jonathan Hunewell [2]	Daniel Waldo [3]	Samuel Lathrop [4]	Prentiss Mellon [5]	Archelaus Lewis [6]	Israel Bartlett [7]	James Ellis [8]	David Stockbridge [9]	Joseph B. Varnum	Mark Langdon Hill	Joseph Bemis	Alexander Rice	William Moody	John Hart	Solomon Freeman	William D. Williamson	Solomon Bates
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [10][11]	178	178	178	178	178	178	177	177	177	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
General Court	178	178	178	178	178	178	177	177	177	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

Notes:

[1]Elected but declined.

[2]Elected but declined.

[3]Elected but declined.

[4]Elected but declined.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected but declined.

[7]Elected but declined.

[8]Elected but declined.

[9]Elected but declined.

[10]"Friday, May 30. The Convention then proceeded to the choice, from the Senators, of nine Counsellors to advise the Governor in the executive department of government. The votes received were 258." Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 31, 1817.

[11]"Saturday May 31. Convention. Agreeably to assignment the two branches of the Legislature met in Convention for the purpose of choosing Counsellors in the place of the gentlemen who yesterday declined that trust; and it appears the following gentlemen were chosen, viz the Hon. David Cobb, Samuel Fales, Nahum Mitchell, Joseph Allen, John C. Williams, Josiah Stebbins, Timothy Pickering and Peter C. Brooks, Esquires." Dedham Gazette (Dedham, MA). June 6, 1817.

References:

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 31, 1817.

Portland Gazette, and Maine Advertiser (Portland, ME). June 3, 1817.

Dedham Gazette (Dedham, MA). June 6, 1817.

New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). June 6, 1817.

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