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September 18, 1821
The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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The Portland Gazette reports on the 1821 Maine gubernatorial and legislative elections. Judge Parris appears favored to win with a slim majority over Federalist Whitman and others. Federalists gain ground in House races; Senate elections yield only 10 members, short of quorum. Detailed vote tables and elected representatives provided.
Merged-components note: Comprehensive election results report including textual analysis and vote tables from multiple counties; tables merged into domestic_news as they form integral part of the election coverage.
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THE GAZETTE.
PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1821.
Election.—The election of Judge Parris, is not yet past a doubt, the chance however is in his favor, though his majority will be much less than was anticipated by those who opposed or who advocated his cause. The disappointment and chagrin of his late sanguine partizans is written in legible characters on their lengthened visages.
The success which has attended the nomination of Mr. Whitman, notwithstanding its informality and the late hour at which it was made exceeds the expectations of his friends, and is highly creditable to the party which supported him. Beside the number of votes he actually received, it is to be added that many men who would have given him their support, either voted for one or the other candidates from not being apprized of the nomination of a federalist, or did not vote at all, from an idea that it would be wholly unavailing. The latter class will perceive now we trust that theirs was a mistaken notion & that if their aid could not have placed Mr. Whitman in the chair of state, they could have shown to other states that the number of those in this who regard political consistency & undeviating integrity is by no means contemptible; even without their assistance, he is placed in a minority that will command respect.
In some parts of the state, local and private considerations operated in the minds of Federalists against general principles, and we may instance the town of Augusta, where there is a large majority of federalists, which gave most of its votes for Judge Parris. On the result of senatorial nominations we cannot speak with certainty; we apprehend however, that in York only General McDonald and Mr. Rice have been elected; in Cumberland two federalists have probably been chosen and of the third the choice is doubtful; in Oxford Dr. Holland alone is probably chosen; in Kennebec, Mr. Bond and the two republican candidates are elected: in Lincoln, Mr. Rose is chosen, the others doubtful; in Somerset, Penobscot and Hancock it is thought there is no choice: in Washington, Mr. O'Brien is probably chosen. According to this calculation but ten Senators are elected by the people which leaves a majority not elected, and doubtful, a case we believe unexampled in the elections of any state. It will be perceived that if our anticipations prove correct, there will not be a quorum of the Senate chosen.
The election of representatives has terminated much more favourably to the federal party than was expected; a large number of towns which sent republicans last year, have returned federalists to the next Legislature. In fact the result of this election in every branch of government plainly manifests to us that a revolution is taking place in the minds of the people of this state on political subjects; that the democratic rule of last year, and the management for the ensuing, has produced an effect contrary to the intentions of the busy, officious intermeddlers who had raised within their own breasts, from their late brief authority, ill founded expectations of controlling the affairs of this state. Perhaps now, it may not be considered an impertinent question to a man high in office in our state to ask what he thinks of that "poor remnant of a party," which he lately thought completely, "prostrate," beneath the notice of an office-seeker, or the fear of an office-holder?
The constitution provides that a majority of each branch of the Legislature shall constitute a quorum. In the Senate that number is now eleven, but it does not appear that more than ten members are chosen: a question then arises, whether they can proceed to organize their body with a number less than a quorum.
The only cases contemplated in the constitution, in which a less number than a quorum can act, are, to adjourn from day to day, and to compel the attendance of absent members. But if the case should occur, that less than a quorum be chosen, it will probably be considered as a casus omissus, and necessity will require that the prescribed form be dispensed with, and that the vacancies be supplied in the usual manner, by a joint ballot of the House of Representatives and such Senators as shall appear to have been elected.
An instance something like this occurred in Massachusetts, after the separation: the constitution required that the Senate should consist of forty members, but by the then existing districts, only thirty-one could be chosen; yet they went on with this number, and made laws, which no one has thought it worth while to violate, for the sake of pleading their unconstitutionality.
The Governor and Council examine the lists of votes and issue summonses to such Senators as appear to be chosen; if not enough are chosen to do business, a provision of the constitution must be dispensed with, or the operations of government suspended.
Votes for Governor.
COUNTY OF YORK.
813 1659 969
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
2029 2140 275
COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
141 1094 1014 94
COUNTY OF KENNEbec
COUNTY OF HANCOCK.
