Massachusetts 1788 Electoral College, Essex District
- Office:
- Electoral College (Federal)
- Title:
- Elector
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1788 Electoral College, Essex District
- Date:
- 1788
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Electoral College/Elector
- Electors:
- George Cabot, Samuel Phillips, Jr., Jonathan Titcomb, Azor Orne, Samuel Holten, Benjamin Goodhue, Samuel Phillips, Benjamin Greenleaf, John Pickering, John Choate, Jonathan Gardner, Jonathan Jackson, Thomas Kitteridge, Nathan Banks, Israel Hutchinson, Daniel Killam, Aaron Cheever, Timothy Dexter, Samuel Fowler, Nathan Goodfale, Jonathan Greenleaf, Theophilus Parsons, Nathaniel P. Sargent, Squire Shove
| Electors: | George Cabot[1] | Samuel Phillips, Jr.[2] | Jonathan Titcomb | Azor Orne | Samuel Holten | Benjamin Goodhue | Samuel Phillips | Benjamin Greenleaf | John Pickering | John Choate | Jonathan Gardner | Jonathan Jackson | Thomas Kitteridge | Nathan Banks | Israel Hutchinson | Daniel Killam | Aaron Cheever | Timothy Dexter | Samuel Fowler | Nathan Goodfale | Jonathan Greenleaf | Theophilus Parsons | Nathaniel P. Sargent | Squire Shove |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Presidential Candidate: | George Washington / John Adams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [3][4][5][6][7] | 955 | 676 | 323 | 184 | 155 | 100 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Essex | 955 | 676 | 323 | 184 | 155 | 100 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Essex County | 955 | 676 | 323 | 184 | 155 | 100 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Amesbury | - | - | 18 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Andover | 61 | 67 | - | 2 | 32 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Beverly | 95 | 97 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boxford | 13 | 5 | - | 4 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danvers | 25 | 12 | 30 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Gloucester | 140 | 71 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haverhill | 56 | 59 | - | 2 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ipswich | 55 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Lynfield | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lynn | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Manchester | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marblehead | 93 | 1 | - | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Metheun | 13 | 10 | - | - | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middleton[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 36 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newburyport | 156 | 108 | 86 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Rowley | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salem | 93 | 82 | 35 | 48 | - | - | 2 | - | 11 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | 23 | - | 35 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsfield | 22 | 12 | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wenham[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Massachusetts had a unique method for choosing its Presidential Electors. In each of the eight Congressional districts, voters voted for two electors. The Massachusetts General Court would then chose one Elector from among the top two candidates in each district to go along with two at-large Electors chosen solely by the General Court.
[4]"The Massachusetts Election Resolutions of 20 November 1788 provided that on 18 December, when the voters cast their votes for Representatives in each district, they should also vote for two men as presidential Electors. The votes were to be sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by Monday, 5 January, and on 7 January the legislature in joint session would elect one of the two men receiving the highest number of votes in each district. The legislature would then elect two Electors from the state at large from among men who had not received votes as Electors in any district. When the votes were returned to the Secretary, it was revealed that more than 220 men had received votes, including virtually every Federalist leader in the state. The Federalist-controlled legislature therefore hurriedly passed a resolution on 6 January declaring that anyone not disqualified by the Constitution 'shall be considered as eligible for an Elector at large, any resolve to the contrary notwithstanding' (see House and Seate Proceedings, 6 January)." DenBoer, Gordon and Lucy Trumbull Brown, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. II. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 529.
[5]Samuel Phillips, Jr. was chosen by the Massachusetts General Court as the Elector for Essex County.
[6]Elections for Presidential Electors were held on December 18, 1788. The Massachusetts General Court then selected the 10 Electors on January 7, 1789. The Electors voted for President on February 4, 1789.
[7]"The elections in the country have, in general, been very thinly attended - owing in some measure to the late fall of snow, making the passing bad." The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Middleton.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Wenham.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
The Salem Mercury (Salem, MA). December 23, 1788.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 24, 1788.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). December 31, 1788.
Jensen, Merrill and Robert A. Becker, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. I. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 441-511, 529-542.
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