Seven Boston residents are elected to the House of Representatives.

(May) Some of those elected represent towns as far away as Springfield, prompting Gov. William Phips to “negative” the election, as well as a subsequent one in September that produces the same results. In a third election in November, the same men are reelected, including four of Elisha Cooke Sr.’s “Old Charter” supporters to represent Boston. Phips allows this election to stand, but when Nathaniel Byfield, a Boston resident elected to represent Bristol, is elected speaker, he negates the selection. Phips subsequently survives a vote for his recall by the House of Representatives by a vote of 26-24, and is able to get the body to pass a law requiring residence in the towns that they represent by the same margin.