Massachusetts 1794 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1794 Governor
Date:
1794
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Samuel Adams, William Cushing, James Sullivan, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Phillips, Nathaniel Gorham, Benjamin Lincoln, Increase Sumner, Francis Dana, Theodore Lyman, John Adams, David Cobb, Thomas Russell, Edward H. Robbins, Jonathan Crocker, William Heath, Matthew Crocker, James Bowdoin, Stephen Dalton, Moses Gill, Caleb Strong, Stephen Gorham, Samuel Hammond, Charles Jarvis, Azor Orne, Simeon Strong, James Warren, Fisher Ames, Thomas Cushing, Samuel Dana, David Edwards, Sturgis Gorham, Samuel Holton, John Lewis, Oliver Prescott, Thomas Randall, Daniel Rogers, Paul D. Sargent, John Sturdisant, Ebenezer Wales, Hopestile Willis
Candidates: Samuel Adams[1]William CushingJames SullivanElbridge GerrySamuel PhillipsNathaniel GorhamBenjamin LincolnIncrease SumnerFrancis DanaTheodore LymanJohn AdamsDavid CobbThomas RussellEdward H. RobbinsJonathan CrockerWilliam HeathMatthew CrockerJames BowdoinStephen DaltonMoses GillCaleb StrongStephen GorhamSamuel HammondCharles JarvisAzor OrneSimeon StrongJames WarrenFisher AmesThomas CushingSamuel DanaDavid EdwardsSturgis GorhamSamuel HoltonJohn LewisOliver PrescottThomas RandallDaniel RogersPaul D. SargentJohn SturdisantEbenezer WalesHopestile Willis
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 1442571995645222901565648432725161511997444422222211111111111111
Barnstable County219259161--------12-9----1-----------1---------
Town of Barnstable84915-----------9----------------1---------
Town of Chatham[2]-----------------------------------------
Town of Dennis157---------------------------------------
Town of Eastham1161---------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth5020---------------------------------------
Town of Harwich1248---------------------------------------
Town of Provincetown[3]-----------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich92511---------------1---------------------
Town of Truro25----------------------------------------
Town of Wellfleet7-----------12----------------------------
Town of Yarmouth1319---------------------------------------
Berkshire County4296961919145-156--------------------------------
Town of Adams-50---------------------------------------
Town of Alford143-1-------------------------------------
Town of Becket[4]-----------------------------------------
District of Bethlehem13----------------------------------------
Town of Chesire-52-2-------------------------------------
Town of Dalton365---------------------------------------
Town of Egremont-16---14-----------------------------------
Town of Great Barrington-30-----15---------------------------------
Town of Hancock24-10-------------------------------------
Town of Lanesborough179---1-----------------------------------
Town of Lee-67---------------------------------------
Town of Lenox173019--------------------------------------
Town of Louden117---------------------------------------
Town of Mount Washington10----------------------------------------
District of New Ashford-----30-----------------------------------
Town of New Marlborough-68---------------------------------------
Town of Partridgefield412---------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield673---------------------------------------
Town of Richmond2112---------------------------------------
Town of Sandisfield491---------------------------------------
Town of Sheffield1452---------------------------------------
Town of Stockbridge179---------------------------------------
Town of Tyringham926--1------------------------------------
Town of Washington314-6-------------------------------------
Town of West Stockbridge4112---------------------------------------
Town of Williamstown6319---------------------------------------
Town of Windsor135------6--------------------------------
Bristol County528456147-18-1----15-------1------1--------------
Town of Attleborough6954-----------------1------1--------------
Town of Berkley1117---------------------------------------
Town of Dartmouth81----------------------------------------
Town of Dighton4322---------------------------------------
Town of Easton504---------------------------------------
Town of Freetown1436---------------------------------------
Town of Mansfield2036---------------------------------------
Town of New Bedford777---------------------------------------
Town of Norton5214---------10-----------------------------
Town of Raynham924--18------------------------------------
Town of Rehoboth4136147---1----5-----------------------------
Town of Somerset-28---------------------------------------
Town of Swansea23----------------------------------------
Town of Taunton3987---------------------------------------
Town of Westport6921---------------------------------------
Cumberland County983132416--41---------------2----------1----1--
Town of Bridgetown30----------------------------------------
Town of Brunswick68-----41----------------------------------
Town of Buckfield31----------------------------------------
Town of Cape Elizabeth58----------------------------------------
Town of Durham55----------------------------------------
Town of Falmouth1626111-------------------------------------
Town of Freeport72----------------------------------------
Town of Gorham923-1-------------------------------------
Town of Gray40----------------------------------------
Town of Harpswell65----------------------------------------
Town of Hebron53----------------------------------------
Town of New Gloucester94----------------------------------------
Town of North Yarmouth135---------------------2----------1----1--
Town of Paris32----------------------------------------
