Maine 1822 Treasurer, Lincoln County
- Office:
- Treasurer (County)
- Title:
- Treasurer
- Jurisdiction:
- County
- Label:
- Maine 1822 Treasurer, Lincoln County
- Date:
- 1822
- State:
- Maine
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Treasurer/Treasurer
- Candidates:
- Payn Elwell, William M. Boyd, scattering
| Candidates: | Payn Elwell | William M. Boyd[1] | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | |||
| Final Result: [2] | 1219 | 1116 | 50 |
| Lincoln County | 1219 | 1116 | 50 |
| Town of Alna | - | 85 | - |
| Appleton Plantation[3] | 45 | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 115 | 14 | 1 |
| Town of Boothbay | - | 73 | - |
| Town of Bowdoin | - | 75 | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 64 | - | 3 |
| Town of Bristol | 49 | 56 | - |
| Town of Camden | 4 | 58 | - |
| Town of Cushing | 22 | 7 | 3 |
| Town of Dresden | - | 43 | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 5 | 45 | - |
| Town of Georgetown | - | 48 | - |
| Town of Hope[4] | 61 | - | - |
| Town of Jefferson | 50 | 14 | 1 |
| Town of Litchfield | - | 75 | 1 |
| Town of Lewiston | - | 12 | - |
| Town of Montville | 2 | 41 | - |
| Montville Plantation | - | - | 24 |
| Town of Newcastle | 5 | 85 | 1 |
| Town of Nobleborough[5] | 77 | 7 | - |
| Town of Palermo | 1 | 60 | - |
| Town of Phipsburg[6] | 95 | 7 | - |
| Town of Putnam | 37 | 1 | - |
| Patrickston Plantation | - | 11 | - |
| Town of Saint George[7] | 31 | - | - |
| Town of Thomaston | 137 | 2 | 1 |
| Town of Topsham | 54 | 15 | 4 |
| Town of Union | 78 | - | - |
| Town of Waldoborough | 104 | 12 | 8 |
| Town of Wales[8] | 3 | 20 | - |
| Town of Warren | 113 | 6 | - |
| Town of Whitefield | 25 | 36 | - |
| Town of Wiscasset | 7 | 133 | 2 |
| Town of Woolwich | 5 | 75 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"W. M. Boyd elected by the legal returns by a majority of 62 votes ... If all votes had been legally returned Mr. Elwell would have been chosen by a majority of 26." Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). January 31, 1823.
[3]Not returned.
[4]Illegally returned.
[5]Illegally returned
[6]Not returned.
[7]Illegally returned.
[8]Not returned.
References:
Lincoln Intelligencer (Wiscasset, ME). September 12, 1822.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). September 13, 1822.
Maine Gazette (Bath, ME). January 31, 1823.
Aiken, Ruth J., ed. Records of the Lower St. Georges and Cushing, Maine: 1605-1897. Cushing, ME: Driftwood Farm, 1987. 51.
Allen, Charles Edwin. History of Dresden, ME: formerly a part of the old town of Pownalborough from its earliest settlement to the year 1900. Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1931. 585.
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