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Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held during 1824 to elect State Senators. Candidates were elected at the county level, with some counties electing multiple Senators.
For election, a candidate needed the support of a majority of those voting. If a seat remained vacant because no candidate received such majority, the Massachusetts General Court was empowered to fill it by a majority vote of its members. If more candidates received majorities than there were seats, the top finishers were elected.
Results were certified or rejected by the Governor's Council.

## Apportionment

The apportionment of seats by population was as follows:
* Barnstable County: 1
* Berkshire County: 2
* Bristol and Dukes Counties: 3
* Franklin County: 2
* Essex County: 6
* Hampden County: 2
* Hampshire County: 2
* Middlesex County: 5
* Nantucket County: 1
* Plymouth County: 2
* Suffolk County: 6
* Worcester County: 5

## Results
### Barnstable

1824 Barnstable Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | Braddock Dimmick | 1,192 | 70.16% |
| | Federalist | Nymphas Marston | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,699 | 100.00% |
Exact totals for Marston are unknown.

### Berkshire

1824 Berkshire Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | George Hull | 2,832 | 60.96% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Rodman Hazard | 2,786 | 59.97% |
| | Federalist | Joseph Merrick | 1,796 | 38.66% |
| | Federalist | Eli Ensign | 1,742 | 37.49% |
| | Various | Scattering | 147 | 3.16% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,646 | 100.00% |
Results from Egremont, Florida, and Mount Washington were excluded from the official totals.

### Bristol and Dukes

1824 Bristol Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | James L. Hodges | 2,901 | 54.31% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Mason | 2,880 | 53.91% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Solomon Pratt | 2,866 | 53.65% |
| | Federalist | Thomas Rotch | 2,841 | 53.18% |
| | Federalist | Oliver Starkweather | 2,830 | 52.98% |
| | Federalist | Sylvester Brownell | 2,829 | 52.96% |
| | Various | Scattering | 20 | 3.16% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,342 | 100.00% |
Results from Seekonk were rejected, "it appearing by said return that the meeting was held in 1804."

### Essex

1824 Essex Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | Nathan Noyes | 5,347 | 53.46% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Nathaniel Silsbee | 5,343 | 53.42% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Moses Wingate | 5,320 | 53.19% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Prince | 5,319 | 53.18% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Aaron Lummus | 5,314 | 53.13% |
| | Democratic-Republican | William W. Parrott | 5,065 | 50.64% |
| | Federalist | Dudley A. Tyng | – | – |
| | Federalist | Nathaniel Hooper | – | – |
| | Federalist | Benjamin Pickman Jr. | – | – |
| | Federalist | Edward S. Rand | – | – |
| | Federalist | James Gardner | – | – |
| | Federalist | John Varnum | – | – |
| | Various | Scattering | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,001 | 100.00% |
Exact totals for the Federalist ticket were not listed.

### Franklin

1824 Franklin Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federalist | George Grennell Jr. | 1,823 | 49.55% |
| | Federalist | Thomas Longley | 1,469 | 39.93% |
| | Federalist | Elihu Hoyt | 1,237 | 33.62% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Nevers | 964 | 26.20% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Thaddeus Coleman | 955 | 25.96% |
| | Federalist | Ephraim Hastings | 627 | 17.04% |
| | Federalist | Joshua Green | 90 | 2.45% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Solomon Smead | 38 | 1.03% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Medad Alexander | 38 | 1.03% |
| | Federalist | Jonathan Blake Jr. | 31 | 0.84% |
| | Unknown | Asa Howland | 28 | 0.76% |
| | Unknown | Solomon Reed | 28 | 0.76% |
| | Unknown | {{{candidate}}} | 1 | 0.03% |
| | Unknown | Samuel Coolidge | 1 | 0.03% |
| | Unknown | Scattering | 46 | 1.25% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,679 | 100.00% |
Although Grinnell received a majority of the votes received, 33 votes for Grinnell, 20 votes for Longley and 9 votes for Hoyt were rejected from Erving's Grant were rejected by the Governor's Council, "it not being a town or district." Erving's Grant was unincorporated until 1838.

#### General Court

1824 Franklin Senate election in the General Court :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Nevers | 209 | 92.89% |
| | Federalist | George Grennell Jr. | 183 | 81.33% |
| | Federalist | Thomas Longley | – | – |
| | Federalist | Elihu Hoyt | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 225 | 100.00% |

### Hampden

1824 Hampden Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Mills | 2,353 | 67.06% |
| | Democratic-Republican | James Fowler | 2,286 | 65.15% |
| | Federalist | Sylvester Emmons | – | – |
| | Federalist | Joel Norcross | – | – |
| | Federalist | Jonathan Dwight Jr. | – | – |
| | Federalist | Alanson Knox | – | –% |
| | Federalist | Israel E. Trask | – | – |
| | Federalist | John Wykes | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican | Marcus Morton | – | – |
| | Unknown | Solomon Hatch | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican Party | William Eustis | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,509 | 100.00% |
Results from Chester were rejected, "there being two returns from the same town." The exact totals for Chester are not known.

