A presidential election was held in Massachusetts between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. In this election, two Congressional districts chose five electors each, the remaining two districts chose three electors. Each elector chosen by majority vote of voters in Congressional district. If an insufficient number of electors are chosen by majority vote from a Congressional district, remaining electors would be appointed by the state legislature.[1]

Massachusetts unanimously voted for independent candidate and incumbent president, George Washington. The total vote is composed of 20,343 for Federalist electors, all of whom were supportive of Washington.[2]

Results

1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent George Washington 5,992 100.00%
Total votes 5,992 100.00%

Results by county

1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
County George Washington

Federalist

George Washington

Democratic-Republican

Margin Total

votes[a]

# % # % # %
Barnstable 162 100.00% 0 0.00% 162 100.00% 162
Berkshire 287 74.55% 98 25.45% 189 49.10% 385
Bristol 292 66.82% 145 33.18% 147 33.64% 437
Cumberland 123 99.19% 1 0.81% 122 98.38% 124
Dukes 31 100.00% 0 0.00% 31 100.00% 31
Essex 441 91.68% 40 8.32% 401 83.36% 481
Hancock 16 100.00% 0 0.00% 16 100.00% 16
Hampshire 525 73.63% 188 26.37% 337 47.26% 713
Lincoln 210 100.00% 0 0.00% 210 100.00% 210
Middlesex 610 74.85% 205 25.15% 405 49.70% 815
Nantucket 109 100.00% 0 0.00% 109 100.00% 109
Plymouth 156 99.36% 1 0.64% 155 98.72% 157
Suffolk 971 70.31% 410 29.69% 561 40.62% 1,381
Washington 65 100.00% 0 0.00% 65 100.00% 65
Worcester 598 75.03% 199 24.97% 399 50.06% 797
York 98 89.91% 11 10.09% 87 79.82% 109
Total 4,694 78.34% 1,298 21.66% 3,396 56.68% 5,992

Swing by county

Swing compared to the 1788-89 election
County Party Status
Federalist Democratic-Republican / Anti-Federalist[b]
± pp ± pp
Barnstable0.00 pp0.00 pp Hold
Berkshire▼ 12.55 pp▲ 12.55 pp Hold
Bristol▲ 9.49 pp▼ 9.49 pp Hold
Cumberland▼ 0.81 pp▲ 0.81 pp Hold
Dukes0.00 pp0.00 pp Hold
Essex▲ 5.64 pp▼ 5.64 pp Hold
Hancock0.00 pp0.00 ppNew
Hampshire▼ 12.65 pp▲ 12.65 pp Hold
Lincoln▲ 29.47 pp▼ 29.47 pp Hold
Middlesex▼ 13.15 pp▲ 13.15 pp Hold
Nantucket0.00 pp0.00 pp Hold
Plymouth▲ 1.01 pp▼ 1.01 pp Hold
Suffolk▼ 11.28 pp▲ 11.28 pp Hold
Washington0.00 pp0.00 ppNew
Worcester▲ 6.20 pp▼ 6.20 pp Hold
York▲ 22.29 pp▼ 22.29 pp Hold
Total ▼ 2.50 pp ▲ 2.50 pp Hold

Results by district

1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
District E.V. George Washington

Federalist

George Washington

Democratic-Republican

Margin Total

votes[c]

# % E.V. # % E.V. # %
Middle 5 2,022 75.82% 5 645 24.18% 0 1,377 51.64% 2,667
Western 5 979 73.94% 5 345 26.06% 0 634 47.88% 1,324
Southern 3 728 83.39% 3 145 16.61% 0 583 66.78% 873
Eastern 3 409 97.15% 3 12 2.85% 0 397 94.30% 421
Total 16 4,138 72.76% 16 1,147 27.24% 0 2,991 45.52% 5,285

