Massachusetts 1816 Senate President

Office:: Senate President (State)
Title:: Senate President
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1816 Senate President
Date:: 1816
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Senate President/Senate President
Candidates:: John Phillips, John Holmes, scattering

Candidates:	John Phillips [1]	John Holmes	scattering
Affiliation:	Federalist	Democrat
Final Result: [2]	21	14	2
State Senate	21	14	2

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"In the Senate, 37 members appeared and took their seat: (absent 2 and 1 vacancy)." The Albany Advertiser (Albany, NY). June 5, 1816.

References:

Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). May 31, 1816.

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). June 1, 1816.

New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). June 1, 1816.

The Albany Advertiser (Albany, NY). June 5, 1816.

Hampshire Federalist (Springfield, MA). June 6, 1816.

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