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1824 Massachusetts Senate elections
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Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held during 1824 to elect State Senators. Candidates were elected at the county level, with some counties electing multiple Senators.

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. If more candidates received majorities than there were seats, the top finishers were elected.

Results were certified or rejected by the Governor's Council.

Apportionment

The apportionment of seats by population was as follows:

  • Barnstable County: 1
  • Berkshire County: 2
  • Bristol and Dukes Counties: 3
  • Franklin County: 2
  • Essex County: 6
  • Hampden County: 2
  • Hampshire County: 2
  • Middlesex County: 5
  • Nantucket County: 1
  • Plymouth County: 2
  • Suffolk County: 6
  • Worcester County: 5

Results

Barnstable

1824 Barnstable Senate election [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Braddock Dimmick 1,192 70.16%
Federalist Nymphas Marston – –
Total votes 1,699 100.00%

Exact totals for Marston are unknown.

Berkshire

1824 Berkshire Senate election [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican George Hull 2,832 60.96%
Democratic-Republican Rodman Hazard 2,786 59.97%
Federalist Joseph Merrick 1,796 38.66%
Federalist Eli Ensign 1,742 37.49%
Various Scattering 147 3.16%
Total votes 4,646 100.00%

Results from Egremont, Florida, and Mount Washington were excluded from the official totals. [2]

Bristol and Dukes

1824 Bristol Senate election [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican James L. Hodges 2,901 54.31%
Democratic-Republican John Mason 2,880 53.91%
Democratic-Republican Solomon Pratt 2,866 53.65%
Federalist Thomas Rotch 2,841 53.18%
Federalist Oliver Starkweather 2,830 52.98%
Federalist Sylvester Brownell 2,829 52.96%
Various Scattering 20 3.16%
Total votes 5,342 100.00%

Results from Seekonk were rejected, "it appearing by said return that the meeting was held in 1804." [3]

Essex

1824 Essex Senate election [4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Nathan Noyes 5,347 53.46%
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Silsbee 5,343 53.42%
Democratic-Republican Moses Wingate 5,320 53.19%
Democratic-Republican John Prince 5,319 53.18%
Democratic-Republican Aaron Lummus 5,314 53.13%
Democratic-Republican William W. Parrott 5,065 50.64%
Federalist Dudley A. Tyng – –
Federalist Nathaniel Hooper – –
Federalist Benjamin Pickman Jr. – –
Federalist Edward S. Rand – –
Federalist James Gardner – –
Federalist John Varnum – –
Various Scattering – –
Total votes 10,001 100.00%

Exact totals for the Federalist ticket were not listed.

Franklin

1824 Franklin Senate election [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist George Grennell Jr. 1,823 49.55%
Federalist Thomas Longley 1,469 39.93%
Federalist Elihu Hoyt 1,237 33.62%
Democratic-Republican John Nevers 964 26.20%
Democratic-Republican Thaddeus Coleman 955 25.96%
Federalist Ephraim Hastings 627 17.04%
Federalist Joshua Green 90 2.45%
Democratic-Republican Solomon Smead 38 1.03%
Democratic-Republican Medad Alexander 38 1.03%
Federalist Jonathan Blake Jr. 31 0.84%
Unknown Asa Howland 28 0.76%
Unknown Solomon Reed 28 0.76%
Unknown {{{candidate}}} 1 0.03%
Unknown Samuel Coolidge 1 0.03%
Unknown Scattering 46 1.25%
Total votes 3,679 100.00%

Although Grinnell received a majority of the votes received, 33 votes for Grinnell, 20 votes for Longley and 9 votes for Hoyt were rejected from Erving's Grant were rejected by the Governor's Council, "it not being a town or district." Erving's Grant was unincorporated until 1838. [5]

General Court

1824 Franklin Senate election in the General Court [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican John Nevers 209 92.89%
Federalist George Grennell Jr. 183 81.33%
Federalist Thomas Longley – –
Federalist Elihu Hoyt – –
Total votes 225 100.00%

Hampden

1824 Hampden Senate election [7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican John Mills 2,353 67.06%
Democratic-Republican James Fowler 2,286 65.15%
Federalist Sylvester Emmons – –
Federalist Joel Norcross – –
Federalist Jonathan Dwight Jr. – –
Federalist Alanson Knox – –%
Federalist Israel E. Trask – –
Federalist John Wykes – –
Democratic-Republican Marcus Morton – –
Unknown Solomon Hatch – –
Democratic-Republican Party William Eustis – –
Total votes 3,509 100.00%

Results from Chester were rejected, "there being two returns from the same town." The exact totals for Chester are not known. [7]

