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Friday January 16, 1829

Met according to adjournment.

Agreeably to assignment the two Houses assembled in Convention in the Representatives Chamber for the purpose of choosing a Counsellor from Lincoln District to supply the place of Ebenezer Farley who declined accepting - The whole number of votes given in was One hundred & sixty two, - necessary to constitute a choice, eighty two, - David Crowell had seventy eight - Ebenezer Herrick forty two - Jonathan Thayer forty - Mr. Crowell one - & Stephen Parsons one - No person having the requisite majority, the convention proceeded to take a second ballot - The whole number given in on a second ballot was One hundred & sixty one - necessary to constitute an election eighty one - David Crowell of Whitfield had eighty eight and was duly elected.

The tow Houses having agreed, by interchange of Messages to remain together for the purpose of qualifying Caleb Emery Phinehas Varnum, John S Kimball & Simeon Stetson Counsellors elect, who by letters which were read in both branches, had signified their acceptance, remained in convention accordingly, when the Counsellors aforenamed came in and took and subscribed the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify them to enter upon the discharge of the duties of their office. The Convention separated -

Agreeably to assignment the House proceeded to elect on their part by ballot a Senator from this State in the Congress of the United States to represent this State in that body after the third day of March next - The whole number of ballots given in was One hundred & forty two - necessary to constitute a choice seventy two - Peleg Sprague had ninety one votes and he was declared