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A
MASSACHUSETTS
YEAR BOOK
1
974.4 M389 1895 1494112
GENEALOGY COLLECTION
Jtiason & Hamlin DISCARDEL IANOS
Are the ONLY Pianos manufactured on the improved and now celebrated Screw-Stringer system, invented and patented by the Mason & Hamlin Co. in 1883. This in- vention is the greatest improvement in Pianos in twenty- five years, and owing to it the Piano is but slightly affected by trying atmospheric conditions, and does not require one-quarter as much tuning as Pianos generally.
In all respects these Pianos illustrate the same
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE
which has always characterized the Mason & Hamlin Organs, and won for them HIGHEST AWARDS at all Great World's Fairs since that of Paris, 1867.
No one contemplating the purchase of a Piano should fail to examine these instruments.
Write for particulars. Illustrated Catalogues free.
Atlason & hamlin
BOSTON. NEW YORK,
CHICAGO. KANSAS CITY,
AALLON UVONIT PODLIV LIDMAAT
3 1833 01188 6022
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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THE
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
INCORPORATED 1851.
Assets Jan. 1, 1895,
$15,653,366.60
Liabilities 66
14,509,694.31
Surplus
66 1,143,672.29
Definite paid-up and cash surrender values endorsed on every policy.
M. V. B. EDGERLY, JOHN A. HALL,
President. Secretary.
GEO. N. CARPENTER, Manager, 31 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
JAS. L. JOHNSON, General Agent, Masonic Building, Springfield, Mass,
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
STEAM
OLLERS
THE O. S.KELLY CO. Springfield, Ohio. U.S.A.
NEW ENGLAND BRANCH,
GEO. E. TOWNSEND, Manager.
OFFICE-Smith Building, 15 Court Sq., Boston. WAREHOUSE-Bever Brook Station, Waltham.
CHAS. K. REED, TAXIDERMIST
And Dealer in Instruments and Sup- plies for Ornithologists, Oologists, Entomologists, Botanists and Tax- idermists. Also, Birds' Eggs, Shells and Curiosities. School and College Collections of Natural History Specimens a Specialty. Gold Fish, Fish Globes and Supplies.
Manufacturer of
OVAL CONVEX GLASS
WALL SHADES
With Flat Corners. (Patented)
262 Main Street, WORCESTER.
Stamp for Catalogue. .
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. NORCROSS.
O. W. NORCROSS.
NORCROSS BROTHERS,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Cincinnati, Ohio.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BUILDINGS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Contractors Builders
OF LARGE AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
Also dealers in Brown Sandstone, from our own quarries at East Longmeadow, Mass., and Granite of a Superior Quality from our Braggville, Mass., and Stony Creek, Conn., Quarries.
Specimens of our stone can be seen in some of the buildings we have erected. viz .: Trinity Church, F. L. Ames' Building, corner Kingston and Bedford Streets, and J. N. Fiske, 87 State Street, Boston, Mass .; All Saints' Church, and Burnside Building, Worcester, Mass .; Union League Club House, corner 5th Avenue and 39th Street, Union Theological Buildings, corner 4th Avenue and 69th Street, and Holy Trinity Church, 122d Street, New York City; Osborn Hall, New Haven, Conn .; Crouse Memorial Building for the Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. The new Stations for the Boston and Albany Railroad Co. at South Framing- ham, Auburndale, Ashland, Brighton. Wellesley Hills, Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Eliot, Waban, Woodland and Springfield, and at Hartford, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
Marshall Field's Building, Chicago, covering the entire square bounded by Franklin, Adams and Monroe Streets and Fifth Avenue, and J. J. Glessner's house, Prairie Avenue, Chicago, the New York Life Insurance Co.'s Buildings at Omaha and Kansas City.
Allegheny County Buildings, Pittsburgh, Pa., and new Chamber of Com- merce, Cincinnati, Ohio; J. R. Lionberger Block, St. Louis, Mo .; also the Ex- change Building, State Street, and F. L. Ames' new Block, corner Court and Washington Streets, Boston, Mass .; the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston; Youth's Companion Building, Boston; Equitable Building, Fayette Street, corner Calvert, Baltimore, Md.
