1796, massachusetts, 10th, congressional, district, special, election, special, election, held, massachusetts, 10th, congressional, district, august, 1796, september, 1796, fill, vacancy, left, resignation, benjamin, goodhue, june, 1796, goodhue, resigned, upo. A special election was held in Massachusetts s 10th congressional district on August 1 1796 and September 12 1796 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Benjamin Goodhue F in June 1796 Goodhue had resigned upon being elected to the Senate 1 Election results editTwo elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first vote Candidate Party First ballot 2 Second ballot 3 Votes Percent Votes PercentSamuel Sewall Federalist 183 31 9 417 61 7 Loammi Baldwin Federalist 259 38 3 Jonathan Ingersoll Unknown 129 22 5 John Morris Unknown 121 21 2 John Cabot Unknown 60 10 5 Samuel Holten Federalist 39 6 8 Elias H Dooly Unknown 23 4 0 Scattering 18 3 1 Sewall took his seat on December 7 1796 1 See also editList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesReferences edit a b 4th Congress membership roster Archived December 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Election details from Ourcampaigns com Election details from Ourcampaigns com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1796 Massachusetts 27s 10th congressional district special election amp oldid 1173554034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
