Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Candidate from Lincoln, Hancock or Washington County
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Massachusetts 1792 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Candidate from Lincoln, Hancock or Washington County
- Date:
- 1792
- State:
- Massachusetts
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- William Lithgow, Henry Dearborn, Daniel Coney, Alexander Campbell, Dudley Sargent, Thomas Rice, Dummer Sewall, John Gardiner, Isaac Parker, Henry Sewall, Waterman Thomas
| Candidates: | William Lithgow | Henry Dearborn | Daniel Coney | Alexander Campbell | Dudley Sargent | Thomas Rice | Dummer Sewall | John Gardiner | Isaac Parker | Henry Sewall | Waterman Thomas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | |||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3] | 1036 | 667 | 244 | 125 | 73 | 68 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| District of Four | 1036 | 667 | 244 | 125 | 73 | 68 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Cumberland County | 371 | 140 | 51 | 2 | - | 6 | 30 | 1 | - | 7 | 4 |
| Town of Bakerstown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgetown | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | 55 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cape Elizabeth | 22 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Falmouth | 2 | 5 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Freeport | 32 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gorham[5] | 18 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Gray | 12 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harpswell | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 18 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Gloucester | 22 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of North Yarmouth | 4 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | 7 | - |
| Town of Otisfield | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Portland | 128 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Raymondston[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Scarboro | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Standish | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Turner | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock County | 87 | - | 23 | 74 | 59 | 8 | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Town of Bangor[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belfast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Town of Blue Hill | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambden | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deer Isle[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Frankfurt | 3 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goldboro | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Isleboro | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Desert | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orrington[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Penobscot | 35 | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sedgwick | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sullivan | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trenton | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vinalhaven | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 1 E Tide Penobscot River[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 2 E Tide Penobscot River[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 E Tide Penobscot River | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lincoln County | 257 | 291 | 118 | 20 | - | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Ballstown | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bath | 21 | 23 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boothbay | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoin[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bowdoinham | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | 1 | 16 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Cushing[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Edgecomb | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgetown | 36 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Green | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hallowell | 28 | 9 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Medencook[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Monmouth | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Vernon | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newcastle | - | 7 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Nobleboro | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norridgewock | - | 7 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittston | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownalboro | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Readfield | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sidney | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thomastown | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vassalboro | 4 | 1 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waldoboro | 2 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winslow | 14 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winthrop | 1 | 29 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woolwich | 3 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 147 | 27 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Machias | 134 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Papamaguadda[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 4 East Tide Union River | - | 26 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 5 East Tide Union River[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 6 and 13 East Tide Union River | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plantation No. 22 East Tide Union River[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 174 | 209 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - |
| Town of Arundel | - | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berwick | 5 | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - |
| Town of Biddeford | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownfield | 1 | 5 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Buxton | 17 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Town of Coxhall | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Francisboro | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fryburgh | - | 3 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kittery | 3 | - | - | 27 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limerick | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Limington | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Littlefalls | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Parsonsfield | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pepperelboro | 7 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Town of Sandford | 10 | 1 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shapleigh | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterboro | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wells | 21 | 45 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of York | 38 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]"The Massachusetts law provided for a complex method of voting. The voters of Districts One and Two each could vote for four candidates, but the votes had to be distributed as follows: one vote for a candidate from each of the three counties in the district and one additional vote for any candidate from any part of the district. In the Third District each voter had two votes; one had to be cast for a candidate from Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties and the other for a candidate from Bristol and Plymouth. In addition all voters in the above three districts cast one additional vote for any candidate from anywhere in the three districts, listed in the returns as at-large. Voters of the Fourth District had three votes, one for a candidate from York, another from Cumberland and the other from any of the remaining counties of this district." Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1998. 9.
[2]Massachusetts law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2nd Trial would be held on January 14, 1793.
[3]"For a Representative for the Counties of Hancock, Lincoln and Washington. Number of Voters, 2289. Make a Choice, 1145. No Choice." Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
[4]There were no votes recorded in Bakerstown.
[5]William Lithgow received 1 vote as William Lithgow, Jr.
[6]There were no votes recorded in Raymondston.
[7]There were no votes recorded in Bangor.
[8]There were no votes recorded in Deer Isle.
[9]There were no votes recorded in Orrington.
[10]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 1 E Tide Penobscot River.
[11]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 2 E Tide Penobscot River.
[12]There were no votes recorded in Bowdoin.
[13]There were no votes recorded in Cushing.
[14]There were no votes recorded in Medencook.
[15]There were no votes recorded in Papamaguadda.
[16]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 5 East Tide Union River.
[17]There were no votes recorded in Plantation No. 22 East Tide Union River.
References:
Original Election Returns. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Blue Hill Town Records. 61.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). November 5, 1792.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). November 8, 1792.
Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). December 12, 1792.
American Apollo (Boston, MA). December 14, 1792.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). December 17, 1792.
Gazette of Maine (Portland, ME). December 20, 1792.
The Eastern Herald (Portland, ME). December 24, 1792.
Drisko, George W. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, MA: Press of the Republican, 1904. 160.
Dubin, Michael J. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1998. 9.
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