Mapping Early American Elections

1st Congress: Massachusetts 1788

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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1st Congress: Massachusetts 1788

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