Massachusetts 1793 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1793 Governor
Date:
1793
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John Hancock, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Phillips, Francis Dana, William Cushing, James Sullivan, Nathaniel Gorham, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Lincoln, Nestor Orr, Samuel Holton, Thomas Russell, James Bowdoin, Azor Orne, George Dimmett, Increase Sumner, John Bacon, Benjamin Adams, John Le Favor, John Trench, John Watson, John Avery, Jr., Daniel Chapman, Thomas Clark, Benjamin Cobb, Manassa Cutler, Abner Holden, John Kent, Samuel Niles, Harrison Gray Otis, William Phillips, Jr., Caleb Strong, Joseph Tucker, Charles Turner, Jeremiah Warewall, James Warren, Samuel Watson, John Worthington
Candidates: John Hancock[1]Elbridge GerrySamuel PhillipsFrancis DanaWilliam CushingJames SullivanNathaniel GorhamSamuel AdamsBenjamin LincolnNestor OrrSamuel HoltonThomas RussellJames BowdoinAzor OrneGeorge DimmettIncrease SumnerJohn BaconBenjamin AdamsJohn Le FavorJohn TrenchJohn WatsonJohn Avery, Jr.Daniel ChapmanThomas ClarkBenjamin CobbManassa CutlerAbner HoldenJohn KentSamuel NilesHarrison Gray OtisWilliam Phillips, Jr.Caleb StrongJoseph TuckerCharles TurnerJeremiah WarewallJames WarrenSamuel WatsonJohn Worthington
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2]164288693613277452432610109975443222211111111111111111
Barnstable County35036------------4---------1-------------
Town of Barnstable2924------------4---------1-------------
Town of Chatham21-------------------------------------
Town of Eastham455------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth52-------------------------------------
Town of Harwich325------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[3]--------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich642------------------------------------
Town of Truro[4]25-------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet22-------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth60-------------------------------------
Berkshire County89713135---33-3------33--------------1------
Town of Adams47-2-----------------------------------
Town of Alford89------------------------------------
Town of Becket26-------3----------------------1------
Town of Bethlehem11-------------------------------------
Town of Chesire993------------------------------------
Town of Dalton20-6---1-------------------------------
Town of Egremont331------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington10-------------------------------------
Town of Hancock18-------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough3232------------------------------------
Town of Lee50-------------------------------------
Town of Lenox591-------------3----------------------
Town of Louden7-----9-------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington[5]--------------------------------------
District of New Ashford28-------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough1120------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield27-27-----------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield64-------------------------------------
Town of Richmond51-------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield46-------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield3113------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge1250----23-------------------------------
Town of Tyringham40-------------------------------------
Town of Washington23-------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge332--------------3---------------------
Town of Williamstown75-------------------------------------
Town of Windsor36-------------------------------------
Bristol County8773337----------------------------------
Town of Attleborough68--37----------------------------------
Town of Berkley39-------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth93-------------------------------------
Town of Dighton50-------------------------------------
Town of Easton56-------------------------------------
Town of Freetown77-------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield57-------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford53-1-----------------------------------
Town of Norton61-------------------------------------
Town of Raynham2832-----------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth129-------------------------------------
Town of Somerset10-------------------------------------
Town of Swansea27-------------------------------------
Town of Taunton66-------------------------------------
Town of Westport63-------------------------------------
Cumberland County79911-4-----------1-----------1----------
Town of Bakerston24-------------------------------------
Town of Bridgetown[6]--------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick80-------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth50-------------------------------------
Town of Durham45-------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth544------------------------------------
Town of Freeport56-------------------------------------
Town of Gorham87-------------------------------------
Town of Gray48-------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell59-------------------------------------
Town of Hebron21-------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester[7]--------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth61--2-----------1----------------------
Town of Otisfield[8]--------------------------------------
Town of Portland477-------------------------1----------
Town of Raymondston[9]--------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro50--2----------------------------------
Town of Standish49-------------------------------------
Town of Turner22-------------------------------------
Town of Windham46-------------------------------------
Dukes County79----52--------------------------------
Town of Chilmark17-------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown26----52--------------------------------
Town of Tisbury36-------------------------------------
Essex County13041131514---1--6415----2---1--1------------
Town of Amesbury34-------------------------------------
Town of Andover9814-----------------------------------
Town of Beverly43-------------------------------------
Town of Boxford10-5-------------------1---------------
Town of Bradford29--13----------------------------------
Town of Danvers15443-----------1------------------------
