1824 Massachusetts Senate election

none September 2023 1824 Massachusetts Senate elections x150px 1824 12 Federalist Party (United States) 25 Democratic-Republican Party April–May 1824 Massachusetts 21 All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate 1825 1825 Massachusetts Senate elections 1823 1823 Massachusetts Senate elections no legislative 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 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Barnstable County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/qf85nb748 Braddock Dimmick Democratic-Republican Party 1,192 70.16% Nymphas Marston Federalist Party (United States) – – 1,699 100.00% Exact totals for Marston are unknown. Berkshire 1824 Berkshire Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Berkshire County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/0v8381066 George Hull Democratic-Republican Party 2,832 60.96% Rodman Hazard Democratic-Republican Party 2,786 59.97% Joseph Merrick Federalist Party (United States) 1,796 38.66% Eli Ensign Federalist Party (United States) 1,742 37.49% Scattering Various 147 3.16% 4,646 100.00% Results from Egremont, Florida, and Mount Washington were excluded from the official totals. Bristol and Dukes 1824 Bristol Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Bristol County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/2n49t304w James L. Hodges Democratic-Republican Party 2,901 54.31% John Mason Democratic-Republican Party 2,880 53.91% Solomon Pratt Democratic-Republican Party 2,866 53.65% Thomas Rotch Federalist Party (United States) 2,841 53.18% Oliver Starkweather Federalist Party (United States) 2,830 52.98% Sylvester Brownell Federalist Party (United States) 2,829 52.96% Scattering Various 20 3.16% 5,342 100.00% Results from Seekonk were rejected, "it appearing by said return that the meeting was held in 1804." Essex 1824 Essex Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Essex County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/4j03d022r Nathan Noyes Democratic-Republican Party 5,347 53.46% Nathaniel Silsbee Democratic-Republican Party 5,343 53.42% Moses Wingate Democratic-Republican Party 5,320 53.19% John Prince Democratic-Republican Party 5,319 53.18% Aaron Lummus Democratic-Republican Party 5,314 53.13% William W. Parrott Democratic-Republican Party 5,065 50.64% Dudley A. Tyng Federalist Party (United States) – – Nathaniel Hooper Federalist Party (United States) – – Benjamin Pickman Jr. Federalist Party (United States) – – Edward S. Rand Federalist Party (United States) – – James Gardner Federalist Party (United States) – – John Varnum Federalist Party (United States) – – Scattering Various – – 10,001 100.00% Exact totals for the Federalist ticket were not listed. Franklin 1824 Franklin Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Franklin County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/0z708w76r George Grennell Jr. Federalist Party 1,823 49.55% Thomas Longley Federalist Party 1,469 39.93% Elihu Hoyt Federalist Party 1,237 33.62% John Nevers Democratic-Republican Party 964 26.20% Thaddeus Coleman Democratic-Republican Party 955 25.96% Ephraim Hastings Federalist Party 627 17.04% Joshua Green Federalist Party 90 2.45% Solomon Smead Democratic-Republican Party 38 1.03% Medad Alexander Democratic-Republican Party 38 1.03% Jonathan Blake Jr. Federalist Party 31 0.84% Asa Howland Unknown 28 0.76% Solomon Reed Unknown 28 0.76% candidatWilliam Putn Unknown 1 0.03% Samuel Coolidge Unknown 1 0.03% Scattering Unknown 46 1.25% 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. General Court 1824 Franklin Senate election in the General Court Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Franklin County, Ballot 2 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/br86b502t John Nevers Democratic-Republican Party 209 92.89% George Grennell Jr. Federalist Party 183 81.33% Thomas Longley Federalist Party – – Elihu Hoyt Federalist Party – – 225 100.00% Hampden 1824 Hampden Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Hampden County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/z890rt41f John Mills Democratic-Republican Party 2,353 67.06% James Fowler Democratic-Republican Party 2,286 65.15% Sylvester Emmons Federalist Party – – Joel Norcross Federalist Party – – Jonathan Dwight Jr. Federalist Party – – Alanson Knox Federalist Party – –% Israel E. Trask Federalist Party – – John Wykes Federalist Party – – Marcus Morton Democratic-Republican Party – – Solomon Hatch Unknown – – William Eustis Democratic-Republican Party – – 