Massachusetts 1790 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1790 State Senate, Hampshire County
- Date:
- 1790
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Samuel Lyman, John Hastings, David Sexton, William Lyman, Samuel Fowler, John Bliss, Samuel Henshaw, Simeon Strong, William Bodman, Justin Ely, William Shephard, David Smead, Moses Bliss, Hugh MacClallen, Warham Park, Solomon Stoddard, John Williams, Job Wright, Elijah Hunt, Noah Goodman, Timothy Robinson, Ebenezer Mattoon, Ruggles Woodbridge
| Candidates: | Samuel Lyman[1] | John Hastings[2] | David Sexton | William Lyman | Samuel Fowler | John Bliss | Samuel Henshaw | Simeon Strong | William Bodman | Justin Ely | William Shephard | David Smead | Moses Bliss | Hugh MacClallen | Warham Park | Solomon Stoddard | John Williams | Job Wright | Elijah Hunt | Noah Goodman | Timothy Robinson | Ebenezer Mattoon | Ruggles Woodbridge |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [3][4][5][6] | 1467 | - | 939 | 924 | 882 | 578 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hampshire County | 1467 | - | 939 | 924 | 882 | 578 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Amherst | 46 | 49 | 23 | 52 | 30 | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belchertown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bernardston | 40 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 36 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blandford | 19 | - | - | 19 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 7 | - | - |
| Town of Brimfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlemont | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | 30 | 31 | 11 | 25 | 8 | - | 14 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colrain | 23 | 13 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 24 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Conway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cummington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deerfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Easthampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | 53 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 31 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hadley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hatfield | 22 | 51 | 30 | - | - | - | 24 | 22 | - | 20 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Heath | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leverett | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Leyden | 18 | - | - | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Longmeadow | 40 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 51 | - | 26 | - | - | 19 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | 41 | - | - | 41 | 41 | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlefield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monson | 49 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 29 | - | 10 | 8 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montgomery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Salem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northampton | 36 | 87 | 93 | 46 | 36 | - | 85 | - | 19 | 76 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich | 4 | 25 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Orange | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Palmer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rowe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shutesbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Brimfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hadley | 40 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 21 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 32 | 1 |
| Town of Southampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southwick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | 81 | - | 74 | - | - | 64 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sunderland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ware | 17 | - | - | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warwick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wendell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Springfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | 86 | 37 | 42 | 85 | 88 | - | - | 24 | 58 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westhampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whately | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilbraham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worthington | - | 40 | 40 | 3 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]"No. Voters, 1239. Make a choice, 1020." Governor's Council Records. The Governor's Records list 1239 voters but there were 2039 voters.
[4]The Governor's Records do not list a vote total for John Hastings.
[5]"Whole number 2039 - 1020 a choice." Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). May 13, 1790.
[6]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. David Sexton and Samuel Fowler would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records. 137.
Bernardston Town Records. 68.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 144.
Charlemont Town Records. 116.
Colrain Town Records. Book One. 253.
Leyden Town Records. 43.
Ludlow Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 94.
Ware Town Records.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 7, 1790.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 7, 1790.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 14, 1790.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 14, 1790.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 21, 1790.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). May 10, 1790.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). May 12, 1790.
Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). May 13, 1790.
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