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COUNTY OF OXFORD.
690 2097 149
COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT.
96 618 217 4
COUNTY OF SOMERSET.
364 1025 679 19
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON.
369 251 80 4
Total in 217 Towns, 6669 11726 4010 315
About 55 Towns and Plantations remain to be heard from.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.
IN YORK COUNTY.—Berwick, William A. Hays; Sanford, John Frost, 2d.—Kennebunk, Joseph Moody—Kennebunk-port, Simon Nowell—Alfred, Andrew Conant—Lyman, Thomas Sands—Kittery Joshua T. Chase—Biddeford, Isaac Emery—Lebanon, no choice—Shapleigh, no choice—Waterboro' sends none—Berwick, William Hobbs—Wells, Nahum Morrill—Hollis John Dennet—Newfield, none—York, none—Saco, George Scammon.
IN CUMBERLAND.—Portland, Isaac Adams, Asa Clap, Dudley Todd—Scarborough, Benj. Milliken jr.—North Yarmouth, Edward Russell—Cumberland, Ephriam Sturdevant—Falmouth, Edmond Knight—Westbrook, James Means—Brunswick, R. P. Dunlap—Harpswell, William Curtis—Windham, Moses Little—Gorham, Lothrop Lewis—Cape-Elizabeth, Lemuel Cobb—New-Gloucester, William Bradbury—Gray, Timothy Weymouth—Standish, Mark White—Bridgton, John Perley—Baldwin, William Fitch—Poland, Josiah Dunn, jr.—Danville, Ebenezer Witham—Durham, A. H. Cobb—Otisfield, Jonathan Britton—Minot, Godfrey Grosvenor.
IN KENNEbec.—Augusta, Ruel Williams—China, Robert Fletcher—Gardiner, J. Lord—Hallowell, Peleg Sprague—Monmouth, Benj. White—Readfield, John Smith—Vassalborough, Philip Leach—Winthrop, Andrew Wood.
IN LINCOLN.—Wiscasset, David Quinnam; Woolwich, Richard Harnden; Dresden, George Houdlette; Bowdoinham, Samuel Gray; Boothbay, Edmund Wilson; Topsham, Humphrey Purington; Bristol, Samuel Tucker; Waldoborough, John Head; Edgecomb, Stephen Parsons; Warren, Samuel Thacher; Thomaston, Martin Marsh; Bath, Benj. Aines; Bowdoin, S. Gray; Nobleborough, George Reid; Lewiston, James Lowell: Lisbon, Benj. H. Mace.
Dixmont, Samuel Butman; Anson, John Hilton; Embden, John McFadden; Norridgewock, Caleb Jewett, Denmark, Cyrus Incalls; Norway, Aaron Watkins; Hebron, Stephen Myrick; Paris, Henry Prentiss; Eastport, Worcester Tuttle; Machias, G. O'Brien.
MR. SHIRLEY,
Sir—For the first time for a number of years, we have chosen a federal Representative to Thomastown. Camden has done the same, and it is hoped this redeeming spirit which has gone abroad, will not rest until the state is in safe hands.
PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1821.
Election.—The election of Judge Parris, is not yet past a doubt, the chance however is in his favor, though his majority will be much less than was anticipated by those who opposed or who advocated his cause. The disappointment and chagrin of his late sanguine partizans is written in legible characters on their lengthened visages.
The success which has attended the nomination of Mr. Whitman, notwithstanding its informality and the late hour at which it was made exceeds the expectations of his friends, and is highly creditable to the party which supported him. Beside the number of votes he actually received, it is to be added that many men who would have given him their support, either voted for one or the other candidates from not being apprized of the nomination of a federalist, or did not vote at all, from an idea that it would be wholly unavailing. The latter class will perceive now we trust that theirs was a mistaken notion & that if their aid could not have placed Mr. Whitman in the chair of state, they could have shown to other states that the number of those in this who regard political consistency & undeviating integrity is by no means contemptible; even without their assistance, he is placed in a minority that will command respect.
