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MA District 4 - 4th Trial
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Office | House of Representatives |
Honorific | Representative - Abbr: Rep. |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | May 26, 1851 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | May 26, 1851 - 07:00pm Central |
Term Start | May 27, 1851 - 12:00pm |
Term End | March 04, 1853 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | RBH |
Last Modified | RBH April 18, 2011 02:49pm |
Data Sources | United States Congressional elections, 1788-1997 : the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses |
Description |
A Summary of the 1848-1851 elections for Massachusetts' 4th district:
Incumbent Congressman John Palfrey went from the Whig Party to the Free Soil Party due to the nomination of Zachary Taylor. Palfrey faced Whig Benjamin Thompson and Democrat Frederick Robinson eight times from November 1848 to March 1850 with no candidate winning a majority.
Robinson withdrew his candidacy before the 9th trial and the Democrats didn't nominate a candidate. But the scattering of Democrats caused no candidate to win a majority.
Democrat Richard Frothingham was nominated by the Democrats for the 10th through 12th trials, along with the four trials for the 1851-1853 term.
The inability of a candidate to win a majority for the 1849-1851 term led the seat to be unfilled for the entire 31st Congress.
Massachusetts state law was changed before this election to allow for someone to be selected without a majority. This allowed for a member to be elected after 16 elections over 30 months.
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PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE |
Nov 13, 1848 |
MA District 4 - 1st Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Jan 01, 1849 |
MA District 4 - 2nd Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Mar 05, 1849 |
MA District 4 - 3rd Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Jun 11, 1849 |
MA District 4 - 4th Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Sep 10, 1849 |
MA District 4 - 5th Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Nov 12, 1849 |
MA District 4 - 6th Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Jan 21, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 7th Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Mar 04, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 8th Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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May 27, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 9th Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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FS 4,970 | W 4,657 | D 667 | NPA 154 |
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Aug 19, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 10th Trial |
John G. Palfrey
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Nov 11, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 11th Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Nov 11, 1850 |
MA District 4 - 1st Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Jan 20, 1851 |
MA District 4 - 12th Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Jan 20, 1851 |
MA District 4 - 2nd Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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Apr 07, 1851 |
MA District 4 - 3rd Trial |
Benjamin Thompson
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