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8th Congress: Massachusetts 1802

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Massachusetts elected ten Federalists and seven Democratic-Republicans to the Eighth Congress.

Following the 1800 Census, Massachusetts gained three seats in the House of Representatives.

Massachusetts used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1804, a special election was held in which Simon Larned was elected to replace Thompson J. Skinner, who had resigned from office on August 10th, 1804.

Congressional election results, 8th Congress: Massachusetts 1802
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 William Eustis Democratic-Republican 1,898 50.8% ✓
1 John Quincy Adams Federalist 1,839 49.2%
2 Jacob Crowninshield Democratic-Republican 1,400 51.9% ✓
2 Timothy Pickering Federalist 1,296 48%
3 Manasseh Cutler Federalist 1,290 66.7% ✓
3 Thomas Kittredge Democratic-Republican 636 32.9%
4 Joseph B. Varnum Democratic-Republican 1,787 70.1% ✓
4 Timothy Bigelow Federalist 706 27.7%
5 Thomas Dwight Federalist 1,319 78% ✓
5 Samuel Fowler Democratic-Republican 161 9.5%
5 Other candidates 113 6.9%
5 Jonathan Smith, Jr. Democratic-Republican 98 5.8%
6 Samuel Taggart Federalist 1,935 71.6% ✓
6 Hugh MacClellan Federalist 766 28.4%
7 Nahum Mitchell Federalist 1,402 57.8% ✓
7 Henry Warren Democratic-Republican 1,002 41.3%
8 Lemuel Williams Federalist 543 55.4% ✓
8 Isaiah Lewis Green Democratic-Republican 436 44.4%
9 Phanuel Bishop Democratic-Republican 1,257 57.3% ✓
9 Laban Wheaton Federalist 931 42.4%
10 Seth Hastings Federalist 1,391 62.2% ✓
10 Edward Bangs Democratic-Republican 834 37.3%
11 William Stedman Federalist 1,520 71.7% ✓
11 John Whiting Democratic-Republican 592 27.9%
12 Thompson J. Skinner Democratic-Republican 1,506 58.4% ✓
12 Daniel Dewey Federalist 1,058 41%
13 Ebenezer Seaver Democratic-Republican 1,391 63.8% ✓
13 Oliver Everett Federalist 628 28.8%
13 Other candidates 161 7.2%
14 Richard Cutts Democratic-Republican 744 55.7% ✓
14 John Lord Federalist 553 41.4%
15 Peleg Wadsworth Federalist 829 88.5% ✓
15 Isaac Parsons Democratic-Republican 80 8.5%
16 Samuel Thacher Federalist 451 64.8% ✓
16 William King Federalist 123 17.7%
16 John Farley Federalist 85 12.2%
16 Other candidates 37 5.3%
17 Phineas Bruce Federalist 798 57.2% ✓
17 Martin Kinsley Democratic-Republican 581 41.6%

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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