Massachusetts 1797 State Senate, Middlesex County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1797 State Senate, Middlesex County
- Date:
- 1797
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Eleazer Brooks, Ebenezer Bridge, Daniel Whitney, William Hull, Aaron Hill, Timothy Bigelow, Artemas Ward, Jr., Jonathan Hale, Isaac Stearns, James Winthrop, Marshall Spring, Stephen Dana
| Candidates: | Eleazer Brooks[1] | Ebenezer Bridge[2] | Daniel Whitney[3] | William Hull | Aaron Hill | Timothy Bigelow | Artemas Ward, Jr. | Jonathan Hale | Isaac Stearns | James Winthrop | Marshall Spring | Stephen Dana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||
| Final Result: [4][5] | 1962 | 1677 | 1236 | 816 | 654 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 1962 | 1677 | 1236 | 816 | 654 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Acton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billerica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Boxboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Carlisle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelmsford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dracut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dunstable | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Framingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holliston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lexington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Malden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Natick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherborn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shirley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoneham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sudbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tewksbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townsend | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Tyngsborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waltham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 80 | 80 | 54 | - | 20 | 48 | 28 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Westford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 76 | 76 | 76 | 75 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]"No. Voters, 2171. Make a choice, 1086." Governor's Council Records.
[5]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Aaron Hill would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court. Hill would then decline and Timothy Bigelow would subsequently be elected.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 7. 163.
Weston Town Records. Vol. One. 473.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). June 10, 1797.
Oriental Trumpet (Portland, ME). June 14, 1797.
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