Town of Gloucester66-------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill815----------1-------------------------
Town of Ipswich1265-----1--4--4-----------1------------
District of Lynfield1214------------------------------------
Town of Lynn684--------2---------------------------
Town of Manchester19-------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead48-----------------2-------------------
Town of Metheun37-------------------------------------
Town of Middleton415------------------------------------
Town of Newbury7312------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport98851-------4--------------------------
Town of Rowley89-------------------------------------
Town of Salem65131-----------------------------------
Town of Salisbury29-------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield543------------------------------------
Town of Wenham30-------------------------------------
Hampshire County25284516944--718---33-----------------1------1
Town of Amherst52-------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield45-------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown38-16-----------------------------------
Town of Bernardston38-------------------------------------
Town of Blandford74-------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield43--39----------------------------------
Town of Buckland24-------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont26-------------------------------------
Town of Chester35-----1-------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield39-11-----------------------------------
Town of Colrain52-------------------------------------
Town of Conway71-------------------------------------
Town of Cummington19-9----2------------------------------
Town of Deerfield333------------------------------------
District of Easthampton19------10----3-------------------------
Town of Goshen36-8-----------------------------------
Town of Granby38-------------------------------------
Town of Granville37-------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield493-2----------------------------------
Town of Greenwich27-------------------------------------
Town of Hadley37-19-----------------------------------
Town of Hatfield31-9----1------------------------------
Town of Hawley23-------------------------------------
Town of Heath12-5-----------------------------------
Town of Holland32-------------------------------------
Town of Leverett46-------------------------------------
District of Leyden33-------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow53-----------------------------1-------
Town of Ludlow56-------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield21-------------------------------------
Town of Monson60-----2-------------------------------
Town of Montague24-------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery26-------------------------------------
Town of New Salem39--3---------------------------------1
Town of Northfield48-------------------------------------
Town of Northampton83394-----------------------------------
Town of Norwich--31-----------------------------------
District of Orange33-------------------------------------
Town of Palmer24-------------------------------------
Town of Pelham68-------------------------------------
District of Plainfield24-------------------------------------
Town of Rowe22-------------------------------------
Town of Russell16-------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne73-------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury35-------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield49-------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley40-------------------------------------
Town of Southampton24-38---3-------------------------------
Town of Southwick42-------------------------------------
Town of Springfield85------1---2--------------------------
Town of Sunderland13-------------------------------------
Town of Ware31-------------------------------------
Town of Warwick105-------------------------------------
Town of Wendell20-6-----------------------------------
Town of West Springfield119-------------------------------------
Town of Westfield94-----1-------------------------------
Town of Westhampton45-11-----------------------------------
Town of Whately15-------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham37------4---1--------------------------
Town of Williamsburg48-2-----------------------------------
Town of Worthington47-------------------------------------
Hancock County409-------------------2-------------1-1-
Town of Bangor23-------------------------------------
Town of Belfast28-------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill24-------------------------------------
Town of Cambden16-------------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle49-------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt55-------------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough27-------------------------------------
Town of Islesborough13-------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert48-------------------------------------
Town of Orrington[10]--------------------------------------
Town of Penobscot78-------------------2-------------1-1-
Town of Sedgwick10-------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan38-------------------------------------
Town of Trenton[11]--------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven[12]--------------------------------------
Lincoln County115284-4---1------------------------------
Town of Ballstown42-------------------------------------
Town of Bath49--4----------------------------------
Town of Boothbay32-------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin36-------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham11-------------------------------------
Town of Bristol52-------------------------------------
Town of Canaan28-------------------------------------
Town of Cushing21-------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb42-------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield10-------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown89-------------------------------------
Town of Green12-------------------------------------
Town of Hallowell7530------------------------------------
Town of Hancock32-------------------------------------
Town of Medencook[13]--------------------------------------
Town of Monmouth32-------------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon35-------------------------------------
