New Hampshire 1788 Electoral College

Office:
Electoral College (Federal)
Title:
Elector
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1788 Electoral College
Date:
1788
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Electoral College/Elector
Electors:
Benjamin Bellows, John Pickering, Ebenezer Thompson, John Sullivan, John Parker, John Dudley, Joshua Wentworth, Nathaniel Folsom, Ebenezer Smith, Joseph Cilley, Christopher Toppan, Joseph Badger, Robert Wallis, Timothy Farrar, John Bell, Woodbury Langdon, Abiel Foster, P. Long, Benjamin Fellows, Ebenezer Flanders, Timothy Walker, John MacCleary, Thomas Bartlet, John Calf, MacDuffe, George Read, Stark, Charles Johnston, James Hosley, Samuel Livermore, Francis Worster, Phillip White, John Woodbury, Bezaleel Woodward, Jacob Abbott, Moses Dow, Nathaniel Adams, Nathaniel Peabody, Charles Barritt, Moses Chase, John Dailey, Samuel Sherburne, Bartlett, Jonathan Freeman, Joshua Atherton, Archebald MacMurphey, Ebenezer Freeman, Peter Green, Elisha Paine, John Stark, Benjamin West, Amos Shepherd, Dame, John Duncan, William Simpson, Daniel Tilton, Scilly, Mathow Thornton, John Stevens, John Bellows, Buckminster, D. Langdon, MacClintock, Merrill, Richard Bartlet, Jonathan Gove, MacConnell, Paine Wingate, Runnells, T. Adams, Simeon Olcott, Jerimiah Smith, Simeon Allcot, John Bradley, Cutter, John Dunance, John Taylor Gilman, Richard M. Hogg, Robert Means, Daniel Rindge, Francis Smith, John Stephens, scattering
Electors: Benjamin BellowsJohn PickeringEbenezer ThompsonJohn SullivanJohn ParkerJohn DudleyJoshua WentworthNathaniel FolsomEbenezer SmithJoseph CilleyChristopher ToppanJoseph BadgerRobert WallisTimothy FarrarJohn BellWoodbury LangdonAbiel FosterP. LongBenjamin FellowsEbenezer FlandersTimothy WalkerJohn MacClearyThomas BartletJohn CalfMacDuffeGeorge ReadStarkCharles JohnstonJames HosleySamuel LivermoreFrancis WorsterPhillip WhiteJohn WoodburyBezaleel WoodwardJacob AbbottMoses DowNathaniel AdamsNathaniel PeabodyCharles BarrittMoses ChaseJohn DaileySamuel SherburneBartlettJonathan FreemanJoshua AthertonArchebald MacMurpheyEbenezer FreemanPeter GreenElisha PaineJohn StarkBenjamin WestAmos ShepherdDameJohn DuncanWilliam SimpsonDaniel TiltonScillyMathow ThorntonJohn StevensJohn BellowsBuckminsterD. LangdonMacClintockMerrillRichard BartletJonathan GoveMacConnellPaine WingateRunnellsT. AdamsSimeon OlcottJerimiah SmithSimeon AllcotJohn BradleyCutterJohn DunanceJohn Taylor GilmanRichard M. HoggRobert MeansDaniel RindgeFrancis SmithJohn Stephensscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Presidential Candidate:George Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John Adams
Final Result: [1][2]175913641063872851718667589543528------------------------------------------------------------------------9527
Cheshire County-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Acworth-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alstead-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown[3]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield[4][5]111-10---9------1------------------------11-------1---11-------------------------------
Town of Claremont-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cornish-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Croydon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dublin-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam2010---------14-16--------------------------------13------------------------------------
Town of Gilsum-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Keene[6]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Langdon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lempster-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlow-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Grantham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newport-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Packersfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond[7]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rindge-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoddard-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan[8]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Surry-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Swanzey-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Unity-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winchester-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grafton County-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Adams-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alexandria-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bartlett-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Campton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan[9]----------1910-----19-----------------19-------19-----------9---------------------------
Town of Chatham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cockburne-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colebrook-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Coventry-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Danbury-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Enfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Franconia-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Groton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover[10]19--19--18-16------------------16--1--3--------------------------------------------2-1--
Town of Haverhill-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster----------8----9-------------1---8-2------------8-9--------------------------------
Town of Landaff-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon1622-14--20-------------1-----113-5---16-323--102121-----15---------------------2---------1--
Town of Lincoln-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyman-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyme-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Chester-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Holderness-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northumberland-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orange-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orford-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Peeling-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Percy-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Piermont-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rumney-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratford-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Thornton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wentworth-----2727----------------27-------2727--------------------------------------------------
Town of Whitefield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillsborough County-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Amherst-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover---21-2211--------20-------------19-------11---------------------------------------------