Town of Portland311814-------------------------------------
Town of Raymondston[5]-----------------------------------------
Town of Scarboro3852--------------------------------------
Town of Standish38----------------------------------------
Town of Turner26----------------------------------------
Town of Windham44----------------------------------------
Dukes County54469-12--------------2---------------------
Town of Chilmark16---12------------------------------------
Town of Edgartown10429--------------------------------------
Town of Tisbury284-----------------2---------------------
Essex County937556-4747-2-6--------1------------------1----
Town of Amesbury1018--4------------------------------------
Town of Andover9311-344-1----------------------------------
Town of Beverly534---------------------------------------
Town of Boxford[6]-----------------------------------------
Town of Bradford[7]-----------------------------------------
Town of Danvers4839---------------------------------------
Town of Gloucester15531---------------------------------------
Town of Hamilton249---------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill[8]-----------------------------------------
Town of Ipswich7554----------------------------------1----
District of Lynfield727---------------------------------------
Town of Lynn5354---------------------------------------
Town of Manchester822---------------------------------------
Town of Marblehead1130--27------------------------------------
Town of Methuen[9]-----------------------------------------
Town of Middleton18-------6--------------------------------
Town of Newbury6697---------------------------------------
Town of Newburyport11485-13-1----------------------------------
Town of Rowley[10]-----------------------------------------
Town of Salem16750--12------------1-----------------------
Town of Salisbury[11]-----------------------------------------
Town of Topsfield3525---------------------------------------
Town of Wenham[12]-----------------------------------------
Hampshire County1601118677135185183-3----2---------21--------1-----
Town of Amherst18851312---2--------------------------------
Town of Ashfield4210---16-----------------------------------
Town of Belchertown846---------------------------------------
Town of Bernardston1-3041------------------------------------
Town of Blandford2919---------------------------------------
Town of Brimfield184--------1------------------------------
Town of Buckland54----------------------------------------
Town of Charlemont17----5-----------------------------------
Town of Chester411---2----1------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield1548---------------------------------------
Town of Colrain15-5--29-----------------------------------
Town of Conway447---11-----------------------------------
Town of Cummington189---------------------------------------
Town of Deerfield43512-------------------------------------
District of Easthampton227----1----------------------------------
Town of Gill211451-------------------------------------
Town of Goshen37----------------------------------------
Town of Granby253-----81----------------2---------------
Town of Granville52----4-----------------------------------
Town of Greenfield1644---1-----------------------------------
Town of Greenwich50----------------------------------------
Town of Hadley-444-1------------------------------------
Town of Hatfield142---------------------------------------
Town of Hawley25----------------------------------------
Town of Heath219---10-----------------------------------
Town of Holland[13]-----------------------------------------
Town of Leverett49----------------------------------------
District of Leyden38----------------------------------------
Town of Longmeadow6111---------------------------------------
Town of Ludlow50----------------------------------------
Town of Middlefield15----2-----------------------------------
Town of Monson59----------------------------------------
Town of Montague4231--------------------------------------
Town of Montgomery261---------------------------------------
Town of New Salem391-1-------------------------------------
Town of Northfield2118---1-----------------------------------
Town of Northampton6110-11------------------------------------
Town of Norwich[14]-----------------------------------------
District of Orange[15]-----------------------------------------
Town of Palmer142---------------------------------------
Town of Pelham51----------------------------------------
District of Plainfield322---------------------------------------
Town of Rowe22----------------------------------------
Town of Russell21----------------------------------------
Town of Shelburne74----------------------------------------
Town of Shutesbury35-3--------------------------------------
Town of South Brimfield[16]-----------------------------------------
Town of South Hadley3811---------------------------------------
Town of Southampton10582--1-----------------------------------
Town of Southwick47----------------------------------------
Town of Springfield6111-1-------------------------------------
Town of Sunderland1316---------------------------------------
Town of Ware2226-1-------------------------------------
Town of Warwick1129-1-----------2-------------------------
Town of Wendell381---------------------------------------
Town of West Springfield12514------------------------1--------------
Town of Westfield1729--281-----------------------------------
Town of Westhampton-44---------------------------------------
Town of Whately421---------------------------------------
Town of Wilbraham261513--2----1------------------------1-----
Town of Williamsburg4013---------------------------------------
