Massachusetts 1801 State Senate, Worcester County
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1801 State Senate, Worcester County
- Date:
- 1801
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Bezaleel Taft, Elijah Brigham, Thomas Hale, Salem Towne, Josiah Stearns, John Whiting, Edward Bangs, Samuel Jones, Jonathan Grout, Daniel Bigelow, David Henshaw, Jabez Upham, Benjamin Heywood, Moses White, Seth Hastings, Thomas Denny, Joseph Wood, William Steadman, Benjamin Drury, Joseph Stone, Benjamin Kimball, John Cutler, Samuel Fisher, Samuel Flagg, Sylvanus Town, Silas Cutler, Isaiah Thomas, Josiah Goddard, Silas Holman, Newhall, Pliny Merrick, Benjamin Reed, Davis, Seth Banister, David Stearns, Carpenter, Thomas Dewey, John Hastings, Phillip Amidon, Cheney Reed, William Henshaw, Benjamin Howard, Thomas Newell, Lazerus Lebarron, scattering
| Candidates: | Bezaleel Taft[1] | Elijah Brigham[2] | Thomas Hale[3] | Salem Towne[4] | Josiah Stearns | John Whiting | Edward Bangs | Samuel Jones | Jonathan Grout | Daniel Bigelow | David Henshaw | Jabez Upham | Benjamin Heywood | Moses White | Seth Hastings | Thomas Denny | Joseph Wood | William Steadman | Benjamin Drury | Joseph Stone | Benjamin Kimball | John Cutler | Samuel Fisher | Samuel Flagg | Sylvanus Town | Silas Cutler | Isaiah Thomas | Josiah Goddard | Silas Holman | Newhall | Pliny Merrick | Benjamin Reed | Davis | Seth Banister | David Stearns | Carpenter | Thomas Dewey | John Hastings | Phillip Amidon | Cheney Reed | William Henshaw | Benjamin Howard | Thomas Newell | Lazerus Lebarron | scattering |
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| Final Result: [5][6][7] | 2137 | 2092 | 1973 | 1957 | 1733 | 1321 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Worcester County | 2137 | 2092 | 1973 | 1957 | 1733 | 1321 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashburnham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Athol[8] | 66 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barre | 15 | 45 | 27 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 52 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| District of Berlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 56 | 60 | 69 | 69 | 60 | 14 | - | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boylston[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | 116 | 198 | 164 | 155 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 111 | 2 | 146 | - | 1 | 26 | - | - | 31 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlton[10] | 62 | 23 | 49 | 63 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 55 | 31 | 59 | - | 3 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Dana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Douglas | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dudley | 38 | 17 | 47 | 45 | 18 | 18 | - | 14 | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Fitchburg | 24 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 38 | 24 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gardner | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | 9 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 73 | 42 | 62 | 27 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 12 | 25 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick | 47 | 60 | 51 | 52 | - | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harvard[11] | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 105 | 103 | 103 | 104 | - | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holden | 46 | 43 | 47 | 38 | 46 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hubbardston | 19 | 1 | 15 | 41 | 19 | 51 | 8 | - | 25 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Lancaster | 104 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 98 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 45 | - | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Leicester | 56 | 54 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 49 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leominster[12] | 38 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 52 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 23 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lunenberg | 52 | 60 | 51 | 60 | 51 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 13 | - | 10 | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mendon[13] | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 1 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 19 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 58 | - | 63 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Braintree | 45 | 48 | 44 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 8 | - | 3 | 55 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northborough[14] | 44 | 19 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oakham | 14 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 30 | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | 39 | 34 | 39 | 60 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 12 | 30 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Paxton[15] | 28 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | - | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Petersham | 60 | 66 | 63 | 66 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Phillipston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Princeton | 98 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 89 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Royalston | 49 | 50 | 39 | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rutland | 35 | 35 | 13 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 9 | - | - | 30 | - | 10 | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Town of Shrewsbury | 81 | 63 | 80 | 27 | 75 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 53 | - | 55 | - | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Town of Southborough | 22 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Spencer | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 40 | - | - | 14 | - | 19 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | 69 | 68 | 66 | 75 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sturbridge | 69 | 61 | 59 | 68 | 66 | 9 | - | - | 3 | 10 | - | 8 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Sutton | 57 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 77 | 75 | 89 | 87 | - | 88 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Templeton | 27 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 5 | - | - | 29 | - | 21 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Town of Upton | 31 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 15 | - | 18 | - | 15 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Uxbridge[16] | 72 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ward[17] | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westborough[18] | 37 | 44 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 67 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Western[19] | 55 | 56 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 44 | - | 49 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westminster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchendon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Worcester | 28 | 40 | 14 | 36 | 21 | 73 | 116 | 98 | 104 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 7 | - | 8 | - | 33 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]"No. Voters, 3643. Make a choice, 1822." Governor's Council Records.
[6]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect. Josiah Stearns would subsequently be elected by the Massaschusetts General Court.
[7]"There are eleven vacancies in the returns of Senators for this Commonwealth--... One in Worcester; necessary to a choice 1817, Hon. JOSIAH STEARNS 1733 Gen. JOHN WHITING 1321." Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 16, 1801.
[8]The Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). reports 67 votes for Josiah Stearns.
[9]"Boylston--Town, Brigham, Taft, Hale, Stearns, Upham, Bigelow and Bangs, Esqrs. had the largest number of votes." Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 8, 1801.
[10]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 56 votes for Daniel Bigelow.
[11]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 75 votes for Josiah Stearns.
[12]The New-England Palladium (Boston, MA) and The Telescope: or, American Herald (Leominster, MA) report 8 votes for Daniel Bigelow.
[13]The Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). and New-England Palladium (Boston, MA) report 22 votes for Salem Towne.
[14]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 20 votes for Edward Bangs.
[15]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 6 votes for Josiah Stearns.
[16]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 16 votes for Edward Bangs.
[17]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 1 vote for Davis.
[18]The Independent Gazeteer (Worcester) reports 65 votes for John Whiting.
[19]The Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). reports 15 votes for Bezaleel Taft.
References:
Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Brookfield Town Records.
Hardwick Town Records. 237.
Oakham Town Records. 456-457.
Paxton Town Records. Book Two. 183.
Princeton Town Records.
Spencer Town Records.
Warren Town Records.
Worcester Town Records. 12-13.
The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA). April 7, 1801.
The Political Repository: Or, Farmer's Journal (Brookfield, MA). April 7, 1801.
Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). April 8, 1801.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 8, 1801.
The Telescope: or, American Herald (Leominster, MA). April 9, 1801.
New-England Palladium (Boston, MA). April 10, 1801.
The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA). April 14, 1801.
New-England Palladium (Boston, MA). April 14, 1801.
The Political Repository: Or, Farmer's Journal (Brookfield, MA). April 14, 1801.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 15, 1801.
The Independent Gazetteer (Worcester, MA). April 21, 1801.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). April 22, 1801.
The Telescope: or, American Herald (Leominster, MA). April 23, 1801.
Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). May 16, 1801.
The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette (Newburyport, MA). May 19, 1801.
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (Worcester, MA). May 20, 1801.
Davis, Walter A., ed. The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh. Vol. 2. Fitchburg, MA: Sentinel Printing, 1899. 216-217.
Metcalf, John G. Annals of the Town of Mendon, from 1659 to 1880. Providence: E. L. Freeman, 1880. 468.
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