New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College

Office:
Electoral College (Federal)
Title:
Elector
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College
Date:
1796
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Electoral College/Elector
Electors:
Oliver Peabody, John Taylor Gilman, Benjamin Bellows, Timothy Farrar, Ebenezer Thompson, Bezaleel Woodward, Timothy Walker, Joseph Badger, Jr., Simeon Olcott, Robert Wallace, Thomas Bellows, Peter Wingate, John Goddard, Woodbury Langdon, Moses Leavitt, James Sheafe, John Printice, Thomas Cogswell, Joseph Cilley, A. R. Cutter, John Calef, Michael MacClary, Israel Evans, Joseph Sheafe, Aaron Hutchins, Ebenezer Smith, Nathaniel Peabody, Ebenezer Smith, Christopher Tappan, Joshua Bracket, Jonathan Warner, Nathaniel Adams, John Bellows, Supply Clap, Joseph Pearson, Moses Baker, Samuel Drowne, Thomas Leavett, Daniel Newcomb, J. Richardson, Paine Windgate, scattering
Electors: Oliver Peabody[1]John Taylor Gilman[2]Benjamin Bellows[3]Timothy Farrar[4]Ebenezer Thompson[5]Bezaleel WoodwardTimothy WalkerJoseph Badger, Jr.Simeon OlcottRobert WallaceThomas BellowsPeter WingateJohn GoddardWoodbury LangdonMoses LeavittJames SheafeJohn PrinticeThomas CogswellJoseph CilleyA. R. CutterJohn CalefMichael MacClaryIsrael EvansJoseph SheafeAaron HutchinsEbenezer Smith[6]Nathaniel PeabodyEbenezer Smith[7]Christopher TappanJoshua BracketJonathan WarnerNathaniel AdamsJohn BellowsSupply ClapJoseph PearsonMoses BakerSamuel DrowneThomas LeavettDaniel NewcombJ. RichardsonPaine Windgatescattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanFederalistRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanRepublicanFederalistRepublican
Presidential Candidate:John Adams / Oliver EllsworthJohn Adams / Oliver EllsworthJohn Adams / Oliver EllsworthJohn Adams / Oliver EllsworthJohn Adams / Oliver EllsworthJohn Adams / Oliver Ellsworth
Final Result: [8][9][10]371934083176302728672077836681481444443310------------------------------
Cheshire County------------------------------------------
Town of Acworth------------------------------------------
Town of Alstead------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown[11]------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield------------------------------------------
Town of Claremont------------------------------------------
Town of Cornish------------------------------------------
Town of Croydon------------------------------------------
Town of Dublin------------------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam------------------------------------------
Town of Gilsum2020202020-20-----------------------------------
Town of Goshen------------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale------------------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey------------------------------------------
Town of Keene7675767676-1-76---------------------------------
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 Richmond2525252525-25-----------------------------------
Town of Rindge------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield------------------------------------------
Town of Stoddard[12]------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan29292928----30-----------26-------1--21-2-------
Town of Surry------------------------------------------
Town of Swanzey------------------------------------------
Town of Unity------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole575757583558-221-----------------------------11--
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 Canaan222322252023------------------------------------
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[13]777777777777------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster------------------------------------------
Town of Landaff------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton[14]------------------------------------------
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 Plymouth646464646464------------------------------------
Town of Rumney------------------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown------------------------------------------
Town of Stratford------------------------------------------
Town of Thornton------------------------------------------
Town of Warren------------------------------------------
Town of Wentworth2121212121-1-----------------19----------1----1-
Town of Whitefield------------------------------------------
Hillsborough County------------------------------------------
Town of Amherst251349252525---24--24-----23--252422------------------
Town of Andover[15]------------------------------------------
Town of Antrim------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford------------------------------------------
Town of Boscawen------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline------------------------------------------
Town of Deering------------------------------------------
Town of Derryfield[16]2810282810-28--10--------------------------------
Town of Dunbarton------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable------------------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield------------------------------------------
Town of Francestown------------------------------------------
Town of Goffstown------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock[17]------------------------------------------
Town of Henniker1111111111-11-----------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough------------------------------------------
Town of Hollis------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton373737373737------------------------------------
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[18]------------------------------------------
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 Concord52-51521-51--------52513------------------------
Town of Deerfield------------------------------------------
Town of East Kingston------------------------------------------
Town of Epping------------------------------------------
Town of Epsom------------------------------------------
Town of Exeter------------------------------------------
Town of Greenland------------------------------------------
Town of Hampstead------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls[19]------------------------------------------
Town of Hawke------------------------------------------
Town of Kensington------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield------------------------------------------
Town of Plaistow------------------------------------------
Town of Poplin------------------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth51481184757--11---737866--65661-1----13--64-12--1-----
Town of Raymond------------------------------------------
Town of Rye45-13-43--9----394544---36------------------1----
Town of Salem------------------------------------------
Town of Sandown8-88--8--------88-------------------------
Town of Seabrook------------------------------------------
Town of South Hampton------------------------------------------
Town of Stratham4135394531536-1---299---------------------------
Town of Windham14-1414--14--------1414-------------------------
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 Dover3939393939-39-----------------------------------
Town of Durham------------------------------------------
Town of Eaton------------------------------------------
Town of Effingham------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington------------------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown------------------------------------------
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 Rochester14262621638-16----1---------------9-------------
Town of Sanbornton3030-----------------------16-13--------------
Town of Sandwich------------------------------------------
Town of Somersworth------------------------------------------
Town of Tamworth------------------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro------------------------------------------
Town of Wakefield------------------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]of Durham.
[7]of Meredith.
[8]Only five candidates received a majority. Timothy Walker would be subsequently elected by the Legislature.
[9]There were 26,244 votes cast, 2188 necessary for a majority.
[10]"From different parts of the State, assure us that the following List of Candidates, for Electors of President and Vice-President, will be generally supported - John Taylor Gilman, Oliver Peabody, Bezaleel Woodward, Ebenezer Thomson, Timothy Farrar, Benjamin Bellows. This list is composed of gentlemen of known Federalism and integrity. Such men, the present very important crisis requires." The Eagle: or, Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). October 10, 1796.
[11]Majority of 38 for the electors pledged to John Adams.
[12]"Electors of President had 25 votes each." History of Stoddard. 78.
[13]"In 1796 the Federalist electors received the unanimous vote of the town." A History of the Town of Hanover, N.H. 6
[14]"At that of 1796 a meeting was warned to assemble at Captain Caswell's, on the first day of November, to vote for one member of Congress and Presidential electors. At this meeting twelve votes were cast, all for Jonathan Freeman, for member of Congress, and it was 'voted to omit choosing electors for President not being acquainted with suitable persons as the law prescribes.'" History of Littleton, New Hampshire. 222.
[15]Four electors received 18 votes, one received 17 votes and one received 16 votes.
[16]The History of Manchester lists Benjamin Bellows with 27 votes and John T. Gilman with 13 votes.
[17]"John Taylor Gilman, Oliver Peabody, Robert Moors, Timothy Farrar, Benjamin Bellows and John Calf were voted for as presidential electors; number of votes not given." The History of Hancock, New Hampshire. 121.
[18]"In 1796 only forty-three votes were cast for the electors." History of Peterborough, New Hampshire. 849.
[19]"Twenty eight votes were cast for President of the United States." History of Hampton Falls, N.H.. 138.

