Massachusetts 1816 Maine Separation, September
- Office:
- Referendum (State)
- Title:
- Referendum
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1816 Maine Separation, September
- Date:
- 1816
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Referendum/Referendum
- Candidates:
- for, against
| Candidates: | for | against |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 12187 | 10693 |
| Cumberland County | 2369 | 2142 |
| Town of Baldwin | 40 | 30 |
| Town of Bridgeton | 77 | 53 |
| Town of Bruniswick | 93 | 144 |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | 80 | 44 |
| Town of Durham | 55 | 92 |
| Town of Falmouth | 107 | 60 |
| Town of Freeport | 74 | 160 |
| Town of Gorham | 127 | 180 |
| Town of Gray | 120 | 33 |
| Town of Harpswell | 2 | 87 |
| Town of Harrison | 23 | 15 |
| Town of Minot | 89 | 159 |
| Town of New Gloucester | 139 | 106 |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 71 | 323 |
| Town of Otisfield | 12 | 95 |
| Town of Pejepscot | 27 | 40 |
| Town of Poland | 110 | 21 |
| Town of Portland | 475 | 201 |
| Town of Pownal | 64 | 74 |
| Town of Raymond | 49 | 20 |
| Town of Scarborough | 156 | 32 |
| Town of Standish | 95 | 54 |
| Town of Westbrook | 246 | 29 |
| Town of Windham | 38 | 90 |
| Hancock County | 523 | 1320 |
| Town of Belfast | 95 | 65 |
| Town of Belmont[3] | 73 | 4 |
| Town of Blue Hill | - | 77 |
| Town of Buckstown | 19 | 94 |
| Town of Castine | 7 | 65 |
| Town of Deer Isle | - | 160 |
| Town of Eden | - | 61 |
| Town of Ellsworth | 4 | 101 |
| Town of Frankfort[4] | 41 | 57 |
| Town of Gouldsborough | 1 | 42 |
| Town of Isleborough | - | 34 |
| Jackson Plantation | 27 | 9 |
| Knox Plantation | 49 | 3 |
| Lee Plantation[5] | 35 | 6 |
| Lincoln Plantation | 31 | - |
| Town of Lincolnville | 11 | 46 |
| Town of Mount Desert | - | 48 |
| Town of Northport | 17 | 20 |
| Town of Orland | - | 47 |
| Town of Penobscot | 7 | 80 |
| Town of Porspect | 34 | 28 |
| Town of Searsmont | 14 | 15 |
| Town of Sedgwick | 1 | 77 |
| Town of Sullivan | 7 | 18 |
| Town of Surry | 2 | 34 |
| Swan Plantation | 27 | 9 |
| Town of Trenton | - | 57 |
| Town of Vinalhaven | - | 33 |
| Washington Plantation | 16 | 7 |
| No. 8 and 9[6] | 5 | 23 |
| Kennebec County | 2659 | 1183 |
| Town of Augusta | 258 | 39 |
| Town of Belgrade | 62 | 12 |
| Town of Chesterville | 24 | 27 |
| Town of Clinton | 110 | 4 |
| Town of Dearborn | 32 | - |
| Town of Fairfax | 103 | 22 |
| Town of Farmington[7] | 140 | 86 |
| Town of Fayette | 70 | 54 |
| Town of Freedom[8] | 73 | 4 |
| Town of Gardiner | 69 | 76 |
| Town of Greene | 114 | 15 |
| Town of Hallowell | 190 | 134 |
| Town of Harlem | 36 | 65 |
| Town of Joy | 30 | 8 |
| Town of Leeds | 128 | 20 |
| Town of Malta | 56 | - |
| Town of Monmouth | 136 | 25 |
| Town of Mount Vernon | 135 | 1 |
| Town of New Sharon | 60 | 26 |
| Town of Pittston | 52 | 34 |
| Town of Reedfield | 70 | 49 |
| Town of Rome[9] | 13 | 8 |
| Town of Sydney | 65 | 124 |
| Town of Temple | 9 | 34 |
| Town of Unity | 86 | 3 |
| Town of Vassalborough | 76 | 64 |
| Town of Vienna | 53 | 13 |
| Town of Waterville | 114 | 51 |
| Town of Wayne | 56 | 68 |
| Town of Wilton | 74 | 14 |
| Town of Winslow | 57 | 3 |
| Town of Winthrop | 76 | 100 |
| Town of 25 Mile Pond | 32 | - |
| Lincoln County | 1758 | 2357 |
| Town of Alna | 22 | 65 |
| Town of Bath | 146 | 138 |
| Town of Boothbay | 12 | 64 |
| Town of Bowdoin | 66 | 51 |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 51 | 36 |
| Town of Bristol | 76 | 142 |
| Town of Camden | 32 | 95 |
| Town of Cushing | 23 | 12 |
| Town of Dresden | 50 | 61 |
| Town of Edgecomb | 24 | 32 |
| Town of Friendship | 9 | 19 |
| Town of Georgetown | 53 | 33 |
| Town of Hope | 14 | 39 |
| Town of Jefferson | 78 | 66 |
| Town of Lewistown | 73 | 83 |
| Town of Lisbon | 116 | 60 |
| Town of Litchfield | 196 | 51 |
| Town of Montville | 79 | 5 |
| Montville Plantation | 30 | 1 |
