Maine 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Maine 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
- Date:
- 1824
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Ebenezer Herrick, Albert Smith, Ebenezer Thatcher, James MacLellan, Jeremiah Bailey, Stephen Parsons, Ebenezer Delano, William King, William M. Boyd, Jonah Stibbins, Parker MacCobb, Samuel E. Smith, James L. Child, Charles Sylvester, Robert MacFarland, Joseph F. Wingate, Isreal Millet, George W. Tinker, Cyrus Hills, Enoch W. Bradford, Edwin Smith, Thomas Cunningham, Westbrook Greanleaf, David C. Burr, Albion K. Parris, Ebenezer Cobb, Robert Foster, Cyrus Eaton
| Candidates: | Ebenezer Herrick | Albert Smith | Ebenezer Thatcher | James MacLellan | Jeremiah Bailey | Stephen Parsons | Ebenezer Delano | William King | William M. Boyd | Jonah Stibbins | Parker MacCobb | Samuel E. Smith | James L. Child | Charles Sylvester | Robert MacFarland | Joseph F. Wingate | Isreal Millet | George W. Tinker | Cyrus Hills | Enoch W. Bradford | Edwin Smith | Thomas Cunningham | Westbrook Greanleaf | David C. Burr | Albion K. Parris | Ebenezer Cobb | Robert Foster | Cyrus Eaton |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1] | 1028 | 795 | 319 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Three | 1028 | 795 | 319 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lincoln County | 1028 | 795 | 319 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Alna | 7 | 9 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 224 | 41 | - | 20 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 127 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 163 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Camden | 28 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dresden | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 17 | 8 | 17 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Friendship | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | 47 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hope | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 2 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | 89 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Castle | 4 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleborough | 2 | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Phipsburg | 16 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint George | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomaston[2] | 12 | 81 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 49 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | 8 | - | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Waldoborough | 2 | 15 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | 31 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Whitfield | 74 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wiscasset | 50 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | 17 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Maine law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on January 3, 1825.
[2]The Maine Gazette (Bath, ME), lists 80 votes for Albert Smith and 30 for Abenezer Thatcher and no votes for Ebenezer Herrick.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Lincoln Intelligencer (Wiscasset, ME). September 17, 1824.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). September 17, 1824.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). September 21, 1824.
Lincoln Intelligencer (Wiscasset, ME). September 24, 1824.
Independent Statesman and Maine Republican (Portland, ME). November 26, 1824.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). November 27, 1824.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). November 30, 1824.
Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). December 2, 1824.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). December 2, 1824.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). December 3, 1824.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). December 9, 1824.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). December 21, 1824.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 56.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, ME: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 590.
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.
Hodgkin, Douglas I., ed. Records of Lewiston, Maine. Vol. I. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2001. 208.
Sibley, John Langdon. History of the Town of Union, in the County of Lincoln, Maine. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1851. 241.
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