Massachusetts 1796 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1796 Governor
Date:
1796
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Samuel Adams, Increase Sumner, Edward Robbins, Samuel Phillips, Moses Gill, James Sullivan, Nathaniel Gorham, Francis Dana, Elbridge Gerry, Henry H. Robbins, William Cushing, Benjamin Lincoln, John Adams, Thomas Ives, Ignatius Sumner, Adams, Nathaniel Bailey, Barrabas Biswell, James Bowdoin, Simeon T. Carver, John Douglas, John Hall, Abner Holden, Samuel Houghton, Jacob Johnston, Harrison G. Omidu, John Peterson, Sampson Reed, Samuel Rich, Samuel Saxon, Theodore Sedgwick, Mark Watron, Samuel Wooderd
Candidates: Samuel Adams[1]Increase SumnerEdward RobbinsSamuel PhillipsMoses GillJames SullivanNathaniel GorhamFrancis DanaElbridge GerryHenry H. RobbinsWilliam CushingBenjamin LincolnJohn AdamsThomas IvesIgnatius SumnerAdamsNathaniel BaileyBarrabas BiswellJames BowdoinSimeon T. CarverJohn DouglasJohn HallAbner HoldenSamuel HoughtonJacob JohnstonHarrison G. OmiduJohn PetersonSampson ReedSamuel RichSamuel SaxonTheodore SedgwickMark WatronSamuel Wooderd
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 151951018428126218417360454125125332111111111111111111
Barnstable County434140-------------------------------
Town of Barnstable5717-------------------------------
Town of Chatham-13-------------------------------
Town of Dennis-61-------------------------------
Town of Eastham67--------------------------------
Town of Falmouth851-------------------------------
Town of Harwich493-------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[2]---------------------------------
Town of Sandwich878-------------------------------
Town of Truro30--------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet293-------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth3034-------------------------------
Berkshire County59081384-237-----123---1------------1--
Town of Adams2539-------------------------------
Town of Alford1711-------------------------------
Town of Becket-30-------------------------------
District of Bethlehem121-------------------------------
Town of Chesire9-46------------------------------
Town of Dalton146-------------------------------
Town of Egremont-35--1----------------------------
Town of Great Barrington-67-----------3----------------1--
Town of Hancock4----34---------------------------
Town of Lanesborough-68----------2--------------------
Town of Lee-64-------------------------------
Town of Lenox714-------------------------------
Town of Louden33--------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington11--------------------------------
District of New Ashford-30-------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough-68---1---------------------------
Town of Partridgefield3217-------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield4551---2---------------------------
Town of Richmond2923--1----------------------------
Town of Sandisfield306-------------------------------
Town of Sheffield2387-------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge1389---------------1---------------
Town of Tyringham6013---------1---------------------
Town of Washington1929-------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge2017-------------------------------
Town of Williamstown11818-------------------------------
Town of Windsor18-38------------------------------
Bristol County6644641-3-----1--------1-------------
Town of Attleborough2464--2----------------------------
Town of Berkley455-------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth111--------------------------------
Town of Dighton6311-------------------------------
Town of Easton3291-1----------------------------
Town of Freetown[3]---------------------------------
Town of Mansfield5212-------------------------------
Town of New Bedford3143-------------------------------
Town of Norton5218-------------------------------
Town of Raynham5816-------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth7580-------------------------------
Town of Somerset-32-------------------------------
Town of Swansea35--------------------------------
Town of Taunton6970-----------------1-------------
Town of Westport454--------1----------------------
Cumberland County1059324--913--6-----------------1----1-
Town of Bridgeton620-------------------------------
Town of Brunswick5320------------------------1------
Town of Buckfield29--------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth3712-------------------------------
Town of Durham50--------------------------------
Town of Falmouth6713-------------------------------
Town of Freeport1263-------------------------------
Town of Gorham8814------6------------------------
Town of Gray54--------------------------------
Town of Harpswell-56-------------------------------
Town of Hebron50--------------------------------
Town of Jay19--------------------------------
Town of Livermore-40-------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester3421-------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth7452-------------------------------
Otisfield Plantation-2---13---------------------------
Town of Paris54--------------------------------
Town of Poland521-------------------------------
Town of Portland7750-----------------------------1-
