Maine 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Maine 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
- Date:
- 1823
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Isaac Lane, William Burleigh, Thomas G. Thornton, Edward P. Hayman, Rufus MacIntire, Benjamin Greene, John MacDonald, Joseph Prime, John Spring, James Ayer, Jr., Seth S. Farfield, Israel Lassell, David Legro, Timothy Shaw, George W. Wallingford, William C. Allen, John Bodwell, Samuel Burbanks, Joseph Dane, Joshua Goodwin, Philip Hall 2nd, Paul Hayman, P.G. Hooper, Tucker Kimball, Alexander MacIntire, John U. Parsons, Nathaniel Pillsbury, Phinehas Ricker, Samuel Shapleigh, Jonathan Tucker, Jr., Ezekiel Whitman
| Candidates: | Isaac Lane | William Burleigh | Thomas G. Thornton | Edward P. Hayman | Rufus MacIntire | Benjamin Greene | John MacDonald | William C. Allen | Philip Hall 2nd | Israel Lassell | Seth S. Farfield | Ezekiel Whitman | P.G. Hooper | Samuel Shapleigh | John U. Parsons | David Legro | John Spring | Tucker Kimball | James Ayer, Jr. | Samuel Burbanks | Paul Hayman | Jonathan Tucker, Jr. | Joseph Prime | Timothy Shaw | Joshua Goodwin | John Bodwell | Nathaniel Pillsbury | George W. Wallingford | Joseph Dane | Phinehas Ricker | Alexander MacIntire |
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| Affiliation: | Crawford | Adams | Adams | Adams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1] | 1164 | 1080 | 442 | 341 | 313 | 293 | 213 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of One | 1164 | 1080 | 442 | 341 | 313 | 293 | 213 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| York County | 1164 | 1080 | 442 | 341 | 313 | 293 | 213 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Alfred | 82 | 54 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 46 | 116 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 26 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Buxton | 139 | 125 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Elliot | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hollis | 200 | 18 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kennebunk[2] | 46 | 102 | 6 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kennebunk Port | 70 | 1 | 1 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | 18 | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | - | 136 | 5 | 11 | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick | - | - | 1 | 43 | - | - | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyman | 7 | 106 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newfield | 8 | 12 | 30 | 97 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 1 | 3 | - | - | 229 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saco | 119 | - | 168 | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Sanford | 25 | 86 | - | 28 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh | 103 | 25 | 5 | 15 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Berwick | 28 | 66 | - | 20 | 5 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterborough | 89 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Wells | 36 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | - | 59 | 1 | - | 69 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Maine law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on June 30, 1823.
[2]The History of Kennebunk lists Isaac Lane with 45 votes.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). March 28, 1823.
New Hampshire Republican (Dover, NH). April 9, 1823.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 15, 1823.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). May 20, 1823.
Portland Gazette (Portland, ME). May 20, 1823.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). May 23, 1823.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). May 24, 1823.
Independent Statesman and Maine Republican (Portland, ME). May 24, 1823.
Eastport Sentinel (Eastport, ME). May 31, 1823.
Bangor Register (Bangor, ME). June 5, 1823.
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.
Remich, Daniel. History of Kennebunk. Portland, ME: Lakeside Press, 1911. 297.
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