No other regular opposing Candidate till the year 1800. 7J. HANCOCK J. Bow. J.Warren, W. 24588 6129 18459 E.Gerry,S.Ad. J. Bow. 22157 4316 17841 J.Bowd. J.Warren, W. 21384 4120 17264 J. Bowd. Ol. Prescott 16518 2235 14283 F.Dana, Tho. Russell, 17032 1036 15996 8 do. do. 1790 do. 1 do. 2410 1963017019 do. do. NOTES RESPECTING THE GOVERNORS. [1]-JOHN HANCOCK-was first sworn into office 25th Oct. 1780, and (after being re-elected 4 years successively) resigned 18th Feb. 1785.-[Lt. Gov. Cushing officiated as Governor tili the May following.]-Again elected, he was sworn into office the 1st June, 1787, and continued in office till 8th Oct. 1793-when he died, aged 55 years.-[Lt. Gov. Adams officiated as Governor til! the May following.] [3]-JAMES BOWDOIN -elected by the Legislature, there being no choice by the People.--[Of the people's [9065] votes, Mr. B. had 3519, Hon. Tho's Cushing 3005, Hon. Oliver Prescott 298, and Hon. Benj. Lincoln 1145.]-Mr. B. was first sworn into office 27th May, 1785, and continued therein (being elected the nex: year by the People) till 1st June, 1787.-[He died 6th Nov, 1790, aged 63 yrs.] [3.] SAMUEL ADAMS-was first sworn into office 29th May, 1794, and continued therein (being successively elected by the People) till 2d June, 1797.-[Mr. A. died 2d Oct. 1803, aged 82 years.] [4] INCREASE SUMNER was first sworn into office 2d June, 1797, and continued herein (being successively elected by the People) till 30th May, 1799, when he resigned, and died 7th June following, aged 59.-[Lt. Gov. Gill officiated as Gov. till 20th May following, when he also died, and (the Commonwealth, for the first and last time, being without a Gov, or Lt. Gov.) the Hon. Council (the Hon. Tho's Dawes, Presdt.) officiated till the 30th of the same menth, when the Government was new organized.] [5.]-CALEB STRONG-was first sworn into office 30th May, 1800, and continued therein (being successively elected by the People) till 29th May, 1807.-Again elected, he was sworn into office 30th May, 1812; again elected he was sworn into office 27th May, 1813; and again elected (for the tenth time) he was sworn into office 27th May, 1814. [6.]-JAMES SULLIVAN--was first sworn into office 29th May, 1807, and continued therein (being again elected by the People) till 10th Dec. 1808, when he died, aged 64 years.-[Lt. Gov. Lincoln officiated as Governor till the May following.] [7]-CHRISTOPHER GORE was sworn into office 3d June, 1809, and continued therein till 2d June, 1810. [8.]-ELBRIDGE GERRY-was first sworn into office 2d June, 1810, and (again elected by the People) continued therein till 30th May, 1812. NOTES TO THE FIGURES. Year 1806. This was rather a confused period in the Legislature-party-spirit ran high-There is no official record of the actual amount of the votes—If any person will communicate a satisfactory or correct statement the Proprietor of this work at least will be much obliged. According to some statements, the whole number was 75,171, or 73,410, or 72,784; that Mr. STRONG had 37,740, or 36,433, or 36, 692; and that Mr. SULLIVAN had 38,039, or 37,586, or 36,031. The facts it is believed are these: The original returns (for the 1st time) passed through a scrutinizing committee of the Legislature, who rejected many returns for misspelling the Candidates' names; and there would probably have been no election by the People had not an important discovery been made in the return from Lincolnville. This discovery induced the Legislature to declare Mr. STRONG elected, without going further into a consideration of the returns. [** For particulars, see State records for June.] It has been a fault with several of the Legislative Committees on the Votes that they either did not report with proper precision, or that the Clerks neglected to record or preserve, the results respecting the number of votes the Unsuccessful Candidates had (for Gov, and L. Gov.) and the amount of Scattering Votes-the truth of this any one in search of the facts recorded in this and the Lt. Governor's table will acknowledge-and that a great deal of labor to obtain a correct statement is thrown upon him. RESULTS-on the Regular y Contested ELECTIONS :— RIMARKS.