Raymondston Plantation----9----------------------------
Town of Scarboro7114-------------------------------
Town of Standish44--------------------------------
Town of Turner[4]203-------------------------------
Town of Windham453-------------------------------
Dukes County4466-------------------------------
Town of Chilmark1030-------------------------------
Town of Edgartown924-------------------------------
Town of Tisbury2512-------------------------------
Essex County9551180-12117--29----1-21-----------------
Town of Amesbury527-------------------------------
Town of Andover7314-87-----------------------------
Town of Beverly6108-1-----------------------------
Town of Boxford-24-------------------------------
Town of Bradford1010-12---29-------------------------
Town of Danvers3157-------------------------------
Town of Gloucester30123-------------------------------
Town of Hamilton-31--2----------------------------
Town of Haverhill10737-31----------------------------
Town of Ipswich5060-22---------2------------------
District of Lynfield623-------------------------------
Town of Lynn5376-------------------------------
Town of Manchester-31-1-----------------------------
Town of Marblehead8129-------------------------------
Town of Metheun60--61----------------------------
Town of Middleton132-2-----------------------------
Town of Newbury4263-------------------------------
Town of Newburyport167126-11-------1--1-----------------
Town of Rowley5031-------------------------------
Town of Salem103190-27----------------------------
Town of Salisbury17--43----------------------------
Town of Topsfield-85-------------------------------
Town of Wenham1623-------------------------------
Hampshire County143019433210753055522531--------1---1--------
Town of Amherst[5]2283--1----------------------------
Town of Ashfield280--2----------------------------
Town of Belchertown1051---2---------------------------
Town of Bernardston10263-11---------------------------
Town of Blandford1953-------------------------------
Town of Brimfield-57-------------------------------
Town of Buckland439------2------------------------
Town of Charlemont91414----3-------------------------
Town of Chester3314--13------------------1--------
Town of Chesterfield6539---1---------------------------
Town of Colrain2811------------------------------
Town of Conway1112-------------------------------
Town of Cummington713-5------1----------------------
Town of Deerfield432-------------------------------
District of Easthampton233-------------------------------
Town of Gill51--51----------------------------
Town of Goshen-51-------------------------------
Town of Granby1429-------------------------------
Town of Granville653-------------------------------
Town of Greenfield1732---2---------------------------
Town of Greenwich6318-------------------------------
Town of Hadley171-------------------------------
Town of Hatfield542-------------------------------
Town of Hawley-19----6--------------------------
Town of Heath1533-------------------------------
Town of Holland23-13------------------------------
Town of Leverett3313-------------------------------
District of Leyden29--------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow70----3---------------------------
Town of Ludlow52--------------------------------
Town of Middlefield32--------------------------------
Town of Monson332-5---2-6-----------------------
Town of Montague1523---5----1----------------------
Town of Montgomery301-------------------------------
Town of New Salem496-------------------------------
Town of Northfield841-------------------------------
Town of Northampton2993---9---------------------------
Town of Norwich40---1----------------------------
District of Orange1614-------------------------------
Town of Palmer234----2--------------------------
Town of Pelham656-------------------------------
District of Plainfield1118-------------------------------
Town of Rowe111--11------1---------------------
Town of Russell34--------------------------------
Town of Shelburne1146-------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury31--------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield221-------19-----------------------
Town of South Hadley2522-------------------------------
Town of Southampton2173---1---------------------------
Town of Southwick481--1----------------------------
Town of Springfield891--2----------------------------
Town of Sunderland119--------1----------------------
Town of Ware497---1---------------------------
Town of Warwick49521------------------------------
Town of Wendell2913-------------------------------
Town of West Springfield164--------------------------------
Town of Westfield667--3-36-------------1------------
Town of Westhampton-75-------------------------------
Town of Whately-27-------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham2820-------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg546--1211--------------------------
Town of Worthington1575-------------------------------
Hancock County604120-3-21---------------------------
Town of Bangor1510-------------------------------
Town of Belfast45--------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill24--------------------------------
Town of Buckstown-36-------------------------------