In some parts of the state, local and private considerations operated in the minds of Federalists against general principles, and we may instance the town of Augusta, where there is a large majority of federalists, which gave most of its votes for Judge Parris. On the result of senatorial nominations we cannot speak with certainty; we apprehend however, that in York only General McDonald and Mr. Rice have been elected; in Cumberland two federalists have probably been chosen and of the third the choice is doubtful; in Oxford Dr. Holland alone is probably chosen; in Kennebec, Mr. Bond and the two republican candidates are elected: in Lincoln, Mr. Rose is chosen, the others doubtful; in Somerset, Penobscot and Hancock it is thought there is no choice: in Washington, Mr. O'Brien is probably chosen. According to this calculation but ten Senators are elected by the people which leaves a majority not elected, and doubtful, a case we believe unexampled in the elections of any state. It will be perceived that if our anticipations prove correct, there will not be a quorum of the Senate chosen.
The election of representatives has terminated much more favourably to the federal party than was expected; a large number of towns which sent republicans last year, have returned federalists to the next Legislature. In fact the result of this election in every branch of government plainly manifests to us that a revolution is taking place in the minds of the people of this state on political subjects; that the democratic rule of last year, and the management for the ensuing, has produced an effect contrary to the intentions of the busy, officious intermeddlers who had raised within their own breasts, from their late brief authority, ill founded expectations of controlling the affairs of this state. Perhaps now, it may not be considered an impertinent question to a man high in office in our state to ask what he thinks of that "poor remnant of a party," which he lately thought completely, "prostrate," beneath the notice of an office-seeker, or the fear of an office-holder?
The constitution provides that a majority of each branch of the Legislature shall constitute a quorum. In the Senate that number is now eleven, but it does not appear that more than ten members are chosen: a question then arises, whether they can proceed to organize their body with a number less than a quorum.
| What. | Parris. | Wing. | Seal. | |
| Kennebunk, | 96 | 33 | 6 | 00 |
| Kennebunkport, | 40 | 33 | 0 | 00 |
| Wells, | 14 | 50 | 3 | 00 |
| Alfred | 75 | 84 | 0 | 00 |
| Lyman, | 67 | 17 | 30 | 00 |
| Biddeford, | 20 | 47 | 97 | 00 |
| Saco, | 29 | 110 | 175 | 00 |
| Buxton, | 34 | 128 | 154 | 00 |
| Hollis, | 3 | 126 | 83 | 00 |
| York, | 58 | 79 | 00 | 00 |
| Kittery, | 00 | 36 | 31 | 00 |
| S. Berwick, | 16 | 86 | 49 | 00 |
| Berwick, | 2 | 80 | 110 | 00 |
| Newfield, | 70 | 14 | 2 | 00 |
| Limerick, | 51 | 48 | 1 | 00 |
| Parsonsfield, | 42 | 155 | 3 | 00 |
| Limington, | 25 | 126 | 1 | 00 |
| Lebanon, | 1 | 44 | 104 | 00 |
| Sanford, | 69 | 30 | 14 | 00 |
| Shapleigh, | 64 | 94 | 68 | 00 |
| Elliot, | 41 | 52 | 00 | 00 |
| Waterborough, | 95 | 37 | ||
| Cornish, | 16 | 92 | 1 |
| Portland, | 394 | 339 | 143 | 10 |
| Scarborough, | 18 | 123 | 26 | |
| North-Yarmouth, | 149 | 24 | 3 | 3 |
| Cumberland, | 59 | 72 | 1 | |
| Falmouth, | 83 | 102 | 1 | |
| Westbrook, | 51 | 222 | 9 | |
| Brunswick, | 115 | 24 | 56 | |
| Harpswell, | 32 | 6 | 25 | |
| Windham, | 81 | 30 | 3 | |
| Gorham, | 138 | 92 | 1 | |
| Cape Elizabeth, | 14 | 73 | ||
| New Gloucester, | 127 | 125 | 2 | |
| Gray, | 39 | 103 | ||
| Standish, | 44 | 78 | ||
| Bridgton, | 81 | 79 | 3 | 3 |
| Harrison, | 30 | 38 | ||
| Baldwin, | 42 | 54 | ||
| Poland, | 40 | 136 | 6 | |
| Danville, | 46 | 50 | 1 | |
| Durham, | 43 | 76 | ||
| Freeport, | 98 | 31 | 2 | 52 |
| Raymond, | 23 | 63 | ||
| Otisfield, | 67 | 18 | ||
| Minot, | 165 | 133 | 1 | |
| Pownal, | 50 | 49 |
The only cases contemplated in the constitution, in which a less number than a quorum can act, are, to adjourn from day to day, and to compel the attendance of absent members. But if the case should occur, that less than a quorum be chosen, it will probably be considered as a casus omissus, and necessity will require that the prescribed form be dispensed with, and that the vacancies be supplied in the usual manner, by a joint ballot of the House of Representatives and such Senators as shall appear to have been elected.
