New Hampshire 1796 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1796 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:
1796
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Jeremiah Smith, Abiel Foster, William Gordon, Jonathan Freeman, Peleg Sprague, Woodbury Langdon, John Prentice, Thomas Cogswell, Nathaniel Peabody, John Bellows, Joseph Cilley, Nathaniel Rogers, James Sheafe, Timothy Walker, Edward S. Livermore, Israel Evans, Oliver Peabody, Aaron Hutchinson, Nicholas Gilman, James Hill, Paine Wingate, Arthur Livermore, Robert Wallis, Thomas Thompson, Thomas Bellows, S. Dana, William Plummer, Bezaleel Woodward, Nathaniel Gilman, John Hubbard, Benjamin Bellows, Russell Freeman, Joseph Rodgers, Jr., Charles Walker, scattering
Candidates: Jeremiah Smith[1]Abiel Foster[2]William Gordon[3]Jonathan FreemanPeleg SpragueWoodbury LangdonJohn PrenticeThomas CogswellNathaniel PeabodyJohn BellowsJoseph CilleyNathaniel RogersJames SheafeTimothy WalkerEdward S. LivermoreIsrael EvansOliver PeabodyAaron HutchinsonNicholas GilmanJames HillPaine WingateArthur LivermoreRobert WallisThomas ThompsonThomas BellowsS. DanaWilliam PlummerBezaleel WoodwardNathaniel GilmanJohn HubbardBenjamin BellowsRussell FreemanJoseph Rodgers, Jr.Charles Walkerscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanFederalistRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [4][5][6]58225667346822061019978947800542491451447----------------------2230
Cheshire County-----------------------------------
Town of Acworth-----------------------------------
Town of Alstead-----------------------------------
Town of Charlestown-----------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield-----------------------------------
Town of Claremont-----------------------------------
Town of Cornish-----------------------------------
Town of Croydon-----------------------------------
Town of Dublin-----------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam-----------------------------------
Town of Gilsum24242424-------------------------------
Town of Goshen-----------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale-----------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey-----------------------------------
Town of Keene109109109-109------------------------------
Town of Langdon-----------------------------------
Town of Lempster-----------------------------------
Town of Marlborough-----------------------------------
Town of Marlow-----------------------------------
Town of New Grantham-----------------------------------
Town of Newport-----------------------------------
Town of Packersfield-----------------------------------
Town of Plainfield48473737------1---------13--------------
Town of Richmond-----------------------------------
Town of Rindge-----------------------------------
Town of Springfield-----------------------------------
Town of Stoddard-----------------------------------
Town of Sullivan20203214------------7----11------3-----
Town of Surry-----------------------------------
Town of Swanzey-----------------------------------
Town of Unity-----------------------------------
Town of Walpole[7]59552637421------------------8----------
Town of Washington-----------------------------------
Town of Wendell-----------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland-----------------------------------
Town of Winchester-----------------------------------
Grafton County-----------------------------------
Town of Adams-----------------------------------
Town of Alexandria-----------------------------------
Town of Bartlett-----------------------------------
Town of Bath-----------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem-----------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater-----------------------------------
Town of Campton-----------------------------------
Town of Canaan-----------------------------------
Town of Chatham-----------------------------------
Town of Cockburne-----------------------------------
Town of Colebrook-----------------------------------
Town of Concord-----------------------------------
Town of Coventry-----------------------------------
Town of Dalton-----------------------------------
Town of Danbury-----------------------------------
Town of Dorchester-----------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth-----------------------------------
Town of Enfield-----------------------------------
Town of Franconia-----------------------------------
Town of Grafton-----------------------------------
Town of Groton-----------------------------------
Town of Hanover47293941-------26---------------3--21---
Town of Haverhill-----------------------------------
Town of Hebron-----------------------------------
Town of Jefferson-----------------------------------
Town of Lancaster-----------------------------------
Town of Landaff-----------------------------------
Town of Lebanon-----------------------------------
Town of Lincoln-----------------------------------
Town of Littleton-----------------------------------
Town of Lyman-----------------------------------
Town of Lyme-----------------------------------
Town of New Chester-----------------------------------
Town of New Holderness-----------------------------------
Town of Northumberland-----------------------------------
Town of Orange-----------------------------------
Town of Orford-----------------------------------
Town of Peeling-----------------------------------
Town of Percy-----------------------------------
Town of Piermont-----------------------------------
Town of Plymouth[8]444444------------44-------------------
Town of Rumney-----------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown-----------------------------------
Town of Stratford-----------------------------------
Town of Thornton-----------------------------------
Town of Warren-----------------------------------
Town of Wentworth2432771-------6---1517---14----------1--
Town of Whitefield-----------------------------------
Hillsborough County-----------------------------------
Town of Amherst[9]331253216-2114927495-------------------------
Town of Andover-----------------------------------
Town of Antrim-----------------------------------
Town of Bedford-----------------------------------
Town of Boscawen-----------------------------------
Town of Bradford-----------------------------------
