1875-11-02 ElectionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss:
To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth, to notify and warn, in the usual manner,
the qualified voters of said town, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Tuesday the Second of
November next, at Eight o'dock in the forenoon.
To give in their votes by ballot, for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer
and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a Councillor for the
Fifth District, a County Commissioner for the County of Essex, a Senator for the Fifth Essex District,
and Two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth District of the County of Essex.
The votes for all the above offices will be received on one piece of paper, and the polls will
close at half past four o'clock P.M. unless otherwise ordered at the meeting.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, before the time
appointed for such meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 21st day of October A.D. 1875.
John I. Baker
Joseph Wilson
J. H. Young
Selectmen of Beverly
Essex ss: October 23 A.D. 1875 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons
therein named, as therein directed, by posting notification state the time, place and objects of said
meeting, at all the several places in town, required by the Town Regulations.
William P. Moses, Constable of Beverly
A true record of the original warrant and return thereon.
Attest James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, qualified as by
the Constitution required to vote for Civil Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November, being the Second day of said month, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Seventy Five, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a Councillor
for the Fifth District, a County Commissioner for the County of Essex, a Senator for the Fifth Essex
District, and Two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth District of the County of Essex.
All the ballots given in thereof made, as by the Constitution is directed, and were for the following
persons, namely:
For Governor
Alexander H. Rice of Boston, Two hundred and forty
William Gaston of Boston, One hundred and eighty one
John I. Baker of Beverly, Three hundred and eighty four
Charles Francis Adams of Quincy, twelve votes
Benjamin F. Butler of Gloucester, one
Wendell Phillips of Boston, one
Daniel F. Smith of Beverly, one
For Lieutenant Governor
Horatio G. Knight of Easthampton, Six hundred & thirty two
John Quincy Adams of Quincy, one hundred & seventy eight
William F. Bartlett of Pittsfield, Eleven votes
Daniel F. Smith of Beverly, one vote
For Secretary
Henry B. Pierce of Abington, Six hundred and twenty seven
George H. Munroe of Boston, One hundred and ninety four
For Treasurer
Charles Endicott of Canton, Six hundred and forty four
Preston Howland of Fairhaven, One hundred and Seventy Seven
For Auditor
Julius L. Clarke of Newton, Six hundred & thirty two
John E Fitzgerald of Boston, One hundred & eighty six
For Attorney General
Charles R. Train of Boston, Six hundred & forty two
George F. Verry of Boston, fifty eight
George F. Verry of Worcester, One hundred & Eighteen
Hertry P. Moulton of Beverly, two votes
For Councillor
Robert Couch of Newburyport, Six hundred & thirty eight
J. Sidney Howe of Methuen, One hundred & Sixty two
For County Commissioner
James Kimball of Salem, Six hundred & forty one
Jonathan Nayson of Amesbury, One hundred & Eighty
For Senator
Charles Howes of Essex, Four hundred & twenty six
Charles Howes of Essex, Two hundred & one
John P. Baker of Ipswich, One hundred & ninety one
For Representative to the General Court
John B. Hill of Beverly, three hundred & seventy seven
David A. Preston of Beverly, Three hundred & fifty four
Henry P. Woodberry of Beverly, Three hundred & forty three
John H. Woodberry of Beverly, Two hundred & seventy two
Henry P. Kitfield of Manchester, Ninety Seven
Joseph Woodberry 2d of Beverly, Six
Daniel F. Smith of Beverly, Seventeen
H. P. Woodberry of Beverly, Six
D. A. Preston of Beverly, Two
Robert R. Endicott of Beverly, Two
Charles Moulton, Two
Joseph W. Stocker, Elliolt Woodberry, Benjamin F. Bennett, Eben H, Moulton, one vote each
John I. Baker
Joseph Wilson
Freeborn W. Cressy
Selectmen
Of Beverly
James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of Manchester, Beverly, Hamilton, said towns comprising the Tenth
Representative District of the County of Essex, held at the office of the Town Clerk in Beverly on
Wednesday the Third day of November, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventy five, at Twelve
o'clock noon, to examine and compare the transcripts of the records of votes in said towns for Two
Representatives in the General Court for said District said transcripts were examined and compared
and the votes for Representative were for the following persons:
John B. Hill of Beverly, four hundred sixty four
David A. Preston of Beverly, four hundred twenty seven
Henry P. Woodberry of Beverly, four hundred thirteen
John H. Woodberry of Beverly, three hundred forty four
Henry P. Kitfield of Manchester, two hundred & twenty
Joseph Woodberry 2d of Beverly, ninety four
Daniel F. Smith of Beverly, thirty two
H. P. Woodberry of Beverly, six
D. A. Preston of Beverly, two
464
427
413
344
220
94
32
6
2
Charles Moulton of Beverly, Robert R. Endicott of Beverly, two votes each
William Crowell of Manchester, two
Joseph W. Stocker of Beverly, Elliott Woodberry of Beverly, Benjamin F. Bennett of Beverly, Eben
H. Moulton of Beverly, Samuel P. Allen of Manchester & John Lee of Manchester one vote each.
And John B. Hill of Beverly and David A. Preston of Beverly having the highest number of votes,
were declared elected and certificates of their election were duly issued and signed by us according
to law.
John Lee Town Clerk of Manchester
James Hill Town Clerk of Beverly
Joseph P. Lovering Town Clerk of Hamilton