CHAPTER IX. (CONT'D)

OFFICIAL VOTE. (CONT'D)

ELECTION, MARCH, 1862.
On the Question of Ratifying the Contract with the American Emigrant Company.
For the Contract 175— 75
Against Contract 100
ELECTION, OCTOBER, 1862.
Secretary of State.
James Wright 156- 34
Richard H. Sylvester 122
Auditor of State.
J. W. Cattell 156- 34
John Brown 122
Treasurer of State.
W. H. Holmes 142- 5
S. L. Lorah 137
Register of State Land Office.
Josiah A. Harvey 156- 33
Frederick H. Gottschalk 123
Member Congress--Fifth District.
John A. Kasson, R 163- 47
D. O. Finch, D 116
Judge District Court.
James G. Day 152- 25
Samuel Clinton 127
District Attorney.
Charles E. Millard 152- 26
R. G. Parrott 126
Attorney General.
Charles C. Nourse 156- 34
Benton G. Hall 122
County Judge.
E. B. Bell 171- 74
George M. Elsey 97
Clerk of Court.
William Waddell 147- 21
R. C. Gordon 123
Coroner.
H. A. Baker 157- 37
T. J. Byrd 120
Superintendent of Schools.
C. W. Hall  
George M. Smith 93
SOLDIERS' VOTE
County Judge.
E. B. Bell 20
G. M. Elsey 20
Clerk of Courts.
William Waddell 36- 16
R. C. Gordon 24
Superintendent of Schools.
E. W. Hall 19
Geo. M. Smith 22- 3
Coroner.
H. A. Baker 1
T. S. Byrd 20- 19

ELECTION, OCTOBER, 1863.
Governor.
Wm. M. Stone 194— 81
James M. Tuttle 113
Lieutenant Governor.
Enoch W. Eastman 195- 91
John F. Duncombe 104
Judge Supreme Court.
John F. Dillon 194— 86
Charles Mason 108
Senator--Eighth District.
Lewis W. Ross 192- 82
Samuel Clinton 109
Representative.--Sixty-fourth District.
E. B. Fenn 189- 71
Samuel L. Lorah, D 118
County Judge.
E. B. Bell 220- 106
James W. Brown 114
Treasurer and Recorder.
R. D. McGeehon, R 155
Isaac Dickerson, D 176— 23
Sheriff.
G. I. Chizum 223- 115
G. Hebing 1o08
Surveyor.
F. H. Whitney 224- 210
J. Hodges 1
E. W. Davenport 13
Superintendent Schools.
G. M. Smith 305
Coroner.
Morris Hoblitt 217- 99
James Jarvis 118
Drainage Commissioner.
M. M. Edwards 219- 208
C. S. Newlon 11

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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2025 from: "History of Cass County, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens" , published in 1884, Springfield, Ill: Continental Historical Co., pp. 332-333.

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