An instance something like this occurred in Massachusetts, after the separation: the constitution required that the Senate should consist of forty members, but by the then existing districts, only thirty-one could be chosen; yet they went on with this number, and made laws, which no one has thought it worth while to violate, for the sake of pleading their unconstitutionality.
The Governor and Council examine the lists of votes and issue summonses to such Senators as appear to be chosen; if not enough are chosen to do business, a provision of the constitution must be dispensed with, or the operations of government suspended.
Votes for Governor.
COUNTY OF YORK.
813 1659 969
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
2029 2140 275
COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
141 1094 1014 94
COUNTY OF KENNEbec
COUNTY OF HANCOCK.
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| Wiscasset, | 30 | 37 | 76 |
| Newcastle, | 28 | 22 | 23 |
| Woolwich, | 49 | 11 | 100 |
| Dresden, | 4 | 56 | |
| Bowdoinham, | 35 | 24 | 62 |
| Boothbay, | 14 | 38 | 1 |
| Topsham, | 110 | 17 | 7 |
| Bristol, | 72 | 68 | 17 |
| Waldoborough, | 148 | 21 | 16 |
| Edgecomb, | 32 | 19 | 31 |
| Warren, | 98 | 57 | 3 |
| Thomaston, | 60 | 106 | 36 |
| Bath, | 68 | 37 | 288 |
| Union, | 68 | 3 | 18 |
| Bowdoin, | 37 | 24 | 62 |
| Nobleborough, | 23 | 67 | 2 |
| Camden, | 59 | 72 | |
| Lewiston, | 64 | 45 | 6 |
| Litchfield, | 11 | 30 | 11 |
| Lisbon, | 110 | 40 | 17 |
| Hope, | 8 | 12 | 61 |
| St. George, | 40 | ||
| Palermo, | 83 | ||
| Montville, | 89 | ||
| Jefferson, | 34 | 6 | 52 |
| Putnam, | 34 | ||
| Whitefield, | 43 | 38 | 24 |
| Alna, | 43 | 17 | 3 |
| Phipsburg, | 67 | 14 | 21 |
| Georgetown, | 11 | 33 | 21 |
| Patricktown Plantation, | 20 |
| Augusta, | 5 | 195 | 8 | 3 |
| Vienna, | 50 | |||
| Rome, | 60 | |||
| Clinton, | 42 | 52 | 1 | 2 |
| China, | 58 | 21 | 14 | |
| Winslow, | 5 | 43 | 11 | 10 |
| Dearborn, | 11 | 5 | ||
| Belgrade, | 15 | 89 | ||
| Freedom, | 75 | |||
| Farmington, | 51 | 129 | 11 | |
| Fayette, | 22 | 67 | 11 | |
| Wayne, | 9 | 67 | 1 | |
| Gardiner, | 42 | 60 | 36 | |
| Green, | 13 | 83 | 2 | |
| Hallowell, | 112 | 114 | 72 | 1 |
| Harlem, | 62 | |||
| Leeds, | 27 | 160 | 1 | |
| Monmouth, | 10 | 175 | 9 | 3 |
| Mount Vernon, | 4 | 60 | 15 | |
| New Sharon, | 23 | 46 | 35 | |
| Pittston, | 18 | 49 | 9 | |
| Readfield, | 25 | 106 | 20 | |
| Unity, | 3 | 70 | 3 | |
| Joy, | 3 | 28 | 5 | |
| 25 Mile Plantation, | 28 | 4 | ||
| Vassalborough, | 39 | 34 | ||
| Waterville, | 29 | 66 | 2 | 43 |
| Wilton, | 86 | |||
| Winthrop, | 95 | 31 | 4 | 17 |
| 648 | 2093 | 260 | 72 |
| Castine, | 38 | 44 | 12 |
| Brooksville, | 35 | 38 | |
| Belfast, | 44 | 102 | 14 |
| Northport, | 26 | 11 | |
| Penobscot, | 15 | 54 | 12 |
| Orland, | 29 | 29 | |
