Massachusetts 1788 Constitutional Convention
- Office:
- Constitutional Convention (State)
- Title:
- Convention Delegate
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1788 Constitutional Convention
- Date:
- 1788
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- Legislative
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Constitutional Convention/Convention Delegate
- Candidates:
- yes, no
| Candidates: | yes[1] | no |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||
| Final Result: [2][3] | 187 | 168 |
| Benjamin Adams | - | 1 |
| Daniel Adams | - | 1 |
| Mark Adams | - | 1 |
| Samuel Adams | 1 | - |
| Noah Alden | - | 1 |
| Josiah Allis | - | 1 |
| William Almy | 1 | - |
| Fisher Ames | 1 | - |
| Moses Ames | - | 1 |
| Consider Arms | - | 1 |
| John Ashley | 1 | - |
| Isaac Backus | 1 | - |
| Samuel Baker | 1 | - |
| Thomas M. Baker | - | 1 |
| Jonathan Ballard | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Barrell | 1 | - |
| Bailey Bartlett | 1 | - |
| Moses Bascom | - | 1 |
| John Baxter | 1 | - |
| William Baylies | 1 | - |
| Zacheus Beal | - | 1 |
| Joshua Bean | - | 1 |
| Comstock Betts | - | 1 |
| Abraham Bigelow | 1 | - |
| David Bigelow | - | 1 |
| Elijah Bisbee, Jr. | - | 1 |
| Phanuel Bishop | - | 1 |
| John Black | - | 1 |
| Timothy Blair | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Blancy | 1 | - |
| William Bodman | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Bonny | 1 | - |
| Shearjashub Bourn | 1 | - |
| James Bowdoin | 1 | - |
| James Bowdoin, Jr. | 1 | - |
| Jacob Bradbury | 1 | - |
| Jeffe Bradley | - | 1 |
| A. Brigham | - | 1 |
| Hezekiah Broad | - | 1 |
| E. Brooks | 1 | - |
| J. Brooks | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Brown | 1 | - |
| David Brown | - | 1 |
| Lawson Buckminster | 1 | - |
| John Burnham | 1 | - |
| Francis Cabot | 1 | - |
| G. Cabot | 1 | - |
| Ebenezer Carlton | - | 1 |
| John Carnes | 1 | - |
| Elisha Carpenter | 1 | - |
| James Carr | - | 1 |
| S. Chamberlain | - | 1 |
| John Chamberlin | - | 1 |
| J. Choate | 1 | - |
| Adam Clark | - | 1 |
| Israel Clark | 1 | - |
| Kimbal Clarke | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Cogswell | 1 | - |
| Lemuel Collins | - | 1 |
| Elihu Colton | 1 | - |
| Nathan Comstock | - | 1 |
| Clark Cooley | - | 1 |
| Daniel Cooley | - | 1 |
| Richard Cranch | 1 | - |
| Zacheus Crocker | - | 1 |
| Jonah Crosby | - | 1 |
| Caleb Curtis | - | 1 |
| Joseph Cushing | 1 | - |
| Nathan Cushing | 1 | - |
| William Cushing | 1 | - |
| Richard Foxwell Cutts | - | 1 |
| Thomas Cutts | 1 | - |
| Tristram Dalton | 1 | - |
| Francis Dana | 1 | - |
| Stephen Dana | 1 | - |
| Caleb Davis | 1 | - |
| John Davis | 1 | - |
| Joseph Davis | - | 1 |
| Moses Davis | 1 | - |
| Thomas Davis | 1 | - |
| Thomas Dawes | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Day | - | 1 |
| Gilbet Dench | - | 1 |
| Samuel Denny | - | 1 |
| Thomas J. Douglas | 1 | - |
| Frederick Drown | - | 1 |
| Elijah Dunbar | 1 | - |
| Cornelius Dunham | 1 | - |
| John Dunlap | 1 | - |