MAIN OFFICE :
10 EAST WORCESTER STREET, - - - WORCESTER, MASS. Just East of the Union Depot.
BRANCH OFFICES :
No. 79 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. | 160 Fifth Avenue, New York City. No. 11 Harris Avenue, Providence, R. I. No. 269 W. River Street, Cleveland, O.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORGANIZED 1866.
TFORD
STEA HARTFORD.
Y
ANCE O
ECTI
CONN.
AND INSU
THOROUGH INSPECTIONS AND Insurance against loss or damage to property and loss of life and injury to persons caused by
STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
J. M. ALLEN, President.
J. B. PIERCE, Secretary.
W. B. FRANKLIN, Vice President. F. B. ALLEN, 2d Vice-President.
Weymouth Lathe Turning
Band and Scroll Sawing
Moulding
Furniture Repairing
CABINET WORK
IN ITS
SPECIAL BRANCHES.
J. W. Loring & Son,
No. 86 Foster Street,
WORCESTER, MASS.
J. W. LORING.
E. H. LORING.
Correspondence invited.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bay State Electrotype Foundry
OF ELECTROTYPIN
ORIGIN OF ING 1838 THOMAS SPENCER BAY STATE Cupvaighted Ajitas
ESTABLISHED 1873.
L. W. ROGERS, PROPRIETOR.
Telephone 2833.
We will take your Photo- graph, or Design or Ma- chine, and make Cuts and Electrotypes ready for printing.
ALL KINDS OF Book and Job Work Finished in the Best Manner.
FINE CUT WORK A SPECIALTY. Estimates Cheerfully Given.
165 Devonshire and 26 Arch Sts., Boston, Mass.
EDWIN HAWES,
AGENT FOR THE
VOLUNTEER & ALL RIGHT
Steam and
Hot Water Boilers
GIUNTEER
A CON
CELAND - CO PROVAI
For House and Block Heating. All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates furnished.
No. 246 Main Street, Worcester, Mass.
K
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Waverley BICYCLES.
High Frame, Wood Rim. Scorcher, Weight, 22 lbs .. $85.
Steel Rims, G. & J. Tires, 25 lbs., $85.
Regular Frame, same weights. $85.
Ladies' Drop Frame, same Weights and Tires, $75.
26 - inch Diamond. Wood Rims, Weight. 21 lbs .. $75.
ARE THE HIGHEST OF ALL HIGH GRADES.
Warranted Superior to any Bicycle built in the World, regard- less of Price.
Read the following opinion of one of the most prominent American dealers who has sold hundreds of these wheels :
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 2, 1894. Indiana Bicycle Co., Indianapolis, Ind:
Gentlemen: The Waverley Scorcher and Belle came to hand yesterday. We are afraid you have sent us the high- priced wheel by mistake. You can't mean to tell us that this wheel retails for $85 ? We must say that it is, with- out exception, the prettiest wheel we have ever seen, and, moreover, we have faith in it, although it weighs only 22 lbs., for of all Waverleys we have sold this year and last (and you know that is a right good number), we have never had a single frame nor fork broken, either from accident or defect, and that is more than we can say of any other wheel, how- ever high grade, so called, that we sell. We congratulate ourselves every day that we are the Waverley agents.
Yours truly,
WALTER C. MERCER & CO.
Are you looking for the best Bicycle that money will buy, or do you want to spend the most money you can, with the expectation that price makes the wheel ? If the former, buy a Waverley.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. WHIT COMB & CO.
ELECTROTYPERS,
42 ARCH STREET, ro
MODA THAN
BOSTON
We make Electrotypes of Books, Job Work, and Cuts for illustration. Cuts or Advertisements by the quantity for advertisers. Binders' Dies, Boot Stamps, Machine Name Plates, or any work in the line of Electrotyping. Cuts engraved from Photographs, designs, or reproduced. Type Composition furnished as required.
