1788 Massachusetts Senate election

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Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held during 1788 to elect 40 State Senators. Candidates were elected at the county level, with some counties electing multiple Senators.

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For election, a candidate needed the support of a majority of those voting. If a seat remained vacant because no candidate received such majority, the Massachusetts General Court was empowered to fill it by a majority vote of its members.

Apportionment

The apportionment of seats by population was as follows:

Results

Barnstable

1788 Barnstable Senate election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Solomon Freeman 231 50.55
UnknownThomas Smith (incumbent)––
Total votes457 100.00

Exact totals for Smith, the incumbent Senator, are unknown.

Berkshire

1788 Berkshire Senate election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown William Whiting 833 58.21
Unknown Thompson J. Skinner (incumbent)60942.56
UnknownElijah Dwight (incumbent)57640.25
Total votes1,431 100.00

William Williams, Ebenezer Pierce, John Bacon, and William Walker also received votes, though exact totals are unknown.

Dwight was subsequently elected by the General Court.

Bristol

1788 Bristol Senate election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Holder Slocum (incumbent) 991 58.78
Unknown Phanuel Bishop (incumbent) 981 58.19
Unknown Abraham White 973 57.71
Total votes1,686 100.00

Thomas Durfee, Walter Spooner, and Elisha May also received votes, but their exact totals are unknown.

Cumberland

1788 Cumberland Senate election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Josiah Thacher 396 61.30
ScatteringAll others25038.70
Total votes646 100.00

Dukes and Nantucket

1788 Dukes and Nantucket Senate election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Matthew Mayhew 95 100.00
Total votes95 100.00

Essex

1788 Essex Senate election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Federalist Tristram Dalton 2,053 79.11
Federalist Benjamin Goodhue 1,988 76.61
Federalist Azor Orne 1,980 76.30
Federalist Samuel Phillips Jr. 1,939 74.72
Federalist Stephen Choate 1,719 66.24
Federalist Samuel Holten 1,15744.59
Federalist Jonathan Greenleaf93435.99
Anti-FederalistPeter Osgood Jr.––
Anti-FederalistDaniel Kilham––
Anti-FederalistIsrael Hutchinson––
Anti-FederalistAaron Wood––
Anti-FederalistJohn Manning––
Anti-Federalist Richard Ward ––
Total votes2,595 100.00

Exact totals for the Anti-Federalist ticket were not listed.

Unaffiliated candidates Peter Coffin and John Choate also received votes, but their exact totals are unknown.

Jonathan Greenleaf was subsequently be elected by the General Court.

Hampshire

1788 Hampshire Senate election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Federalist Caleb Strong (incumbent) 1,460 55.07
Unknown John Hastings (incumbent) 1,441 54.36
UnknownJohn Bliss1,26747.79
UnknownDavid Sexton1,24046.77
UnknownWilliam Rodman1,08240.81
Unknown Oliver Phelps (incumbent)96235.29
Total votes2,651 100.00

Incumbent Senator David Smead was not re-elected, and his exact vote total is unknown.

Many other candidates received votes throughout the county, but their exact totals are unknown:

Bliss and Sexton were subsequently elected by the General Court.

Lincoln

1788 Lincoln Senate election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Samuel Thompson (incumbent)35837.37
UnknownDummer Sewall24525.57
Total votes958 100.00

Waterman Thomas, Daniel Cony, and Henry Dearborn also received votes, but their exact totals are unknown.

Since no candidate received a majority of votes cast, the General Court elected Dummer Sewall to the seat.

Middlesex

1788 Middlesex Senate election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Federalist Ebenezer Bridge (incumbent) 1,754 66.44
Federalist Joseph B. Varnum (incumbent) 1,674 63.41
Federalist Joseph Hosmer (incumbent) 1,628 61.67
Federalist Isaac Stearns (incumbent) 1,549 58.67
Federalist Eleazer Brooks 1,441 54.58
Anti-FederalistWalter MacFarland (incumbent)––
Anti-FederalistWalter Thompson––
Anti-Federalist David Brown ––
Anti-FederalistSamuel Reed––
Anti-FederalistMarshall Spring––
Total votes2,640 100.00

Exact totals for Anti-Federalist ticket are not listed.

Nathaniel Gorham, William Hunt, John Brooks (Federalist), William Hull, Joseph Curtis, James Winthrop and Elbridge Gerry also received votes, though their exact totals are unknown.

Plymouth

1788 Plymouth Senate election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Unknown Charles Turner (incumbent) 785 74.13
Unknown Nathan Cushing (incumbent) 779 73.56
Unknown Daniel Howard 636 60.06
Total votes1,059 100.00

Isaac Winslow, Hugh Orr, Joseph Bryant, James Briggs, and Ebenezer White also received votes.

Suffolk

1788 Suffolk Senate election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Anti-Federalist Samuel Adams (incumbent) 2,332 91.49
Unknown Stephen Metcalf (incumbent) 2,311 90.66
Federalist Cotton Tufts (incumbent) 2,268 88.98
Federalist William Phillips Jr. (incumbent) 2,164 84.90
Unknown Thomas Dawes 2,071 81.25
Unknown Elijah Dunbar (incumbent) 1,923 75.44
UnknownBenjamin Austin Jr. (incumbent)––
Total votes2,549 100.00

Many other candidates received votes throughout the county, but their exact totals are unknown:

Worcester

1788 Worcester Senate election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Anti-Federalist Amos Singletary 1,687 32.77
Unknown Jonathan Grout (incumbent) 1,651 67.72
Unknown John Fessenden 1,636 67.72
UnknownPeter Penneman1,52453.25
UnknownAbel Wilder (incumbent)1,24053.25
UnknownSamuel Baker1,03647.30
UnknownJohn Taylor99028.67
Total votes3,457 100.00

Many other candidates received votes throughout the county, but their exact totals are unknown:

York

1788 York Senate election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
UnknownJohn Frost20948.83
UnknownNathaniel Wells17641.12
UnknownEdward Cutts (incumbent)14132.94
UnknownTristram Jordan (incumbent)11827.57
Total votes428 100.00

Nathaniel Low also received votes, but his exact total is unknown.

No candidate received a majority. Edward Cutts and Nathaniel Wells were subsequently elected by the General Court.

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References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Barnstable County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), Falmouth Town Records, The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Berkshire County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), .
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Bristol County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA).
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Cumberland County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Dukes and Nantucket Counties". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Essex County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA) and several newspapers.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Hampshire County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Lincoln County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA).
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Middlesex County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Plymouth County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA).
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Suffolk County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA).
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, Worcester County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts 1788 State Senate, York County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved April 27, 2020., citing Governor's Council Records (Boston, MA), The Boston Gazette (June 2, 1788) and The Salem Mercury (June 3, 1788).


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