Massachusetts 1801 U.S. House of Representatives, District Southern 2, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1801 U.S. House of Representatives, District Southern 2, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1801
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Josiah Smith, Nahum Mitchell, Samuel Niles, Daniel Snow, L. Bartlett, Luke Wadsworth, Kilborn Whitman, Joseph Barker, Samuel Brown, Elisha Haskell, Joseph Holmes, Jr., Lemuel Morten, George Partridge, William Shaw, Joseph Smith, Thacher
| Candidates: | Josiah Smith[1] | Nahum Mitchell | Samuel Niles | Daniel Snow | L. Bartlett | Luke Wadsworth | Kilborn Whitman | Joseph Barker | Samuel Brown | Elisha Haskell | Joseph Holmes, Jr. | Lemuel Morten | George Partridge | William Shaw | Joseph Smith | Thacher |
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| Final Result: [2][3] | 1580 | 1370 | 118 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Southern Two | 1580 | 1370 | 118 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Norfolk County | 367 | 274 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 71 | 75 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cohasset | 12 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 76 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Quincy | 9 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 113 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weymouth | 86 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plymouth County | 1134 | 1007 | 117 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Abington | 50 | 46 | 65 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 189 | 236 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carver | 14 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duxbury | 83 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Halifax | 23 | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hanover | 67 | 23 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kingston | 1 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | 78 | 59 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middleborough | 263 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pembroke | 93 | 50 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 115 | 148 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Plympton | 56 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scituate | 102 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 79 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | 69 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. No candidate received a majority in the general election that took place on November 3, 1800.
[3]"In our last we erred in casting the votes published. But if correctly added the votes then printed would have exhibited no choice. A shrewd contemporary Editor charges us with design and ignorance in the same error. But in his accurate schedule we find mistakes sufficient, to enable us, without absurdity, to retort the charges. The Editors of the Chronicle very magnanimously notice the trifling arithmetical mistake above alluded to, and affect to offset their mountain of errors, by pointing out a few motes in the federal papers. If we mistake not they met with a similar accident a short time since with that they now complain of in the Centinel, i.e. omitted a part of the speech of an executive officer. When the Centinel apology is made let it be contrasted with the Chronicle one." New-England Palladium (Boston, MA). March 17, 1801.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
New-England Palladium (Boston, MA). March 13, 1801.
New-England Palladium (Boston, MA). March 17, 1801.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). March 19, 1801.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). March 23, 1801.
Columbian Courier (New Bedford, MA). April 17, 1801.
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