New Hampshire 1792 Electoral College

Office:
Electoral College (Federal)
Title:
Elector
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1792 Electoral College
Date:
1792
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Electoral College/Elector
Electors:
Josiah Bartlett, John T. Gilman, Jonathan Freeman, Benjamin Bellows, John Pickering, Ebenezer Thompson, Timothy Farrar, Ebenezer Smith, Daniel Rindge, Joseph Cilley, Thomas Cogswell, Timothy Walker, John Dudley, Daniel Warner, Joseph Badger, Christopher Toppan, William Page, William Simpson, Jonathan Warner, Abiel Foster, John White, Charles Barret, John MacDuffee, Elisha Payne, Ebenezer Webster, John Bellows, T. Badger, Moses Dow, James Flanders, Jonathan Gove, Joshua Colby, Robert Wallace, Philips White, James Freeman, Nicholas Gilman, Sanford Kingsbury, Joseph Pearson, Daniel Brigs, Daniel Warren, James Sheafe, Dana, John S. Sherburne, Joshua Atherton, Wallis, Lemuel Holmes, Nathaniel Peabody, Bezaleel Woodward, John Peirce, Hill, John Prentice, George Reed, A. Shepherd, scattering
Electors: Josiah BartlettJohn T. GilmanJonathan FreemanBenjamin BellowsJohn PickeringEbenezer ThompsonTimothy FarrarEbenezer SmithDaniel RindgeJoseph CilleyThomas CogswellTimothy WalkerJohn DudleyDaniel WarnerJoseph BadgerChristopher ToppanWilliam PageWilliam SimpsonJonathan WarnerAbiel FosterJohn WhiteCharles BarretJohn MacDuffeeElisha PayneEbenezer WebsterJohn BellowsT. BadgerMoses DowJames FlandersJonathan GoveJoshua ColbyRobert WallacePhilips WhiteJames FreemanNicholas GilmanSanford KingsburyJoseph PearsonDaniel BrigsDaniel WarrenJames SheafeDanaJohn S. SherburneJoshua AthertonWallisLemuel HolmesNathaniel PeabodyBezaleel WoodwardJohn PeirceHillJohn PrenticeGeorge ReedA. Shepherdscattering
Affiliation:FederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Presidential Candidate:George Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John AdamsGeorge Washington / John Adams
Final Result: [1][2]17821754160714891298994980678437376324235----------------------------------------12087
Cheshire County-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Acworth-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Alstead-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown[3]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield----11--------------------8-------16-----8---98--------
Town of Claremont-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Cornish-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Croydon-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dublin-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Gilsum252525252525-----------------------------------------------
Town of Goshen-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Keene-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Langdon-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lempster-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Marlow-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Grantham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Newport-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Packersfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Richmond[4]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Rindge-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Springfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Stoddard-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan16---16--------------------16--------161616----------------
Town of Surry-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Swanzey-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Unity-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Walpole-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Washington-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Wendell-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Winchester-----------------------------------------------------
Grafton County-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Adams-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Alexandria-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bartlett-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bath-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Campton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Canaan--3432----25-36--27----------------23----------------------
Town of Chatham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Cockburne-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Colebrook-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Coventry-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dalton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Danbury-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Enfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Franconia-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Grafton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Groton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hanover-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hebron-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Landaff-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon[5]--15656---------55-----5655-51-----------------------------
Town of Lincoln-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Littleton[6]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyman-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyme-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Chester-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Holderness-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Northumberland-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Orange-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Orford-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Peeling-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Percy-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Piermont-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth[7]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Rumney-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratford-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Thornton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Warren-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Wentworth---------1414-----1414-----------------------------------
Town of Whitefield-----------------------------------------------------
Hillsborough County-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Amherst-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Andover[8]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Antrim-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bedford-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Boscawen-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bradford-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookline-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Deering-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Derryfield[9]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dunbarton---2619-2626-7-----------------26---19-------------7-------
Town of Dunstable-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Francestown-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Goffstown-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hancock[10]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Henniker[11]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hollis-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton-17---10---122--109---6----1616-1---1-------31----16------
Kearsage Gore-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Mason-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Merrimack-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Milford-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Boston-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New London-28---------28-------28----28---2828-----------------------
Town of Nottingham West-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Peterborough[12]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sharon-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Society Land-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sutton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Temple-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Warner-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Weare-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Wilton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Windsor-----------------------------------------------------
Rockingham County-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Allenstown-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Atkinson-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Bow-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Brentwood-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Candia-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Canterbury-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Chester-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Chichester-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Concord21301419191--2-37--12-1--23-------1---119------1-119-----2-21-
Town of Deerfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of East Kingston-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Epping-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Epsom-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Exeter-19172951-28188211379-19057-12067--------1--------------10-----13-2---
Town of Greenland-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampstead-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Hawke-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Kensington-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Kingston-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Londonderry-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Loudon-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Castle-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Newington-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Newmarket-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Newton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of North Hampton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Northfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Northwood-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Pelham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Plaistow-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Poplin-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth-----58--54-3360-62---5862----------------------------------
Town of Raymond-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Rye-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Salem-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Sandown[13]-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Seabrook-----------------------------------------------------
Town of South Hampton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Stratham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Windham[14]-----------------------------------------------------
Strafford County-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Alton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Barnstead-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Barrington-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Burton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Conway-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Dover-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Durham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Eaton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Effingham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Farmington-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown--------------56--------------------------------------
Town of Lee-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Madbury-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Meredith-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Middleton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Milton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Durham-----------------------------------------------------
Town of New Hampton-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Ossipee-----------------------------------------------------
Ossipee Gore-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Rochester5345-52-52---23------------53---28--------------------------
Town of Sanbornton[15]49-----49----49-----------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Somersworth-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Tamworth-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Wakefield-----------------------------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro-----------------------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]"In case there shall not be a Majority of votes for the number of Electors wanted then within the thirty four days required by the Act of Congress the meetings shall be held a second time and double the number taken from those who shall appear to have the highest number of votes shall be sent out to be voted for at the said second meeting and the Six persons who shall have the highest number of votes shall be declared Electors." New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXII. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 581.