Results by elector

1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: Middle[3][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Azor Orne 2,022 16.61%
Federalist Francis Dana 1,339 11.00%
Federalist Increase Sumner 1,301 10.69%
Federalist Thomas Dawes[d] 1,086 8.92%
Federalist Samuel Phillips Jr. 1,012 8.31%
Federalist Samuel Holten[d] 809 6.65%
Democratic-Republican Charles Jarvis 645 5.30%
Federalist Eleazer Brooks 623 5.12%
Federalist Theophilus Parsons 459 3.77%
Unknown Richard Devens 375 3.08%
Federalist Thomas Russell 343 2.82%
Federalist John Coffin Jones Sr. 238 1.96%
Democratic-Republican Samuel Adams 214 1.76%
Unknown William Heath 198 1.63%
Federalist Ebenezer Bridge 124 1.02%
Unknown Thomas Dawes Jr. 118 0.97%
Democratic-Republican James Winthrop 105 0.86%
Unknown Joseph Warner 92 0.76%
Federalist Caleb Davis 73 0.60%
Democratic-Republican James Sullivan 72 0.59%
Federalist Samuel Dexter 71 0.58%
Federalist Oliver Prescott 70 0.58%
Democratic-Republican Joseph B. Varnum 66 0.54%
Federalist Jabez Fisher 56 0.46%
Federalist Oliver Wendell 47 0.39%
Democratic-Republican William Eustis 42 0.35%
Federalist Seth Bullard 41 0.34%
Federalist Harrison Gray Otis 38 0.31%
Federalist William Shepard 34 0.28%
Federalist Stephen Choate 33 0.27%
Unknown Leonard Jarvis 31 0.25%
Democratic-Republican Benjamin Austin Jr. 30 0.24%
Unknown Edward H. Robbins 30 0.24%
Federalist Robert Treat Paine 30 0.24%
Federalist John Brooks 28 0.23%
Federalist Tristram Dalton 25 0.21%
Federalist Cotton Tufts 22 0.18%
Federalist Thomas Durfee 22 0.18%
Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry 21 0.17%
Unknown Theophilus Bradbury 20 0.16%
Unknown James Prescott 14 0.12%
Federalist Loammi Baldwin 13 0.11%
Unknown Zebadiah Wyman 12 0.10%
Federalist Daniel Whitney 11 0.09%
Unknown Ebenezer Thayer Jr. 11 0.09%
Unknown Israel Hutchinson 11 0.09%
Unknown James Bowdoin 11 0.09%
Unknown Richard Ward 11 0.09%
Federalist William Shepard 11 0.09%
Federalist David Cobb 9 0.07%
Federalist John Hancock 7 0.06%
Unknown Nathaniel Cophape 6 0.05%
Unknown Francis Faulkner 5 0.04%
Unknown James Warner 5 0.04%
Federalist John Read 3 0.02%
Unknown Josiah Whitney 3 0.02%
Federalist Samuel Sewall 2 0.02%
Federalist Benjamin Goodhue 2 0.02%
Unknown Ebenezer Wales 2 0.02%
Federalist Fisher Ames 2 0.02%
Unknown James Baker 2 0.02%
Federalist Stephen Cross 2 0.02%
Federalist Stephen Higginson 2 0.02%
Unknown William Hull 2 0.02%
Unknown Benjamin Hichborn 1 0.01%
Federalist Isaac Packard 1 0.01%
Unknown Jeremiah Bumstead 1 0.01%
Unknown John Avery Jr. 1 0.01%
Unknown Levi Lincoln 1 0.01%
Unknown Richard French 1 0.01%
Federalist Thomas Edwards 1 0.01%
Total votes 12,171 100.00%
1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Western[3][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist William Shepard[d] 979 8.74%
Federalist Moses Gill[d] 787 7.02%
Federalist Elijah Dwight 742 6.62%
Federalist Dwight Foster[d] 740 6.60%
Federalist Thompson J. Skinner[d] 739 6.59%
Federalist Samuel Henshaw 593 5.29%
Federalist Simeon Strong 588 5.25%
Unknown Levi Lincoln Sr. 403 3.60%
Federalist Ebenezer Mattoon Jr.[d] 354 3.16%
Federalist Nathaniel Bishop 353 3.15%
Democratic-Republican Martin Kinsley 345 3.08%
Unknown Abel Wilder 277 2.47%
Unknown David Smead 277 2.47%
Democratic-Republican John Bacon 269 2.40%
Unknown Samuel Fowler 265 2.36%
Democratic-Republican Daniel Bigelow 261 2.33%
Federalist Samuel Flagg 204 1.82%
Democratic-Republican Jonathan Grout 186 1.66%
Federalist Samuel Baker 176 1.57%
Democratic-Republican William Lyman 172 1.53%
Federalist Samuel Lyman 166 1.48%
Unknown Justin Ely 162 1.45%
Unknown Warham Parks 154 1.37%
Federalist John Hastings 145 1.29%
Federalist Jonathan Warner 124 1.11%
Federalist Timothy Paine 120 1.07%
Federalist Ebenezer Hunt 119 1.06%
Federalist William Williams 119 1.06%
