Massachusetts 1790 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1790 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8
- Date:
- 1790
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- George Thacher, William Lithgow, Jr., Nathaniel Wells, Josiah Thacher, William Martin, Arthur Noble, Daniel Davis, Peleg Wadsworth, Thomas Rice, William Widgery, Henry Sewall, John Gardiner, Samuel Nasson, Daniel Cony, Charles Chauncey, Isaac Randal, T. B. White
| Candidates: | George Thacher | William Lithgow, Jr. | Nathaniel Wells | Josiah Thacher | William Martin | Arthur Noble | Daniel Davis | Peleg Wadsworth | Thomas Rice | William Widgery | Henry Sewall | John Gardiner | Samuel Nasson | Daniel Cony | Charles Chauncey | Isaac Randal | T. B. White |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 609 | 364 | 263 | 150 | 80 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eight | 609 | 364 | 263 | 150 | 80 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cumberland County | 106 | 43 | 109 | 113 | 62 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Bakerstown[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgetown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | - | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freeport | 3 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gorham | 15 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gray | - | - | 13 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester | 9 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 12 | - | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Otisfield[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portland | 21 | 1 | 65 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Raymondstown[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarboro | 16 | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shepardston[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Standish | 2 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock County | 96 | 32 | - | 19 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Camden[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsboro[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Isleboro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 229 | 278 | - | 18 | 18 | 59 | - | - | 16 | - | 12 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Ballstown[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 3 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 12 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greene | 2 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 2 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lewiston | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medencook[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Castle | 14 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro | - | 2 | - | - | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewalk | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownalboro | 31 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomaston[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalboro | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoboro | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wales | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 7 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | 1 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 26 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation from Whalers | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 152 | 1 | 154 | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Arundel | 1 | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownfield[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buxton | 46 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coxhall | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francisboro[19] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fryburgh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick[20] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Little Ossipee[21] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littlefalls | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperrelboro | 3 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Sandford | 3 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh | 9 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterborough | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wells | 2 | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | 18 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on November 26, 1790.
[2]"Maine District. No Choice. Whole number 1636. A choice 819." Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). November 15, 1790.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bridgetown.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Otisfield.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Raymondstown.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Shepardston.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Camden.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Goldsboro.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Sedgwick.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Ballstown.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Canaan.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Cushing.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Hancock.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Thomaston.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Washington.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Brownfield.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Francisboro.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Limerick.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Little Ossipee.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). November 15, 1790.
Western Star (Stockbridge, MA). November 16, 1790.
Farrow, John Pendleton. History of Isleborough, Maine. Bangor, ME: T. W. Burr, 1893. 39.
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