New Hampshire 1803 Governor's Council, Hillsborough County

Office:
Governor's Council (State)
Title:
Governor's Councillor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
New Hampshire 1803 Governor's Council, Hillsborough County
Date:
1803
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor's Council/Governor's Councillor
Candidates:
Benjamin Peirce, Robert Means, scattering
Candidates: Benjamin Peirce[1]Robert Meansscattering
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]2020-78
Hillsborough County2020-78
Town of Amherst169126-
Town of Andover7738-
Town of Antrim8612-
Town of Bedford3173-
Town of Boscawen9582-
Town of Bradford2744-
Town of Brookline-53-
Town of Deering[4]97--
Town of Derryfield[5]2431-
Town of Dunbarton4081-
Town of Dunstable2279-
Town of Fishersfield---
Town of Francestown7230-
Town of Goffstown5524-
Town of Greenfield---
Town of Hancock909-
Town of Henniker7963-
Town of Hillsborough10929-
Town of Hollis4295-
Town of Hopkinton158108-
Kearsage Gore---
Town of Litchfield634-
Town of Lyndeborough2035-
Town of Mason---
Town of Merrimack[6]6561-
Town of Milford4104-
Town of New Boston9964-
Town of New Ipswich-88-
Town of New London1735-
Town of Nottingham West2424-
Town of Peterborough5760-
Town of Salisbury32138-
Town of Sharon2618-
Town of Society Land---
Town of Sutton---
Town of Temple976-
Town of Warner6946-
Town of Weare17828-
Town of Wilton5550-
Town of Windsor30--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"The whole number of votes in the county of Hillsborough is three thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, of which one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine make a choice; that the Hon. Benjamin Peirce, Esq. has two thousand and twenty, and is chosen." Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1803. 29.
[3]"According to the Amherst Paper, Col. PEIRCE the Republican (or Democratic) candidate for Councillor for Hillsborough county, has 1811 votes in 30 towns, and Col. MEANS, the anti-republican candidate, 1737, in the same towns." American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH). April 7, 1803.
[4]The Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH) and American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH) list Benjamin Pierce with 96 votes.
[5]The Early Records of Manchester list Robert Means with 39 votes and Benjamin Pierce with 25 votes.
[6]The Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH) and Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH) list Benjamin Pierce with 63 votes.

References:

Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1803. 29.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). February 17, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). March 3, 1803.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). March 8, 1803.
American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH). March 10, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). March 10, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 10, 1803.
American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH). March 17, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). March 17, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 17, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). March 24, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). March 24, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). March 31, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). April 6, 1803.
American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH). April 7, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). April 7, 1803.
American Republican Gazette (Concord, NH). April 14, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). April 14, 1803.
United States Oracle, (For the Country) (Portsmouth, NH). June 7, 1803.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). June 9, 1803.
United States Oracle, and Portsmouth Advertiser (Portsmouth, NH). June 11, 1803.
Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH). June 16, 1803.
Dartmouth Gazette (Hanover, NH). June 18, 1803.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. III. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 88.

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