Mapping Early American Elections

5th Congress: Massachusetts 1796

Massachusetts elected eleven Federalists and three Democratic-Republicans to the Fifth Congress.

Massachusetts used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1797 Massachusett held a special election in which Bailey Bartlett was elected to replace Theophilus Bradley, who resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Thompson J. Skinner	Democratic-Republican	1,499	54.5%	✓
1	Ephraim Williams	Federalist	1,160	42.2%
2	William Shepard	Federalist	1,610	80.1%	✓
2	William Lyman	Democratic-Republican	373	18.5%
3	Samuel Lyman	Federalist	878	82.4%	✓
3	Daniel Bigelow	Democratic-Republican	172	16.2%
4	Dwight Foster	Federalist	1,107	80.4%	✓
4	Levi Lincoln	Democratic-Republican	263	19.1%
5	Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.	Federalist	752	79.7%	✓
5	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	164	17.4%
6	John Reed	Federalist	535	66.1%	✓
6	Edward H. Robbins	Democratic-Republican	144	17.8%
6	Other candidates		130	15.9%
7	Stephen Bullock	Federalist	1,039	53%	✓
7	Laban Wheaton	Federalist	555	28.3%
7	Elisha May	Federalist	208	10.6%
7	Other candidates		157	8.2%
8	Harrison G. Otis	Federalist	1,763	56.2%	✓
8	James Bowdoin	Democratic-Republican	1,293	41.2%
9	Joseph B. Varnum	Democratic-Republican	1,199	66.1%	✓
9	Ebenezer Bridge	Federalist	292	16.1%
9	Samuel Dexter, Jr.	Federalist	257	14.2%
10	Samuel Sewell	Federalist	442	62.3%	✓
10	Loammi Baldwin	Federalist	209	29.5%
10	Samuel Holten		48	6.8%
11	Theophilus Bradbury	Federalist	527	83.3%	✓
11	Other candidates		58	9.2%
11	Samuel Blanchard		48	7.6%
12	Isaac Parker	Democratic-Republican	1,612	52.6%	✓
12	Henry Dearborn	Federalist	1,450	47.3%
13	Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	443	76.2%	✓
13	Stephen Longfellow	Federalist	87	15%
13	Other candidates		51	8.8%
14	George Thacher	Federalist	444	71.5%	✓
14	Joseph Morrill		62	10%
14	Nathaniel Wells	Federalist	54	8.7%
14	John Frost		34	5.5%

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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