Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, At-Large

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, At-Large
Date:
1792
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
David Cobb, Charles Jarvis, William Heath, Theodore Sedgwick, James Warren, Elbridge Gerry, John Coffin Jones, Fisher Ames, James Sullivan, Samuel Holten, Samuel Phillips, Levi Lincoln, Nathaniel Gorham, Theophilus Parsons, William Eustis, Peleg Coffin, James Bowdoin, George Leonard, Samuel Henshaw, Azor Orne, Artemas Ward, Benjamin Austin, Nathan Dana, Samuel Lyman, Edward H. Robbins, John Bacon, John Davis, Jonathan Grout, Thomas Russell, Benjamin Lincoln, Ebenezer Hunt, John Jarvis, Samuel Dexter, Jr., Ebenezer Wales, Timothy Newell, John Coffin, William Lyman, Shearjashub Bourne, Tristram Dalton, Francis Dana, Benjamin Goodhue, Phanuel Bishop, Stephen Cross, Aaron Hobart, Caleb Strong, Micah White, Moses Gill, George Partridge, John Williams, Barnabus Bidwell, Daniel Biggelow, Ebenezer Bridge, Simeon Strong, Elijah Brigham, Eleazer Brooks, Samuel Brown, Nathaniel Goodwin, Stephen Higginson, Leonard Jarvis, Samuel Jarvis, Timothy Paine, William Shepard, Benjamin Whitman, William Williams
Candidates: David CobbCharles JarvisWilliam HeathTheodore SedgwickJames WarrenElbridge GerryJohn Coffin JonesFisher AmesJames SullivanSamuel HoltenSamuel PhillipsLevi LincolnNathaniel GorhamTheophilus ParsonsWilliam EustisPeleg CoffinJames BowdoinGeorge LeonardSamuel HenshawAzor OrneArtemas WardBenjamin AustinNathan DanaSamuel LymanEdward H. RobbinsJohn BaconJohn DavisJonathan GroutThomas RussellBenjamin LincolnEbenezer HuntJohn JarvisSamuel Dexter, Jr.Ebenezer WalesTimothy NewellJohn CoffinWilliam LymanShearjashub BourneTristram DaltonFrancis DanaBenjamin GoodhuePhanuel BishopStephen CrossAaron HobartCaleb StrongMicah WhiteMoses GillGeorge PartridgeJohn WilliamsBarnabus BidwellDaniel BiggelowEbenezer BridgeSimeon StrongElijah BrighamEleazer BrooksSamuel BrownNathaniel GoodwinStephen HigginsonLeonard JarvisSamuel JarvisTimothy PaineWilliam ShepardBenjamin WhitmanWilliam Williams
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [1][2]4502856591419312179164145126109928583767563585746464645403939292525212018161313121118877764444333222211111111111
Barnstable County171----16----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstable45---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham[3]20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham-----16----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth34---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[4]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich26---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Truro[5]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet[6]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth24---------------------------------------------------------------
Berkshire County330196-84------51---------12--1---1---------------------2--------------
Town of Adams23---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alford-14--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Becket[7]----------------------------------------------------------------
District of Bethlehem--------------------12-------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton[8]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont22--11-------------------1----------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington3--28-----------------------1------------------------------------
Town of Hancock---14------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough154-1------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee14---------17-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox31--3---------------------------------------------2--------------
Town of Louden[9]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington[10]----------------------------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford-13--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough45---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield[11]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield386-1------6-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond117--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield18---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield411-21------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge44--1------11-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham4---------17-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge313--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown2038-4------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor-40--------------------------------------------------------------
Bristol County55198--1----------8-40--------9--------------6----------------------
Town of Attleborough44--------------8------------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth5---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton13---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Easton13---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Freetown34---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield44---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford32---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norton45----------------2----------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth13598---------------37----------------------------------------------
Town of Somerset--------------------------9-------------------------------------
Town of Swansea62---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton72---1------------1-----------------------6----------------------
Town of Westport12---------------------------------------------------------------
Dukes County86---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark38---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown32---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury16---------------------------------------------------------------
Essex County449-64-34-15--114--425--------------------9----5-1---------------------
Town of Amesbury14---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover1-11-19-9----------------------------9----------------------------
Town of Beverly14--------5---3--------------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford16---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford18---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Danvers26---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester17---4----6----3-------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill30---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich36---11-6-----------------------------------1---------------------
Town of Lynn18---------------------------------------------------------------
District of Lynnfield22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Manchester12---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead26---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun20---------4-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton7---------------------------------------5-----------------------
Town of Newbury14-21-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport59-14-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowley--18-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem44---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury32---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield23---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham-------------122-------------------------------------------------
Hampshire County985333-24533235013-2105294-31446-14--14---2420-1816----18-------4---3---1--------1-1
Town of Amherst47---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashfield-32-20------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown61-30------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston-9--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Blandford720--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield-------------29--------------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland8----------------14----------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont21------24--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester------------------------------------2---------------------------
