Maine 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Maine 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1821
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- William D. Williamson, Jacob MacGaw, John Wilkins, Martin Kinsley, John Cooper, Josiah Kidder, William Emerson, Joseph Harvey, John Wilson, Aaron Holbrook, James Campbell, Tommy Hill, Joshua Hall, Abraham Farmer, Ebenezer Greanleaf, scattering
| Candidates: | William D. Williamson | Jacob MacGaw | John Wilkins | Martin Kinsley | John Cooper | Josiah Kidder | William Emerson | Joseph Harvey | John Wilson | Aaron Holbrook | James Campbell | Tommy Hill | Joshua Hall | Abraham Farmer | Ebenezer Greanleaf | scattering |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1] | 898 | 430 | 247 | 181 | 152 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| District of Four | 898 | 430 | 247 | 181 | 152 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hancock County | 426 | 98 | 31 | 137 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | 56 | 45 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belmont | 23 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bluehill | 18 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooks | 6 | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooksville | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bucksport[2] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Castine | 45 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellsworth | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfort | 26 | 3 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gouldsborough | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jackson | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Knox | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mariaville Plantation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monroe | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert[3] | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orland | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Prospect | 12 | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Searsmont | 5 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgewick | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Surry | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanville | 9 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thorndike | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penobscot County | 193 | 167 | 215 | 24 | - | 14 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Atkinson | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bangor | 24 | 48 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brewer | 10 | 12 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownville | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Carmel | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dexter | 20 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dixmont | - | 3 | - | 8 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eddington | 8 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Etna | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Exeter | - | 4 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Foxcroft | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Garland | 7 | 7 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampden | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hermon | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Levant | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Charleston | - | 9 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newburg[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newport | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orono | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | - | - | 38 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Sangerville | 12 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sebec | 17 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sunkhaze | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamsburgh | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Plantation No. 1 Range 3 Penobscot | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 Range 4 | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 Range 5 | 1 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 Range 7 | 18 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3 Range 3 Penobscot | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. 3, 6th Range | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 3 Range 6 Penobscot | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 279 | 165 | 1 | 20 | 152 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Addison | 3 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cherryfield | - | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 1 | - | - | 10 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dennysville[5] | 15 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eastport | 64 | 113 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harrington | 6 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jonesborough | 21 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lubec | 84 | 6 | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 26 | 3 | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Perry | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Robbinston | 8 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stuben | 7 | 24 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 4 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 12 Washington | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 15 Washington | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Maine law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on November 7, 1820. A 3rd Trial would be held on September 10, 1821.
[2]No meeting.
[3]"The returns from Mount Desert are wholly informal and ought to be rejected." Original Returns.
[4]No meeting.
[5]"The returns from Dennysville...are wholly informal and ought to be rejected." Original Returns.
References:
Original Election Returns. Maine State Library, Augusta.
Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (Bangor, ME). January 25, 1821.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). January 25, 1821.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). January 27, 1821.
Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (Bangor, ME). February 1, 1821.
Hancock Gazette and Penobscot Patriot (Belfast, ME). February 1, 1821.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). February 3, 1821.
Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser (Bangor, ME). February 8, 1821.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). February 10, 1821.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). March 6, 1821.
Eastport Sentinel and Passamquoddy Advertiser (Eastport, ME). March 10, 1821.
The Eastern Argus (Portland, ME). August 28, 1821.
American Advocate and General Advertiser (Hallowell, ME). September 29, 1821.
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