| Sedgwick, | 53 | ||
| Frankfort, | 8 | 30 | 85 |
| Islesborough, | 8 | 7 | |
| Bucksport, | 45 | 31 | |
| Prospect, | 15 | 54 | 12 |
| Swanville | 22 | 23 | |
| Ellsworth, | 2 | 12 | 37 |
| Surry, | 4 | 41 | 32 |
| Liacovville, | 17 | 37 | 23 |
| Searsmont, | 14 | 23 | 22 |
| Belmout, | 30 | 44 | |
| Brooks, | 4 | 29 | 1 |
| Knox, | 40 | ||
| Jackson, | 20 | 1 |
| Buckfield, | 27 | 147 | 0 |
| Sumner, | 35 | 84 | 2 |
| Brownfield, | 3 | 79 | 23 |
| Hiram, | 22 | 54 | 0 |
| Bethel, | 24 | 118 | 0 |
| Newry, | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Albany, | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| Fryeburg, | 49 | 72 | 16 |
| Denmark, | 1 | 113 | 9 |
| Jay, | 11 | 123 | 0 |
| Hartford, | 8 | 105 | 2 |
| Livermore, | 24 | 141 | 0 |
| Mexico, | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dixfield, | 3 | 65 | 2 |
| Weld, | 14 | 53 | 2 |
| Peru, | 2 | 49 | 0 |
| Norway, | 92 | 78 | 0 |
| Hebron, | 129 | 42 | 13 |
| Paris, | 56 | 155 | 38 |
| Woodstock, | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Greenwood, | 0 | 45 | 14 |
| Rumford, | 29 | 53 | 12 |
| Andover, | 12 | 49 | 1 |
| Turner, | 18 | 154 | 10 |
| Waterford, | 60 | 65 | 0 |
| Sweden, | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Lovell, | 37 | 18 | 0 |
| Canton, | 2 | 79 | 4 |
| Sangerville, | 6 | 38 | |
| Garland, | 40 | 5 | |
| Hampden, | 7 | 34 | 98 |
| Newburgh, | 23 | 10 | |
| Dixmont, | 27 | 5 | |
| Jackson Plantation, | 12 | 7 | |
| Plantation Nos. 3 & 4, | 10 | 7 | |
| New Charleston, | 10 | 45 | 3 |
| Levant, | 17 | 4 | |
| Corinth, | 31 | 2 | |
| Exeter, | 53 | 3 | |
| Plant. No. 1, 3d R. | 12 | 7 | |
| Orrington, | 40 | ||
| Brewer, | 22 | 40 | 4 |
| Orono, | 6 | 38 | 13 |
| Bangor, | 37 | 59 | 36 |
| Sebeck, | 50 | 9 | |
| Etna, | 26 | 2 | |
| Williamsburg, | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Waldo, | 31 | 2 |
| Anson, | 8 | 60 | |
| New Portland, | 31 | 39 | 1 |
| Embden | 62 | 2 | |
| Bloomfield, | 69 | 11 | 36 |
| Norridgewock, | 73 | 74 | 80 |
| Bingham, | 11 | 9 | |
| Madison, | 40 | 52 | 14 |
| Solon, | 19 | 29 | 1 |
| Moscow, | 26 | ||
| North Hill, | 11 | 24 | |
| Canaan, | 14 | 89 | 47 |
| Warsaw, | 28 | ||
| Palmyra, | 12 | 37 | |
| St. Albans, | 12 | 43 | 33 |
| Corinna, | 8 | 42 | |
| Cornville, | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| Athens, | 9 | 15 | 51 |
| Harmony, | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| Ripley, | 23 | 12 | |
| Fairfield, | 39 | 53 | 56 |
| Freeman, | 31 | 1 | |
| Avon, | 62 | 6 | |
| Philips, | 40 | 41 | |
| Starks, | 42 | 73 | |
| Mercer, | 8 | 33 | 26 |
| Strong, | 1 | 46 | 23 |
| New Vineyard, | 41 | ||
| Parkman, | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| Industry, | 27 | 36 | 2 |
| East Pond Plant. | 22 | 4 | |
| Concord, | 3 | 15 | 2 |
COUNTY OF OXFORD.