BEST WORK.
FAIR PRICES.
H. C. WHITCOMB & CO., 42 ARCH STREET, BOSTON.
THE
Bay State Beneficiary Association,
OF WESTFIELD, MASS.
THIRTEEN YEARS OF GRANDEST SUCCESS AND HONORABLE RECORD.
A NATURAL PREMIUM EQUITABLE POLICY, Under Massachusetts Insurance Law.
IT HAS
Over 17,000 Policy Holders. Paid in Death Claims over $3,600,000. Fifty Millions Insurance in Force. An Emergency Fund of over a Quar- ter of a Million. Direct State Supervision, Protection and Guarantee.
UNRIVALLED SPECIAL FEATURES. Policies have a Cash Surrender Value after five years. Dividends Payable after ten years. Reserve Credit is paid in addition to face of Policy, in case of death after Fifteen years.
In the event of Total Disability half the face of the policy will be paid while living.
R. W. PARKS, President. F. E. LITCHFIELD, Secretary. C. M. GOODWIN, Treasurer.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
R.B. Eur
R. B. CURRIER, WHOLESALE
Lumber
Merchant
Business Established in 1873.
OFFICE : CORNER DWIGHT AND LYMAN STREETS, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
SPECIALTIES :
Michigan White Pine, Alabama Yellow Pine, North Carolina Pine, Southern Whitewood, Pine and Cedar Shingles.
STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. WORCESTER, MASS.
Ratio of Assets to Liabilities 114 to 100.
Annual Dividends of Surplus; Claims paid on proof of death; Policy Contract simple and liberal ; no needless restrictions or useless technicalities.
No Massachusetts Life Company Ever Failed.
This company paid all the Death Claims of the first forty-five years from the interest earned by its invested funds.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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J. FRANK GEAR,
DEALER IN
SURGICAL, ELECTRICAL, VETERINARY
INSTRUMENTS
A COMPLETE LINE OF
Medical Batteries and Electrical Appliances.
Elastic Stockings for the support of Varicose Veins, Sprains, Weak Ankles, etc.
Particular attention given to the fitting of Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Abdominal Belts, etc.
A large stock of Crutches, Bed Pans, Urinals, and all articles for invalid's use.
Mail Orders Solicited.
No. 41 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.
Jordan & Christie
MANUFACTURERS DRUSHES WHOLESALE DEALERS
26 Merchants Row, BOSTON,
Telephone Connection.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Harwood Mfg. Co. Chair Department. H. JJ. HARWOOD, MANAGER.
LODGE ROOM
HALL,
AND
RAILROAD
CHURCH,
STATION
THEATRE,
SEATS
OF THE MOST IMPROVED PATTERNS. PORTABLE FOLDING CHAIRS AND SETTEES.
(Opposite United States Hotel.)
136 Lincoln Street, Boston.
Municipal Contracts
Are always considered pretty good contracts and are sought after by enterprising business houses in all lines as the very creme of money making enterprises.
The specifications are plain ; the require- ments clearly defined ; the parties honorable, and the pay sure and prompt.
What More Do You Want ?
To put yourself in touch with the public officials of this great Commonwealth, who are the ones to make such contracts, hang your sign up in the pages of the Massachusetts Year Book and thereby constantly remind them that you are out for business.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR KINDERGARTEN MATERIAL
And Furniture of every description, correspond with us. For this line of business we are the largest and best equipped house in the world. We have many
SCHOOL DEVICES
outside the regular kindergarten line, which will interest you. Material and appliances for Color Teaching, Mechanical Drawing and Manual Training are specialties with us. Send for catalogue.
We publish a monthly magazine-" The Kindergarten News."
MILTON BRADLEY CO.,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
R. F. HAWKINS'
IRON WORKS
ESTABLISHED 1840.
Iron and Steel Bridges, Buildings, Roofs and Turn Tables, Steam Boilers, Iron Castings, Etc.