Town of Castine1236-------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle42--------------------------------
Duck Trap Plantation311-------------------------------
Town of Eden22--------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt48--------------------------------
Town of Goldsboro817-------------------------------
Town of Hampden28--------------------------------
Town of Islesborough20--------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert18--------------------------------
Town of Northport15--------------------------------
Town of Orrington33--------------------------------
Town of Penobscot63--------------------------------
Town of Prospect301-------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick12--------------------------------
Town of Sullivan312-------------------------------
Town of Trenton-7-3-21---------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven72--------------------------------
Plantation No 2. East Penobscot River49-------------------------------
Plantation No 6. East Penobscot River311-------------------------------
Lincoln County1469326-5-15--2-----------------------1
Town of Ballstown88--------------------------------
Town of Bath4225-5-----------------------------
Town of Belgrade27----15---------------------------
Town of Boothbay38--------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin[6]---------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham[7]---------------------------------
Town of Bristol71--------------------------------
Town of Camden[8]---------------------------------
Town of Canaan126-------------------------------
Town of Clinton30--------------------------------
Town of Cushing-31-------------------------------
Town of Dresden736------------------------------1
Town of Edgecomb592-------------------------------
Town of Fairfield14--------------------------------
Town of Farmington454-------------------------------
Town of Fayette[9]---------------------------------
Town of Georgetown77--------------------------------
Town of Green17--------------------------------
Town of Hallowell11522-------------------------------
Town of Lewiston62--------------------------------
Town of Litchfield45--------------------------------
Town of Monmouth57--------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon43--------------------------------
Town of New Milford3023-------------------------------
Town of New Sharon36--------------------------------
Town of Newcastle531-------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro452-------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock32--------------------------------
Town of Pittston52--------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro3042-------------------------------
Town of Readfield363------2------------------------
Town of Sidney311-------------------------------
Town of Starks[10]---------------------------------
Town of Thomastown[11]---------------------------------
Town of Topsham6210-------------------------------
Town of Union[12]---------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro4928-------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro[13]---------------------------------
Town of Warren3521-------------------------------
Town of Winslow502-------------------------------
Town of Winthrop595-------------------------------
Town of Woolwich1541-------------------------------
Plantation adjacent to Bowdoin16--------------------------------
Middlesex County2323674-42116-118-1----------------------
Town of Acton575-------------------------------
Town of Ashby3916-------------------------------
Town of Bedford50--------------------------------
Town of Billerica1271---1---------------------------
District of Boxboro246-------------------------------
Town of Cambridge10435-----1-------------------------
District of Carlisle58--------------------------------
Town of Charlestown22323-------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford5613-------------------------------
Town of Concord7651-------------------------------
Town of Dracut1024-1-----------------------------
Town of Dunstable234-------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury2930-------------------------------
Town of Framingham4330------2------------------------
Town of Groton7916-------------------------------
Town of Holliston352--1----------------------------
Town of Hopkinton804-------------------------------
Town of Lexington954--1----------------------------
Town of Lincoln522------1------------------------
Town of Littleton5713-------------------------------
Town of Malden5314-------------------------------
Town of Marlborough1323------7------------------------
Town of Medford2543-1-----------------------------
Town of Natick321-------------------------------
Town of Newton2367--------1----------------------
Town of Pepperell659-------------------------------
Town of Reading7120-40-----------------------------
Town of Sherborn3421-------------------------------
Town of Shirley51----5---------------------------
Town of Stoneham31--------------------------------
Town of Stow2919-------------------------------
Town of Sudbury554-------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury458-------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough34--------------------------------