690 2097 149
COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT.
96 618 217 4
COUNTY OF SOMERSET.
364 1025 679 19
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON.
369 251 80 4
Total in 217 Towns, 6669 11726 4010 315
About 55 Towns and Plantations remain to be heard from.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.
IN YORK COUNTY.—Berwick, William A. Hays; Sanford, John Frost, 2d.—Kennebunk, Joseph Moody—Kennebunk-port, Simon Nowell—Alfred, Andrew Conant—Lyman, Thomas Sands—Kittery Joshua T. Chase—Biddeford, Isaac Emery—Lebanon, no choice—Shapleigh, no choice—Waterboro' sends none—Berwick, William Hobbs—Wells, Nahum Morrill—Hollis John Dennet—Newfield, none—York, none—Saco, George Scammon.
IN CUMBERLAND.—Portland, Isaac Adams, Asa Clap, Dudley Todd—Scarborough, Benj. Milliken jr.—North Yarmouth, Edward Russell—Cumberland, Ephriam Sturdevant—Falmouth, Edmond Knight—Westbrook, James Means—Brunswick, R. P. Dunlap—Harpswell, William Curtis—Windham, Moses Little—Gorham, Lothrop Lewis—Cape-Elizabeth, Lemuel Cobb—New-Gloucester, William Bradbury—Gray, Timothy Weymouth—Standish, Mark White—Bridgton, John Perley—Baldwin, William Fitch—Poland, Josiah Dunn, jr.—Danville, Ebenezer Witham—Durham, A. H. Cobb—Otisfield, Jonathan Britton—Minot, Godfrey Grosvenor.
IN KENNEbec.—Augusta, Ruel Williams—China, Robert Fletcher—Gardiner, J. Lord—Hallowell, Peleg Sprague—Monmouth, Benj. White—Readfield, John Smith—Vassalborough, Philip Leach—Winthrop, Andrew Wood.
IN LINCOLN.—Wiscasset, David Quinnam; Woolwich, Richard Harnden; Dresden, George Houdlette; Bowdoinham, Samuel Gray; Boothbay, Edmund Wilson; Topsham, Humphrey Purington; Bristol, Samuel Tucker; Waldoborough, John Head; Edgecomb, Stephen Parsons; Warren, Samuel Thacher; Thomaston, Martin Marsh; Bath, Benj. Aines; Bowdoin, S. Gray; Nobleborough, George Reid; Lewiston, James Lowell: Lisbon, Benj. H. Mace.
Dixmont, Samuel Butman; Anson, John Hilton; Embden, John McFadden; Norridgewock, Caleb Jewett, Denmark, Cyrus Incalls; Norway, Aaron Watkins; Hebron, Stephen Myrick; Paris, Henry Prentiss; Eastport, Worcester Tuttle; Machias, G. O'Brien.
MR. SHIRLEY,
Sir—For the first time for a number of years, we have chosen a federal Representative to Thomastown. Camden has done the same, and it is hoped this redeeming spirit which has gone abroad, will not rest until the state is in safe hands.
| Columbia, | 45 | 24 | |
| Eastport, | 83 | 53 | 38 |
| Lubec, | 90 | 30 | 19 |
| Machias, | 70 | 115 | 23 |
| Steuben, | 38 | 29 | |
| Harrington, | 43 |
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Maine Election
1821 Governor
Judge Parris
Mr Whitman
Federalist Gains
State Senate
House Representatives
What entities or persons were involved?
Judge Parris
Mr. Whitman
General Mcdonald
Mr. Rice
Dr. Holland
Mr. Bond
Mr. Rose
Mr. O'brien
Where did it happen?
Maine
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Maine
Event Date
September 18, 1821
Key Persons
Judge Parris
Mr. Whitman
General Mcdonald
Mr. Rice
Dr. Holland
Mr. Bond
Mr. Rose
Mr. O'brien
Outcome
judge parris likely elected governor with slim majority; federalist whitman receives strong support; only 10 senators elected, short of quorum; federalists gain seats in house of representatives.
Event Details
The Gazette reports preliminary results of the 1821 Maine elections for governor, state senate, and house. Commentary notes Federalist gains and Republican disappointments. Detailed vote tallies by town and county provided, along with list of elected representatives. Discussion on constitutional quorum issues for incomplete senate.