Mapping Early American Elections

13th Congress: Massachusetts 1812

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Massachusetts elected sixteen Federalists and four Democratic-Republicans to the Thirteenth Congress.

Following the 1810 Census, Massachusetts gained three more seats in the House of Representatives.

Massachusetts used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1814, a special election was held in which John W. Hulbert was elected to replace Daniel Dewey, who had resigned.

In 1814, a special election was held in which Samuel Dana was elected to replace William M. Richardson, who had resigned.

Congressional election results, 13th Congress: Massachusetts 1812
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Artemas Ward Federalist 1,675 98.7% ✓
2 William Reed Federalist 2,403 56% ✓
2 Benjamin W. Crowninshield Democratic-Republican 1,881 43.9%
3 Timothy Pickering Federalist 2,249 95.6% ✓
4 William M. Richardson Democratic-Republican 2,234 51.7% ✓
4 Asahel Sterns Federalist 2,017 46.7%
5 William Ely Federalist 2,135 67.4% ✓
5 Enos Foot Democratic-Republican 621 19.6%
5 Joseph Lyman Federalist 356 11.2%
6 Samuel Taggart Federalist 2,434 86.9% ✓
6 Solomon Smead Democratic-Republican 259 9.2%
7 William Bayliss Federalist 2,951 58.8% ✓
7 Charles Turner, Jr. Democratic-Republican 2,050 40.8%
8 John Read Federalist 2,188 67.9% ✓
8 Thomas Hazard, Jr. Democratic-Republican 853 26.5%
8 Isaiah L. Green Democratic-Republican 179 5.6%
9 Laban Wheaton Federalist 2,721 60.1% ✓
9 John Hawes Democratic-Republican 1,802 39.8%
10 Elijah Brigham Federalist 2,630 55% ✓
10 Estes Howe Democratic-Republican 2,118 44.3%
11 Abijah Bigelow Federalist 3,146 76.6% ✓
11 Edmund Cushing Democratic-Republican 960 23.4%
12 Daniel Dewey Federalist 2,450 53.3% ✓
12 Samuel H. Wheeler Democratic-Republican 2,130 46.4%
13 Nathaniel Ruggles Federalist 2,540 54.9% ✓
13 Ebenezer Seaver Democratic-Republican 2,056 44.5%
14 Cyrus King Federalist 2,185 59.3% ✓
14 Richard Cutts Democratic-Republican 1,392 37.8%
15 George Bradbury Federalist 1,879 58% ✓
15 William Wedgery Democratic-Republican 1,349 41.7%
16 Samuel Davis Federalist 2,067 60.9% ✓
16 Benjamin Ames Democratic-Republican 1,292 38.1%
17 Abiel Wood Democratic-Republican 1,763 85.4% ✓
17 Other candidates 182 8.7%
17 Joshua Head Federalist 119 5.8%
18 John Wilson Federalist 1,356 57.3% ✓
18 Francis Carr Democratic-Republican 996 42.1%
19 James Parker Democratic-Republican 1,977 54.7% ✓
19 Thomas Rice Federalist 1,631 45.1%
20 Levi Hubbard Democratic-Republican 1,568 51.7% ✓
20 Ebenezer Fessendon, Jr. Federalist 1,429 47.1%

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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