Massachusetts 1821 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1821 Governor
Date:
1821
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
John Brooks, William Eustis, Levi Lincoln, William Phillips, Josiah Quincy, William Sullivan, Allen Dodge, John Portis, Charles Morse, Daniel Webster, William Gray, John Meloy, Joseph B. Varnum, Thomas Bucknell, William Drake, Christopher Gore, Hanson Gothic, John Phillips, Henry A. Siddebonn, James Allen, William Austin, George Baker, Hona Ballou, Rufus Bayley, Stephen Bayley, Henry Beecher, Lewis Boardman, Michael Brown, James B. Bullnik, Napoleon Bounoparte, John F. Burton, Ebenezer Clough, Mason Cobb, Richard Coffin, Michael Cross, Abel Davis, Jonathan Drought, Jacob Eustis, Samuel P. Fay, Abraham Fisher, Amos Flint, Jr., John Fury, Joshua Gilman, Daniel Goddard, Ignatius Golding, Ebenezer Goodhue, Israel Gould, Amos Hall, W. Herndon, Benjamin Holt, Francis Ingraham, Parmas Korman, Humphrey Lakehouse, William Lothrop, Calvin Maynard, Daniel Nauron, Thomas Needham, Hezekiah Nuwall, Theodore Parsons, Ezekial Remington, Simeon Rich, Daniel Sears, Thomas Sheppard, Nathan Sibley, Amos Stevenson, Joseph Strong, C. Talez, John Wade, Francis Waldo, Phineas Webster, Peter Whitaker, John M. Williams, Joseph Woodward, blank
Candidates: John Brooks[1]William EustisLevi LincolnWilliam PhillipsJosiah QuincyWilliam SullivanAllen DodgeJohn PortisCharles MorseDaniel WebsterWilliam GrayJohn MeloyJoseph B. VarnumThomas BucknellWilliam DrakeChristopher GoreHanson GothicJohn PhillipsHenry A. SiddebonnJames AllenWilliam AustinGeorge BakerHona BallouRufus BayleyStephen BayleyHenry BeecherLewis BoardmanMichael BrownJames B. BullnikNapoleon BounoparteJohn F. BurtonEbenezer CloughMason CobbRichard CoffinMichael CrossAbel DavisJonathan DroughtJacob EustisSamuel P. FayAbraham FisherAmos Flint, Jr.John FuryJoshua GilmanDaniel GoddardIgnatius GoldingEbenezer GoodhueIsrael GouldAmos HallW. HerndonBenjamin HoltFrancis IngrahamParmas KormanHumphrey LakehouseWilliam LothropCalvin MaynardDaniel NauronThomas NeedhamHezekiah NuwallTheodore ParsonsEzekial RemingtonSimeon RichDaniel SearsThomas SheppardNathan SibleyAmos StevensonJoseph StrongC. Talez[2]John WadeFrancis WaldoPhineas WebsterPeter WhitakerJohn M. WilliamsJoseph Woodwardblank
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 288342040131209966554432222221111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111112
Barnstable County457417---------------1--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstable56156------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brewster575------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chatham27-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dennis30-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Eastham204------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth3273------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harwich1717------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Orleans1127------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown2434------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich6386---------------1--------------------------------------------------------
Town of Truro24-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet127------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Yarmouth848------------------------------------------------------------------------
Berkshire County183920351--5---1------2------------------------------1-----------1-1------------
Town of Adams21172------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Alford3335------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Becket7816------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesire2140------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Clarksburg1213------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton5252------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Egremont4370------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Florida[3]2916------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington12844------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock3543------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale6225------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough6969------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lee14232------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lenox59134------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington928------------------------------------------------------------------------
District of New Ashford1038------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough14349------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Otis6526------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Peru8110------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield92235---4---1----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond5272------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield90109---------------------------------------------1-------------1------------
Town of Savoy1266------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield12579------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge9886---1----------2---------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham5459------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington37481--------------------------------------------------------1--------------
Town of West Stockbridge5393------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown84126------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor6950------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bristol County1971142363----53-31-------------------1--------11--------1-1----------------11--
Town of Attleborough13110363----5-----------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Berkley543---------------------------------------1--------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth20683------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dighton1265------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Easton6399----------------------------------------1----------1--------------------
Town of Fairhaven6795------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Freetown39134------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield6159------------------------------1-----------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford20829------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norton11565------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Raynham8349------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth171125------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Seekonk144142---------3---------------------------------------1------------------1---
Town of Somerset5131------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Swansea4798------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Taunton246116-------3--1----------------------------------------------------------1--
Town of Troy5064------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wellington654------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westport15823------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dukes County9110511----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chilmark1933------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown[4]4117------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury3155------------------------------------------------------------------------
Essex County34161898----6----1-----------11--1-----11--1--1----1---1--1---1-1----------1----
Town of Amesbury8041----------------------1-------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover198180---------1-----------1-------------------------1------------------------
Town of Beverly17542------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boxford916------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford15949-------------------------------------------------------------------1----
Town of Danvers18856--------------------------------------1----1----------------------------
Town of Essex5846------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester202172------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hamilton7920------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill205172------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich14960-------------------------1------------------------1---------------------
Town of Lynn161181------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lynnfield3915------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Manchester6331------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead54109------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Metheun9493------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton3438------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newbury17188----6--------------------------1----------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport359124--------------------------------------------------------1---------------
Town of Rowley11262------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem385154------------------------------------------------------1-----------------
