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"Sketches of Lynn
Or The
Changes Of Fifty Years"
by David N. Johnson
 

 

Transcribed and submitted
by Shaun Cook


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THE VOTE OF LYNN SINCE 1788, pgs. 472-475

The following table shows the vote of Lynn - so far as recorded - for Governor and Presidential Electors, beginning in 1788, when the first presidential election was held, and ending with that of 1876, thus representing the vote in both State and National elections in each presidential year. In the years when no electors were chosen - or no vote recorded - the ballots cast for Representative to Congress have been given - so far as recorded - to represent the National vote of Lynn:

April 7, 1788.

For Governor -
     John Hancock ... 62
     Benjamin Lincoln .. 59
No vote for Electors recorded.

April 2, 1792.

For Governor -
     John Hancock ... 46
     Francis Dana .... 6
No record of Electors this year.

April 4, 1796.

For Governor -
     Increase Sumner ....76
     Samuel Adams ....53

November 7, 1796.

Elector -
     John Norris ..... 55
But one chosen according to the record.

March 3, 1800.

Representative to Congress -
     Nathan Read .... 308
     Jacob Crowninshield ... 112
No vote for Electors recorded.

April 7, 1800.

For Governor -
     Caleb Strong ....113
     Elbridge Gerry ....68
For Electors at large -
     David Cobb, (Me.) ... 173
     OliverWendell, (Mass.) ... 173

April 7, 1804.

For Governor -
     James Sullivan ...272
     Caleb Strong ... 145

April 4, 1808.

For Governor -
     James Sullivan .... 418
     Christopher Gore .... 273
There is no record of any election of Electors this year. 
Representative to Congress -
     Daniel Kilham ... 375
     Benjamin Pickman ... 265

November 12, 1812.

Electors at large -
     Harrison G. Otis .... 247
     Nathan Dane .... 247
The record notes - not any for the Republicans.

April 6, 1812.

For Governor -
     Elbridge Gerry .... 488
     Caleb Strong .... 321
     Thomas Witt .... 1

April 1, 1816.

For Governor -
     Samuel Dexter .... 418
     John Brooks .... 266
Representative to Congress -
     Thomas Stephens .... 175
     Nathaniel Silsbee .... 235
No vote for Electors recorded.

1820

For Governor -
     John Brooks .... 174
     William Eustis .... 141
Electors at large -
     William Phillips .... 54
     William Gray .... 51
     B. W. Crowninshield .... 71
     Levi Lincoln .... 71

1824

For Governor -
     William Eustis .... 626
     Samuel Lathrop .... 283
Electors at large -
     William Gray .... 259
     Levi Lincoln .... 259
     William Baylies .... 20
     William Reed .... 20

1828.

For Governor -
     Levi Lincoln .... 116
     Harrison Gray Otis .... 4
Electors at large -
     Thomas L. Winthrop .... 346
     Samuel Lathrop .... 347
     Nathan Willis .... 25
     Harrison G. Otis .... 5
     William Prescott .... 5

1832.

For Governor -
     Samuel Lathrop .... 468
     Levi Lincoln ....212
     Marcus Morton .... 197
Electors at large -
     John D. Williams .... 478
     Charles Jackson .... 225
     Nathan Willis .... 123

1836.

For Governor -
     Marcus Morton .... 708
     Edward Everett ....424
Electors at large-
     Nathan Willis ....628
     Seth Whitmarsh ....628
     Nathaniel Silsbee ....440
     Edward A. Newton 440

1840.

For Governor -
     Marcus Morton ... 902
     John Davis .... 888
     George W. Johnson .... 8
Electors at large -
     William P. Walker .... 916
     Ebenezer Fisher .... 916
     Isaac C. Bates .... 887
     Peleg Sprague .... 887
     Jesse Wheaton .... 10
     Sylvester Judd .... 10

1844.

For Governor -
     George Bancroft .... 980
     George N. Briggs ....890
     Samuel E. Sewell .... 103
Electors at large -
     Gayton P. Osgood .... 958
     Samuel C. Allen .... 958
     Abbott Lawrence .... 872
     Lewis Strong .... 872
     Joel Hayden .... 114
     John G: Whittier .... 114

1848.

For Governor -
     Caleb Cushing .... 454
     Stephen C. Phillips .... 891
     George N. Briggs .... 575
     Frederic Robinson .... 160
Electors at large -
     Charles G. Greene .... 728
     Henry H. Childs .... 728
     Levi Lincoln .... 530
     Edmund Dwight .... 530
     Samuel Hoar ....895
     William Jackson .... 895

1852.

For Governor -
     John H. Clifford .... 924
     Horace Mann .... 677
     Henry W. Bishop .... 493
     David Henshaw .... 44
Electors at large -
     Robert C. Winthrop .... 799
     George Bliss .... 801
     Charles G. Greene .... 687
     James S. Whitney .... 829
     Stephen C. Phillips .... 630
     James Fowler .... 630

1856.

For Governor -
     Henry J. Gardner .... 1,691
     Erasmus D. Beach .... 530
     George W. Gordon .... 161
Electors at large -
     Julius Rockwell .... 1,774
     Thomas Colt .... 1,796
     Nathaniel J. Lord .... 523
     Whiting Griswold .... 525
     William Appleton .... 353
     Chas. D. Stockbridge .... 252

1860.

For Governor -
     John A. Andrew .... 1,572
     Erasmus D. Beach .... 712
     Amos A. Lawrence .... 475
Electors at large -
     George Morey .... 1,591
     Reuben A. Chapman .... 1,591
     Isaac Davis .... 733
     Charles Heebner .... 732
     Levi Lincoln .... 343
     Marshall P. Wilder .... 343

1864.

For Governor -
     John A. Andrew .... 2,017
     Henry W. Paine .... 546
Electors at large -
     Edward Everett .... 2,030
     Whiting Griswold .... 2,030
     Robert C. Winthrop .... 541
     Erasmus D. Beach .... 541

1868.

For Governor -
     William Claflin .... 2,461
     John Quincy Adams .... 1,041
Electors at large -
     David Sears .... 2,735
     John H. Clifford .... 2,732
     Josiah G. Abbott .... 921
     John R. Briggs .... 921

1872.

For Governor -
     Wm. B. Washburn .... 2,819
     Francis W. Bird .... 1,422
Electors at large -
     Ebenezer R. Hoar .... 2,778
     John M. Forbes .... 2,778
     Chester W. Chapin .... 1,395
     Josiah G. Abbott .... 1,395

1876.

For Governor -
     Alexander H. Rice .... 2,520
     Chas. Francis Adams .... 2, I07
     John L. Baker .... 361
Electors at large -
     Thomas Talbot .... 2,773
     Stephen Salsbury .... 2,775
     William Gaston .... 2,235
     Edward Avery .... 2,266


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