Massachusetts 1789 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1789 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 3
- Date:
- 1789
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Third Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Samuel Lyman, Theodore Sedgwick, William Whiting, Thompson J. Skinner, William Williams, John Bacon, John Worthington, Perox Clap, Jeremiah Hicock, Elisha Hunt, Ebenezer Warner
| Candidates: | Samuel Lyman | Theodore Sedgwick | William Whiting | Thompson J. Skinner | William Williams | John Bacon | John Worthington | Perox Clap | Jeremiah Hicock | Elisha Hunt | Ebenezer Warner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Anti-Federalist | ||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 1847 | 1523 | 1109 | 648 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Four | 1847 | 1523 | 1109 | 648 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Berkshire County | 17 | 609 | 754 | 630 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Adams | - | 1 | 11 | 133 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alford | - | 14 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Becket | 1 | 33 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dalton[3] | - | - | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Egremont | 2 | 4 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Great Barrington | - | 44 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock[4] | - | 18 | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lanesborough | - | 102 | - | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lee | - | 12 | 100 | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lenox | 4 | 7 | 50 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Louden[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Washington | - | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of New Ashford | - | 4 | 2 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Marlborough | - | 53 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Partridgefield | - | 12 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | 50 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | 2 | 61 | 31 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandisfield | 6 | 14 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheffield | - | 71 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Stockbridge | 1 | 64 | 21 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tyringham | - | 13 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | 12 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Stockbridge | - | 10 | 69 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamstown | 1 | 6 | 47 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | - | 1 | - | 102 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hampshire County | 1830 | 914 | 355 | 18 | 67 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Amherst | 70 | 15 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashfield | 110 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belchertown | 63 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Bernardston | 40 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blandford | 9 | 36 | 40 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brimfield | 4 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buckland[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlemont | 30 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester[7] | 49 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chesterfield | 5 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colrain | 46 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Conway | 88 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cummington | - | 1 | - | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deerfield | 18 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Easthampton | 23 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | 23 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granville | 30 | 4 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenfield | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hadley | 10 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hatfield | 11 | 35 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Heath | 1 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holland[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leverett[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Leyden[10] | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Longmeadow | 42 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlefield | 40 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monson | 43 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montague | 1 | 45 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montgomery[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Salem | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northampton | 17 | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | 2 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Orange | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Palmer | 24 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pelham | 66 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Plainfield[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rowe[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburne | 58 | 4 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shutesbury | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Brimfield | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hadley | 45 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southampton | 14 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Southwick | 3 | 29 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | 126 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sunderland | 11 | 24 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ware | 50 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warwick | 18 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Wendell | 4 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Springfield | 84 | 7 | 155 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | 1 | 41 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westhampton | 26 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whately | 15 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilbraham | 85 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburg | 5 | 2 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worthington | 4 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on December 18, 1788, with a 2nd Trial on January 29, 1789. A 4th Trial would follow on March 30, 1789.
[2]"The first election in the district was in part a reflection of the rivalry between Hampshire and Berkshire counties. Berkshire was the less populous county, but four of the six candidates who received the most votes - Theodore Sedgwick, William Whiting, Thompson J. Skinner, and William Williams - were residents of the county. The two Hampshire candidates were Samuel Lyman and John Worthington. The first election did not reflect the fact that the two counties were centers of agrarian discontent and of support for Shays's Rebellion. Nor did it reflect the fact that in the state Convention the Hampshire delegates voted 32 to 19 and the Berkshire delegates voted 16 to 6 against ratification of the Constitution. Only Whiting was regarded as a Shaysite and an Antifederalist, while the other five men were Federalists - and two of these - Worthington and Williams - had been virtual if not actual Loyalists during the Revolution. The issue of amendments to the Constitution was not raised during the first election in the district, but it became so important in the ensuing elections that Theodore Sedgwick, who opposed amendments, publicly promised to support them before the fifth election, which he won." The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790, Vol. I. p 603.
[3]The votes from Dalton were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[4]The votes from Hancock were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Louden.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Buckland.
[7]The votes from Chester were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Holland.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Leverett.
[10]The votes from Leyden were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Montgomery.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Norwich.
[13]Plainfield was not listed in the Original Election Returns.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Rowe.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Leyden Town Records.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). March 4, 1789.
The Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer (Pittsfield, MA). March 6, 1789.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). March 11, 1789.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). March 11, 1789.
The Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer (Pittsfield, MA). March 13, 1789.
The Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). March 25, 1789.
Jensen, Merrill and Robert A. Becker, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. I. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 684-694.
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