Massachusetts 1792 Electoral College, Southern District
- Office:
- Electoral College (Federal)
- Title:
- Elector
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1792 Electoral College, Southern District
- Date:
- 1792
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Electoral College/Elector
- Electors:
- Walter Spooner, William Sever, Solomon Freeman, Samuel Savage, Phaneul Bishop, James Warren, George Partridge, Holder Slocum, David Cobb, David Thacher, Elisha May, Thomas Durfee, Pelig Coffin, Jr., John Davis, Joshua Thomas, Seth Paddleford, William Jernigan, Christopher Sharon, Isaac Thompson, Ephraim Starkwather, Nathan Cushing, Daniel Davis, Ephraim Spooner, Jeremiah Hall, Elijah Knowles, Abiel Mitchel, William Balis, Samuel Smith, Jorathmeel Bowers, James Sprout, Joseph Bryan, Josiah Smith, Aaron Hobart, Francis Shurtleff, Samuel Tobe, James Whitman, Ebenezer Taylor, John Balis, John Ball, Gemaliat Bradford, Samuel Cole, Andrew Croswell, Enoch Freeman, Nathaniel Goodwin, William Hall Jackson, William Jonakins, James Athearn
| Electors: | Walter Spooner[1] | William Sever[2] | Solomon Freeman | Samuel Savage | Phaneul Bishop | James Warren | George Partridge | Holder Slocum | David Cobb | David Thacher | Elisha May | Thomas Durfee | Pelig Coffin, Jr. | John Davis | Joshua Thomas | Seth Paddleford | William Jernigan | Christopher Sharon | Isaac Thompson | Ephraim Starkwather | Nathan Cushing | Daniel Davis | Ephraim Spooner | Jeremiah Hall | Elijah Knowles | Abiel Mitchel | William Balis | Samuel Smith | Jorathmeel Bowers | James Sprout | Joseph Bryan | Josiah Smith | Aaron Hobart | Francis Shurtleff | Samuel Tobe | James Whitman | Ebenezer Taylor | John Balis | John Ball | Gemaliat Bradford | Samuel Cole | Andrew Croswell | Enoch Freeman | Nathaniel Goodwin | William Hall Jackson | William Jonakins | James Athearn |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Final Result: [3][4] | 728 | 582 | 472 | 154 | 145 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 98 | 97 | 80 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| District of South | 728 | 582 | 472 | 154 | 145 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 98 | 97 | 80 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| Barnstable County | 162 | 68 | 65 | 39 | - | - | 55 | - | - | 82 | - | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnstable | 39 | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastham | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Falmouth | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwich | 28 | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Provincetown[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandwich | 23 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Truro[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wellfleet[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Yarmouth | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | - | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bristol County | 270 | 249 | 292 | - | 145 | 131 | - | 120 | 50 | - | 80 | 69 | 53 | - | 29 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Attleborough | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berkley | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dartmouth | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dighton | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Easton | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freetown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 28 | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | 24 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Bedford | 26 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norton | - | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Raynham | 22 | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rehoboth | 103 | 103 | 103 | - | 116 | 117 | - | 115 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somerset | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swansea | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Taunton | 54 | 54 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westport[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dukes County | 31 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chilmark[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgartown | 31 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tisbury | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 |
| Nantucket County | 109 | 109 | - | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nantucket | 109 | 109 | - | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plymouth County | 141 | 156 | 82 | 6 | - | 1 | 71 | - | 48 | 15 | - | 5 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 42 | - | - | 29 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | - | - | 13 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Abington | 13 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carver[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duxbury | 18 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Halifax[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kingston | 27 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middleborough | 13 | - | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 22 | - | - | 29 | 26 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pembroke | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 33 | 37 | 36 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 15 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Plympton | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rochester | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scituate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wareham | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]A majority of votes was required to be elected. Only Walter Spooner and William Sever received a majority of votes. Solomon Freeman was subsequently selected by the Massachusetts General Court as the third elector.
[4]There were no affiliations or elector declarations in the Original Election Returns. Walter Spooner, William Sever and Solomon Freeman voted for George Washington and John Adams in the Electoral College.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Chatham.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Truro.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Wellfleet.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Westport.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Chilmark.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Bridgewater.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Carver.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Halifax.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Tisbury Town Records. 287.
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