1st Congress: Massachusetts 1788
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Massachusetts elected six Federalists and two Anti-Federalist to the First Congress.
Massachusetts used a district system to elect members of Congress.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fisher Ames | Federalist | 818 | 50.7% | ✓ |
| 1 | Samuel Adams | Anti-Federalist | 521 | 32.3% | |
| 1 | Other candidates | 274 | 16.9% | ||
| 2 | Benjamin Goodhue | Federalist | 1,491 | 67.1% | ✓ |
| 2 | Jonathan Jackson | Federalist | 724 | 32.6% | |
| 3 | Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Federalist | 1,140 | 61.1% | ✓ |
| 3 | Joseph B. Varnum | Anti-Federalist | 366 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | William Hull | Federalist | 205 | 11% | |
| 3 | Other candidates | 156 | 8.5% | ||
| 4 | Theodore Sedgwick | Federalist | 2,155 | 49.1% | ✓ |
| 4 | Samuel Lyman | Federalist | 2,138 | 48.7% | |
| 5 | George Partridge | Federalist | 501 | 90.4% | ✓ |
| 5 | James Warren | 28 | 5.1% | ||
| 6 | George Thacher | Federalist | 588 | 62% | ✓ |
| 6 | Josiah Thacher | 182 | 19.2% | ||
| 6 | Other candidates | 105 | 11% | ||
| 6 | Nathaniel Willson | 73 | 7.7% | ||
| 7 | George Leonard | Federalist | 710 | 54% | ✓ |
| 7 | Phanuel Bishop | Anti-Federalist | 342 | 26% | |
| 7 | David Cobb | Federalist | 241 | 18.3% | |
| 8 | Jonathan Grout | Anti-Federalist | 1,968 | 55.4% | ✓ |
| 8 | Timothy Paine | 1,312 | 36.9% | ||
| 8 | Artemas Ward | Federalist | 256 | 7.2% |
In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.
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