Town of Newcastle51------1------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro34-------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock9-------------------------------------
Town of Pittston355------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro6635------------------------------------
Town of Readfield38-------------------------------------
Town of Sidney35-------------------------------------
Town of Thomastown25-------------------------------------
Town of Topsham67-------------------------------------
Town of Union17-------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro36-------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro51-------------------------------------
Town of Warren[14]--------------------------------------
Town of Winslow1114------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop44-------------------------------------
Town of Woolwich35-------------------------------------
Middlesex County[15]1778214-68---13-----------------------------
Town of Acton33-------------------------------------
Town of Ashby54-------------------------------------
Town of Bedford26-------------------------------------
Town of Billerica386-3----------------------------------
District of Boxboro20--4----------------------------------
Town of Cambridge788-1----------------------------------
District of Carlisle31-------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown146-------------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford46-25----------------------------------
Town of Concord785------------------------------------
Town of Dracut71-------3-----------------------------
Town of Dunstable27-------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury42-------------------------------------
Town of Framingham296-17----------------------------------
Town of Groton57-------------------------------------
Town of Holliston34-------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton453------------------------------------
Town of Lexington61-------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln42-------------------------------------
Town of Littleton38-------------------------------------
Town of Malden453------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough748-4----------------------------------
Town of Medford1922------------------------------------
Town of Natick30-------------------------------------
Town of Newton383------------------------------------
Town of Pepperell56-------------------------------------
Town of Reading4632------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn-37------------------------------------
Town of Shirley38-------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham23-------------------------------------
Town of Stow47------1------------------------------
Town of Sudbury264-14----------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury38-------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough716------------------------------------
Town of Townsend65-------------------------------------
Town of Waltham55-------------------------------------
Town of Watertown2330------------------------------------
Town of Westford411------------------------------------
Town of Weston1424------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington57-------------------------------------
Town of Woburn82-------------------------------------
Nantucket County124-------------------------------------
Town of Nantucket124-------------------------------------
Plymouth County6454120274-23110--2---------------1----1----
Town of Abington42-2-----------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater1083010------10----------------------------
Town of Carver56-------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury177------------------------------------
Town of Halifax24-3-----1-----------------------------
Town of Hanover36-------------------------------------
Town of Kingston15--1---2----2-------------------------
Town of Marshfield19---24---------------------------------
Town of Middleborough89-----2-------------------------------
Town of Pembroke49---16---------------------------------
Town of Plymouth29------1------------------------------
Town of Plympton51-------------------------------------
Town of Rochester48---------------------------1---------
Town of Scituate3345134----------------------------1----
Town of Wareham29-------------------------------------
Suffolk County[16]2162107322---12---1----2-2-1-1-----1--------
Town of Bellingham24-------------------------------------
Town of Boston117834-15-------------2-2---------1--------
Town of Braintree83-------------------------------------
Town of Brookline221------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea29-------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset[17]--------------------------------------
Town of Dedham51-------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester508------------------------------------
District of Dover39-------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough52-------------------------------------
Town of Franklin4353-----------------------------------
Town of Hingham1031------1-----------------------------
Town of Hull[18]--------------------------------------
Town of Medfield1714------------------------------------
Town of Medway376------------------------------------
Town of Milton41-----------1-------------------------
Town of Needham66-------------------------------------
Town of Quincy40-------------------------------------
Town of Randolph754-----1------------------------------
Town of Roxbury674---------------------1--------------
Town of Sharon54-------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton91-------------------------------------
Town of Walpole42-------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth36-------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham69--7----1------------1----------------
Washington County1871------------------------------------
Town of Machias82-----1-------------------------------
Town of Papamaguadda[19]--------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 527-------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 645-------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 2233-------------------------------------
Worcester County22497211584---11-31--------------1--------1--
Town of Ashburnham46-------------------------------------
Town of Athal24-28-----------------------------------
Town of Barre77-------------------------------------
District of Berlin13--1----------------------------------
