Massachusetts 1802 U.S. House of Representatives, District Eastern 1, Special, Ballot 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1802 U.S. House of Representatives, District Eastern 1, Special, Ballot 3
- Date:
- 1802
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- Third Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Orchard Cook, Martin Kinsley, Phineas Bruce, Nathaniel Dummer, Mark L. Hill, Henry Knox, Barzillal Gannet, Benjamin Mead, George Ulmer, David Cobb, Samuel Wild
| Candidates: | Orchard Cook | Martin Kinsley | Phineas Bruce | Nathaniel Dummer | Mark L. Hill | Henry Knox | Barzillal Gannet | Benjamin Mead | George Ulmer | David Cobb | Samuel Wild |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | |||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3] | 1408 | 1185 | 413 | 306 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eastern One | 1408 | 1185 | 413 | 306 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 244 | 559 | 99 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Bangor[4][5] | - | 56 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | 9 | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | 6 | 2 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckstown | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Castine | - | 12 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | - | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duck Trap | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsboro | - | 1 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampden[6] | 4 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Islesborough | 35 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northport[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orland | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | 4 | 60 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect | 14 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | 44 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | - | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | - | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 East Penobscot River[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 East Penobscot River[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 Union River | 13 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 8 and 9 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kennebec County | 209 | 507 | - | 173 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Town of Anson | 3 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Augusta | 24 | 72 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 51 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Clinton | 7 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornville[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 27 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 22 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 6 | 83 | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Harlem[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock | 12 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | 18 | 33 | - | 5 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sidney | 29 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalborough | - | 68 | - | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 10 | 70 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 929 | 119 | 67 | 68 | 21 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Ballstown | 95 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 63 | - | 61 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Camden | 48 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dresden | 30 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | 25 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medencook | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | 32 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Newcastle | 50 | 7 | 6 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro | 29 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownalborough | 87 | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomastown | 61 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoborough | 35 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | 63 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 26 | - | 247 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Addison | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | - | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport | 10 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrington | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | - | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Papamaguadda[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Steuben | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 22 | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Special election to fill the seat of Silas Lee, having resigned on August 20, 1801 before the 7th Congress convened.
[2]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on September 25, 1801 and a 2nd Trial was held on December 7, 1801. A 4th Trial would be held on June 7, 1802.
[3]Martin Kinsley had ran as a Federalist for State Senate, and subsequently ran as a Republican for U.S. Congress.
[4]The votes from Bangor were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[5]History of Penobscot County, Maine, 546 lists 52 votes for Martin Kinsley.
[6]The votes from Hampden were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Mount Desert.
[8]"Return made but the No. of votes cannot be ascertained." Original Election Returns.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 1 East Penobscot River.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 6 East Penobscot River.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Cornville.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Harlem.
[13]"Return made but no votes." Original Election Returns.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). April 9, 1802.
Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). April 14, 1802.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). April 16, 1802.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). April 23, 1802.
Edes' Kennebec Gazette (Augusta, ME). May 14, 1802.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). May 21, 1802.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, Maine: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 19.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 284.
"The Annals of Bangor", History of Penobscot County Maine. Williams, Chase and, Cleveland: 1882. 540.
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