Town of Worthington133--18------------------------------------
Hancock County54673-18-3------------------------------1---
Town of Bangor16----------------------------------------
Town of Belfast40----------------------------------------
Town of Blue Hill129-18------------------------------------
Town of Buckstown22-----1----------------------------------
Town of Cambden35----------------------------------------
Town of Colburnton30----------------------------------------
Town of Deer Isle50----------------------------------------
Town of Frankfurt40----------------------------------------
Town of Gouldsborough216---------------------------------------
Town of Hampden-13---------------------------------------
Town of Islesborough19----------------------------------------
Town of Mount Desert33----------------------------------------
Town of Orrington217----2----------------------------------
Town of Penobscot3938-----------------------------------1---
Town of Prospect37----------------------------------------
Town of Sedgwick13----------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan46----------------------------------------
Town of Trenton30----------------------------------------
Town of Vinalhaven42----------------------------------------
Lincoln County14441076851-2-8---------4----------------------
Town of Ballstown43----------------------------------------
Town of Bath701--1---3--------------------------------
Town of Boothbay62----------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoin--60--------------------------------------
Town of Bowdoinham15----------------------------------------
Town of Bristol489---------------------------------------
Town of Canaan23----------------------------------------
Town of Cushing1412---------------------------------------
Town of Edgecomb48----------------------------------------
Town of Fairfield[17]-----------------------------------------
Town of Farmington70----------------------------------------
Town of Georgetown[18]-----------------------------------------
Town of Green112----2----------------------------------
Town of Hallowell145--4-------------------------------------
Town of Hancock29----------------------------------------
Lewiston Plantation31-------5--------------------------------
Town of Little River21----------------------------------------
Town of Monmouth27----------------------------------------
Town of Mount Vernon48----------------------------------------
Town of Newcastle34-4--------------------------------------
Town of Nobleboro52----------------------------------------
Town of Norridgewock20----------------------------------------
Town of Pittston56----------------------------------------
Town of Pownalboro86224--------------------------------------
Town of Readfield46----------------------------------------
Town of Sidney35----------------------------------------
Smithfield Plantation35----------------------------------------
Town of Thomastown41----------------------------------------
Town of Topsham7815---------------------------------------
Town of Union[19]-----------------------------------------
Town of Vassalboro61----------------------------------------
Town of Waldoboro2846---------------------------------------
Town of Warren[20]-----------------------------------------
Town of Winslow67----------------------------------------
Town of Winthrop48-----------------4----------------------
Town of Woolwich52--1-------------------------------------
Middlesex County202529371237361-2-22------1---------11-----1-----1
Town of Acton501---------------------------------------
Town of Ashby51----------------------------------------
Town of Bedford41----------------------------------------
Town of Billerica42134--1-----------------------------------
District of Boxboro28--2-------------------------------------
Town of Cambridge9021143------------------------------------
District of Carlisle312---------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown2147-2-3-----------------------------------
Town of Chelmsford521---------------------------------------
Town of Concord1051721----1--------1-----------------------
Town of Dracut105----------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable32--3-------------------------------------
Town of East Sudbury36--2-------------------------------------
Town of Framingham-5247--1---22------------------------------
Town of Groton4215173-------------------------------------
Town of Holliston45--7-------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton6251--------------------------------------
Town of Lexington65--2-------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln33--31-------------------------------------
Town of Littleton22-132-------------------------------------
Town of Malden3221---------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough932-17----1--------------------------------
Town of Medford2435---2---------------------1-------------
Town of Natick6--21-------------------------------------
Town of Newton40322--------------------------------------
Town of Pepperell81----------------------------------------
Town of Reading837-2-------------------------------------
Town of Sherborn4216-10-------------------------------------
Town of Shirley25-7--------------------------------------
Town of Stoneham20--3------------------------1------------
Town of Stow23617--------------------------------------
Town of Sudbury58--1------------------------------1-----1
Town of Tewksbury42----------------------------------------
District of Tyngsborough1111---------------------------------------
Town of Townsend36----------------------------------------
Town of Waltham941-3-------------------------------------
Town of Watertown2324-31-------------------------------------
