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1846-11-09 ElectionWarrant for Town Meeting for Governor etc.. Essex, ss. To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly - Greeting - You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn in the usual manner the qualified voters of said Town to meet at the Town Hall on Monday the ninth day of November next at nine o’clock before noon, for the following purposes: - viz.. To see if the town will send one or more persons to represent them in the next General Court - and if they so decide, to give in their ballots for the purpose of choosing the same - Also, To give in their ballots for a Governor & Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth - and for Senators from this district for the ensuing political year - and for a Representative in the next Congress of the United States from District Number Two - The ballots will be received on one piece of paper, and the poll will open immediately after deciding upon sending Representatives, and close at four o’clock, afternoon - Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, before said time - Given under our hands and seal, this thirtieth day of October, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty-six - Wm. H. LovettSelectmen John I. Baker of Haskett D. Whitney Beverly nd Beverly, November 2 A.D. 1846 - Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified the persons therein named, as therein directed - David L. Smith, Constable of Beverly A true record of the original warrant, and return thereon - Attest, John I. Baker, Town Clerk. At a legal meaning of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held at the Town Hall on Monday the ninth day of November A. D. 1846, at nine o’clock before noon (pursuant to the warrant on page next preceding) Voted. To send two Representatives to the next General Court, and that the poll close at four o’clock afternoon - The ballots were then received for said Representatives, as well as for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, five Senators, and one Representative in Congress - and the whole number of ballots for said Representatives to General Court were sorted and counted, as by law is directed, and the whole number of ballots was - five hundred and sixty- seven - necessary for a choice - two hundred and eighty-four. Albert Thorndike, had Three hundred and forty-three votes. John I. Baker, had Three hundred and sixty votes John Porter 2d, had One hundred and fourteen votes Josiah Lovett 2d, had One hundred and twelve votes Thomas B. Smith, had Eighty-one votes David Standley, had Seventy six votes Isaac Galloup, head Sixteen votes Wm. G. English, had Seventeen votes Wm. A. Foster, had one vote Robert Rantoul, had one vote Wm. H. Lovett, had one vote John B. Hill, had one vote B. H. Moulton, had one vote J. T. Haskell, had one vote Wm. F. Davis, had one vote And Albert Thorndike and John I. Baker having more than the requisite number are accordingly elected, and declared so to be. At a legal meaning of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, holden on the ninth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of said Commonwealth, the whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the whole number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was five hundred and sixty-six. And the whole number of votes given in for Governor were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz. For Governor George N. Briggs, of Pittsfield, Three hundred and forty-eight votes Stephen C. Phillips of Salem, Two votes - Charles F. Adams of Boston one vote Isaac Davis (of Worcester) One hundred and sixteen votes Ezekiel Webber of Beverly - one vote - John Ray of Beverly - one vote - Samuel E. Sewall, of Roxbury, eighty votes - David Briant of Boston - one vote - Francis Baylies of Taunton sixteen votes- And the whole number of ballots for Lieutenant Governor was five hundred and sixty five - and the whole number of votes given in for Lieutenant Governor, were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz. For Lieutenant Governor John Reed of Yarmouth, three hundred and forty-nine votes - George Hood (of Lynn), one hundred and seventeen votes- John M. Brewster, of Pittsfield. Eighty votes- Charles W. Moore of Charlestown, Sixteen votes- Israel Trask 5th of Beverly - one vote - John Allen of Lowell one vote - Charles F. Adams of Boston - one vote - At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Senators holden on the ninth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Senators, for the District of Essex, the whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained as is directed in the Revised Statutes, (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of separate ballots given in; and the whole number of ballots was five hundred and sixty-two - And the whole number of votes were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the Constitution is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz.. George Hodges of Andover, Three hundred and forty-nine votes Dennis Condry of Newbury, Three hundred and forty-seven votes James Gregory of Marblehead, Three hundred and forty-nine votes Jonathan C. Perkins of Salem, Three hundred and forty-eight votes John W. Lowe of Gloucester, Three hundred and fifty votes Edmund Kimball, One hundred and seventeen votes Edwin Lawrence One hundred and sixteen votes C. H. Safford One hundred and sixteen votes George Osborne, One hundred and sixteen voters Nathaniel Frothingham Jr. One hundred and seventeen votes William Carey, of Amesbury, Eighty votes Ebenezer Hunt, Danvers, Seventy-nine votes Dan Weed, Ipswich, Seventy nine votes Daniel Perley, Lynn Eighty votes Benjn. F. S. Griffin, of W. Newbury, Eighty votes Major Goodwin, of Newbury, Sixteen votes Edward H. Pierce, of Gloucester, Seventeen votes Stephen Whitmore Jr., of Salem, Sixteen votes Bracket Lord, of Lynn, Sixteen votes Josiah Caldwell, of Ipswich, Sixteen votes Wm. Woodberry, Gloucester, One vote C. A. Dearborn Salem, One vote B. S. Lunt Beverly, One vote Dan Weed, Salem, One vote One vote was also given for Josiah Bailey of Malden, which was not counted as he is not a resident of this County - At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Beverly, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the ninth day of November, being the second Monday in said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of United States for District Number Two - The whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained, as is directed in the Revised Statutes, (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of separate ballots given in, and the whole number of ballots was five hundred and sixty-four. And the whole number of votes given in, was sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration thereof made as by Law is directed; and said votes were for the following persons; viz. Daniel P. King Danvers, three hundred and fifty-three votes - George W. Dike one hundred and fifteen votes - Lemuel Gott of Rockport, Seventy Nine votes - Increase H. Brown of Marblehead, Sixteen votes - Dan Weed of Ipswich - One vote -