Massachusetts 1813 House of Representatives, Boston

Office:
House of Representatives (State)
Title:
State Representative
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1813 House of Representatives, Boston
Date:
1813
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:
Thomas Barry, George Blanchard, Nathaniel Curtis, Charles Davis, Samuel Dunn, Richard Faxon, Thacher Goddard, William Hammatt, William Harris, John D. Howard, Jonathan Hunnewell, Oliver Keating, George G. Lee, James Lloyd, Jonathan Loring, Daniel Messenger, Harrison G. Otis, Joseph Pierce, William Porter, Samuel J. Prescott, James Robinson, Benjamin Russell, Daniel Sargent, James Savage, Lemuel Shaw, Andrew Sigourney, Richard Sullivan, William Sullivan, William H. Sumner, Ephraim Thayer, Samuel M. Thayer, Joseph Tilden, Lynde Walter, Nathan Webb, Benjamin Weld, Benjamin Whitman, Jonathan Whitney, William Smith, Stephen Codman
Candidates: Thomas Barry[1]George Blanchard[2]Nathaniel Curtis[3]Charles Davis[4]Samuel Dunn[5]Richard Faxon[6]Thacher Goddard[7]William Hammatt[8]William Harris[9]John D. Howard[10]Jonathan Hunnewell[11]Oliver Keating[12]George G. Lee[13]James Lloyd[14]Jonathan Loring[15]Daniel Messenger[16]Harrison G. Otis[17]Joseph Pierce[18]William Porter[19]Samuel J. Prescott[20]James Robinson[21]Benjamin Russell[22]Daniel Sargent[23]James Savage[24]Lemuel Shaw[25]Andrew Sigourney[26]Richard Sullivan[27]William Sullivan[28]William H. Sumner[29]Ephraim Thayer[30]Samuel M. Thayer[31]Joseph Tilden[32]Lynde Walter[33]Nathan Webb[34]Benjamin Weld[35]Benjamin Whitman[36]Jonathan Whitney[37]William Smith[38]Stephen Codman[39]
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [40][41]959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959958612
Town of Boston959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959959958612

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[40]"Votes were received by the Selectmen until 1 O'Clock when the Poll was closed. They then proceeded to sort and count the votes, when it appeared that the whole number of votes given in was 1065 - necessary to make a choice 533. - The following Thirty nine Gentlemen had a Majority and were declared to be chosen." Boston Town Records. 334 - 335.
[41]"At the election in this town on Thursday last, for Representatives to the State Legislature, Stephen Codman, Esq. one of the Federal candidataes, had but 617 votes. Wm. Smith, Esq. had 958 and the others 959. Mr. Codman had but 79 votes more than was absolutely necessary to a choice." Independent Chronicle (Boston, MA). May 17, 1813.

References:

Boston Town Records. 334-335.
Independent Chronicle (Boston, MA). May 17, 1813.

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