Mapping Early American Elections

18th Congress: Massachusetts 1822

Massachusetts elected one Federalist and six Democratic-Republicans to the Eighteenth Congress. Five of those Democratic-Republicans was part of a faction led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. In addition, five dissenting Federalists supported Adams and Clay, while one dissenting Federalist supported Andrew Jackson. As the Federalist Party declined in Massachusetts, many Federalists distanced themselves from the main party. Instead, their political affiliation more closely aligned with their choice of candidate for the 1824 presidential election.

Massachusetts used a district system for electing members to Congress.

Between September 1823 and November 1824, a series of special elections were held to elect a replacement for William Eustis, who had resigned from office after being elected Governor of Massachusetts. Ultimately, John Baily was elected to replace him.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Daniel Webster	Federalist	2,638	62.8%	✓
1	Jesse Putnam	Democratic-Republican	1,557	37.1%
2	Benjamin W. Crowninshield	Adams/Clay	1,312	51.7%	✓
2	Benjamin Merrill	Federalist	693	27.3%
2	Willard Peele	Federalist	525	20.7%
3	Jeremiah Nelson	Adams/Clay	667	72.9%	✓
3	Amos Spalding	Democratic-Republican	211	23.1%
4	Timothy Fuller	Adams/Clay	1,053	89.2%	✓
4	Thomas Harris	Democratic-Republican	82	6.9%
5	Jonas Sibley	Adams/Clay	1,657	51.1%	✓
5	Benjamin Adams	Federalist	1,236	38.1%
5	Seth Hastings		233	7.2%
6	John Locke	Adams/Clay	1,845	51.4%	✓
6	Samuel Dana	Democratic-Republican	1,591	44.3%
7	Samuel C. Allen	Adams/Clay	958	91.1%	✓
7	Other candidates		94	9%
8	Samuel L. Lathrop	Adams/Clay	907	78.5%	✓
8	Thomas Shepard	Democratic-Republican	231	20%
9	Henry W. Dwight	Adams/Clay	1,887	58.8%	✓
9	William C. Jarvis	Democratic-Republican	1,150	35.9%
9	Other candidates		170	5.3%
10	William Eustis	Democratic-Republican	1,376	84.5%	✓
10	Other candidates		160	9.8%
10	Robert Sullivan	Federalist	93	5.7%
11	Aaron Hobart	Adams/Clay	1,206	58.1%	✓
11	Cushing Otis	Federalist	869	41.8%
12	Francis Bayliss	Jacksonian	1,297	65.9%	✓
12	Hercules Cushman	Democratic-Republican	661	33.6%
13	John Read	Adams/Clay	857	53.4%	✓
13	Walter Folger, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	746	46.5%

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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18th Congress: Massachusetts 1822

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