Massachusetts 1823 House of Representatives, Salem

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Massachusetts 1823 House of Representatives, Salem
Date:: 1823
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John Andrew, Gideon Barstow, Michael Webb, John Osgood, Nathaniel Frothingham, Joseph Ropes, Timothy Bryant, Stephen White, John H. Andrew, David Putnam, Samuel Endicott, Henry Whipple, John Derby, Jr., John G. King, Leverett Saltonstall, Pickering Dodge, Joseph E. Sprague, Joseph Winn, Benjamin Fabens, John Punchard, scattering

Candidates:	John Andrew [1]	Gideon Barstow [2]	Michael Webb [3]	John Osgood [4]	Nathaniel Frothingham [5]	Joseph Ropes [6]	Timothy Bryant [7]	Stephen White	John H. Andrew	David Putnam	Samuel Endicott	Henry Whipple	John Derby, Jr.	John G. King	Leverett Saltonstall	Pickering Dodge	Joseph E. Sprague	Joseph Winn	Benjamin Fabens	John Punchard	scattering
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [8][9]	424	422	421	418	417	416	411	407	404	399	398	395	394	391	390	387	384	383	382	379	47
Town of Salem	424	422	421	418	417	416	411	407	404	399	398	395	394	391	390	387	384	383	382	379	47

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Elected.

[8]"Salem, May 15. - A meeting was held in this town yesterday for the choice of Representatives in the next General Court. A vote to elect 10 was carried in the morning, when the ballots were taken and the result was that seven persons only were elected, ..... A motion to reconsider the vote to send 10 was then carried, and the meeting dissolved." Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). May 22, 1823.

[9]"Whole number of ballots, 819. Necessary for a choice 410." Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). May 22, 1823.

References:

The Essex Register (Salem, MA). May 15, 1823.

The Salem Gazette (Salem, MA). May 16, 1823.

Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA). May 17, 1823.

Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (Boston, MA). May 17, 1823.

Boston Weekly Messenger (Boston, MA). May 22, 1823.

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