| Town of Newcastle | 22 | 67 |
| Town of Nobelborough | 80 | 49 |
| Town of Palermo | 78 | 20 |
| Town of Phipsburg | 23 | 74 |
| Town of Putman | 14 | 26 |
| Town of St. George | 13 | 33 |
| Town of Thomastown | 75 | 100 |
| Town of Topsham | 31 | 86 |
| Town of Union | 56 | 98 |
| Town of Waldoborough | 11 | 306 |
| Town of Wales | 25 | 13 |
| Town of Warren | 27 | 144 |
| Town of Whitefield | 70 | 28 |
| Town of Wiscasset | 68 | 123 |
| Town of Woolwich | 8 | 110 |
| Appleton Plantation | 7 | 27 |
| Oxford County | 1618 | 827 |
| Town of Albany | 9 | 15 |
| Town of Bethel | 89 | 31 |
| Town of Brownfield | 79 | 14 |
| Town of Buckfield | 110 | 18 |
| Town of Denmark | 68 | 5 |
| Town of Dixfield | 40 | 18 |
| Town of East Andover | 35 | 15 |
| Town of Fryeburgh | 65 | 76 |
| Town of Gilead | 16 | - |
| Town of Greenwood | 16 | 9 |
| Town of Hartford | 48 | 33 |
| Town of Hebron | 48 | 131 |
| Town of Hiram | 43 | 14 |
| Town of Holmantown | 7 | - |
| Town of Howards Gore | 6 | - |
| Town of Jay | 119 | 14 |
| Town of Livermore | 124 | 20 |
| Town of Lovell | 7 | 38 |
| Town of Lunt's Grant | 27 | - |
| Town of Newry | 41 | - |
| Town of No. 1 Plantation | 26 | 1 |
| Town of Norway | 71 | 102 |
| Town of Paris | 157 | 59 |
| Town of Porter | 37 | 8 |
| Town of Rumford | 59 | 18 |
| Town of Sumner | 68 | 31 |
| Town of Sweden | 20 | 7 |
| Town of Turner | 75 | 65 |
| Town of Waterford | 31 | 85 |
| Town of Weld[10] | 42 | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 35 | - |
| Penobscot County | 504 | 204 |
| Town of Bangor | 81 | 24 |
| Town of Brewer | 28 | 21 |
| Town of Carmel | 1 | 16 |
| Town of Corinth | 32 | - |
| Town of Dexter | 27 | - |
| Town of Dixmont | 17 | 7 |
| Town of Eddington | 11 | 1 |
| Town of Exeter | 24 | 4 |
| Town of Foxcroft | 15 | 5 |
| Town of Garland | 26 | 8 |
| Town of Hampden | 45 | 38 |
| Town of Hermon | 6 | 11 |
| Town of Levant | 9 | - |
| Town of New Charlestown | 26 | - |
| Town of Newport | 46 | 6 |
| Town of Orono | 8 | 5 |
| Town of Orrington | 26 | 32 |
| Town of Sangersville | 13 | 14 |
| Town of Sebec | 24 | 7 |
| Stetson Plantation | 15 | 5 |
| No 4, 2nd Range Plantation | 13 | - |
| No 3, 6th Range Plantation | 11 | - |
| Somerset County | 866 | 686 |
| Town of Anson | 80 | 25 |
| Town of Athens | 18 | 15 |
| Town of Avon | 12 | 4 |
| Town of Bingham | 7 | 10 |
| Town of Bloomfield | 22 | 92 |
| Town of Canaan | 102 | 24 |
| Town of Cornville | 26 | 41 |
| Town of Embden | 32 | 7 |
| Town of Fairfield | 84 | 63 |
| Town of Freeman | 35 | 1 |
| Town of Guilford[11] | 31 | 9 |
| Town of Harmony | 7 | 31 |
| Town of Industry | 38 | 40 |
| Town of Kingfield | 38 | 4 |
| Town of Madison | 52 | 37 |
| Town of Mercer | 12 | 57 |
| Town of Moscow | 1 | 16 |
| Town of New Portland | 29 | 7 |
| Town of New Vineyard | 19 | 9 |
| Town of Norridgewock | 64 | 65 |
| Town of Palmyra | 17 | 15 |
| Town of Phillips | 25 | 1 |
| Town of Plymouth Gore | 16 | - |
| Town of Solon | 27 | 14 |
| Town of St. Albans | 12 | 9 |
| Town of Starks | 34 | 50 |
| Town of Strong | 26 | 40 |
| Washington County | 72 | 212 |
| Town of Addison[12] | - | 30 |
| Town of Calais[13] | - | - |
| Town of Cherryfield | 3 | 17 |
| Town of Columbia | 1 | 47 |
| Town of Harrington | 2 | 7 |
| Town of Jonesborough | 15 | 3 |
| Town of Lubec[14] | 17 | 6 |
| Town of Machias | 18 | 57 |
| Town of Robbinstown | 13 | 1 |
| Town of Steuben | 3 | 39 |
| Dennysville Plantation | - | 5 |
| York County | 1818 | 1762 |
| Town of Alfred | 54 | 37 |
| Town of Arundel | 16 | 113 |
| Town of Berwick | 71 | 50 |
| Town of Biddeford | 43 | 88 |
| Town of Buxton | 244 | 26 |
| Town of Cornish | 71 | 15 |
| Town of Elliot | 34 | 50 |
| Town of Hollis | 162 | 6 |
| Town of Kittery | 94 | 1 |
| Town of Lebanon[15] | 29 | 128 |
| Town of Limerick | 19 | 69 |
| Town of Limington[16] | 83 | 39 |
| Town of Lyman | 6 | 179 |
| Town of Newfield | 19 | 94 |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 105 | 113 |
