Massachusetts 1791 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Ballot 4
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1791 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Ballot 4
- Date:
- 1791
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Fourth Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- George Thacher, William Lithgow, Jr., Nathaniel Wells, Josiah Thacher, John Gardner, Henry Dearborn, David Mitchell, Joshua B. Osgood, Dummer Sewall, Robert Dyer, George Lewis, William Wedgery
| Candidates: | George Thacher[1] | William Lithgow, Jr. | Nathaniel Wells | Josiah Thacher | John Gardner | Henry Dearborn | David Mitchell | Joshua B. Osgood | Dummer Sewall | Robert Dyer | George Lewis | William Wedgery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | |||||||||||
| Final Result: [2][3] | 2738 | 2178 | 347 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Eight | 2738 | 2178 | 347 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cumberland County | 963 | 494 | 8 | 21 | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Bakerstown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgetown | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | 35 | 59 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | 15 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Falmouth | 162 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freeport | 48 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gorham | 122 | 7 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Gray | 27 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 29 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester[5] | 81 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of North Yarmouth[6] | 133 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Otisfield | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portland | 50 | 170 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Raymondstown[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarboro[8] | 55 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shepardston | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Standish | 55 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock County | 355 | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambden | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle | 41 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | 14 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldsboro | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Islesborough | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 66 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | 4 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 437 | 1364 | - | 5 | 1 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ballstown | 1 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 11 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 5 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 20 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cushing | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 19 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | - | 221 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greene | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 15 | 119 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 8 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lewiston[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Castle | 14 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | - | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownalboro[11] | 29 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Readfield | 35 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomaston | 1 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 33 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalboro | 32 | 79 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoboro | - | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wales | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 12 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 17 | 36 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 40 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | 22 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 92 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 43 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 5 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 22 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 891 | 118 | 339 | - | 21 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Arundel | 13 | - | 28 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 59 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 66 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownfield | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buxton | 110 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coxhall | 34 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francisboro[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fryburgh | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | 55 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Little Ossipee | 2 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littlefalls | 27 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parsonsfield | 56 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperrelboro | 22 | 41 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sanford | 56 | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh[13] | 102 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterboro | 11 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wells | 4 | - | 209 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | 66 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. The original election was held on October 4, 1790 with a 2nd Trial on November 26, 1790 and a 3rd Trial on January 25, 1791.
[3]"5343 No. of Voters, 2672 majority." Original Election Returns.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[5]William Lithgow, Jr. received 11 votes as William Lithgow.
[6]William Lithgow, Jr. received 4 votes as William Lithgow.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Raymondstown.
[8]William Lithgow, Jr. received 1 vote as William Lithgow.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Trenton.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Lewiston.
[11]William Lithgow, Jr. received 1 vote as William Lithgow.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Francisboro.
[13]William Lithgow, Jr. received 1 vote as William Lithgow.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Washington.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 11, 1791.
Cumberland Gazette (Portland, ME). April 18, 1791.
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