Town of Westford52-3--------------------------------------
Town of Weston2711238-------------------------------------
Town of Wilmington72----------------------------------------
Town of Woburn80--5-------------------------------------
Nantucket County1092---------------------------------------
Town of Sherburn1092---------------------------------------
Norfolk County11582051166-3------8-5-2-----2---------------1-
Town of Bellingham419---------------------------------------
Town of Braintree85--------------------------------------1-
Town of Brookline272-1-------------------------------------
Town of Cohasset135---------------------------------------
Town of Dedham907-------------2-------------------------
Town of Dorchester5826-----------2---2-----2-----------------
District of Dover381-5-------------------------------------
Town of Foxborough329---------------------------------------
Town of Franklin4111--2----------2-------------------------
Town of Medfield2915---------------------------------------
Town of Medway663---------------------------------------
Town of Milton3219--1------------------------------------
Town of Needham732-1-------------------------------------
Town of Quincy3216---------------------------------------
Town of Randolph679-1--1--------1-------------------------
Town of Roxbury10722-3-------------------------------------
Town of Sharon75----------------------------------------
Town of Stoughton1095-4---------5---------------------------
Town of Walpole48-----2------1---------------------------
Town of Weymouth473---------------------------------------
Town of Wrentham6011113------------------------------------
Plymouth County662556-71711----1---1-------------11----------
Town of Abington4220---------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater21642-21------------------------------------
Town of Carver927---------------------------------------
Town of Duxbury647---------------------------------------
Town of Halifax171--161-----1-----------------------------
Town of Hanover2913-2-------------------------------------
Town of Kingston183---------------------------------------
Town of Marshfield4123---------------------------------------
Town of Middleborough6338-2--1--------1-------------------------
Town of Pembroke6615---------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth55114---------------------------1-----------
Town of Plympton849---------------------------------------
Town of Rochester7118----------------------------1----------
Town of Scituate2445-1-------------------------------------
Town of Wareham1421---------------------------------------
Suffolk County1443993-15-------1-----------2----------------
Town of Boston1400894-15-------1-----------1----------------
Town of Chelsea283---------------------------------------
Town of Hingham495----------------------1----------------
Town of Hull111---------------------------------------
Washington County13348-1625------------------------------------
Town of Machias1748-16-------------------------------------
Town of Papamaguadda[21]-----------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 42---25------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 536----------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 621----------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 1326----------------------------------------
Plantation E. Tide Union River No. 2231----------------------------------------
Worcester County1613115850138741912517---13-17---42----------1--------
Town of Ashburnham57------10---------------------------------
Town of Athal-22--17---12--------------------------------
Town of Barre4836-2-2--1--------------------------------
District of Berlin-28---------------------------------------
Town of Bolton824--2---3--------------------------------
Town of Boylston154-7-------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield50111-1-1-1---------------------------------
Town of Charlton4049---11-1-----1---------------------------
Town of Douglas1-31-1---1--------------------------------
Town of Dudley7311---------------------------------------
Town of Fitchburg62--2-------------------------------------
Town of Gardner182-714------------------------------------
Town of Gerry533-22------------------------------------
Town of Grafton4219---1-----------------------------------
Town of Hardwick15253----12---------------------------------
Town of Harvard6125---------------------------------------
Town of Holden340--2------------------------------------
Town of Hubbardston40732-------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster523111--------1----------------------------
Town of Leicester455---------------------------------------
Town of Leominster5027---------------------------------------
Town of Lunenberg194267-------------------------------------
Town of Mendon3927---------------------------------------
Town of Milford51----------------------------------------
Town of New Braintree731---1-----------------------------------
Town of Northborough307---------------------------------------
Town of Northbridge-30---------------------------------------
Town of Oakham[22]3516---------------------------------------
Town of Oxford268---1-----------------------------------
Town of Paxton1691-------------7------------------------
Town of Petersham2418412----------------2-------------------
Town of Princetown705-3-1-----------------------------------
Town of Royalston62--64------------------------------------
Town of Rutland642-1-------------------------------------
Town of Shrewsbury3939---------------------------------------
Town of Southborough2925---------------------------------------
Town of Spencer61----------------------------------------