-The following are the rules made use of in obtaining the above results--and they are inserted not merely with a view to explain the mode adopted, but from a conjecture that they might afford a useful formula for those who are in the habit of laying "bets," a species of "calculation" much in vogue of late years in Massachusetts-First, to obtain Legislative majori y-Add one to half of the whole number, place the amount under the successful candidate's votes, and the (subtracted) balance is his Legislative majority.- -2dly. Plurality. Add the Scattering votes to the unsuccessful candidate's votes, place the amount under the successful candidate's votes, and the (subtracted) balance gives the Plurality. 3dly. Most Voles. Subtract the votes of the unsuccessfui from those of the successful candidate-the balance gives the Most Votes do. S. Adams,Ja's Warren No. had all no cho. 7231 1445 5786 6249 2065 4184 7429 1779 5650 B. Linc. Wm. Heath, 21844 1173710107 8 B. LINCOLN 2 B.Line. Sam'l Adams, 21096 al no cho. 9 SAM. ADAM33 B.Lin. W.Heath,J.Bo. 19908 902510883 1790 do. do. do. do. J.Warr. J.Hanc. &c. B.Lin. N.Gor. O.Pres- 14656 288512321 Th.Russel B.Linc. A. 14998, 1976 18022 Th. Russ. F. Dana, O. 14742 213312608 Th.Russ. Ja's Sullivan 16477 131315164 MOSES GILL4|M Gill,S. Ad. N.Gorh. 19866 all no cho. do. do. do. 8 do. do. E.Ger. W.Heath,&c. N.Gorham,J.Sullivan, 16258 186214391 W.Heath, E.Ger.&c. E.Gerry, N.Gorham, 21989 2056 19934 Sam'l Phillips, James 21791 477917012 Levi Lincoln,and oth. 18720 155917167 do. 2E.H.ROBBINS, William Heath. 28961 248626475 Can.. No regular opposing Candidate till the year 1802: NOTES-TO THE LIEUT. GOVERNORS. [1.]-No choice by the People. The Legislature made choice; first of Hon. James Bowdoin, (who had 2345 of the whole no.) and next of Gen. James Warren, both of whom resigned. Mr. CUSHING was then chosen, and accepted. He was successively elected the next seven years, by the People. He died Feb. 28, 1788, aged 82 years. [2.1-No choice by the People. Of the whole no. of their votes, 21,096, Mr. LINCOLN had 10,204, Hon. Samuel Adams 3495, Gen. J. Warren 6157, Elbridge Gerry, Esq. 669. The Legislature made choice of Gen. Lincoln, and he accepted. He died May 9, 1810, aged 78 years. [3]-Hon. S. ADAMS was successively chosen by the People, five years. He died Oct. 2, 1803, aged 82 years. [4.]-Ia 1794, no choice by the People;-the whole no. of votes was 19.865, divided between various candidates. The Hon. Mr. GILL had the highest number; and he was elected by the Legisla ture. He was successively chosen the next six years by the People. Mr. GILL died May 20, 1800, aged 67 years. [5.]-No choice by the People. The whole no. of votes was 42,442; of which Mr. PHILLIPS had 15,501, Hou. Wm. Heath 18,044, Hon Edward H. Robbins 8,212, Hon. E. Gerry 250. The Legislature elected Mr. PHILLIPs. He died Feb. 10, 1802, aged 50 years. [6.]-In 1802, the Hon, EDWARD H. ROBBINS was elected by the People; of the whole no. of votes, 46,386, he had 28,317; and his opponent, Hon. Wm. Heath, had 18,069, including scattering votes; and in 1803 he was again elected by an increased majority, over the Hon. James Bowdoin, his opponent. The number of his opponents' and the number of the scattering votes, for these two years, not being ascertained (there being no official record of the facts), the table in these items remain blank. He was also successively elected the two following years, by the People. [7.The Hon. WM. HEATH was elected by the People; but declined accepting the office, June 12;-and there was no Lieut. Governor that year (1806.)-[There is no regular official record of votes, for this year, either for Mr. H. or Mr.R. or Scattering.-Hon. Wm Heath died Jan. 24, 1814, aged 77 years.] [8.-Hon. LivI LINCOLN was successively elected two years, (1807-8) by the People. [9] Hon. DAVID COBB was elected by the People, in 1809. [10.]-Hon. WM, GRAY was successively elected by the People, in 1810 and 1811. [1]-Hon. WM. PHILLIPS was elected in 1812, 13, and 14, by the People. MEMORANDA. Oct. 25, 1780, the Administration of the Government of Massachu setts commenced, agreeably to the Constitution (by virtue of a resolve of the Convention, of 15th June, 1780)-the necessary elections hav. ing previously been made by the People of the Commonwealth (purmant to said resolve.) |