Massachusetts 1796 U.S. House of Representatives, District Middle 1
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1796 U.S. House of Representatives, District Middle 1
- Date:
- 1796
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Harrison G. Otis, James Bowdoin, William Heath, Charles Jarvis, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Austin, Jr., Thomas Davis, William Eustis, Stephen Higgenson
| Candidates: | Harrison G. Otis[1] | James Bowdoin | William Heath | Charles Jarvis | Samuel Adams | Benjamin Austin, Jr. | Thomas Davis | William Eustis | Stephen Higgenson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | ||||||||
| Final Result: | 1763 | 1293 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Middle One | 1763 | 1293 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Middlesex County | 199 | 79 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | 16 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holliston | 1 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | 8 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Natick | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newton[2] | 50 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherborn | 31 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norfolk County | 156 | 228 | 68 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Brookline | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dedham | 13 | 62 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dorchester | 29 | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medway | 7 | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Needham | 31 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | 41 | 50 | 41 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Sharon | 15 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 1408 | 986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Boston | 1408 | 986 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Boston Town Records. City Document No. 115. 6-7.
Brookline Town Records. 413.
The Minerva (Dedham, MA). November 8, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 9, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). November 10, 1796.
Political Gazette (Newburyport, MA). November 11, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). November 12, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 15, 1796.
The Minerva (Dedham, MA). November 15, 1796.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). November 15, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 16, 1796.
Greenleaf's New York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). November 18, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 18, 1796.
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