Town of Antrim-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boscawen-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deering-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Derryfield[11]---2----------10-3------9-------------5-------11---121------8-------------------------
Town of Dunbarton[12]27-28--27-------28-31--------------27----1--------------1--------------------------------
Town of Dunstable-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Francestown---5-----------------------------------------5-------5-----------5-----------------
Town of Goffstown-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock-11-----------3111-10-----------28-----25---22--------------------------------------------
Town of Henniker[13]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hollis-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kearsage Gore-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mason-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Merrimack-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Boston-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New London-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Peterborough-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Society Land-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Temple-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warner-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weare-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockingham County-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Allenstown-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Atkinson-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bow-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brentwood-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Candia-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canterbury-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chichester-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord[14]245-41--11---30---37-18---10-444-2-----------1------12--5--1---9-8--6----1-------11-11------
Town of Deerfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Kingston-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Epping-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Epsom-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Exeter91---9184-89-85----------7--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenland-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampstead-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls[15]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawke-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kensington----4545------------4646-45-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Londonderry-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Loudon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Castle-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newington-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newmarket-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of North Hampton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northwood-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke[16][17][18][19]63---5--1-----6-16---1--3-----3-------6----2-4--6-----4----7-66664-5332-------1-----
Town of Pittsfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plaistow-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Poplin-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth[20][21]-105--111--100--97-94----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Raymond[22]-----29-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rye-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandown[23]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Seabrook-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hampton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham[24]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Strafford County-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstead-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barrington-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Burton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dover[25][26][27]-27-303820---210-------------------------------17---------10--------------2------1----1---
Town of Durham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eaton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Effingham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown-----------72-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Madbury-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Meredith-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Durham-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Hampton-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ossipee-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ossipee Gore-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester[28][29][30][31][32][33]30--30----3630-------28--27---333030--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sanbornton[34]---------37-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Somersworth[35]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tamworth-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wakefield-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]"The whole number of votes cast in the State was 20142. No person having the requisite number for a choice, the Legislature, Jan. 7, 1789, made choice of Benj. Bellows, John Pickering, Ebenezer Thompson, John Sullivan and John Parker, they having the largest number of votes. They cast their votes for George Washington and John Adams, the first President and Vice President." The History of Dover, New Hampshire. 177.
[2]The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH), January 13, reports 827 total votes for John Parker.
[3]Majority of 31 for the electors pledged to George Washington.
[4]John Bell received 1 vote as Esquire Bell.
[5]Nathan Folsom received 9 votes as General Fulsom.
[6]"All the votes cast in Keene, thirty in number, were for the electors who voted for George Washington and John Adams." A History of the Town of Keene. 288.
[7]Six electors received 32 votes each.
[8]Sullivan had no meeting.
[9]Joseph Badger received 10 votes as General Badger.
[10]Francis Worster received 1 vote as Francis Worcester.
[11]Nathaniel Peabody received 5 votes as General Peabody.
[12]Benjamin Bellows received 27 votes as General Bellows.
[13]"Washington 19. Opposition 10." History of the Town of Henniker. 311.
[14]John Sullivan received 41 votes as General Sullivan.
[15]"Washington received thirty five votes for President." History of Hampton Falls, N.H.. 137.
[16]Ebenezer Smith received 1 vote as Colonel Smith.
[17]Timothy Walker received 1 vote as Colonel Walker.
[18]Nathaniel Peabody received 6 votes as General Peabody.
[19]Paine Wingate received 1 vote as P. Wingate.
[20]Nathaniel Folsom received 100 votes as General Folsom.