Federalist Thomas Dwight 117 1.04%
Federalist Timothy Edwards 112 1.00%
Unknown John Williams 109 0.97%
Federalist Artemas Ward 83 0.74%
Unknown Hugh M. Dalton 77 0.69%
Federalist Nathaniel Paine 73 0.65%
Unknown Benjamin Reed 55 0.49%
Federalist Salem Towne Sr. 48 0.43%
Unknown Noah Goodman 47 0.42%
Unknown Timothy Newell 41 0.37%
Unknown Peter Tomeman 39 0.35%
Unknown William Skinner Sr. 38 0.34%
Unknown Unreadable 37 0.33%
Federalist John Sprague 30 0.27%
Unknown William Billings 30 0.27%
Federalist Thomas Ives 29 0.26%
Unknown Joseph Davis 26 0.23%
Unknown Adam Plank 24 0.21%
Unknown Joseph Allen 24 0.21%
Unknown William Pynchon 24 0.21%
Unknown Ebenezer Fisher 23 0.21%
Unknown Ezekiel Kellogg 21 0.19%
Unknown Benjamin Wilson 20 0.18%
Unknown Henry Dwight 20 0.18%
Unknown Seth Ediman 16 0.14%
Unknown Ezekial Warrick 15 0.13%
Federalist Henry Bromfield 15 0.13%
Unknown Benjamin Joslyn 14 0.12%
Unknown John Fessenden 14 0.12%
Unknown Solomon Stoddard 12 0.11%
Unknown Thomas Denny 12 0.11%
Federalist Timothy Robinson 12 0.11%
Unknown John Black 11 0.10%
Unknown John S. Skinner 10 0.09%
Unknown Caleb Ammidown 8 0.07%
Federalist Elijah Brigham 7 0.06%
Unknown John Goldberry 7 0.06%
Unknown Thomas Grout 7 0.06%
Unknown Simon Larned 6 0.05%
Federalist Theodore Sedgwick 6 0.05%
Unknown Danforth Keyes 5 0.04%
Unknown Seth Levenford 5 0.04%
Unknown Timothy Childs 5 0.04%
Federalist John Ashley 4 0.04%
Unknown Joshua Bigelow 4 0.04%
Unknown Solomon Leland 4 0.04%
Unknown Joseph Sargent 3 0.03%
Unknown Stephen Rice 3 0.03%
Unknown Waltham Walker 3 0.03%
Unknown Andrew Peters 2 0.02%
Unknown Barnabas Bidwell 2 0.02%
Unknown John Bisco 2 0.02%
Unknown Abner Morgan 1 0.01%
Unknown Benjamin Greene 1 0.01%
Federalist Bezaleel Taft Sr. 1 0.01%
Unknown Daniel Holt 1 0.01%
Unknown Daniel Willard 1 0.01%
Unknown David Bigelow 1 0.01%
Unknown Ebenezer Lombard 1 0.01%
Unknown Elijah Hunt 1 0.01%
Unknown Elisha Fisk 1 0.01%
Unknown Ezra Beams 1 0.01%
Unknown Gideon Wheeler 1 0.01%
Unknown Jacob Veusen 1 0.01%
Unknown James Barr 1 0.01%
Unknown John 1 0.01%
Unknown John Bliss 1 0.01%
Unknown John Dodds 1 0.01%
Unknown John Hubbard 1 0.01%
Unknown Justus Ashmun 1 0.01%
Unknown Moses Bliss 1 0.01%
Unknown Robert Breck 1 0.01%
Federalist Samuel Phillips Jr. 1 0.01%
Unknown Samuel Robinson 1 0.01%
Unknown Stephen Sibley 1 0.01%
Unknown Timothy Fuller 1 0.01%
Unknown William King 1 0.01%
Unknown Unreadable 1 0.01%
Total votes 11,206 100.00%
1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Southern[3][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Walter Spooner 728 21.51%
Federalist William Sever 582 17.20%
Federalist Solomon Freeman[d] 472 13.95%
Federalist Samuel Savage 154 4.55%
Democratic-Republican Phanuel Bishop 145 4.28%
Democratic-Republican James Warren 132 3.90%
Federalist George Partridge 126 3.72%
Unknown Holder Slocum 120 3.55%
Federalist David Cobb 98 2.90%
Federalist David Thacher 97 2.87%
Federalist Elisha May 80 2.36%
Federalist Thomas Durfee 74 2.19%
Federalist Peleg Coffin Jr. 69 2.04%
Federalist John Davis 68 2.01%
Federalist Joshua Thomas 60 1.77%
Unknown Seth Padelford 42 1.24%
Unknown Christopher Sharon 31 0.92%
Unknown William Jernigan 31 0.92%
Federalist Isaac Thompson 29 0.86%
Unknown Ephraim Starkweather 26 0.77%
Federalist Daniel Davis 24 0.71%
Federalist Nathan Cushing 24 0.71%
Unknown Ephraim Spooner 22 0.65%
Unknown Jeremiah Hall 19 0.56%
Unknown Abiel Mitchell 14 0.41%
Unknown Elijah Knowles 14 0.41%
Unknown Samuel Smith 13 0.38%
Federalist William Baylis 13 0.38%
Unknown Jerathmeal Bowers 10 0.30%
Unknown William Jonakins 10 0.30%
Unknown James Sproat 9 0.27%
Unknown James Athearn 7 0.21%
Unknown Joseph Bryant 7 0.21%
Unknown Josiah Smith 6 0.18%
Unknown Aaron Hobart 5 0.15%
Unknown Francis Shurtleff 4 0.12%
Unknown James Whitman 4 0.12%
Federalist Samuel Tobey 4 0.12%
Unknown Ebenezer Taylor 3 0.09%
