Massachusetts 1798 State Senate, Barnstable County

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Massachusetts 1798 State Senate, Barnstable County
Date:
1798
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Solomon Freeman, David Thatcher, Josiah Sampson, Nathaniel Freeman
Candidates: David ThatcherSolomon FreemanJosiah SampsonNathaniel Freeman
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1]469---
Barnstable County469---
Town of Barnstable----
Town of Chatham----
Town of Dennis----
Town of Eastham----
Town of Falmouth-6542
Town of Harwich----
Town of Orleans116---
Town of Provincetown80---
Town of Sandwich----
Town of Truro50---
Town of Wellfleet----
Town of Yarmouth----

Notes:

[1]"The Committee not having reported the state of the Votes from the District of Barnstable, the Hon. Solomon Freeman requested the Opinion of Senate, whether he is entitled to a Seat at the Board, and it appearing from the returns of the Towns in the County of Barnstable, that the whole number of Votes for a Senator for that County were 908 of which 445 (sic) make a Choice, and that the Hon. Sol. Freeman had 469. Therefore Ordered that he be considered as entitled to a seat at this Board, until the objections offered against his Election in a memorial from sundy inhabitants of the County of Barnstable shall be decided on." Governor's Council Records.

References:

Governor's Council Records. Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Falmouth Town Records. 348.
Provincetown Town Records. 39.
Truro Town Records. 112.
Pratt, Enoch. A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans. Yarmouth, MA: W. S. Fisher and, 1844. 159.

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