Town of Salisbury7457------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Saugus4554--------------------------------1--1------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield7014------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wenham4517------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Newbury[5][6]12617------------------------------------------------------------------------
Franklin County1913866-5---6-------------------------------------------------1------1---------
Town of Ashfield10466------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston4961------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Buckland8621-1---6------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont8714-1----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Colrain11248-3----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway8943------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield14038------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gill5623------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield8938------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawley946------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Heath10820------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leverett3654------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leyden4644-------------------------------------------------------1----------------
Town of Montague[7]8923------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Salem11667------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield6468--------------------------------------------------------------1---------
Town of Orange3157------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rowe7714------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne1154------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury3345------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sunderland5725------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Warwick8033------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell9121------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Whately6433------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hampden County1389126823--------------------------------1-------------------------1-----------
Town of Blandford783611----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield13436------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester8191------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granville7553------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holland[8][9]2321------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow9321------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow6172------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Monson13387------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery2226------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Palmer8723------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Russell2218------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield2237------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southwick10113------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield210167------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tolland4632------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield106227------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westfield91122------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham958611--------------------------------1-------------------------1-----------
Hampshire County25835911-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Amherst20745------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Belchertown24872------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield57301-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cummington9642------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Easthampton904------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Enfield9613------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen615------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Granby13418------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenwich6228------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hadley1808------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield5547------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield6432------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northampton29762------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Norwich6634------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham6955------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield759------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley12118------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southampton170-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ware8241------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westhampton[10]1181------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Williamsburg12714------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worthington10813------------------------------------------------------------------------
Middlesex County30103449143--------1--1--2-1-----1-1------1--1----1------1---------------11-----2
Town of Acton3795------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ashby54483-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford3150------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Billerica11224------------------------------------------------------------------------
District of Boxboro945------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brighton4625------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Burlington3428------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge20463--------------------------1--------------1----------------------1-------
Town of Carlisle480------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown290341------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford11557------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord8294------------------1--------------1--------------1-----------------------
Town of Dracut32115------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable1159------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury3270------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Framingham12555------------------------------------1-----------------------------------
Town of Groton916911--------1------------------------------------------------------------2
Town of Holliston6450------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton52138------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lexington44150------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln2572------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton409021----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Malden65118------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough64150------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medford17426------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Natick3138------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton14048------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pepperell-94------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Reading21215------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn6143------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shirley3562------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of South Reading2097----------------1-------1----------------------------------------1------
Town of Stoneham892------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stow28742-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury3199-1----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tewksbury2455------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Townsend6088------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Tyngsborough6332------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Waltham82683-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Watertown6554-------------1--1-------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Cambridge2652------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westford47101------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weston6448------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington52513-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Woburn44134------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nantucket County112162------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Nantucket112162------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norfolk County16701942---1-------2-------------------------1------1-1------1------------------
Town of Bellingham3488---1---------------------------------1----------------------------------
Town of Braintree6664------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline5522------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Canton2698------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset5117------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dedham123174----------------------------------------------1-------------------------
Town of Dorchester191149------------------------------------------------------------------------
District of Dover3041------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough4464------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Franklin13246------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medfield6033------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Medway5691-----------------------------------------------------1------------------
