1874-11-03 ElectionCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss:
To one of the Constables of the Town of Beverly. Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of said 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 Third day
of November next at Eight o'clock 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 Representative to
Congress for the Sixth District of Massachusetts, a Councillor for the Fifth District, a Sheriff, a
County Commissioner, two Special Commissioners, and three Commissioners of Insolvency for the
County of Essex, a District Attomey, for the Eastern District, 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 officers will be received on one piece of paper, and the polls will close at
half past four o'dock 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 said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 23d day of October A.D. 1874.
John I. Baker
J. H. Young
Joseph Wilson
Freebom W. Cressy
Selectmen
of Beverly
Essex Co. October 30m A.D. 1874. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons
therein named as therein directed, by posting notifications stating 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 copy of the original warrant and return thereon
Attest James Hill, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of Beverly, in the County of Essex qualified as by the
Constitution required to voted for civil officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November, being the third day of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy
four, 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
Representative to Congress for the Sixth District of Massachusetts, a Councillor for the Fifth District,
a Sheriff, a County Commissioner, two Special Commissioners, and three Commissioners of
Insolvency for the County of Essex, a District Attomey, for the Eastern District, a Senator for the
Fifth Essex District, and two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth District of the
County of Essex. All ballots given in therefor were sorted, counted and recorded and declaration
thereof made as by the Constitution is directed, and were for the following person, namely,
For Governor
Thomas Talbot of Billerica, six hundred and forty two votes
William Gaston of Boston, two hundred and forty votes
John I. Baker of Beverly, one vote
O. T. Lanphear of Beverly, one vote
For Lieutenant Governor
Horatio G. Knight of Easthampton, six hundred eighty three votes
William L. Smith of Springfield, two hundred and five votes
For Secretary
Oliver Warren of Northampton, six hundred eight five votes
Benjamin F. Mills of Williamstown, two hundred and two votes
For Treasurer
Charles Adams, Jr. of South Brookfield, six hundred eighty five votes.
Nathan Clark of Lynn, two hundred and two votes
For Auditor
Charles Endicott of Canton, six hundred eighty five votes
C. Osgood Morse of Newburyport, two hundred and two votes
For Attorney General
Charles R. Train of Boston, six hundred eighty six votes
Waldo Coburn of Dedham, two hundred and one votes
For Councillor
Robert Couch of Newburyport, six hundred eighty four votes
John S. Glover of Ipswich, two hundred and three votes
For Sheriff
Horatio G. Herrick of Lawrence, six hundred eighty six votes
Jonathan Nayson of Amesbury, two hundred and one votes
For County Commissioner
Joseph O. Proctor of Gloucester, six hundred eighty five votes
J. Sidney Howe of Methuen, two hundred and two votes.
For Special Commissioners
Aaron Sawyer of Amesbury, six hundred eight five votes
Daniel W. Bartlett of Essex, six hundred eighty four votes
Nathaniel Greeley of Newburyport, two hundred and two votes
Robert W. Burnham of Essex, two hundred and two votes
For Commissioners of Insolvency
William L. Thompson of Lawrence, four hundred and thirteen votes
Dean Peabody of Lynn, four hundred and twelve votes
Nathaniel J. Holden of Salem, four hundred and thirteen votes
William Nutling, Jr. of Marblehead, two hundred votes
Henry B. Lovering of Lyun, two hundred and two votes
For District Attorney
E. J. Sherman of Lawrence, six hundred eighty two votes
J. P. Jones of Georgetown, one hundred sixty one votes
J. P. Jones of Gloucester, forty three votes
For Senator
Charles Fitz of Manchester, six hundred seventy two votes
George A. Prest of Manchester, two hundred and twelve votes
For Representative to Congress
Benjamin F. Butler of Gloucester, five hundred twenty nine votes
Charles P. Thompson of Gloucester, three hundred twenty four votes
Charles Larrabee, one vote
John G. Whittier of Amesbury, one vote
Millard P. Phillips, one vote
William Cogswell, one vote
C. W. Studley, one vote
Wm. Gaston, one vote
A. N. Clark of Beverly, one vote
For Representatives to the General Court
John I. Baker of Beverly, six hundred fifty seven votes
John H. Woodberry of Beverly, four hundred thirty eight votes
John B. Hill of Beverly, three hundred forty one votes
John Lee of Manchester, one hundred fifty five votes
Francis J. Crowell of Beverly, ninety votes
John H. Young of Beverly, seventy two votes
Joseph L. Wilson, two votes
and Samuel A. Gentlee, Freeborn W. Cressy, John Worth, Augustus Stevens, Robert R. Endicott,
Samuel Porter, William Howard, Charles Woodberry one vote each.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of Manchester, Beverly, and 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 fifth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and Seventy
four, 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 Representatives were for the following persons.
John I. Baker of Beverly, eight hundred and thirteen votes 813
John H. Woodberry of Beverly, five hundred and four votes 504
John B. Hill of Beverly, four hundred and twenty eight votes 428
John Lee of Manchester, three hundred and forty four votes 344
Francis J. Crowell of Beverly, two hundred and sixty one votes 261
John H. Young of Beverly, seventy two votes 72
Joseph L. Wilson of Beverly, two votes 2
Samuel Lendell of Manchester, George Roundy of Beverly, Andrew
J. Crowell of Beverly, Samuel A. Gentlee, Freeborn W. Cressy, John
Worth, Augustus Stevens, Robert R. Endicott, Samuel Porter,
William Howard, and Charles Woodberry one vote each.
And John I. Baker of Beverly and John H. Woodberry 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
James Hill
Isaac F. Knowlton
Town Clerk of Manchester
Town Clerk of Beverly
Town Clerk of Hamilton