Town of Sterling3520-26-----------1-------------------------
Town of Sturbridge23--130------------------------------------
Town of Sutton17111---------------------------------------
Town of Templeton36152--1-------2------4--------------------
Town of Upton45----------------------------------------
Town of Uxbridge159---------------------------------------
Town of Ward15213--------------------------------------
Town of Westborough4714-1-------------------------------------
Town of Western853---------------------------------------
Town of Westminster3517-2---1------------------------1--------
Town of Winchendon201-6--1----------------------------------
Town of Worcester5538---------------------------------------
York County541433102522---127--1----------------------------
Town of Alfred1130---------------------------------------
Town of Arundel444-2-------------------------------------
Town of Berwick28434--------------------------------------
Town of Biddeford10617---------1----------------------------
Brownfield Plantation20---3------------------------------------
Town of Buxton52----------------------------------------
Town of Cornish32----------------------------------------
Town of Coxhall1117-------26-------------------------------
Town of Fryburgh33--211------------------------------------
Town of Kittery25520--------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon41-44--------------------------------------
Town of Limerick25---8------------------------------------
Town of Limington14-4--------------------------------------
Littlefalls Plantation1711---------------------------------------
Town of Newfield15----------------------------------------
Town of Parsonfield57----------------------------------------
Town of Pepperelboro441061-------------------------------------
Town of Sandford4353-------1-------------------------------
Town of Shapleigh56172--------------------------------------
Town of Waterborough[23]-----------------------------------------
Town of Wells31401--------------------------------------
Town of York-574-----1--------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]There were no votes recorded in Chatham.
[3]There were no votes recorded in Provincetown.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Becket.
[5]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Boxford.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Bradford.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Haverhill.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Methuen.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Rowley.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Salisbury.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Wenham.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Holland.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Norwich.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Orange.
[16]There were no votes recorded in South Brimfield.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Fairfield.
[18]There were no votes recorded in Georgetown.
[19]There were no votes recorded in Fairfield.
[20]There were no votes recorded in Warren.
[21]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
[22]The total votes for Worcester County and for the commonwealth are off by 10. The Official Results list 41 total votes in Oakham but the votes add up to 51.
[23]There were no votes recorded in Waterborough.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Amherst Town Records. 161.
Bernardston Town Records. 126 - 127.
Blandford Town Records. Book Two. 186 - 187.
Blue Hill Town Records. 79.
Brookfield Town Records.
Brookline Town Records. 401.
Chatham Town Records. 104.
Colrain Town Records. Book One. 280.
Falmouth Town Records. 334.
Freetown Town Records. 425.
Hardwick Town Records. 179.
Lee Town Records. 77.
Leyden Town Records. 76.
Oakham Town Records. 279-280.
Peru Town Records. 77.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 84.
Princeton Town Records. 182.
Spencer Town Records.
Tisbury Town Records. 292.
Truro Town Records. 82.
Ware Town Records.
Warren Town Records. 23.
Watertown Town Records. Vol. 7. 65 - 66.
Weston Town Records. Vol. I. 446.
Worcester Town Records. 264.
The Mercury (Boston, MA). April 8, 1794.
The Morning Star (Newburyport, MA). April 8, 1794.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). April 9, 1794.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 9, 1794.
Western Star (Stockbridge, MA). April 9, 1794.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). April 10, 1794.
Greenfield Gazette (Greenfield, MA). April 10, 1794.
Guardian of Freedom (Haverhill, MA). April 10, 1794.
The Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser (Boston, MA). April 10, 1794.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 10, 1794.
Impartial Herald (Newburyport, MA). April 11, 1794.
The Boston Gazette, and Weekly Republican Journal (Boston, MA). April 14, 1794.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). April 14, 1794.
Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 15, 1794.
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA). April 16, 1794.
Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). April 22, 1794.
Greenfield Gazette (Greenfield, MA). May 15, 1794.
The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). 1794.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 131 - 132.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 163.
Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris, Maine. Paris, ME: Printed for the Authors, 1884. 91.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 452.
Vital Records of Limerick, Maine. Parsonsfield, ME: Ancient Landmark Society, 1989. 35.
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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