Town of Milton6097------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Needham5585------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Quincy12046------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Randolph54143------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Roxbury152222------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon5060------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton41111--------------------------------------------1---------------------------
Town of Walpole8585------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Weymouth8684-----------2------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham99122------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plymouth County18391607-1----------2------1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Abington81113------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater299200------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Carver5539------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury11437------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Halifax2093------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover2771------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanson4836------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hingham146202------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hull511------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston10929------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield9027-------------------1----------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough180255------------2-----------------------------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke6365------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth212116------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Plympton6959------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester15392------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Scituate135132------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Wareham3330-1----------------------------------------------------------------------
Suffolk County31241341-------1--1----1----1------1-1------------------------------------1---1-
City of Boston31241341-------1--1----1----1------1-1------------------------------------1---1-
Town of Chelsea[11]3638------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worcester County542032976493----4----1---1-----1----1-------------1---------1-----1--1-1--------
Town of Ashburnham11037------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Athal13933------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Barre126112------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Berlin9112------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Bolton10226------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Boylston9021------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield17380------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlton81182----------------------------------------------------------1-------------
Town of Dana2364------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Douglas10773------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Dudley9282------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg9799------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Gardner952211----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton7889------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hardwick11488------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Harvard7783------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Holden15922------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston9557------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster15248------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leicester7451--23--------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Leominster11157------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg7782------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Mendon12128------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford3595------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Millbury10943------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree10616--1----------1----------------------------------------------------------
Town of North Brookfield7264-----------------------1------------------------------------------------
Town of Northborough10718------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge5137------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oakham8434-----------------1------------------------------------------------------
Town of Oxford9152------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Paxton5530------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Petersham112111------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Phillipston1099------------------------------------------1-----------------------------
Town of Princetown14314------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Royalston15633------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Rutland9851------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury12952------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southborough10712------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Southbridge537922----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Spencer9783------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sterling19237----------------------------------------------------1-------------------
Town of Sturbridge86863-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton83138-------------------------------------------------------------1----------
Town of Templeton10863------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Upton7853-1----------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge125108------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Ward4044------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of West Boylston9021----------------------------1-------------------------------------------
Town of Westborough7966------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Western8945------------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Westminster17626--------4------------------------------------------------------1--------
Town of Winchendon11938--1---------------------------------------------------------------------
Town of Worcester166191--5---------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The first name of C. Talez is illegible.
[3]William Eustis received 16 votes as Wm. Eustis.
[4]The votes from Edgartown were rejected.
[5]The votes from West Newbury were rejected.
[6]"Returned too late." Original Election Returns.
[7]William Eustis received 23 votes as Benjamin Eustis.
[8]The votes from Holland were rejected.
[9]"Informal return rejected." Original Election Returns.
[10]William Eustis received 1 vote as Benjamin Eustis.
[11]The votes from Chelsea were rejected.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blandford Town Records. Book Three. 208.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 542-543.
Charlemont Town Records. 387.
Chatham Town Records. 36.
Colrain Town Records. Book Two. 194.
Fitchburg Town Records. Vol. V. 211.
Hawley Town Records.
Leverett Town Records.
Leyden Town Records. 218.
Ludlow Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records. 89.
Palmer Town Records.
South Hadley Town Records. 190.
Tisbury Town Records. 405.
Truro Town Records. 237.
Ware Town Records.
Wareham Town Records. Book Two. 27.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 8. 390.
Weston Town Records. Vol. II. 282.
Worcester Town Records. 124-125.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). April 3, 1821.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 3, 1821.
New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 3, 1821.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 4, 1821.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 4, 1821.
Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder (Springfield, MA). April 4, 1821.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 4, 1821.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). April 4, 1821.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 5, 1821.
New-Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, MA). April 6, 1821.
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, MA). April 10, 1821.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 10, 1821.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 11, 1821.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). April 11, 1821.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 12, 1821.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 17, 1821.
Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield, MA). April 18, 1821.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 19, 1821.
Berkshire Star (Stockbridge, MA). May 10, 1821.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). June 2, 1821.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). June 5, 1821.
Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, MA). June 13, 1821.

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