Unknown Andrew Croswell 1 0.03%
Unknown Enoch Freeman 1 0.03%
Unknown Gamaliel Bradford 1 0.03%
Unknown John Balis 1 0.03%
Unknown John Ball 1 0.03%
Federalist Nathaniel Goodwin 1 0.03%
Unknown Samuel Cole 1 0.03%
Unknown William Hall Jackson 1 0.03%
Total votes 3,384 100.00%
1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: Eastern[3][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Thomas Rice 409 12.18%
Federalist Nathaniel Wells[d] 372 11.07%
Federalist Daniel Coney[d] 264 7.86%
Federalist Edward Cutts 247 7.35%
Federalist Peleg Wadsworth[d] 168 5.00%
Federalist John Kilby Smith 160 4.76%
Unknown Nathaniel Tacking 150 4.47%
Federalist John Frothingham 124 3.69%
Federalist Josiah Thatcher 106 3.16%
Federalist Dummer Sewall 79 2.35%
Federalist David Mitchell 77 2.29%
Unknown Samuel Thompson 77 2.29%
Federalist Ichabod Goodwin 75 2.23%
Federalist Daniel Davis 74 2.20%
Federalist Alexander Campbell 69 2.05%
Federalist Phineas Bruce 64 1.91%
Unknown Tristram Jordan 64 1.91%
Federalist Stephen Longfellow 58 1.73%
Unknown Joseph Noyes 56 1.67%
Unknown John Frost 53 1.58%
Federalist Samuel Freeman 47 1.40%
Unknown Samuel Nasson 46 1.37%
Federalist Thomas Cutts 44 1.31%
Federalist John Storer 40 1.19%
Unknown Daniel Sewall 36 1.07%
Federalist John Fox 34 1.01%
Unknown Andrew Dunning 30 0.89%
Unknown Waterman Thomas 26 0.77%
Unknown Jordan Parker 24 0.71%
Federalist David Silvester 23 0.68%
Unknown Samuel Merrit 21 0.63%
Unknown Sanderson Jordan 21 0.63%
Unknown Enoch Freeman 20 0.60%
Federalist Isaac Snow 18 0.54%
Federalist George Thatcher 16 0.48%
Unknown John Gardiner 16 0.48%
Unknown John Lewis 14 0.42%
Unknown Joseph Tucker 14 0.42%
Unknown John Farley 12 0.36%
Democratic-Republican William Widgery 12 0.36%
Unknown George Warren 11 0.33%
Democratic-Republican Henry Dearborn 10 0.30%
Unknown Simon Frye 10 0.30%
Federalist John Waite 9 0.27%
Unknown Nathan James 8 0.24%
Federalist Nathaniel Thurston 7 0.21%
Unknown Asni S. Fernald 6 0.18%
Unknown John Hovey 6 0.18%
Unknown John Peterson 4 0.12%
Unknown Gabriel Johonnot 3 0.09%
Unknown Nathaniel Thwing 3 0.09%
Unknown William Lithgow 3 0.09%
Unknown William Thompson 3 0.09%
Unknown Benjamin Dunning 2 0.06%
Unknown John Dean 2 0.06%
Unknown Nathan Jones 2 0.06%
Unknown Caleb 1 0.03%
Unknown Daniel Ilsley 1 0.03%
Unknown Hog 1 0.03%
Unknown Isaac Parsons 1 0.03%
Federalist Jonathan Bowman 1 0.03%
Unknown Rishworth Jordan 1 0.03%
Unknown Stephen Hall 1 0.03%
Unknown Thomas B. Waite 1 0.03%
Unknown William Hasty 1 0.03%
Unknown William Vaughan 1 0.03%
Total votes 3,359 100.00%

See also

Notes

  1. Results are taken from the highest voted Federalist, and Democratic-Republican elector for each county.[3]
  2. Swing data compares Democratic-Republican performance to previous Anti-Federalist performance. The Democratic-Republican party is considered to be the direct evolution of the Anti-Federalist coalition.[4]
  3. Results are taken from the highest voted Federalist, and Democratic-Republican elector for each district.[3]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Failed to reach a majority of votes. Was subsequently selected to be a presidential elector by the Massachusetts General Court.

References

  1. "The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789". The Papers of George Washington. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
  2. Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9780786410170.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  4. Cornell, Saul (1999). The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in Ameirca, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 172–194. ISBN 978-0-8078-4786-2.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Massachusetts Biographical Gazetteer" (PDF). csac.history.wisc.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved April 23, 2026.