Town of Chesterfield43---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain[12]-26--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway411-18------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington12--6------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield403---------10----------------------------------------------------
District of Easthampton6--3-----------------------24------------------------------------
Town of Goshen34---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granby23---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granville-26--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield-13-8------------------------------------------------1-----------
Town of Greenwich-36--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley20-------4-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield17--9--------------1---------------------------------------------
Town of Hawley[13]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Heath22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holland[14]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett------------------38---------------------------------------------
District of Leyden[15]-9----------------------------------8---------------------------
Town of Longmeadow383--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow-35--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield[16]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Monson34---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Montague------------------1-----------------------------3------------1--
Town of Montgomery------------------6---------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem1511-1------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton70--14-3------5---------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield29---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norwich1---------------------------------------------------------------
District of Orange23---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Palmer20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham-27--------------------------------------------------------------
District of Plainfield1518--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe[17]----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Russell----------------------------20-----------------------------------
Town of Shelburne---44------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury-15--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield------23---------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley27-------9-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southampton36-----------------------------------8-------4-------------------
Town of Southwick-------26--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield403--------------3--------------1--------------------------------
Town of Sunderland115---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ware---24------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick43---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell25---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield7--57------2---4--------12-------15-------------------------------1
Town of Westfield20--23---------------1--1------18---------------------------------
Town of Westhampton25--9------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Whately--------------------13-------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham39---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg2635---------------------1----------------------------------------
Town of Worthington27---------------------------------------------------------------
Middlesex County425231722690551813-152---6-12--30-26------119--3-----71--1--------2--1---------
Town of Acton24---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby--13-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford--18-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica--8----9------------------------1-------------------------------
District of Boxboro-----------------------------19----------------------------------
Town of Cambridge32-----3-------2-5-----------------------------------------------
District of Carlisle-9--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown19---34-10---------4-----------------------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford--12----------------2--------------------------------------------
Town of Concord[18]38--------------------3-----------------------------2------------
Town of Dracut--20-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable-----15----------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury16---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham17---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Groton18---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holliston9------4------4-------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lexington5-6169-1--3------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln----------------2--14-7------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton-14--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Malden20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough--116-4--12------1--4------------1-----7-------------------------
Town of Medford16---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Natick---------------------16------------------------------------------
Town of Newton16------------------10----------------------------------1---------
Town of Pepperell30---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Reading----331----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn23---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley--59----------------------------1-------------------------------
Town of Stoneham20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stow16---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury23----5----2-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury----25-------------------------------------1---------------------
Town of Townsend--30-------------------------------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough--10-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham----12-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown24--------------------------------------1------------------------
Town of Westford15---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weston22---1-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington--31-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn--18--4----------------------1-----------------------------------
Nantucket County338---------------2-----------------------------------------------
Town of Nantucket338---------------2-----------------------------------------------
Plymouth County247534-3526--201--1-373--------16--1-------8-----4-4-3--------1-1---1-
Town of Abington3----2----1--1-----------------------------4---3----------1-----
Town of Bridgewater--4-9----------------------------------------4------------------
Town of Carver37---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury11---------------7-----------------------------------------------
Town of Halifax21------------------------------------1--------------------------
Town of Hanover19---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston28---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield19---2------------1--------------------------------------------1-
Town of Middleborough---------20-------2-----------1----------------------------------
Town of Pembroke79----6---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth48---23----------3---------------------1------------------1-------
Town of Plympton----1---------------------16----------6--------------------------
Town of Rochester544--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Scituate19---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham30---------------------------------------------------------------