| Town of S. Berwick | 81 | 77 |
| Town of Saco | 215 | 16 |
| Town of Sanford | 118 | 56 |
| Town of Shapleigh | 115 | 102 |
| Town of Waterboro[17] | 51 | 48 |
| Town of Wells | 47 | 374 |
| Town of York | 141 | 81 |
Notes:
[1]The Eastern Argus lists 11969 Yea votes and 10347 Nay votes.
[2]The Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME) lists 11927 Yea votes and 10539 Nay votes.
[3]The Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA) lists 23 Yea votes in Belmont.
[4]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for Frankfort.
[5]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for Lee Plantation.
[6]The Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA) lists 27 Nay votes in Plantation No. 8 and 9.
[7]The Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA), October 10, and the Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA), October 17, report 35 Nay votes in Farmington.
[8]The Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA), October 10, and the Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA), October 17, report 44 Nay votes in Freedom.
[9]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for the town of Rome.
[10]The Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA) lists 40 Yea votes and 2 Nay votes in Weld.
[11]The Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA), October 10, and the Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA), October 17, list no Nay votes in Guilford.
[12]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for Addison.
[13]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for Calais.
[14]The Eastern Argus lists "No Returns" for Lubec.
[15]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) lists 27 Yea votes and 129 Nay votes in Lebanon.
[16]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) lists 70 Yea votes and 30 Nay votes in Limington.
[17]The Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME) lists 52 Yea votes in Waterboro.
References:
Bangor Weekly Register (Bangor, ME). September 7, 1816.
Weekly Visiter (Kennebunk, ME). September 7, 1816.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). September 10, 1816.
Portland Gazette, and Maine Advertiser (Portland, ME). September 10, 1816.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). September 11, 1816.
American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). September 14, 1816.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). September 17, 1816.
Portland Gazette, and Maine Advertiser (Portland, ME). September 17, 1816.
New-York Courier (New York, NY). September 30, 1816.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 2, 1816.
Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA). October 10, 1816.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). October 16, 1816.
Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). October 17, 1816.
Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, ME). October 23, 1816.
The Cape-Fear Recorder (Wilmington, NC). October 28, 1816.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, Maine: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, Maine : Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 536.
Dearborn, Jeremiah Wadleigh. A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine. Portland, ME: Brown, Thurston and Company, 1888. 429.
Farrow, John Pendleton. History of Isleborough, Maine. Bangor, ME: T. W. Burr, 1893. 47.
Giveen, Clement M., ed. A Chronology of Municipal and Election Statistics, Waterville, Maine. Augusta, ME: Maine Farmer Press, 1908. 73.
Hodgkin, Douglas I., ed. Records of Lewiston, Maine. Vol. I. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2001. 128.
Sibley, John Langdon. History of the Town of Union, in the County of Lincoln, Maine. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1851. 231.
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