Town of Townsend447--1----------------------------
Town of Waltham4017-------------------------------
Town of Watertown6535--8---2------------------------
Town of Westford836------6------------------------
Town of Weston1057-------------------------------
Town of Wilmington51--------------------------------
Town of Woburn5614-------------------------------
Nantucket County81012--43---------------------------
Town of Nantucket81012--43---------------------------
Norfolk County1269237644-1--2---------1------1-------
Town of Bellingham1020-------------------------------
Town of Braintree89--------------------------------
Town of Brookline2813------1------------------------
Town of Cohasset220-------------------------------
Town of Dedham834-------------------------------
Town of Dorchester6536-1--------------1--------------
District of Dover3010-------------------------------
Town of Foxborough376-------------------------------
Town of Franklin6425-------------------------------
Town of Medfield29144----------------------1-------
Town of Medway575-------------------------------
Town of Milton42423--1---------------------------
Town of Needham6615-------------------------------
Town of Quincy4013-------------------------------
Town of Randolph685-------------------------------
Town of Roxbury18734-------------------------------
Town of Sharon31429------------------------------
Town of Stoughton112-4------------------------------
Town of Walpole7544-----1------------------------
Town of Weymouth691-------------------------------
Town of Wrentham854-3-----------------------------
Plymouth County742403-21---3-11----1----------------
Town of Abington83----------1----1----------------
Town of Bridgewater18046------2------------------------
Town of Carver2726-------------------------------
Town of Duxbury1123-------------------------------
Town of Halifax30--------------------------------
Town of Hanover506-------------------------------
Town of Kingston352--1-----1----------------------
Town of Marshfield[14]448-2-----------------------------
Town of Middleborough9039-------------------------------
Town of Pembroke609------1------------------------
Town of Plymouth7847-------------------------------
Town of Plympton1232-------------------------------
Town of Rochester863-------------------------------
Town of Scituate5827-------------------------------
Town of Wareham825-------------------------------
Suffolk County16519281-1----------------------1-----
Town of Boston16148481------------------------1-----
Town of Chelsea119-------------------------------
Town of Hingham1671--1----------------------------
Town of Hull10--------------------------------
Washington County78156--------------------------1----
Town of Columbia-33-------------------------------
Town of Machias3564--------------------------1----
Town of Steuben722-------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 5169-------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 620--------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 22-28-------------------------------
Worcester County1232209496565-458-62---------111---------
Town of Ashburnham1838-------------------------------
Town of Athal-66-------------------------------
Town of Barre1463--3--1-------------------------
District of Berlin232-------------------------------
Town of Bolton249-----1-------------------------
Town of Boylston14464------------------------------
Town of Brookfield161221-------1----------------------
Town of Charlton286315------------------------------
Town of Douglas-62-------------------------------
Town of Dudley371823------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg67--------------------------------
Town of Gardner530--1----------------------------
Town of Gerry3325--1----------------------------
Town of Grafton5715-------------------------------
Town of Hardwick4536-------------------------------
Town of Harvard6714--1----------------------------
Town of Holden533--4-2--------------------------
Town of Hubbardston55--------------------------------
Town of Lancaster2771-------------------------------
Town of Leicester3246-------------------------------
Town of Leominster6441-------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg4530-------------------------------
Town of Mendon551-------------------------------
Town of Milford556-------------------------------
Town of New Braintree4930----2--------------------------
Town of Northborough2911-------------------------------
Town of Northbridge718-------------------------------
Town of Oakham2220-----1-------------------------
Town of Oxford-803------------------------------
Town of Paxton932-------------------------------
Town of Petersham9104-------------------------------
Town of Princeton633--39----------------------------
Town of Royalston2817-5-----------------------------
Town of Rutland3521------2------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury2849-------------------------------
Town of Southborough1437-----1---2---------------------
Town of Spencer757-------------------------------
Town of Sterling19688-1---2-2----------------------
Town of Sturbridge14128-----1------------------------
Town of Sutton-142-------------------1-1---------
Town of Templeton-833-1----------------------------
