Massachusetts 1788 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Massachusetts 1788 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
Date:
1788
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Benjamin Goodhue, Jonathan Jackson, Nathan Dane, Samuel Holton, Samuel Phillips, Jonathan Titcomb, George Cabot
Candidates: Benjamin GoodhueJonathan JacksonNathan DaneSamuel HoltonSamuel PhillipsJonathan TitcombGeorge Cabot
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistAnti-FederalistAnti-FederalistFederalist
Final Result: [1][2][3]5673922952021021
District of Two5673922952021021
Essex County5673922952021021
Town of Amesbury-4-----
Town of Andover-1104----
Town of Beverly-77301---
Town of Boxford23-2----
Town of Bradford48------
Town of Danvers31--36---
Town of Gloucester108--46---
Town of Haverhill--6118--
Town of Ipswich133724271-1
Town of Lynn2331----
District of Lynnfield17-2----
Town of Manchester48-4---
Town of Marblehead588-----
Town of Metheun4-223---
Town of Middleton--17---
Town of Newbury121345----
Town of Newburyport381531-12-
Town of Rowley--1715---
Town of Salem198821---
Town of Salisbury38--2---
Town of Topsfield5-426---
Town of Wenham[4]-------

Notes:

[1]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The whole number of votes cast was 1469, therefore a candidate needed 735 votes in order to be elected. No candidates were successful in reaching the majority and a second voting was held on January 29, 1789.
[2]"The elections in the country have, in general, been very thinly attended - owing in some measure to the late fall of snow, making the passing bad." The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
[3]"The Essex Federalists had fallen out with one another over the election of United States Senators, and the bitterness among them affected the election of a Representative in the District." The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790, Vol. I. p 585.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Wenham.

References:

Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 20, 1788.
The Salem Mercury (Salem, MA). December 23, 1788.
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA). December 24, 1788.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). December 31, 1788.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). January 7, 1789.
The Hampshire Chronicle (Springfield, MA). January 14, 1789.
The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). January 20, 1789.
Jensen, Merrill and Robert A. Becker, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. I. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 585-599.

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