| Thomas Dursee | 1 | - |
| Elijah Dwight | 1 | - |
| Justus Dwight | - | 1 |
| Joshua Dyer | 1 | - |
| Nahum Eager | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Eastman | - | 1 |
| Samuel Eddy | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Ely | - | 1 |
| Peter Emerson | - | 1 |
| Jeremiah Emery | - | 1 |
| David Fales | 1 | - |
| Michael Farley | 1 | - |
| Israel Fearing | 1 | - |
| Samuel Field | - | 1 |
| Aaron Fisher | 1 | - |
| J. Fisher | 1 | - |
| Asa Fisk | - | 1 |
| Daniel Fisk | - | 1 |
| Ephraim Fitch | - | 1 |
| Joel Fletcher | - | 1 |
| William Flint | - | 1 |
| Daniel Forbes | - | 1 |
| Silas Fowler | - | 1 |
| John Fox | 1 | - |
| Solomon Freeman | 1 | - |
| John Frye | - | 1 |
| A. Fuller | 1 | - |
| John Fuller | - | 1 |
| Timothy Fuller | - | 1 |
| David Gilmore | 1 | - |
| Phineas Gleazen | - | 1 |
| John Glover | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Glover | 1 | - |
| Josiah Goddard | 1 | - |
| John Goldbury | - | 1 |
| Noah Goodman | 1 | - |
| Christopher Gore | 1 | - |
| Nathaniel Gorham | 1 | - |
| Samuel Grant | 1 | - |
| William Gray, Jr. | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Green | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Greenleaf | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Grout | - | 1 |
| Moses Hale | - | 1 |
| John Hamilton | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Hammond | - | 1 |
| John Hancock | 1 | - |
| J. Harnden | - | 1 |
| Isaac Harrington | - | 1 |
| David Harwood | - | 1 |
| J. Hastings | 1 | - |
| James Hathua | - | 1 |
| Melatiah Hathway | - | 1 |
| Elijah Hayes | - | 1 |
| William Heath | 1 | - |
| Moses Hemmenway | 1 | - |
| Ezekiel Herrick | - | 1 |
| Jacob Herrick | 1 | - |
| Stephen Holden | - | 1 |
| Abraham Holmes | - | 1 |
| Hezekiah Hooper | 1 | - |
| Joseph Hosmer | 1 | - |
| Daniel Howard | 1 | - |
| Daniel Howard, Jr. | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Howes | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Hubbard | - | 1 |
| John Hurlbert | - | 1 |
| Israel Hutchinson | - | 1 |
| Daniel Ilsley | - | 1 |
| John Ingersoll | 1 | - |
| Enoch Jackman | 1 | - |
| Joseph Jackson | 1 | - |
| Ebenezer Janes | 1 | - |
| Charles Jarvis | 1 | - |
| N. Jenks | - | 1 |
| John Jennings | - | 1 |
| John C. Jones | 1 | - |
| Thomas Jones | 1 | - |
| William Jones | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Joslyn | - | 1 |
| Jonathan Keep | - | 1 |
| Rufus King | 1 | - |
| Martin Kinsley | - | 1 |
| Thomas Kittridge | - | 1 |
| Joshua Lawton | - | 1 |
| Edmund Lazell | 1 | - |
| Jeremiah Learned | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Leonard | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Lincoln | 1 | - |
| S. Longfellow, Jr. | - | 1 |
| John Low | 1 | - |
| John Low | 1 | - |
| Nathaniel Low | - | 1 |
| Benjamin Lurvey | 1 | - |
| Thomas Lusk | - | 1 |
| William MacCobb | 1 | - |
| Ezra MacIntier | - | 1 |
| William MacIntosh | 1 | - |
| Joseph MacLellan | 1 | - |
| Thomas Mann | 1 | - |
| Richard Manning | 1 | - |
