Massachusetts 1820 State Senate, Middlesex District
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1820 State Senate, Middlesex District
- Date:
- 1820
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Leonard M. Parker, William Whitmore, Joseph B. Varnum, Samuel P.P. Fay, Calvin Sanger, Joseph Locke, John Hart, John Abbot, William Nichols, Samuel Hoar, William Austin, Abiel Haywood, Josiah Mason, Jr., James P. Chaplin, John Beans, Thomas Clark, Aaron Cowdry, Samuel Dana, Jonathan Emers, John Fosdick, Washington Hartshorn, Grace Hasting, Samuel Jaques, Jr., Elias Phinney, Charles Stetson, Ebenezer Woodward
| Candidates: | Leonard M. Parker[1] | William Whitmore[2] | Joseph B. Varnum[3] | Samuel P.P. Fay | Calvin Sanger | Joseph Locke | John Hart | John Abbot | William Nichols | Samuel Hoar | William Austin | Abiel Haywood | Josiah Mason, Jr. | James P. Chaplin | John Beans | Thomas Clark | Aaron Cowdry | Samuel Dana | Jonathan Emers | John Fosdick | Washington Hartshorn | Grace Hasting | Samuel Jaques, Jr. | Elias Phinney | Charles Stetson | Ebenezer Woodward |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [4] | 3726 | 3694 | 3669 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 3726 | 3694 | 3669 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Acton | 82 | 82 | 82 | 26 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashby | 56 | - | 56 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bedford | 57 | 57 | 57 | 27 | 27 | 23 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billerica | 29 | 29 | 29 | 95 | 95 | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Boxboro | 38 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brighton | 33 | 33 | 33 | 49 | 49 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | 18 | 17 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | 62 | 62 | 60 | 224 | 224 | 226 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carlisle | 88 | 88 | 88 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlestown | 430 | 431 | 426 | 329 | 330 | 329 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Chelmsford | 64 | 62 | 64 | 123 | 123 | 7 | 2 | 116 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 87 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Dracut | 126 | 126 | 106 | 46 | 46 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dunstable | 56 | 56 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Sudbury | 79 | 78 | 79 | 31 | 31 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Framingham | 67 | 67 | 67 | 21 | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 61 | 61 | 62 | 80 | 79 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holliston | 47 | 47 | 47 | 72 | 72 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hopkinton | 123 | 123 | 123 | 43 | 45 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lexington | 161 | 149 | 161 | 43 | 44 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lincoln | 68 | 68 | 68 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littleton | 97 | 97 | 97 | 33 | 33 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Malden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 140 | 140 | 140 | 63 | 63 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medford | 29 | 29 | 21 | 174 | 178 | 178 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Natick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newton | 48 | 48 | 48 | 138 | 138 | 138 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperell | 98 | 98 | - | 67 | 67 | 67 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | 17 | 17 | 17 | 213 | 213 | 213 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherborn | 41 | 41 | 41 | 62 | 61 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shirley | 51 | 51 | 51 | 22 | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Reading | 113 | 102 | 114 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stoneham | 83 | 83 | 83 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stow | 79 | 78 | 79 | 23 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sudbury | 96 | 96 | 96 | 27 | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tewksbury | 70 | 70 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townsend | 64 | 64 | 64 | 47 | 47 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tyngsborough | 37 | 35 | 37 | 61 | 61 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waltham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 83 | 81 | 83 | 71 | 73 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of West Cambridge | 164 | 167 | 169 | 25 | 19 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | 106 | 106 | 105 | 44 | 44 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 49 | 50 | 49 | 71 | 69 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | 54 | 54 | 54 | 63 | 63 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]"Whole number of votes, 6686. Necessary to make a choice, 3344." Governor's Council Records.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Boston Town Records. Boston Public Library.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 8. 353.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 266.
Boston Daily Advertiser, and Repertory (Boston, MA). May 18, 1820.
Columbian Centinel. American Federalist (Boston, MA). May 18, 1820.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). May 19, 1820.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). May 24, 1820.
Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). May 25, 1820.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). May 31, 1820.
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