Harvard

1 Rep. Cont. El. 59

• Court: Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Decided: July 1, 1807
• Status: Published

Opinion

The election of Jonathan Wetherbee, returned a member from the town of Harvard, which was entitled to send two members, was controverted by Henry Bromfield and others, on the ground, that, at a meeting held in said town for the purpose of electing a person to represent the same in the general court, Isaiah Parker was elected, and then the inhabitants voted to choose another representative, and elected the said Wetherbee; whereas “ there was no article in the warrant which authorized the said inhabitants to elect more than one representative.”¹

The committee on elections, to whom the case was referred, do not appear to have made any report upon it. [Their silence, and the acquiescence of the house, afford a strong presumption, that the objection was regarded as groundless.]

1 27 J. H. 43.