Massachusetts 1794 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1794 State Senate, Suffolk County
- Date:
- 1794
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Oliver Wendell, Thomas Dawes, Benjamin Austin, Jr., Charles Cushing, Thomas Russell, Theophilus Cushing, John Sweetser, Charles Jaravis, William Eustis, James Bowdoin, John C. Jones, Stephen Higginson, William Tudor, Jonathan Mason
| Candidates: | Oliver Wendell[1] | Thomas Dawes[2] | Benjamin Austin, Jr.[3] | Charles Cushing | Thomas Russell | Theophilus Cushing | John Sweetser | Charles Jaravis | William Eustis | James Bowdoin | John C. Jones | Stephen Higginson | William Tudor | Jonathan Mason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||||
| Final Result: [4][5][6][7] | 2398 | 2376 | 1340 | 1282 | 1085 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffolk County | 2398 | 2376 | 1340 | 1282 | 1085 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boston[8] | 2222 | 2250 | 1329 | 1261 | 971 | 954 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Chelsea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hingham | 90 | 90 | 7 | 21 | 79 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hull | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]"No. Voters, 2404. Make a choice, 1203." Governor's Council Records.
[5]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Thomas Russell would subsequently be elected by the Massachusetts General Court; Russell would decline and the General Court would then elect Charles Cushing.
[6]Had the votes for Charles Cushing without his town of residence been counted towards his total he would have been elected.
[7]"Messrs. Dawes, Wendell and Austin are chosen. The candidates for the vacancy will be Messrs. Russell and C. Cushing." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 9, 1794.
[8]Charles Cushing received 135 votes which omitted his town of residence (Hingham).
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). April 8, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 9, 1794.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). April 10, 1794.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 10, 1794.
Impartial Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 11, 1794.
The Boston Gazette, and Weekly Republican Journal (Boston, MA). April 14, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 28, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 31, 1794.
A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Boston Town Records. 1784 to 1796. Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903. 357.
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