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Burlington Free Press
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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In Lynn, Mass., a town election saw Whigs achieve a majority of 108 votes for selectmen, overturning a 190-vote Locofoco majority from last fall, marking a significant political shift. Historical vote tables from 1834-1839 show previous Locofoco dominance.
Merged-components note: The table contains vote data directly referenced in the preceding Lynn, Mass. election news item; spatial overlap in the same column confirms they form a single logical domestic news component.
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One of the most remarkable signs of the times that have fallen under our observation, is the complete rout of the Locofocos in the town of Lynn, Mass, distinguished for its shoe manufactures, and till of late for its Locofocoism. The regular Locofoco majority there for several years has varied from two to five hundred. The Boston Atlas gives the following tables of the state of parties there since 1834:
Last fall, the whole number of votes was 1,500, and the Locofoco majority was 190. On Monday last the number of votes thrown at the town election, was 1,514, and the WHIG MAJORITY on the vote for selectmen; was 108—a change of 300 votes in less than six months!
| Whigs | Locofocos | |
| 1834 | 355 | 805 |
| 1836 | 424 | 708 |
| 1838 | 565 | 769 |
| 1839 | 655 | 845 |
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Primary Location
Lynn, Mass
Event Date
Monday Last
Outcome
whig majority of 108 on vote for selectmen; change of 300 votes from locofoco majority of 190 last fall
Event Details
Complete rout of Locofocos in town election; votes: 1,514 total; previous Locofoco majorities varied from 200-500; historical data from 1834-1839 shows Locofoco dominance