Town of Upton336-------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge1568-------------------------------
Town of Ward229-------------------------------
Town of Westborough3048--1--13------------------------
Town of Western[15]45611------------------------------
Town of Westminster-58--12-----------------1----------
Town of Winchendon3227-------------------------------
Town of Worcester42102--1-----3----------------------
York County643215170-715---------------------1---
Town of Alfred32--------------------------------
Town of Arundel[16]---------------------------------
Town of Berwick47721------------------------------
Town of Biddeford351---7---------------------------
Brownfield Plantation221-------------------------------
Town of Buxton631----1--------------------------
Town of Cornish30--------------------------------
Town of Coxhall406-------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh161-6-----------------------------
Town of Kittery[17]---------------------------------
Town of Lebanon83--------------------------------
Town of Limerick[18]171-------------------------------
Town of Limington15--------------------------------
Littlefalls Plantation[19]---------------------------------
Town of Newfield---16-----------------------------
Town of Parsonfield40--------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro77--------------------------------
Town of Sandford1415---------------------------1---
Town of Shapleigh52--------------------------------
Town of Waterborough27--------------------------------
Town of Wells384-48-----------------------------
Town of York3033-----5-------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Freetown.
[4]A History of Turner Maine lists 29 votes for Samuel Adams.
[5]Town Records. 173 - 174 for Amherst lists 81 votes for Increase Sumner, 22 votes for Samuel Adams, 1 vote for John Adams and 1 vote for Moses Gill.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Bowdoin.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Bowdoinham.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Camden.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Fayette.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Starks.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Thomastown.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Union.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Waldoboro.
[14]Records of Town Meetings, Town of Marshfield lists 1 vote for Samuel Phillips.
[15]Town of Western renamed as Warren in 1834.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Arundel.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Kittery.
[18]Vital Records of Limerick, Maine lists 19 votes for Samuel Adams.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Littlefalls Plantation.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records. 173-174.
Bernardston Town Records. 147-148.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 208.
Boston Town Records. 427-428.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 411.
Charlemont Town Records. 168.
Chatham Town Records. 112.
Colrain Town Records. Book One. 296.
Falmouth Town Records. 341.
Lee Town Records. 84.
Leyden Town Records. 98-99.
Marshfield Town Records. 294.
Marshfield Town Records. 358.
Oakham Town Records. 323.
Peru Town Records. 88.
Paxton Town Records. Book 2. 113.
Princeton Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 115.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 300.
Ware Town Records.
Wareham Town Records. Book 1. 186.
Warren Town Records. 32.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 7. 132.
Weston Town Records. Vol. One. 465.
Worcester Town Records. 302.
Impartial Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 5, 1796.
Massachusetts Mercury (Boston, MA). April 5, 1796.
Political Gazette (Newburyport, MA). April 5, 1796.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). April 5, 1796.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 6, 1796.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). April 7, 1796.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 7, 1796.
The Rural Repository (Leominster, MA). April 7, 1796.
Impartial Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 8, 1796.
The Boston Gazette, and Weekly Republican Journal (Boston, MA). April 11, 1796.
American Intelligencer (West Springfield, MA). April 12, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). April 13, 1796.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, Maine: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 10.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, Maine: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, Maine : Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 460-461.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Vol. II. Fitchburg, MA: Published by Authority of the City Council, 1899. 201.
French, W. R. A History of Turner, Maine. Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg and Sonham, 1887. 219.
Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris, Maine. Paris, ME: Printed for the Authors, 1884. 94.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 456.
"The Annals of Bangor", History of Penobscot County Maine. Williams, Chase and, Cleveland: 1882. 540.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 46.

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