[2]"After examination we find tha the whole number of votes amount to 25,564 and that it requires 2131 to make a choice, no one person having that number of votes, the Twelve persons who have the highest Number of votes are as follows viz - His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq, Hon John T. Tilman, Benjamin Bellows, Jonathan Freeman, John Pickering, Ebenezer Thompson, Joseph Cilley, Timothy Farrar, Timothy Walker, Ebenezer Smith, Daniel Rindge and Thomas Cogswell Esquires are the Candidates out of whom six persons are to be chosen by the people as Electors." New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXII. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 731.
[3]Majority of 21 for the electors pledged to George Washington.
[4]Six electors received 33 votes each.
[5]Charles Barret received 55 votes as Barret.
[6]"No meeting was called or held at the presidential election of 1792." History of Littleton, New Hampshire. 222.
[7]"1792, Washington: 33, Scattering: 0." History of Plymouth. 578.
[8]"Voters were requested to bring in their ballots for Presidential Electors. Also for or against the amendments to the Constitution. Only a few people were present and no votes were offered." Town Records, as quoted in History of Andover. 246.
[9]"The presidential election took place in this state May 27, 1792, and in Derryfied (sic) the 2d article in the warrant calling the town meeting coming up for action, viz; 'To bring in your votes for six persons to elected a President and Vice President of the United States,' it was voted to dismiss the same." The History of Manchester formerly Derryfield in New Hampshire. 522
[10]"There was no division on the subject in the town; all voted one way. The highest number of votes cast was twenty-nine, the lowest number twenty-five." The History of Hancock, New Hampshire. 114.
[11]"Washington 16. Opposition 3." History of the Town of Henniker. 311.
[12]"The first vote being in 1792 when the town cast from fifty-four to sixty-four votes for each of the eight New Hampshire electors." History of Peterborough, New Hampshire. 849.
[13]"George Washington: 19. No opposition." A View from Meeting House Hill: A History of Sandown, New Hampshire. 49.
[14]"George Washington, 10; opposition, 1." The History of Windham in New Hampshire. 222.
[15]"In 1792, though more civilians were elected, there was no division, 49 votes being given for each of a board of six headed by Josiah Bartlett, with Timothy Walker and Timothy Farrar (Hollis) as the two last." The History of Sanbornton. 426.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 275.
Concord Herald (Concord, NH). September 1, 1792.
Osborne's Newhampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). September 1, 1792.
The New Hampshire Gazetteer (Exeter, NH). September 7, 1792.
Bassett, William. History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Boston: C. W. Calkins, 1884. 245.
Carter, Hosea B, ed. The New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, with Complete Official Succession, 1680-1891. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1891. 104.
Cogswell, Leander W. History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1880. 311.
Downs, Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H. 1761-1887. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing, 1908. 187.
Eastman, John R. History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire 1751-1906. Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Company, 1910. 246.
Hayward, Silvanus. History of the Town of Gilsum, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1879. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1881. 87.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 114.
Holmes, Richard. A View from Meeting House Hill: A History of Sandown, New Hampshire. P. E. Randall, 1988. 49.
Hoyt, Peter L. Hoyt's History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, as transcribed from the Original Manuscript by Francis A. Muzzey. Littleton, NH: Courier, 1976. 239.
Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press 1905. 222.
Lancaster, Daniel. The History of Gilmanton. Gilmanton, NH: Alfred Prescott, 1845. 109-116.
Lord, C. C. Life and Times in Hopkinton, N.H.. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1890. 102.
Lord, Myra B. A History of the Town of New London. Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1899. 28-29.
Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar for the Year 1860. Concord, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1860. 20.
McDuffee, Franklin. History of the Town of Rochester, New Hampshire from 1722 to 1890. Manchester, NH: J. B. Clarke, 1892. 518.
Morison, George Abbot. History of Peterborough, New Hampshire. Rindge, NH: R. R. Smith, 1954. 849.
Morrison, Leonard A. The History of Windham in New Hampshire (Rockingham County), 1719-1883. Boston,MA: Cupples, Upham and, 1883. 222.
Potter, C. E. History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New-Hampshire. Manchester, NH: C. E. Potter, 1856. 522.
Randall, Oran Edmund. History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. Brattleboro, VT: D. Leonard, 1882. 107.
Runnels, M. T. The History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Boston: Mudge, 1882. 426.
Saunderson, Henry H. The History of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Claremont, NH: Town of Claremont,1876. 674-676.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 242.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 125.
Stearns, Ezra S. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1906. 578.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 72.
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Vol. XXII. Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1867. 581, 731.

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