Mapping Early American Elections

16th Congress: Massachusetts 1818

Massachusetts elected six Federalists and fourteen Democratic-Republicans to the Sixteenth Congress.

Massachusetts used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1820, a special election was held in which William Eustis was elected to replace Edward Dowse, who had resigned from office.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Aaron Hobart was elected to replace Zabdiel Sampson, who had resigned from office.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Benjamin Gorham was elected to replace Jonathan Mason, who had died.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Joseph Dane was elected to replace John Holmes, who had resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Jonathan Mason	Democratic-Republican	698	63.4%	✓
1	Andrew Richie	Federalist	385	35%
2	Nathaniel Silsbee	Democratic-Republican	652	64%	✓
2	Timothy Pickering	Federalist	350	34.4%
3	Jeremiah Nelson	Federalist	682	87%	✓
3	Joseph B. Varnum	Democratic-Republican	62	7.9%
3	Other candidates		40	5.1%
4	Timothy Fuller	Democratic-Republican	1,316	63.7%	✓
4	Samuel P.P. Fay	Federalist	744	36%
5	Samuel Lathrop	Federalist	1,966	55.3%	✓
5	Thomas Shephard	Democratic-Republican	979	27.5%
5	Joseph Lyman	Federalist	596	16.8%
6	Samuel C. Allen	Federalist	1,126	86.7%	✓
6	Elisha Lyman	Democratic-Republican	100	7.7%
6	Other candidates		72	5.6%
7	Henry Shaw	Democratic-Republican	2,113	50.8%	✓
7	Henry W. Dwight	Democratic-Republican	1,905	45.8%
8	Zabdial Sampson	Democratic-Republican	1,321	59.4%	✓
8	William Bourn	Federalist	894	40.2%
9	Walter Folger	Democratic-Republican	457	50.4%	✓
9	John Reed	Federalist	433	47.7%
10	Marcus Morton	Democratic-Republican	1,537	54.7%	✓
10	Francis Baylies	Federalist	1,226	43.6%
11	Benjamin Adams	Federalist	1,479	58.7%	✓
11	Sumner Bastow	Democratic-Republican	995	39.5%
12	Jonas Kendall	Federalist	1,507	63.5%	✓
12	Edward Cushing	Democratic-Republican	754	31.7%
13	Edward Dowse	Democratic-Republican	1,004	54.2%	✓
13	Nathaniel Ruggles	Federalist	826	44.6%
14	John Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1,106	93.6%	✓
14	Other candidates		76	6.5%
15	Ezekial Whitman	Federalist	1,021	53.9%	✓
15	Ashur Ware	Democratic-Republican	868	45.8%
16	Mark L. Hill	Democratic-Republican	1,296	51.7%	✓
16	Joshua Head	Federalist	1,190	47.4%
17	Martin Kingsley	Democratic-Republican	1,391	61.5%	✓
17	John Wilson	Federalist	661	29.2%
17	Other candidates		209	9.1%
18	James Parker	Democratic-Republican	1,405	54%	✓
18	Thomas Bond	Democratic-Republican	1,001	38.5%
18	Joshua Gage	Federalist	176	6.8%
19	Joshua Cushman	Democratic-Republican	930	54.9%	✓
19	Thomas Rice	Federalist	734	43.4%
20	Enoch Lincoln	Democratic-Republican	986	65.7%	✓
20	Samuel A. Bradley	Federalist	498	33.2%

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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