1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[a]
Massachusetts 1 "Suffolk district"	Josiah Quincy	Federalist	1804	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Josiah Quincy (Federalist) 59.1% William Jarvis (Democratic-Republican) 40.8%
Massachusetts 2 "Essex South district"	Joseph Story	Democratic-Republican	1808 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Benjamin Pickman Jr. (Federalist) 52.2% Daniel Kilham (Democratic-Republican) 47.8%
Massachusetts 3 "Essex North district"	Edward St. Loe Livermore	Federalist	1806	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edward St. Loe Livermore (Federalist) 63.6% Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 36.0%
Massachusetts 4 "Middlesex district"	Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 63.4% Abraham Bigelow (Federalist) 36.%
Massachusetts 5 "Hampshire South district"	William Ely	Federalist	1804	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Ely (Federalist) 66.0% Samuel Fowler (Democratic-Republican) 33.9%
Massachusetts 6 "Hampshire North district"	Samuel Taggart	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 68.4% Solomon Snead (Democratic-Republican) 31.5%
Massachusetts 7 "Plymouth district"	Joseph Barker	Democratic-Republican	1804	Incumbent retired. Two ballots were held, but the second was invalidated.^[b] New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 50.4% William Baylies (Federalist) 49.2%
Massachusetts 8 "Barnstable district"	Isaiah L. Green	Democratic-Republican	1804	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Gideon Gardner (Democratic-Republican) 58.1% Wendall Davis (Federalist) 41.9%
Massachusetts 9 "Bristol district"	Josiah Dean	Democratic-Republican	1806	Lost re-election Federalist gain.	√ Laban Wheaton (Federalist) 56.8% Josiah Dean (Democratic-Republican) 42.7%
Massachusetts 10 "Worcester South district"	Jabez Upham	Federalist	1806	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jabez Upham (Federalist) 54.3% Edward Bangs (Democratic-Republican) 44.4% John Spurr (Democratic-Republican) 1.2%
Massachusetts 11 "Worcester North district"	William Stedman	Federalist	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Stedman (Federalist) 65.3% Moses White (Democratic-Republican) 32.3% Abijah Bigelow (Federalist) 1.8%
Massachusetts 12 "Berkshire district"	Ezekiel Bacon	Democratic-Republican	1807 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ezekiel Bacon (Democratic-Republican) 54.4% John W. Hulbert (Federalist) 45.6%
Massachusetts 13 "Norfolk district"	Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ebenezer Seaver (Democratic-Republican) 57.7% Edward Robbins (Federalist) 42.1%
Massachusetts 14 "York district," District of Maine	Richard Cutts	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Cutts (Democratic-Republican) 51.2% Joseph Leland (Federalist) 47.7% Others 1.0%
Massachusetts 15 "Cumberland district," District of Maine	Daniel Ilsley	Democratic-Republican	1804	Lost re-election Federalist gain.	√ Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 50.9% Daniel Ilsley (Democratic-Republican) 49.1%
Massachusetts 16 "Lincoln district," District of Maine	Orchard Cook	Democratic-Republican	1804	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Orchard Cook (Democratic-Republican) 50.9% Alden Bradford (Federalist) 48.1% Barzillai Gannett (Democratic-Republican) 1.0%
Massachusetts 17 "Kennebec district," District of Maine	John Chandler	Democratic-Republican	1804	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Barzillai Gannett (Democratic-Republican) 50.6% Thomas Rice (Federalist) 48.7%

Notes

^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
^ In the 7th district, there were 430 votes for "Charles Turner" which were counted separately from Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican). This caused the vote tally to be William Baylies (Federalist) 1,828 (49.4%), Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 1,443 (39.0%), "Charles Turner" 430 (11.6%). As no candidate had a majority, a second election was held on January 19, 1809 which elected Baylies with 54.3% of the vote. Turner successfully contested this election, and was subsequently declared the winner based on the first ballot, with the second invalidated. He was seated June 8, 1809^[1]

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[3] In the 7th district, there were 430 votes for "Charles Turner" which were counted separately from Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican). This caused the vote tally to be William Baylies (Federalist) 1,828 (49.4%), Charles Turner Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 1,443 (39.0%), "Charles Turner" 430 (11.6%). As no candidate had a majority, a second election was held on January 19, 1809 which elected Baylies with 54.3% of the vote. Turner successfully contested this election, and was subsequently declared the winner based on the first ballot, with the second invalidated. He was seated June 8, 1809^[1]

[2] "Eleventh Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.

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