| Isaac Mansfield | 1 | - |
| E. March | 1 | - |
| Nathaniel Marsh | 1 | - |
| Christopher Mason | - | 1 |
| Timothy Mason | - | 1 |
| T. Maxwell | 1 | - |
| Elisha May | 1 | - |
| William Mayhew | 1 | - |
| Malachi Maynard | - | 1 |
| Stephen Maynard | - | 1 |
| Aaron Merrick | - | 1 |
| Phineas Merrick | - | 1 |
| Samuel Merrill | 1 | - |
| Thomas Mighill | - | 1 |
| Simeon Miller | 1 | - |
| John Minot | - | 1 |
| Elisha Mitchel | 1 | - |
| David Mitchell | 1 | - |
| Abner Morgan | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Morse | - | 1 |
| Jonas Morse | - | 1 |
| David Murry | - | 1 |
| Samuel Nasson | - | 1 |
| James Neal | - | 1 |
| Seth Newton | 1 | - |
| Samuel Niles | 1 | - |
| Zenos Noble | - | 1 |
| Daniel Noyes | 1 | - |
| Samuel Nye | 1 | - |
| Thomas Nye | - | 1 |
| Azor Orne | 1 | - |
| Peter Osgood, Jr. | - | 1 |
| Joseph Palmer | 1 | - |
| Timothy Parker | - | 1 |
| Asa Parlin | - | 1 |
| Theophilus Parsons | 1 | - |
| George Partridge | 1 | - |
| Matthew Patrick | 1 | - |
| Willis Patten | 1 | - |
| George Payson | 1 | - |
| Phillips Payson | 1 | - |
| W. Pearlon | 1 | - |
| Samuel Peckham | - | 1 |
| Isaac Pepper | - | 1 |
| Samuel Perley | 1 | - |
| William Phillips | 1 | - |
| John Picket, Jr. | - | 1 |
| Ebenezer Pierce | - | 1 |
| Jeremiah Pierce | - | 1 |
| J. Pitts | 1 | - |
| L. Pomeroy | 1 | - |
| Elisha Porter | 1 | - |
| Asa Powers | - | 1 |
| Aaron Pratt | - | 1 |
| John Pratt | - | 1 |
| Esaias Preble | - | 1 |
| Edward Pulling | 1 | - |
| Daniel Putnam | - | 1 |
| William Pyachon | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Randall | - | 1 |
| Valentine Rathbun | - | 1 |
| Jeff Reed | 1 | - |
| Samuel Reed | - | 1 |
| Thomas Rice | 1 | - |
| M. Richardson, Jr. | - | 1 |
| Silvester Richmond | 1 | - |
| Nathaniel Robbins | 1 | - |
| Daniel Rogers | 1 | - |
| Thomas Russel | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Sawin | - | 1 |
| O. Sawtell | - | 1 |
| Enoch Sawyer | 1 | - |
| Newman Scarlet | - | 1 |
| T. Sedgwick | 1 | - |
| William Sever, Jr. | 1 | - |
| Moses Severance | - | 1 |
| Drummer Sewall | 1 | - |
| William Shaw | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Shelden | 1 | - |
| David Shepard | 1 | - |
| Joseph Sheple | - | 1 |
| Asaph Sherman | - | 1 |
| Francis Shurtliff | - | 1 |
| Daniel Shute | 1 | - |
| Amos Singletary | - | 1 |
| T. J. Skinner | 1 | - |
| Holder Slocum | - | 1 |
| Abraham Smith | - | 1 |
| John K. Smith | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Smith | 1 | - |
| Josiah Smith | 1 | - |
| Thomas Smith | - | 1 |
| Isaac Snow | 1 | - |
| Isaac Soul | - | 1 |
| Jedediah Southworth | - | 1 |
| Walter Spooner | 1 | - |
| John Sprague | 1 | - |
| Marshall Spring | - | 1 |
| David Stearns | - | 1 |
| Philip Stebbins | - | 1 |
| Samuel Stillman | 1 | - |
| Joseph Stone | - | 1 |
| Caleb Strong | 1 | - |
| Increase Sumner | 1 | - |
| David Sylvester | 1 | - |
| William Symmes, Jr. | 1 | - |
| D. Taylor | 1 | - |
| John Taylor | - | 1 |
| Jonas Temple | - | 1 |