Suffolk County577-273-14916518-3828---35234---17---1--------13-2----2--------------1-1------
Town of Bellingham---------------26------------------------------------------------
Town of Boston403-187-100-5-------3-16--------------------------------------1-1------
Town of Braintree15------18--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline--9-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelsea----8-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset11---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham9---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester415--------------------------------------------------------------
District of Dover--13-1-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough-----16----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin---------------26------------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham21---1-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hull12---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield--------------------17-------------------------------------------
Town of Medway3-16-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton14---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Needham--23-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Quincy20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury24-19-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon---------38------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton----34-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole4---------------18-----------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth--1-5----------------------------13-2----2-----------------------
Town of Wrentham----------28-------------1---------------------------------------
Worcester County3431537864-87976411325475784237----1631940243829------10-12----6--2---3---2-11-----11---
Town of Ashburnham20---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Athal-------------42--------------------------------------------------
Town of Barre2--2----3631-----------------------------------------------------
District of Berlin----------------------13-----------------------------------------
Town of Bolton----------------------------------12-----------------------------
Town of Boylston21---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield7824----3---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlton-2-----22--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas17---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley-42------1-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg---------22------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner--------16-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gerry5-------19-----------------------10-------------------------------
Town of Grafton------34-----1---------------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick---22------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard--15-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holden5----7-14--3-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston-----31----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster41-------1-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester-----18--------------2-------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster182--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg---1---23--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mendon--32-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford--------------37-------------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree------------------------38---------------------------------------
Town of Northborough22---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge-----------------------19----------------------------------------
Town of Oakham---1--------22---------------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford-25----------22---------------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton5-------21-------------------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham5--31---5--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Princetown-----------49----------------------------------------1-----------
Town of Royalston1--3-------25----------------------------------1---2-------------
Town of Rutland1-----------47----------------------------------------------1----
Town of Shrewsbury-7-----------------12--------------------------------------------
Town of Southborough---------------------19-------------------------------1----------
Town of Spencer--21-------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling1----1029---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sturbridge----------------------27-----------------------------------------
Town of Sutton18-10--------1------------------------------------------------1---
Town of Templeton---4-9--19----------4--------------------------------------------
Town of Upton-11----------8---------------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge-21--------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ward1----11----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough-19---1--------------1--5---------------6------2-----------------
Town of Western3-----31---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster42---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Winchendon17---------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester20------------------------29----------------2---------------------

Notes:

[1]"The Massachusetts law provided for a complex method of voting. The voters of Districts One and Two each could vote for four candidates, but the votes had to be distributed as follows: one vote for a candidate from each of the three counties in the district and one additional vote for any candidate from any part of the district. In the Third District each voter had two votes; one had to be cast for a candidate from Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties and the other for a candidate from Bristol and Plymouth. In addition all voters in the above three districts cast one additional vote for any candidate from anywhere in the three districts, listed in the returns as at-large. Voters of the Fourth District had three votes, one for a candidate from York, another from Cumberland and the other from any of the remaining counties of this district." 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. 9.
[2]"For a Representative for the First, Second and Third Districts. Number of Voters, 8529. Make a choice, 4265. Hon. David Cobb, Esq. has 4482, and is chosen." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
[3]The votes from Chatham were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Truro.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Wellfleet.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Becket.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Dalton.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Louden.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Mount Washington.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Partridgefield.
[12]The votes from Colrain were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Hawley.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Holland.
[15]The votes from Leyden were not included in the Original Election Returns.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Middlefield.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Rowe.
[18]Benjamin Austin received 3 votes as Benjamin Austin, Jr.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). December 14, 1792.
Boston Town Records. 1792. 310.
Brookfield Town Records.
Chatham Town Records. 110.
Oakham Town Records. 245.
Tisbury Town Records. 287.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
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. 9.
Rice, Franklin P., ed. Worcester Town Records: 1784-1800. Worcester, MA: The Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1890. 213.

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