Maine 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Maine 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
- Date:
- 1823
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Jeremiah O'Brien, Alfred Johnson, Jr., William Abbott, Aaron Holbrook, Jonathan D. Weston, Jeremiah O. Balch, Elijah P. Pike, John Holbrook, James W. Webster, Daniel Lane, William Avery, Ebenezer Calderwood, Charles Jarvis, David Billings, Henry Little, John Wilson, Edmund Abbot, Josiah Fernald, Thomas Haskell, Ebenezer Williams, David Braley, Frederick A. Ruggles, Enoch Low, J. Stickney
| Candidates: | Jeremiah O'Brien | Alfred Johnson, Jr. | William Abbott | Aaron Holbrook | Jonathan D. Weston | Jeremiah O. Balch | Elijah P. Pike | John Holbrook | James W. Webster | Daniel Lane | William Avery | Ebenezer Calderwood | Charles Jarvis | David Billings | Henry Little | John Wilson | Edmund Abbot | Josiah Fernald | Thomas Haskell | Ebenezer Williams | David Braley | Frederick A. Ruggles | Enoch Low | J. Stickney |
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| Affiliation: | Adams | Adams | Federalist | Republican | Adams | Adams | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3] | 1248 | 1121 | 1010 | 372 | 153 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Six | 1248 | 1121 | 1010 | 372 | 153 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hancock County | 410 | 1073 | 816 | 372 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | 5 | 221 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belmont | 11 | 39 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bluehill | 46 | 5 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooks | 6 | 35 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooksville | 2 | 5 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bucksport | 57 | - | 70 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Castine | - | 27 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | 2 | 99 | 123 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth[4] | 34 | 29 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfort | 6 | 1 | 2 | 238 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gouldsborough | 13 | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Islesborough[5] | - | 7 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jackson[6] | - | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kenton[7] | 1 | 27 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Knox[8] | 52 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincolnville | 42 | 29 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mariaville Plantation[9] | - | 15 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monroe | - | 16 | 2 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | - | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northport | - | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orland[10] | 1 | 20 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | - | 79 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect | 2 | 31 | 62 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Searsmont | 7 | 23 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgewick | 11 | 22 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 65 | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Surry | 20 | 30 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanville | - | 5 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thorndike | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven[11] | 3 | 48 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waldo Plantation | - | 28 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 8 + 9 or North Sullivan | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 14 or Mariaville South[12] | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 26 or Mariaville North | - | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 27 or Richards[13] | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 838 | 48 | 194 | - | 153 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Addison | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 53 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia[14] | 21 | - | 45 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Cooper | 23 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cherryfield | 37 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dennysville | 41 | - | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport | 84 | - | 4 | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrington | 49 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jonesborough | 71 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lubec | 73 | - | 30 | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 90 | 1 | 1 | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Perry[15] | 60 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Robbinston | 2 | 46 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Steuben | 36 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3 or N. E. Machias | 28 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 7 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 9 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 10 | 17 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 11 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 12 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 16 | 17 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 23 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Maine law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on June 30, 1823.
[2]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 158 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[3]Jonathan D. Weston received 2 votes as J. Weston and 1 vote as Jonathan Weston.
[4]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 10 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[5]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 7 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[6]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 16 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[7]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 27 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[8]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 5 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[9]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 15 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[10]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 20 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[11]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 48 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[12]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 3 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[13]Alfred Johnson, Jr. received 7 votes as Alfred Johnson.
[14]Jonathan D. Weston received 1 vote as Jonathan Weston.
[15]Jonathan D. Weston received 2 votes as J. Weston.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). March 28, 1823.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). April 9, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). April 12, 1823.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). April 15, 1823.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 15, 1823.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). April 16, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). April 19, 1823.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). April 23, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). April 26, 1823.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). May 20, 1823.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). May 20, 1823.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). May 23, 1823.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). May 24, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). May 24, 1823.
Independent Statesman and Maine Republican (Portland, ME). May 24, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). May 31, 1823.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). June 5, 1823.
Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1998.
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