Results of the Municipal Elections
Worcester, Dec. 11, 1854
(Massachusetts Spy, Dec. 13, 1854)

City Election: The City Election, Monday, resulted in the complete triumph of the Know Nothings. They elected every officer, from Mayor to Ward Clerks, by large majorities. It is re-ported that several members of the School Committee at large, are not members of the mystic fraternity.

The vote for Mayor stood as follows:

Richardson, Know-Nothing vs. Estabrook, Dem.

Ward 1	191	22
Ward 2	211	15
Ward 3	83	23
Ward 4	159	65
Ward 5	144	77
Ward 6	255	42
Ward 7	319	21
Ward 8	237	23
Totals	1590	288

Scattering 36

The vote for Aldermen on the Know-Nothing Ticket, was as follows:

WARDS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Henry Earl	191	236	83	156	154	261	315	248
Samuel Davis	198	236	84	157	155	263	318	250
Wm. T. Merrifield	198	234	83	157	153	260	319	250
John P. Southgate	197	234	83	157	153	263	319	249
Wm. H. Harris	194	235	84	156	153	260	310	248
Jas. H. Wall	193	224	83	153	151	248	296	226
Alvin Waite	194	234	84	154	154	256	297	243
Henry Goulding	191	228	84	153	153	254	305	243

The vote for Alderman, on the Democratic ticket, was as follows:

WARDS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Freeman Upham	23	15	23	67	76	40	21	23
Edward Lamb	21	15	23	67	75	40	21	22
Henry Prentiss	21	15	23	67	75	40	21	22
Sam'l D. Harding	21	15	23	67	76	40	21	22
Moses D. Phillips	22	15	23	67	76	40	21	22
Ansel Lakin	21	15	23	67	76	40	22	22
Joseph Lovell, jr.	21	15	23	67	75	40	21	22
Henry W. Conklin	25	15	23	67	75	40	21	22