References:

Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1797 12-13.
Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 297.
The Eagle: or, Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). October 10, 1796.
The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH). November 8, 1796.
The Rising Sun (Keene, NH). November 8, 1796.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). November 8, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). November 9, 1796.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). November 12, 1796.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). November 15, 1796.
The Federal Mirror (Concord, NH). November 15, 1796.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). November 15, 1796.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). 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.
Republican Gazetteer (Concord, NH). November 22, 1796.
The New World (Philadelphia, PA). November 26, 1796.
Republican Gazetteer (Concord, NH). November 29, 1796.
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. 138.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 305-306.
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. 105.
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. 149.
Gould, Isaiah. History of Stoddard, Cheshire County, N.H. Marlboro, NH: W. L. Metcalf, 1897. 78.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
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. 241.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press 1905. 222.
Lord, C. C. Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H.. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1890. 102.
Lord, John King. A History of the Town of Hanover, N.H. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, 1928. 6.
Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar for the Year 1860. Concord, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1860. 21.
McDuffee, Franklin. History of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire from 1722 to 1890. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1892. 518.
Morison, George Abbot. History of Peterborough, New Hampshire. Rindge, NH: R. R. Smith, 1954. 849.
Morrison, Leonard A. The History of Windham in New Hampshire (Rockingham County), 1719-1883. Boston,MA: Cupples, Upham and, 1883. 222.
Potter, C. E. History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New-Hampshire. Manchester, NH: C. E. Potter, 1856. 538.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 427.
Saunderson, Henry H. The History of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Claremont, NH: Town of Claremont,1876. 674-676.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 242.
Stearns, Ezra S. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1906. 578.
Wadleigh, George. Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire. Dover, NH, 1913. 186.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 76.

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