Massachusetts Elections

WaMS THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE TERM AND IT IS FOR THE CLASS 2 SENATE ELECTION! INTRODUCING FIRST, REPRESENTING THE DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLICANS....EDWARD ROBBINS!                                                              The challenger AND HIS OPPONENTS, FIRST...ALSO REPRESENTING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS, LEVI LINCOLN!                                                               The other challenger AND THEIR OPPONENT. REPRESENTING THE FEDERALISTS AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THEODORE SEDGWICK!                                                 ...

As we all remember, Alexander Hamilton's best friend George Cabot  defeated Tristram Dalton and Nathaniel Gorham  in the 1791 Senate Election to become the new Class 1 Senator from Massachusetts. Suddenly on June 9, 1796....Cabot resigned. Why? Let's take a look at his reign shall we? He was a devout Federalists like his good buddy Hamilton as well as President George Washington and Vice President John Adams. Cabot was a frequent opponent of Thomas Jefferson mostly over the party disputes over who to support in Europe. Thomas Jefferson was a well known Francophile while Adams, Washington and the Federalists respected Great Britain greatly. It was Cabot that wanted George Washington to remove French diplomat Edmond-Charles Genet from the premises, further angering Jefferson. Cabot continued to be a frequent pain in Jefferson's ass throughout the 1790's and was also the director of the first bank of the United States in 1793. Cabot also was one of the biggest whinebags wh...

THE FOLLOWING CONTEST, SCHEDULED FOR ONE TERM IS FOR THE 1796 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION! INTRODUCING FIRST THE CHALLENGER. REPRESENTING THE FEDERALISTS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT, INCREASE SUMNER!                                                                   The challenger AND HIS OPPONENT! REPRESENTING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS, HE IS THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, SAMUEL ADAMS!                                                               The incumbent 1796 was a big year for politics with the upcoming Class 1 and Class 2 senate elections along with the upcoming presidential election. Before all of that would be the Gubernatorial elec...

THE FOLLOWING CONTEST, SCHEDULED FOR ONE TERM IS FOR THE 1795 MASSACHUSETTS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION! INTRODUCING FIRST THE CHALLENGERS. REPRESENTING ANY AND ALL PARTIES....EVERYONE!                                                         Even the horses had a chance AND THEIR OPPONENT. HE IS THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS....SAMUEL ADAMS!                                                                   The incumbent As the calendar turned from 1794 to 1795 a lot was going on in the United States but up in Massachusetts, Samuel Adams had taken over the stronghold of the Governor's chair from his late friend John Hancock. Since Adams and Hancock went hand in hand during the American...

THE FOLLOWING CONTEST, SCHEDULED FOR ONE TERM IS FOR THE 1794 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION! INTRODUCING FIRST THE CHALLENGER. REPRESENTING THE FEDERALISTS, HE IS AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, WILLIAM CUSHING!                                                                  The challenger AND HIS OPPONENT, HE IS THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS....SAMUEL ADAMS!                                                            The incumbent What's that you ask? Where is John Hancock? Yeah....about that. Hancock had been in bad health for a few years but never revealed what was bothering him. In those days medicine was in its infancy and life expectancy wasn't as expected as i...

THE FOLLOWING CONTEST, SCHEDULED FOR ONE TERM IS FOR THE 1793 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION! INTRODUCING FIRST THE CHALLENGERS. REPRESENTING ANY AND ALL PARTIES....EVERYBODY!                                                  Even the carriage drivers are in on it AND THEIR OPPONENT. HE IS THE CURRENT, REIGNING, DEFENDING UNDISPUTED GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, JOHNNNNNN HANCOCK                                                          The incumbent Save for running in name only in 1786, John Hancock had won every Gubernatorial election he was in and 1793 seemed no different. James Bowdoin had been dead for three years at that point and nobody else in the state had the popularity that Hancock did. Most everyone wanted to be Senator, ...