| David Thatcher | 1 | - |
| Thomas Thatcher | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Thomas | - | 1 |
| Joshua Thomas | 1 | - |
| Edward Thompson | - | 1 |
| Isaac Thompson | 1 | - |
| Samuel Thompson | - | 1 |
| William Thompson | - | 1 |
| William Thompson | 1 | - |
| Israel Thorndike | 1 | - |
| Daniel Thurston | 1 | - |
| Pelatiah Tingley | - | 1 |
| Ebenezer Tisdell | - | 1 |
| Jonathan Titcomb | 1 | - |
| Cotton Tufts | 1 | - |
| Charles Turner | 1 | - |
| John Turner | 1 | - |
| J. B. Varnum | 1 | - |
| David Vaughan | - | 1 |
| Ebenezer Wales | 1 | - |
| Ebenezer Warren | 1 | - |
| Freeman Waterman | 1 | - |
| Israel Wathburn | 1 | - |
| John Webber | - | 1 |
| William Wedgery | - | 1 |
| Aggrippa Wells | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Wells | 1 | - |
| Thomas M. Wentworth | - | 1 |
| Samuel West | 1 | - |
| Asahel Wheeler | 1 | - |
| Abraham White[4] | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Whitecomb | - | 1 |
| Charles Whitman | 1 | - |
| Josiah Whitney | - | 1 |
| Anthony Wibird | 1 | - |
| David Wilder | 1 | - |
| Ephraim Wilder | 1 | - |
| Jacob Willard | - | 1 |
| Samuel Willard | - | 1 |
| Ephraim Williams | - | 1 |
| James Williams | 1 | - |
| Leonard Williams | 1 | - |
| John Williston | - | 1 |
| Moses Willmarth | 1 | - |
| Robert Wilson | - | 1 |
| Timothy Winn | - | 1 |
| William Winsor | - | 1 |
| John Winthrop | 1 | - |
| Levi Witman | 1 | - |
| Daniel Witney | 1 | - |
| Aaron Wood | - | 1 |
| Joseph Wood | - | 1 |
| Joseph Wood | 1 | - |
| Josiah Wood | - | 1 |
| John Woods | - | 1 |
| Nathaniel Wyman | 1 | - |
Notes:
[1]Approved.
[2]"On Wednesday afternoon, at five o'clock, the Honorable Convention of this Commonwealth assented to, and ratified, the Constitution proposed by the late Federal Convention." American Herald (Boston, MA). February 11, 1788.
[3]The following is an account of the yeas and nays of the different counties, in the State Convention of Massachusetts: Barnstable had 7 yeas and 2 nays, Berkshire had 7 yeas and 15 nays, Bristol had 10 yeas and 12 nays, Cumberland had 10 yeas and 3 nays, Dukes had 2 yeas and 0 nays, Essex had 38 yeas and 6 nays, Hampshire had 19 yeas and 33 nays, Lincoln had 9 yeas and 7 nays, Middlesex had 18 yeas and 10 nays, Plymouth had 21 yeas and 6 nays, Suffolk had 33 yeas and 5 nays, Worcester had 7 yeas and 58 nays, and York had 6 yeas and 11 nays. The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). February 27, 1788.
[4]"Hon. Mr. White rose, and said, that notwithstanding he had opposed the adoption of the constitution, upon the idea that it would endanger the liberties of his country, yet, as a majority had seen fit to adopt it, he should use his utmost exertions to induce his constituents to live in peace under, and cheerfully submit to it." American Herald (Boston, MA). February 11, 1788.
References:
American Herald (Boston, MA). February 11, 1788.
The Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). February 27, 1788.
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