Town of Deering-----------------------------------
Town of Derryfield2925518-75--22-------------------------
Town of Dunbarton303023--31---8-------------------------
Town of Dunstable323232---25------7---------------------
Town of Fishersfield-----------------------------------
Town of Francestown-----------------------------------
Town of Goffstown-----------------------------------
Town of Greenfield-----------------------------------
Town of Hancock33323333-----1-------------------------
Town of Henniker-----------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough-----------------------------------
Town of Hollis-----------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton-----------------------------------
Kearsage Gore-----------------------------------
Town of Litchfield-----------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough-----------------------------------
Town of Mason-----------------------------------
Town of Merrimack-----------------------------------
Town of Milford-----------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon-----------------------------------
Town of New Boston-----------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich838384--------------------------------
Town of New London-----------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West-----------------------------------
Town of Peterborough979593------26----69--------------------
Town of Raby191919--19-----------------------------
Town of Salisbury56572939---14----5-----7----10-----------
Town of Sharon-----------------------------------
Town of Society Land-----------------------------------
Town of Sutton-----------------------------------
Town of Temple-----------------------------------
Town of Warner-----------------------------------
Town of Weare3734176--------18-------7----7--------5
Town of Wilton525242----28-8--42---------------------
Town of Windsor-----------------------------------
Rockingham County-----------------------------------
Town of Allenstown-----------------------------------
Town of Atkinson-----------------------------------
Town of Bow-----------------------------------
Town of Brentwood-----------------------------------
Town of Candia-----------------------------------
Town of Canterbury[10]53493030-------------------------------
Town of Chester747472---72----------------------------
Town of Chichester-----------------------------------
Town of Concord8588501224--6---224632337---9----11-------
Town of Deerfield84831568-4720324--26----------------------12
Town of East Kingston-----------------------------------
Town of Epping60555718-------32--------------5-------12
Town of Epsom-----------------------------------
Town of Exeter87598076--8----37-----------------------
Town of Greenland136-13-48-48---1-35--13---1--------------
Town of Hampstead-----------------------------------
Town of Hampton-----------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls[11]-----------------------------------
Town of Hawke-----------------------------------
Town of Kensington60605024--16----21-----------------------
Town of Kingston-----------------------------------
Town of Londonderry733467---68-16--------------------------
Town of Loudon-----------------------------------
Town of New Castle-----------------------------------
Town of Newington1818---1816-2--------------------------
Town of Newmarket4864932-832-1-2164-----------------------
Town of Newton-----------------------------------
Town of North Hampton12121111-47-4645-45------------------------
Town of Northfield-----------------------------------
Town of Northwood-----------------------------------
Town of Nottingham-----------------------------------
Town of Pelham-----------------------------------
Town of Pembroke-----------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield-----------------------------------
Town of Plaistow2523---3--1----22----20----------------
Town of Poplin-----------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth58645624-183218114814158534---6------------------
Town of Raymond-----------------------------------
Town of Rye---48-49-4749-1---2--------------------
Town of Salem-----------------------------------
Town of Sandown-----------------------------------
Town of Seabrook-----------------------------------
Town of South Hampton-----------------------------------
Town of Stratham[12]30451052-33--3--7-------254-------3------
Town of Windham-----------------------------------
Strafford County-----------------------------------
Town of Alton-----------------------------------
Town of Barnstead-----------------------------------
Town of Barrington150150150---150----------------------------
Town of Brookfield-----------------------------------
Town of Burton-----------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor-----------------------------------
Town of Conway-----------------------------------
Town of Dover878579--10-6---73-----------------------
Town of Durham2929524---24---------------------------
Town of Eaton-----------------------------------
Town of Effingham-----------------------------------
Town of Farmington-----------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown-----------------------------------
Town of Lee-----------------------------------
Town of Madbury-----------------------------------
Town of Meredith-----------------------------------
Town of Middleton-----------------------------------
Town of Milton-----------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough-----------------------------------
Town of New Durham-----------------------------------
Town of New Hampton-----------------------------------
Town of Ossipee-----------------------------------
Ossipee Gore-----------------------------------
Town of Rochester-----------------------------------
Town of Sanbornton[13]797976---------72----------------------
Town of Sandwich-----------------------------------
Town of Somersworth232322--1-1---22-----------------------
Town of Tamworth-----------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro-----------------------------------
Town of Wakefield-----------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro-----------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]The total number of votes given for all candidates was reported to be 25,676; 3210 necessary to make a choice.