[21]"It is to be lamented, that in matters of such general consequence, our fellow citizens should be so inattentive to their true interests. At the above meeting not more than one quarter of the inhabitants, qualified by law to vote, attended." The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 16, 1788.
[22]"Dec. 15, votes were cast for the first time for electors of President and Vice President. But 30 voted, 29 of whom voted for John Dudley, Esq., as one of the electors." The History of Raymond, N.H.. 43.
[23]"George Washington: 18. No opposition." A View from Meeting House Hill: A History of Sandown, New Hampshire. 49.
[24]"Dec. 15, 1788. - Windham first votes for President of the United States. Five electors were to be chosen by New Hampshire, and thirteen persons were voted for by Windham, and the highest vote any received was seventeen." The History of Windham in New Hampshire. 209.
[25]John Dudley received 20 votes as Judge Dudley.
[26]Joseph Cilley received 2 votes as General Cilley.
[27]Christoper Toppan received 10 votes as Colonel Toppan.
[28]Benjamin Bellows received 30 votes as General Bellows.
[29]Ebenezer Smith received 36 votes as Colonel Smith.
[30]Joseph Cilley received 30 votes as General Cilley.
[31]P. Long received 28 votes as Colonel Long.
[32]Timothy Walker received 27 votes as Colonel Walker.
[33]George Read received 30 votes as General Reed.
[34]Joseph Cilley received 37 votes as General Cilley.
[35]"Ninteen votes were cast for electors." First Annual Report of the City of Somersworth. 45-49.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 246.
The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). December 16, 1788.
The New-Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). December 17, 1788.
The Freeman's Oracle: or, New-Hampshire Advertiser (Exeter, NH). December 20, 1788.
Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). December 31, 1788.
The New-Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). January 13, 1789.
The New-Hampshire Recorder, and the Weekly Advertiser (Keene, NH). January 13, 1789.
Bassett, William. History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Boston: C. W. Calkins, 1884. 245.
Brown, Warren. History of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Manchester, NH: J. R. Clarke, 1900. 137.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 176-177.
Carter, Hosea B, ed. The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, with Complete Official Succession, 1680-1891. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1891. 104.
Carter, N. F. History of Pembroke, N.H.: 1730-1895. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1895. 148.
Cochrane, W. R. History of Francestown, N.H. Nashua, NH: Town of Nashua, 1895. 125.
Cogswell, Leander W. History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1880. 311.
Eastman, John R. History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire 1751-1906. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Company, 1910. 246.
Foster, Herbert Darling, George Mendal Bridgman and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, 1761-1818. Hanover, NH: Hanover, 1905. 79.
Fullonton, Joseph. The History of Raymond, N.H.. Dover, NH: Morning Star Job Printing House, 1875. 43.
Griffin, S. G. A History of the Town of Keene. Keene, NH: Sentinel Print., 1904. 288.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 104.
Holmes, Richard. A View from Meeting House Hill: A History of Sandown, New Hampshire. P. E. Randall, 1988. 49.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 238.
Knapp, William D. First Annual Report of the City of Somersworth. Somersworth, NH, 1894. 45-49.
Lancaster, Daniel. The History of Gilmanton. Gilmanton, NH: Alfred Prescott, 1845. 109-116.
Lord, C. C. Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H.. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1890. 102.
Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar for the Year 1860. Concord, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1860. 18.
McClintock, John N. History of Pembroke. 1883. 157.
McDuffee, Franklin. History of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire from 1722 to 1890. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1892. 518.
Morrison, Leonard A. The History of Windham in New Hampshire (Rockingham County), 1719-1883. Boston,MA: Cupples, Upham and, 1883. 209.
Norton, John F. The History of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1887. New York, NY: Burr Printing House, 1888. 176.
Potter, C. E. History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New-Hampshire. Manchester, NH: C. E. Potter, 1856. 521.
Randall, Oran Edmund. History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. Brattleboro, VT: D. Leonard, 1882. 105-106.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 426.
Saunderson, Henry H. The History of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Claremont, NH: Town of Claremont,1876. 674-676.
Sawyer, Roland D. History of Kensington, New Hampshire. Farmington, ME: Knowlton and McLeary, 1946. 80.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 242.
Somers, A. N. History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1899. 212.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 121.
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