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. Hampshire 1824 Hampshire Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Hampshire County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/p8418n755 Joseph Strong Federalist Party 3,494 87.63% David Mack, Jr. Federalist Party 2,101 52.70% John Wells Democratic-Republican Party 1,954 49.01% Justus Forward Unknown 91 2.28% William Ward Unknown 85 2.13% Enos Smith Unknown 79 1.98% Ithamar Conkey Unknown 70 1.76% Elihu Lyman Unknown 25 0.63% Thomas Shepherd Unknown 15 0.38% Philo Dickinson Unknown 14 0.35% Charles P. Phelps Unknown 14 0.35% James Shepherd Unknown 10 0.25% Samuel Porter Unknown 1 0.03% Scattering Various 25 – 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. Middlesex 1824 Middlesex Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Middlesex County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/x059c895s Micah M. Rutter Democratic-Republican Party 5,721 65.30% John Keyes Democratic-Republican Party 5,670 64.72% Levi Thaxter Democratic-Republican Party 5,644 64.42% John Wade Democratic-Republican Party 5,473 62.47% Seth Knowles Democratic-Republican Party 5,459 62.31% Cyrus Baldwin Federalist Party – – William Hilliard Federalist Party – – Abiel Haywood Federalist Party – – William Blanchard Federalist Party – – Edmund Parker Federalist Party – – 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 20em Nantucket 1824 Nantucket Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Nantucket Counties https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/f4752h113 Federalist Party Barker Burnell 362 99.45% Various Scattering 2 0.55% 364 100.00% Burnell was a member of the Federalist Party but was also supported by the Democratic-Republicans. Norfolk 1824 Norfolk Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Norfolk County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/j098zb40f John Ruggles Democratic-Republican Party 3,440 67.24% Sherman Leland Democratic-Republican Party 3,353 65.54% Josiah J. Fiske Democratic-Republican Party 3,210 62.74% 5,116 100.00% The following men also received votes as Federalist candidates, though their exact totals are unknown: *Thomas Greenleaf Nathaniel Miller David S. Greenough John Cotter, Jr. Francis C. Gray Samuel Hubbard Heman Lincoln Theodore Lyman II Jonathan Phillips 20em Plymouth 1824 Plymouth Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Plymouth County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/3x816n970 Seth Sprague Democratic-Republican Party 3,016 57.24% Joseph Richardson Democratic-Republican Party 3,010 57.13% Barnabas Hedge Federalist Party 2,253 42.76% Thomas Hobart Federalist Party 2,183 41.43% Scattering Various 71 1.35% 5,269 100.00% Nathaniel Davis (Federalist), Charles Tuner (Republican), and William Davis (Republican) also received votes. Suffolk 1824 Suffolk Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Suffolk County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rv042v56d Samuel Hubbard Federalist Party 3,529 54.35% Francis C. Gray Federalist Party 3,372 51.95% Theodore Lyman II Federalist Party 3,340 51.46% Heman Lincoln Federalist Party 3,313 51.04% Thomas L. Winthrop Democratic-Republican Party 3,293 50.73% George Odiorne Democratic-Republican Party 3,246 50.01% Jonathan Phillips Federalist Party 3,211 49.47% John Cotton Federalist Party 3,163 48.73% Nathaniel P. Russell Democratic-Republican Party 3,149 48.51% James T. Austin Democratic-Republican Party 3,115 47.99% Samuel Wells Democratic-Republican Party 3,032 46.71% Jonathan Mason Democratic-Republican Party 3,013 46.42% Scattering Various 170 2.62% 6,491 100.00% Worcester 1824 Worcester Senate election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collections and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 September 21, 2020 Massachusetts 1824 State Senate, Worcester County https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/c247ds31q Stephen P. Gardner Federalist Party 6,179 55.02% Benjamin Adams Federalist Party 6,171 54.95% Aaron Tufts Federalist Party 6,127 54.55% Joseph G. Kendall Federalist Party 6,122 53.25% Nathaniel P. Denny Federalist Party 6,052 53.25% Nathaniel Houghton Democratic-Republican Party – – Edmund Cushing Democratic-Republican Party – – Daniel Thurber Democratic-Republican Party – – John Brown Democratic-Republican Party – – Joseph Davis Democratic-Republican Party – – 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 20em See also 1825–1826 Massachusetts legislature List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate References Senate 1824 Category:1824 Massachusetts elections M