1859-11-08 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 on Tuesday the Eighth day of November
next at nine o'clock in the forenoon for the following purposes.-viz.:
To give in their ballots for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and
Attorney General of this Commonwealth, a Sheriff, one County Commissioner, two Special
Commissioners, and three Commissioners of Insolvency, for the County of Essex, a District Attorney
for the Eastern District, a Councillor for Council District Number Two, a Senator for the Fifth
Senatorial District of the County of Essex, and two Representatives for the Third Representative
District of the County of Essex.
The votes for all the above named officers will be received on one piece of paper, and the polls will
be closed at four o'clock, unless otherwise ordered by the meeting.
Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon
before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Nine.
"John Ober"
"A. T. Dodge" Selectmen
"Tho. A. Morgan" of Beverly
"John Meacom"
Beverly Oct. 29th 1859. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I had notified persons therein
named as therein directed, by posting notifications thereof, at or near each of the public meeting
houses in town, according to the Town Regulations.
"Jacob Lunt" Constable
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 the town of Beverly, in Representative District Number
Three 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 Eighth day of said month
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, for the purpose of giving in their votes for
Two Representatives in the General Court for said District, the whole number of ballots given in
therefore was
Four hundred and nineteen
Said ballots were sorted, counted and recorded and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution
is directed, and were for the following persons, viz.:-
Andrew F. Wales of Beverly two hundred ffmeteen votes
William E. Kimball of Topsfield two hundred and twenty-seven votes
Joseph D. Tuck of Beverly one hundred fifty-two votes
Nathaniel Conant of Topsfield one hundred forty votes
David Crowell of Beverly fifty-two votes
Charles A. Kilham of Beverly fifty-four votes
Charles H. Savory of Beverly one vote
Nathan H. Webb one vote
Thomas Morgan one vote
Wm. H. Lovett Selectmen of Beverly
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 is required, to vote for civil officers holden on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, being the Eighth day of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-nine, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a Councillor
for Councillor District Ntunber Two, a Sheriff, one County Commissioner, two Special
Commissioners, and three Commissioners of Insolvency, for the County Essex, a District Attorney
for the Eastern District, and Senator for the Fifth Essex Senatorial District.
All the ballots given in therefore were sorted, counted and recorded and
declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and were for the following persons, viz..
For Governor.
Whole number of ballots four hundred & twenty.
Nathaniel P. Banks of Waltham two hundred ninety-five votes
Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell fifty-eight votes
George N. Briggs of Pittsfield sixty-six votes
Charles D. Baker of Beverly one vote
For Lieutenant Governor
Whole number of ballots four hundred & ten
Eliphalet Trask of Springfield two hundred & ninety-three votes
Stephen C. Bemis of Springfield fifty-eight votes
Increase Sunmer of Great Barrington fifty-eight votes
Charles Haddock one vote
For Secretary
Whole number of ballots four hundred and sixteen
Oliver Warner of Northampton three hundred and three votes
Samuel W. Bowermen of Adams fifty-eight votes
Benjamin L. Allen of Boston fifty-four votes
John I. Baker of Beverly one vote
For Treasurer and Receiver General
Whole number of ballots four hundred and eighteen
Moses Tenney of Georgetown three hundred & three votes
George Dennett of Boston of fifty eight votes
Charles Kimball of Ipswich fifty-six votes
John E. Giddings of Beverly one vote
For Auditor.
Whole number of ballots four hundred & two votes
Charles White of Worcester three hundred & three votes
Eames E. Estabrook of Worcester forty-three votes
James W. Sever of Boston fifty-five votes
Franklin Leach or Beverly one vote
For Attorney General
Whole number of ballots four hundred & fifteen votes
Stephen H. Phillips of Salem three hundred & four votes
David H. Mason of Newton fifty-eight votes
Henry Morris of Springfield fifty-five votes
John B. Hill and Dan Weed one vote each
For Councillor in Council District No. 2
Whole number of ballots three hundred ninety-nine
John I. Baker of Beverly three hundred forty votes
William Nutting Jr. of Marblehead fifty votes
Austin B. Kilham, A. B. Rich, Jonathan Woodberry and Hugh Hill one vote each
For District Attorney
Whole number of ballots four hundred twenty-five
Alfred A. Abbott of South Danvers three hundred sixty-five votes
Edward K. Phillips of Lynn fifty eight votes
Thomas Stephens of Beverly and N. W. Harmon of Lawrence one vote each
For Sheriff
Whole number of ballots four hundred twenty-six
James Cary of Lawrence three hundred sixty-six votes
Charles Peabody of Newburyport fifty eight votes
Jacob Lunt of Beverly and E. L. Payson of Rowley one vote each
For County Commissioners
Whole number of ballots four hundred twenty-five
Abram D. Wait of Ipswich three hundred sixty-six votes
Dean Robinson of West Newbury fifty votes
Augustus Giles of Beverly one vote
For Special Commissioners
Whole number of ballots four hundred twenty-six
Rufus Kimball of Lynn three hundred sixty-seven votes
O. H. P. Sargent of Essex three hundred sixty-seven votes
A. L. Kimball of Haverhill fifty eight votes
John Choate of Essex fifty eight votes
R. R. Endicott and Levi J. Woodberry one vote each
For Commissioners of Insolvency
Whole number of ballots four hundred twenty-five
Charles C. Dame of Newburyport three hundred sixty-six
Perley S. Chase of Lawrence three hundred sixty-six
William G. Choate of Salem three handed sixty-six
Addison Gott of Rockport fifty eight votes
Jeremiah P. Jones of Georgetown fifty eight votes
Paul D. Patch of Hamilton fifty-eight votes
Jesse Dame, Samuel Dike, and William Clark one vote each
For Senator for Fifty Essex District
Whole number of ballots three hundred ninety-seven
Warren Tilton of Beverly three hundred and thirty votes
Gorham Babson of Rockport
Daniel Foster of Beverly fifty-nine votes
C. W. Upham of Salem, two votes, J. Prince, Thomas A. Morgan, Wm. West, Eldridge, William A.
Teague, William Foster and Henry Morris of Beverly one vote each.
A true record.
Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk.