Massachusetts 1796 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1796 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Date:
- 1796
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Thomas Dawes, Oliver Wendell, Benjamin Austin, Jr., William Eustis, John Coffin Jones, Theophilus Cushing, Charles Jarvis, Charles Cushing, William Tuder, John Sweetser, Arnold Wells, Lemuel Gardner, John Magnor, John Duggan, Samuel Brown, Stephen Gorham, Jonathan Mason, James Bowdoin, Stephen Higginson, Thomas Edwards, George Blake
| Candidates: | Thomas Dawes[1] | Oliver Wendell[2] | Benjamin Austin, Jr.[3] | William Eustis[4] | John Coffin Jones | Theophilus Cushing | Charles Jarvis | Charles Cushing | William Tuder | John Sweetser | Arnold Wells | Lemuel Gardner | John Magnor | John Duggan | Samuel Brown | Stephen Gorham | Jonathan Mason | James Bowdoin | Stephen Higginson | Thomas Edwards | George Blake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [5] | 2496 | 2483 | 1564 | 1513 | 1042 | 1030 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 2496 | 2483 | 1564 | 1513 | 1042 | 1030 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boston[6] | 2404 | 2380 | 1544 | 1513 | 949 | 937 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Chelsea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]"No. Voters, 2544. Make a choice, 1273." Governor's Council Records.
[6]The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA) lists 1500 votes for Benjamin Austin and 900 votes for John C. Jones.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Boston Town Records. 427-428.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 5, 1796.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 5, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 6, 1796.
The Boston Gazette, and Weekly Republican Journal (Boston, MA). April 11, 1796.
American Intelligencer (West Springfield, MA). April 12, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). April 13, 1796.
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