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1790–1792 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

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Field	Value
election_name	United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1790–1792
country	Massachusetts
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1788–1789
previous_year	1788
next_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1792–1793
next_year	1792
seats_for_election	All 8 Massachusetts seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date	October 4, 1790 - April 2, 1792
party1	Pro-Administration Party (United States)
last_election1	6
seats1	7
seat_change1	1
party2	Anti-Administration Party (United States)
last_election2	2
seats2	1
seat_change2	1

Elections for the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd Congress were held in Massachusetts beginning October 4, 1790, with subsequent elections held in four districts due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

Background

In the previous election, 6 Pro-Administration and 2 Anti-Administration Representatives had been elected. One representative, George Partridge (P) of the resigned August 14, 1790. His seat was vacant at the time of the 1790 elections, so that there were 5 Pro-Administration and 2 Anti-Administration incumbents, all of whom ran for re-election.

Three candidates ran in districts with different numbers from the previous election. It is not clear from the source used whether there was redistricting or if the districts had simply been renumbered.

Massachusetts law at the time required a majority for election. This occurred on the first ballot in the , , and districts. In the remaining four districts additional elections were required. In the and districts, a majority was achieved on the 2nd ballot. In the , a majority was achieved on the 4th ballot, while in the district, 9 ballots were required.

First Ballot

The first ballot was held on October 4, 1790. Four representatives, from the , , , and districts won on the first ballot.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration	Unknown Party Affiliation
		Fisher Ames (I)		1,850		75.1%
	Thomas Dawes	218	8.8%
		Benjamin Goodhue (I)		1,027		88.8%
			Elbridge Gerry (I)		1,067
		Theodore Sedgwick (I)		2,241		75.0%
Samuel Lyman	487	16.3%
	Shearjashub Bourne	298	41.8%
	Joshua Thomas	149	20.9%
	George Leonard (I)	327	22.3%
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	245	16.7%
David Cobb	189	12.9%
	Artemas Ward	798	39.0%
		Nathan Tyler	151
	George Thatcher (I)	609	37.2%
Peleg Wadsworth	25	1.5%	William Lithgow
	Nathaniel Wells	263	16.1%
William Martin	80	4.9%
Arthur Noble	59	3.6%
Daniel Davis	29	1.8%
Scattering	57	3.5%

Second ballot

The second ballot was held in the , , , and districts on November 26, 1790. A majority was achieved in the 5th and 7th districts on the second ballot

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration	Unknown Party Affiliation
		Shearjashub Bourne		667	65.3%
	Thomas Davis	77	7.5%
	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	402	25.7%%
George Leonard (I)	196	12.5%
David Cobb	134	8.6%
		Artemas Ward		1,248	56.6%
	George Thatcher (I)	421	49.8%
	William Lithgow	125	14.8%
Scattering	37	4.4%

Third ballot

The third ballot was held in the and districts on January 25, 1791. Neither district achieved a majority on this ballot.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration	Unknown Party Affiliation
	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	603	24.0%
George Leonard (I)	213	8.5%
David Cobb	134	5.3%
	George Thatcher (I)	1,137	49.1%
	Nathaniel Wells	259	11.2%

Fourth ballot

The fourth ballot was held in the and districts on April 4, 1791. A majority was achieved in the 8th district.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration	Unknown Party Affiliation
	Peleg Coffin, Jr.	420	15.7%
George Leonard (I)	143	5.3%
David Cobb	39	1.5%
		George Thatcher (I)		2,738	52.3%
	Nathaniel Wells	347	6.6%

Fifth ballot

The fifth ballot was held in the on September 8, 1791. A majority was not achieved. This was the last ballot before the first session of the 2nd Congress began on October 24, 1791. The 6th district was still vacant at the start of the 1st session.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration	Unknown Party Affiliation
	George Leonard (I)	555	29.3%
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	412	21.8%

Sixth ballot

The sixth ballot was held in the on November 11, 1791. A majority was not achieved.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration
	George Leonard (I)	795
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	310	16.2%

Seventh ballot

The seventh ballot was held in the on December 26, 1791. A majority was not achieved.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration
	George Leonard (I)	983
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	484	22.5%

Eighth ballot

The eighth ballot was held in the on December 26, 1791, during the 1st session of the 2nd Congress.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration
	George Leonard (I)	983
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	484	22.2%

Ninth ballot

The ninth and final ballot was held in the on April 2, 1792, near the end of the 1st session of the 2nd Congress.

District	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration
		George Leonard (I)		1,161
Peleg Coffin, Jr.	348	16.7%

Notes

References

Electoral data are from Ourcampaigns.com

References

In the 6th district
Eventual winner
"2nd Congress membership roster".

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