1784-04-05 Election results[Town Meeting April 5, 1784]
At a legal meeting of the male persons of twenty-one years of age belonging to the Town of Beverly
that were qualified agreeable to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to vote for
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a Governor, Lieut. Governor and persons for Senators and Councilors on Monday the 25 day of
April A. D. 1784.
The Selectmen presided at said meeting and the votes received for a Governor, Lieut. Governor and
persons for Senators and Councilors are as followeth viz.
Votes received for a Governor
for His Excellency John Hancock, Esq.23
For His Hon. Thomas Cushing Esq.23
Votes received for persons to be Senators and Councilors
For the Hon. Benjamin Goodhue Esq.22
For the Hon. Samuel Phillips, Jr., Esq.22
For the Hon. Stephen Choate, Esq.21
For the Hon. Jonathan Greenleaf, Esq.22
For the Hon. Samuel Holten, Esq.22
For the Hon. George Cabot, Esq. 7
For John Choate Esq. 7
For Josiah Batchelder, Esq. 8