R. F. HAWKINS, Prop'r. C. H. MULLIGAN, Supt. MACE MOULTON, Engr.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Burr's Patent Combination Index. BURR'S RECORD INDEX
FOR THE USE OF
Banks, Insurance Companies, Assessors, State, County, Town and City Clerks, for indexing Deeds, Wills, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Tax Lists, Court Records, etc.
An Index for all purposes whereby any number of names can be recorded with nearly 4,000 divisions of the alphabet. Has no equal. Superior to all others.
Send for Descriptive Circular.
THE BURR INDEX CO., P. O. DRAWER 32,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHARLES T. PULSIFER.
JEDIAH P. JORDAN.
Pulsifer, Jordan & Co. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PAPERS
ENVELOPES, CARDBOARDS, CARDS, AND ALL Papers for use of Printers, Lithographers, Engravers, Stationers and Manufacturers.
183 to 193 CONGRESS STREET,
Correspondence Solicited.
BOSTON, MASS.
MESSRS.
CARTER, RICE & CO. INCORPORATED.
246 DEVONSHIRE STREET,
BOSTON, MASS.
Paper
THE LARGEST DEALERS IN THE COUNTRY.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
Do You USE
CUTS ?
PHOTO-ENGRAVING of every description by both LINE and HALF-TONE Processes.
Boston Engraving Co.,
227 TREMONT STREET, -
- BOSTON, MASS.
GET THE BEST
AND WHY? Unequaled Strength. Most Economical.
Perfectly Pure. Most Delicious,
COLTONS OF CHOICEST FRUITS . CINNAMON NUTMEG: CLOVE DELICIOUS EXTRACTS ABSOLUTELY WINTERGR'N LEMON-VANILLA COLTON'S SELECT ORANGE-ROSE ALMOND
PEACH SELECT
FLAVORS
OF CHOICEST FRUITS AND SPICES,
THE MOST DELICIOUS.
Of GREATEST STRENGTH AND
ECONOMY.
THE BEST IN 1861 THE BEST IN 1895
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
INSIST ON HAVING THE
Chandler Adjustable Seats and Desks
A W. ELL.S EAG.
BLACK BOARDS
OF NATURAL PENNSYLVANIA SLATE A," SPECIALTY." WRITE US FOR TERMS.
CHANDLER ADJUSTABLE SCHOOL FURNITURE CO., 7 TEMPLE PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS
YEAR BOOK
AND
CITY AND TOWN REGISTER, 1895.
CONTAINING A COMPLETE LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS AND THEIR OFFICERS, POPULATION, VALUATION, DEBT, TAX RATE, ELEC- 1
TION RETURNS; NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS;
COURTS, BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, NEWS- 0
PAPERS, HOTELS, PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY,
S
WITH AN UP-TO-DATE MAP OF THE STATE.
COMPILED BY ALFRED S. ROE.
WORCESTER: F. S. BLANCHARD & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. PRICE $1.00.
G. A. Andrewa, GEN'L AGENT, SALEM, - MASS.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1894 BY F. S. BLANCHARD & CO., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
PRESS OF F. S. BLANCHARD & CO., WORCESTER, MASS.
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PREFACE.
THE publishers of this book are fully aware that it was long since written "Of the making of many books, there is no end; " yet we do not believe that the Scripture worthy desired to imply that of the making of useful books there should be an end. This volume is prepared in answer to the repeated query, "Who is the Town Clerk in the Town of .... " or a desire to know the names of the Chairmen of the various Boards of Selectmen throughout the Common- wealth or some other item of town and city knowledge. Hitherto no such in- formation could be obtained in any single volume. The heads of librarians and others were racked to answer, yet in many cases, the only way was to write to the Postmaster or to address the official, as such, letting his cognomen remain in the No Name series. To compile this volume the reports of the State, cities and towns have been consulted, aggregating many hundred pamphlets and books, not to mention the thousands of letters and postal cards that have been sent in the pursuit of information. No matter how apparently insignificant the fact desired, it has been run down that we might have it right here, until within the covers of one volume we have gathered more information concerning the Massachusetts of to-day than was ever thus collected and collated before. The matter, thus brought together, goes sufficiently beyond any book of similar character to make for itself a special place. We have not sought to prepare a volume descriptive of the State of yesterday, but emphatically of this year of Grace, 1895. Though in each succeeding volume we shall aim to have one introductory bit of lore not to be found elsewhere, such as the History of the Electoral College of this Com- monwealth, found in this number, and which is owed to the kindness of State Librarian, C. B. Tillinghast.