Town of Bolton10--14----------------------------------
Town of Boylston36-------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield1262627------3---------------------------
Town of Charlton80-5-----------------------------------
Town of Douglas40-------------------------------------
Town of Dudley58-------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg392------------------------------------
Town of Gardner27-------------------------------------
Town of Gerry43--9----------------------------------
Town of Grafton47-1-----------------------------------
Town of Hardwick62-4--------------------------------1--
Town of Harvard48-------------------------------------
Town of Holden20-15----------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston47-------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster582------------------------------------
Town of Leicester42-1-----------------------------------
Town of Leominster27-17-----------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg5910------------------------------------
Town of Mendon491------------------------------------
Town of Milford50-------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree62-------1-----------------------------
Town of Northborough39-------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge23-1-----------------------------------
Town of Oakham40-------------------------------------
Town of Oxford31-------------------------------------
Town of Paxton39-------------------------------------
Town of Petersham371910-----------------------------------
Town of Princetown52-51----------------------------------
Town of Royalston46-7-----------------------------------
Town of Rutland64-------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury47--21----------------------------------
Town of Southborough46--5----------------------------------
Town of Spencer64-------------------------------------
Town of Sterling63-------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge36-11-----------------------------------
Town of Sutton76-4-----------------------------------
Town of Templeton48-3-----------------------------------
Town of Upton31-------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge34-------------------------------------
Town of Ward22-------------------------------------
Town of Westborough49-6----1------------------------------
Town of Western5853-----------------------------------
Town of Westminster55--1----------------------1-----------
Town of Winchendon28-------------------------------------
Town of Worcester31312--------1--------------------------
York County88811148--1----1--------------------1-----
Town of Arundel38-------------------------------------
Town of Berwick73-------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford382------------------------------------
Town of Brownfield24-------------------------------------
Town of Buxton63-------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall31-------------------------------------
Town of Francisboro16-------------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh45-------------------------------------
Town of Kittery68-------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon50-------------------------------------
Town of Limerick38-------------------------------------
Town of Limington[20]--------------------------------------
Town of Littlefalls19-------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield42-------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro366----1----1--------------------------
Town of Sandford69--23----------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh93-------------------------------------
Town of Washington20-------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough21-------------------------------------
Town of Wells6631-----------------------------------
Town of York38--25----------------------------1-----

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Samuel Adams would assume the duties of Governor on October 8, 1793 upon the death of John Hancock.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[4]Truro Town Records 76 give vote total as 27.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Mount Washington.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[7]There were no votes recorded in New Gloucester.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Otisfield.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Orrington.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Trenton.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Vinalhaven.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[15]Benjamin Lincoln received 3 votes as General Lincoln.
[16]Benjamin Lincoln received 2 votes as General Lincoln.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Cohasset.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Hull.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Limington.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 177.
Blue Hill Town Records. 65.
Brookline Town Records. 394.
Brookfield Town Records.
Chatham Town Records. 102.
Falmouth Town Records. 331.
Freetown Town Records. 321.
Lee Town Records. 73.
Marshfield Town Records. 254.
Oakham Town Records. 264-265.
Princeton Town Records. 162.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 289.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 65.
Truro Town Records. 76.
Warren Town Records. 17.
Worcester Town Records. 239.
The Argus (Boston, MA). April 2, 1793.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 2, 1793.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 2, 1793.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 3, 1793.
The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet (Newburyport, MA). April 3, 1793.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 4, 1793.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). April 5, 1793.
The Medley or Newbedford Marine Journal (New Bedford, MA). April 6, 1793.
The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal (Boston, MA). April 8, 1793.
Western Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 9, 1793.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 113 - 114.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 161.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 450.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 30.
A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Boston Town Records. 1784 to 1796. Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903. 326.

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