Hampshire

1824 Hampshire Senate election [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Joseph Strong 3,494 87.63%
Federalist David Mack, Jr. 2,101 52.70%
Democratic-Republican John Wells 1,954 49.01%
Unknown Justus Forward 91 2.28%
Unknown William Ward 85 2.13%
Unknown Enos Smith 79 1.98%
Unknown Ithamar Conkey 70 1.76%
Unknown Elihu Lyman 25 0.63%
Unknown Thomas Shepherd 15 0.38%
Unknown Philo Dickinson 14 0.35%
Unknown Charles P. Phelps 14 0.35%
Unknown James Shepherd 10 0.25%
Unknown Samuel Porter 1 0.03%
Various Scattering 25 –
Total votes 3,987 100.00%

Results from Chester were rejected, "there being two returns from the same town." The exact totals for Chester are not known. [7]

Middlesex

1824 Middlesex Senate election [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Micah M. Rutter 5,721 65.30%
Democratic-Republican John Keyes 5,670 64.72%
Democratic-Republican Levi Thaxter 5,644 64.42%
Democratic-Republican John Wade 5,473 62.47%
Democratic-Republican Seth Knowles 5,459 62.31%
Federalist Cyrus Baldwin – –
Federalist William Hilliard – –
Federalist Abiel Haywood – –
Federalist William Blanchard – –
Federalist Edmund Parker – –
Total votes 8,761 100.00%

Exact totals for Federalist ticket are not listed.

The following men also received votes, though their exact totals are unknown:

  • Uriah Hagar
  • William Austin
  • Thomas Bacon
  • Isaac Bemis, Jr.
  • Hilbe Bridge
  • Daniel Brooks
  • Samuel Dana
  • Edmund Foster
  • Luther Harrington
  • Ebenezer Hobbs
  • Nathan Hobbs
  • Jonathan Perham
  • Jacob Reves
  • Abel Wheeler

Nantucket

1824 Nantucket Senate election [10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Barker Burnell 362 99.45%
Various Scattering 2 0.55%
Total votes 364 100.00%

Burnell was a member of the Federalist Party but was also supported by the Democratic-Republicans. [10]

Norfolk

1824 Norfolk Senate election [11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican John Ruggles 3,440 67.24%
Democratic-Republican Sherman Leland 3,353 65.54%
Democratic-Republican Josiah J. Fiske 3,210 62.74%
Total votes 5,116 100.00%

The following men also received votes as Federalist candidates, though their exact totals are unknown:

Plymouth

1824 Plymouth Senate election [12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Seth Sprague 3,016 57.24%
Democratic-Republican Joseph Richardson 3,010 57.13%
Federalist Barnabas Hedge 2,253 42.76%
Federalist Thomas Hobart 2,183 41.43%
Various Scattering 71 1.35%
Total votes 5,269 100.00%

Nathaniel Davis (Federalist), Charles Tuner (Republican), and William Davis (Republican) also received votes.

Suffolk

1824 Suffolk Senate election [13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Samuel Hubbard 3,529 54.35%
Federalist Francis C. Gray 3,372 51.95%
Federalist Theodore Lyman II 3,340 51.46%
Federalist Heman Lincoln 3,313 51.04%
Democratic-Republican Thomas L. Winthrop 3,293 50.73%
Democratic-Republican George Odiorne 3,246 50.01%
Federalist Jonathan Phillips 3,211 49.47%
Federalist John Cotton 3,163 48.73%
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel P. Russell 3,149 48.51%
Democratic-Republican James T. Austin 3,115 47.99%
Democratic-Republican Samuel Wells 3,032 46.71%
Democratic-Republican Jonathan Mason 3,013 46.42%
Various Scattering 170 2.62%
Total votes 6,491 100.00%

Worcester

1824 Worcester Senate election [14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Stephen P. Gardner 6,179 55.02%
Federalist Benjamin Adams 6,171 54.95%
Federalist Aaron Tufts 6,127 54.55%
Federalist Joseph G. Kendall 6,122 53.25%
Federalist Nathaniel P. Denny 6,052 53.25%
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Houghton – –
Democratic-Republican Edmund Cushing – –
Democratic-Republican Daniel Thurber – –
Democratic-Republican John Brown – –
Democratic-Republican Joseph Davis – –
Total votes 11,231 100.00%

Exact totals for the Republican ticket are unknown. Many other candidates received votes throughout the county, but their exact totals are unknown:

  • Nathaniel Jones
  • Salem Towne
  • John Davis
  • Bezaleel Taft Jr.
  • Edmund Curtis
  • Austin Denny
  • Jabez Hamilton
  • Nicholas MacClure
  • Henry Penniman
  • Asa Russell
  • John Allen
  • Arnold Barton
  • Joshua Brown
  • Phinehas Gay
  • Samuel Mixter
  • Joel Olds
  • John Shepley

See also

References

  1. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Barnstable County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Berkshire County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Bristol County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Essex County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Franklin County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Franklin County, Ballot 2". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Hampden County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Hampshire County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Middlesex County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Nantucket Counties". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Norfolk County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Plymouth County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Suffolk County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  14. ^ "Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Worcester County". Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
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