[5]New Hampshire law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on November 7, 1796.
[6]The New Hampshire Gazette of September 17, 1796 and The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH) of September 21, 1796 included lists of "votes for Federal Representatives, cast up, from all the towns we have been able to obtain accounts from". These lists included the following: Timothy Walker with 103 votes, James Sheaf with 103 votes, Edward S. Livermore with 74 votes, Israel Evans with 67 votes, Nicholas Gilman with 27 votes, James Hill with 25 votes, Oliver Peabody with 22 votes, Paine Wingate with 18 votes, Thomas Thompson with 10 votes, Arthur Livermore with 9 votes, Aaron Hutchinson with 7 votes, Charles Walker with 7 votes, William Plummer with 5 votes and Nathaniel Gilman with 3 votes. The New Hampshire Gazette of October 1, 1796, and the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH) of September 29, 1796 included what purported to be complete lists of votes. After the top 12 candidates, these lists appeared to simply copy the lists from the earlier newspapers. What town records exist show that these lists of the candidates outside the top 12 are incomplete, as even with over half the towns in the state unaccounted for, Timothy Walker, James Sheafe, Oliver Peabody, Paine Wingate, Arthur Livermore, Aaron Hutchinson and William Plummer, at the least, had more votes than were listed.
[7]"This meeting, owing to local causes, was not so full as it ought to have been, when such an important privilege, as election was to be exercised." The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH). September 6, 1796.
[8]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), September 15, reports 40 votes for Jeremiah Smith, Abiel Foster, William Gordon and Israel Evans in Plymouth.
[9]The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH), September 3, reports 127 votes for Abiel Foster, 94 for Thomas Cogswell, and 97 for John Bellows in Amherst.
[10]"Gordon 30 odd, Freeman about 30, and a few scattering votes for Sheafe, Evans, Walker." The Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). September 6, 1796.
[11]Votes were cast for Abiel Foster, Jeremiah Smith, William Plummer, Jonathan Freeman, Woodbury Langdon and Paine Wingate.
[12]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH) lists Jonathan Freeman with 51 votes.
[13]"Aug. 29, 1796, the four most popular men in the estimation of our Sanbornton fathers were shown to be Abiel Foster, Esq. (Canterbury), 80 votes; Jeremiah Smith, Esq. (Exeter), 80; Wm. Gordon, Esq., 75; Jas. Sheaf, Esq., 72; against 10, 7, 5, and 3 votes for another set of candidates." The History of Sanbornton. 426.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 296.
The Rising Sun (Keene, NH). August 30, 1796.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). August 30, 1796.
The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH). August 31, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 1, 1796.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). September 3, 1796.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). September 6, 1796.
The Federal Mirror (Concord, NH). September 6, 1796.
The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH). September 6, 1796.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). September 6, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 8, 1796.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). September 10, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 15, 1796.
The Albany Register (Albany, NY). September 16, 1796.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). September 17, 1796.
The Federal Mirror (Concord, NH). September 20, 1796.
The Sun. Dover Gazette and County Advertiser (Dover, NH). September 21, 1796.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). September 29, 1796.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). October 1, 1796.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). October 4, 1796.
The Federal Mirror (Concord, NH). October 4, 1796.
The New-hampshire and Vermont Journal: Or, The Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, NH). October 4, 1796.
Village Messenger (Amherst, NH). October 4, 1796.
The Eagle: or, Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). October 10, 1796.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 302.
Foster, Herbert Darling, George Mendal Bridgman and Sidney Bradshaw Fay. The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, 1761-1818. Hanover, NH: Hanover, 1905. 148.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 120.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 239-240.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 426.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 236.

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