### Hampshire

1824 Hampshire Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federalist | Joseph Strong | 3,494 | 87.63% |
| | Federalist | David Mack, Jr. | 2,101 | 52.70% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Wells | 1,954 | 49.01% |
| | Unknown | Justus Forward | 91 | 2.28% |
| | Unknown | William Ward | 85 | 2.13% |
| | Unknown | Enos Smith | 79 | 1.98% |
| | Unknown | Ithamar Conkey | 70 | 1.76% |
| | Unknown | Elihu Lyman | 25 | 0.63% |
| | Unknown | Thomas Shepherd | 15 | 0.38% |
| | Unknown | Philo Dickinson | 14 | 0.35% |
| | Unknown | Charles P. Phelps | 14 | 0.35% |
| | Unknown | James Shepherd | 10 | 0.25% |
| | Unknown | Samuel Porter | 1 | 0.03% |
| | Various | Scattering | 25 | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,987 | 100.00% |
Results from Chester were rejected, "there being two returns from the same town." The exact totals for Chester are not known.

### Middlesex

1824 Middlesex Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | Micah M. Rutter | 5,721 | 65.30% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Keyes | 5,670 | 64.72% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Levi Thaxter | 5,644 | 64.42% |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Wade | 5,473 | 62.47% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Seth Knowles | 5,459 | 62.31% |
| | Federalist | Cyrus Baldwin | – | – |
| | Federalist | William Hilliard | – | – |
| | Federalist | Abiel Haywood | – | – |
| | Federalist | William Blanchard | – | – |
| | Federalist | Edmund Parker | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,761 | 100.00% |
Exact totals for Federalist ticket are not listed.
The following men also received votes, though their exact totals are unknown:
* Uriah Hagar
* William Austin
* Thomas Bacon
* Isaac Bemis, Jr.
* Hilbe Bridge
* Daniel Brooks
* Samuel Dana
* Edmund Foster
* Luther Harrington
* Ebenezer Hobbs
* Nathan Hobbs
* Jonathan Perham
* Jacob Reves
* Abel Wheeler

### Nantucket

1824 Nantucket Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federalist | Barker Burnell | 362 | 99.45% |
| | Various | Scattering | 2 | 0.55% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 364 | 100.00% |
Burnell was a member of the Federalist Party but was also supported by the Democratic-Republicans.

### Norfolk

1824 Norfolk Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Ruggles | 3,440 | 67.24% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Sherman Leland | 3,353 | 65.54% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Josiah J. Fiske | 3,210 | 62.74% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,116 | 100.00% |
The following men also received votes as Federalist candidates, though their exact totals are unknown:
* Thomas Greenleaf
* Nathaniel Miller
* David S. Greenough
* John Cotter, Jr.
* Francis C. Gray
* Samuel Hubbard
* Heman Lincoln
* Theodore Lyman II
* Jonathan Phillips

### Plymouth

1824 Plymouth Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic-Republican | Seth Sprague | 3,016 | 57.24% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Joseph Richardson | 3,010 | 57.13% |
| | Federalist | Barnabas Hedge | 2,253 | 42.76% |
| | Federalist | Thomas Hobart | 2,183 | 41.43% |
| | Various | Scattering | 71 | 1.35% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,269 | 100.00% |
Nathaniel Davis (Federalist), Charles Tuner (Republican), and William Davis (Republican) also received votes.

### Suffolk

1824 Suffolk Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federalist | Samuel Hubbard | 3,529 | 54.35% |
| | Federalist | Francis C. Gray | 3,372 | 51.95% |
| | Federalist | Theodore Lyman II | 3,340 | 51.46% |
| | Federalist | Heman Lincoln | 3,313 | 51.04% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Thomas L. Winthrop | 3,293 | 50.73% |
| | Democratic-Republican | George Odiorne | 3,246 | 50.01% |
| | Federalist | Jonathan Phillips | 3,211 | 49.47% |
| | Federalist | John Cotton | 3,163 | 48.73% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Nathaniel P. Russell | 3,149 | 48.51% |
| | Democratic-Republican | James T. Austin | 3,115 | 47.99% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Samuel Wells | 3,032 | 46.71% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Jonathan Mason | 3,013 | 46.42% |
| | Various | Scattering | 170 | 2.62% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,491 | 100.00% |

### Worcester

1824 Worcester Senate election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federalist | Stephen P. Gardner | 6,179 | 55.02% |
| | Federalist | Benjamin Adams | 6,171 | 54.95% |
| | Federalist | Aaron Tufts | 6,127 | 54.55% |
| | Federalist | Joseph G. Kendall | 6,122 | 53.25% |
| | Federalist | Nathaniel P. Denny | 6,052 | 53.25% |
| | Democratic-Republican | Nathaniel Houghton | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican | Edmund Cushing | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican | Daniel Thurber | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican | John Brown | – | – |
| | Democratic-Republican | Joseph Davis | – | – |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,231 | 100.00% |
Exact totals for the Republican ticket are unknown. Many other candidates received votes throughout the county, but their exact totals are unknown:
* Nathaniel Jones
* Salem Towne
* John Davis
* Bezaleel Taft Jr.
* Edmund Curtis
* Austin Denny
* Jabez Hamilton
* Nicholas MacClure
* Henry Penniman
* Asa Russell
* John Allen
* Arnold Barton
* Joshua Brown
* Phinehas Gay
* Samuel Mixter
* Joel Olds
* John Shepley