There must be No. 1 of all things, good or bad. We hope this may prove the first of a long series of books which, as the years go by, will tell the story of Massachusetts to all who care to know. Naturally, as a beginning, it is exper- imental. The question constantly has been, not what shall we put in, but what can we leave out. Again, in reducing the compass of State reports, we have . sought brevity, possibly at the expense of desired detail. To what extent we have erred in this respect we shall never know unless patrons inform us. The state publishes thousands of pages which may or may not be read by any besides the experts or those particularly interested in the matter under consideration. For the sake of the general reader we have boiled whole volumes down to the least possible space, knowing that those who desire greater detail can get the
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reports themselves at the State House. The data that we have collated concern - ing the banks of the Commonwealth were never thus gotten together before. Not even the directories of cities have given what we here present. The annual town reports are not so full of detail concerning the very towns themselves as is this volume now in your hands. What possible fact about any city or town in Massachusetts is not found here ? Please ask yourself this question and seek an answer here.
Nothing is perfect. You will find errors, but as you read and find matters not to your liking, please make a note and inform the publishers. Again, if we have left out what you think ought to be here let us know that also. If we have printed what you think could with profit be omitted, be kind enough to acquaint us.
In conclusion, this book could never have been prepared without the kindest consideration of hundreds of people who have been consulted many times and oft. The almost uniform courtesy with which our inquiries have been treated is a glorious tribute to the brotherhood of man. Our thanks, hereby extended, are due to hundreds of Town and City Clerks, to many Postmasters who, whether Republican or Democrat, seem to be veritable Jobs in patience, to the scores of Bank officials who have cheerfully responded with data, and in fine, to every one who has written a letter or stated upon a postal what we desired to know. By name we would like to thank Secretary of State Wm. F. Olin, Sergeant- at-Arms J. G. B. Adams, Clerks E. A. Mclaughlin and H. T. Coolidge of the House and Senate, respectively, and their exceedingly obliging assistants for courtesies and facilites, also to State Librarian Tillinghast for the use of the store of information at his command, and for valuable suggestions. Nor should we forget the heads of other departments, at the State House, and their affable clerks, for information given.
This volume goes forth to the more than two million dwellers in this Com- monwealth with the hope that it may serve as a labor saver in the work that they have to do and in doing which there has come to this state her reputation for thrift and Yankee ingenuity. If it answers this purpose, to a large extent, the design of the publishers will have been carried out.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
A COMPLETE LIST AND RECORD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THEIR ACTION.
PREPARED BY C. B. TILLINGHAST, STATE LIBRARIAN.
In view of the fact that no record has been preserved at the State House of the meetings of the Electoral Colleges of Massachusetts for the first ten elections of President, the following complete list of the Electors and statement of the various methods by which they were chosen, and their organization and action, may prove of interest, and possess a positive value as a contribution to the political history of the Commonwealth. There have been twenty-seven elections of President, and it will be seen that at fifteen of them the vote of Massachusetts is recorded in favor of the successful candidate. At the remaining twelve elec- tions it was recorded as follows: 1800, John Adams; 1808, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; 1812, De Witt Clinton; 1816, Rufus King; 1828, John Quincy Adams; 1832, Henry Clay ; 1836, Daniel Webster; 1840, Henry Clay; 1852, Winfield Scott; 1856, John C. Fremont ; 1884, James G. Blaine; 1892, Benjamin Harrison.
The Federal Constitution provided that the "ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same." Massachusetts was the sixth in order, the date of its ratification being Feb. 6, 1788, and New Hampshire was the ninth, the date being June 21, 1788. It may be said in passing, that Rhode Island and North Carolina not having, at the date of the first election for President, ratified the Constitution, did not vote, and New York lost its vote because the Legislature could not agree upon any plan for the choice of Electors.
The Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution Sept. 13, 1788, directing that the choice of Electors of President and Vice-President should take place on the first Wednesday of January, 1789, and under this resolution the election of the first President took place. Under the Constitution the method of choosing the Electors was left to the determination of the Legislatures of the several States, and it will be seen that in Massachusetts, as in several of the other States, it was several years before there was any settled method.
1789 .- The first Electors from Massachusetts were chosen under a legislative resolve of Nov. 19, 1788, "For organizing the Federal Government." This divided the State into eight districts for the choice of Representatives in Congress and Presidential Electors. Two candidates were chosen by the people in each dis- trict, and from these the General Court by joint ballot in convention selected one. Two additional Electors were chosen by the Legislature from the people at large. The candidates were chosen by the people Dec. 18, 1788, and the choice was made by the Legislature Jan. 7, 1789.
The Electors, with their residence and the counties composing their several districts, were as follows:
William Cushing of Scituate, at large.
William Shepard of Westfield, at large.
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Caleb Davis of Boston, Suffolk.
Samuel Phillips of Andover, Essex.
Francis Dana of Cambridge, Middlesex.
Samuel Henshaw of Northampton, Hampshire and Berkshire.
William Sever of Kingston, Plymouth and Barnstable.
Moses Gill of Princeton, Worcester.
Walter Spooner of New Bedford, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket.
David Sewall of York, Me., York, Cumberland and Lincoln.
The Electoral College met at the Old State House, Feb. 4, 1789, and William Sever was chosen to preside. Its vote was cast unanimously for George Wash- ington of Virginia and John Adams of Massachusetts. The Electors did not designate the persons voted for as President and Vice-President until after the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in 1804.
1792 .- The Electors for the second Presidential election were chosen under a Legislative resolve of June 30, 1792, which divided the State into four districts, the first comprising Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex counties, to be entitled to five Electors; the second comprising Hampshire, Berkshire and Worcester counties, and entitled to five Electors; the third to include Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket, and to have three Electors, and the Fourth District to be composed of the Maine counties and to be entitled to three Electors. It will be noticed that no Electors were chosen at large by this plan. The Electors were chosen by the people at an election held Nov. 2, 1792, and in cases where there was no choice by the people the vacancies were filled by joint ballot of the Legisla- ture, Nov. 14, 1792. A session of the General Court to fill these vacancies was held at Concord, for the reason that the small-pox was at that time prevalent in Boston.
Bradford, in his History of Massachusetts, volume 3, page 36, states that it was generally admitted at this time that while the Legislature was given the consti- tutional right to prescribe the mode in which the Electors should be chosen, the choice was to be made by the people themselves. It was deemed advisable to divide the State into districts for the purpose in order that the people might be better acquainted with the persons for whom they were to vote. For several succeeding elections, as will be seen, the method of choosing the Electors varied. Sometimes they were chosen by districts, sometimes by a general ticket, some- times the Legislature decided to make the choice itself. The political com- plexion of the times had its influence in determining the methods followed.
At the session of Congress preceding this election a general law was passed governing the method of procedure of the Electoral Colleges, one provision of which was that the Executive authority of each State shall certify to three lists of the Electors. Governor Hancock was very jealous of any infringement by the General Government upon his prerogative as Governor, and he sent a message to the Legislature to the effect that while he was willing to perform the duty, he considered the mandatory requirement an improper one for the General Gov- ernment to make upon the Supreme Executive of an independent State. The following is the list of the Electoral College as finally constituted, those marked by stars having been chosen by the Legislature in cases where the people failed to elect:
Azor Orne of Marblehead, First District.
Francis Dana of Cambridge, First District.
Increase Sumner of Roxbury, First District.
*Thomas Dawes of Boston, First District.
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*Samuel Holten of Danvers, First District.
*Moses Gill of Princeton, Second District.
*William Shepard of Westfield, Second District.
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