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At the special judicial election on October 20, 1869, L. W. Tal- bott (he of the four-dollar dog on the 1857 assessment roll) and A. Boyce were elected justices of the peace for Township One; E. Hunter and Mathias Smythe, for Township Two; and A. W. Hulse, for Township Three.
At a special election held the first Wednesday in September, 1870, J. C. Morrison was elected supervisor from District Two for the three-year term beginning the first Monday of March, 1871, and we find A. Harrel chairman of the board.
On February 8, 1871, Mark Wyatt was appointed justice of the peace in Township Three to fill a vacancy created by the removal of A. Boyce. Three days later Amos A. Hicks was appointed assessor, James H. Cox having died.
The county's vote cast during the years from 1867 to 1869 for other officers for districts larger than the county, from district judge and assemblyman to United States Senator, were as follows: On September 9, 1867, for United States Senator, T. G. Phelps, 56; S.
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B. Axtell, 253. For State senator, H. A. Skelton 68; James H. Lawrence 233. For assemblyman, J. W. Newson, 252. For district judge, A. C. Bradford, 210. On November 3, 1868, the county cast for Member of Congress : For S. B. Axtell, 274, and for Frank M. Pixley, 98. On September 6, 1869, the county's vote for assem- blyman : J. B. Cocanour, 260; Miner Walden, 33; A. Ingalsbe, 76.
At the general election held September 6, 1871, James E. Hicks was elected clerk; Samuel M. Brown, sheriff; George Turner, treas- urer; H. F. Blackwell, assessor; R. H. Ward, district attorney; Samuel H. P. Ross, superintendent of schools; Mark Howell, sur- veyor; V. H. Cox, coroner; Thomas G. Hardwick, public adminis- trator ; William H. Bean and William M. Bagby, constables of Town- ship One; and T. J. James and A. Jones, constables of Township Two. J. S. Cocanour continues as chairman of the board of supervisors.
At the judicial election Monday, October 23, 1871, James W. Robertson was elected county judge; L. W. Talbott and Willis Hicks, justices of the peace for Township One; J. C. Jenkins and R. S. Clay, justices for Township Two; and R. J. Ashe and N. H. Spencer, justices for Township Three.
In 1872 we find J. K. Mears chairman of the board. On August 6, of that year, M. T. McPherson was appointed constable in Town- ship One in place of William Bean, removed; S. P. Curry, constable in Township Two; and Richard Simpsen, justice of the peace in Town- ship Two. At a special election on September 11 of that year, Ion Simons was elected supervisor of District Two.
The election to remove the county seat was held December 12, 1872. On November 4 of that year G. W. Rogers was appointed constable of Township Three and S. S. Reynolds justice of the peace.
At the general election on November 5 of that year the vote cast for Congressman stood: S. V. Houghton, 257; E. J. Kewin, 393.
On February 5. 1873, George Powell was appointed justice of the peace in Township Two in place of Mathias Smythe, resigned. On May 6, 1873, N. Breen was appointed constable of Township One to succeed William M. Bagby, deceased, and Wilber F. Clark was appointed justice of the peace of Township Five. This is the first mention of Township Five, and strangely enough there appear no officers for Township Four. See, a little further on, the results of the general election of September 3 of this year. On May 10, Thomas A. Leggett was appointed justice of the peace for Township Two in place of George Powell, resigned; on July 8, John K. Law was appointed superintendent of schools to succeed Samuel H. P. Ross, deceased; and on August 7, George H. Perrin was appointed county
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surveyor to succeed Mark Howell, resigned. Silas March appears as chairman of the board this year.
At the general election on September 3, 1873, H. B. Davis re- ceived 525 votes and William Waldo 75 in this county for assembly- man. A. J. Meany was elected sheriff; George Turner, treasurer ; James E. Hicks, clerk; D. M. McKenney, district attorney; George H. Perrin, surveyor ; H. N. Rucker, coroner ; G. W. Rogers, assessor ; Ion Simons, supervisor for District Two; M. T. McPherson and Frank Sheridan, constables for Township One; George Powell and S. P. Curry, constables for Township Two; William M. Vinley and Charles S. Johnson, constables for Township Five; and W. W. Abbott and T. W. Coleman, constables for Township Three.
At the judicial election on October 15, 1873, the county cast for district judge, 471 votes for Alex. Deering and 267 for A. C. Brad- ford. Our five judicial townships now appear, thus indicating the creation of Le Grand and Livingston Townships, in addition to Town- ship One at Snelling, Township Two at Merced, and Township Three at Los Banos, and also indicating the growth of population along the railroad and the increase of the wheat-growing industry. Justices of the peace were elected as follows : Township One, L. W. Talbott and W. H. Hamilton; Township Two, R. Simpson and T. A. Leggett; Township Three, T. J. Wilcox and William S. Weed; Township Four, R. J. Ashe; and Township Five, C. Talbott and Wilber F. Clark.
In 1874, on May 8, Y. Poncabore was appointed constable of Township One in place of Frank Sheridan, resigned; and on Septem- ber 2, John B. Cocanour was elected supervisor of District One. Silas March continues this year as chairman of the board.
R. H. Ward was appointed district attorney on May 3, 1875, "D. M. McKenney," says the minute, "having failed to do duty."
At the general election on September 1 of that year, the county cast for Member of Congress, 588 votes for P. D. Wigginton, 316 for S. O. Houghton, and 235 for J. S. Thompson ; for State senator, 506 votes for R. H. Ward and 639 for J. M. Montgomery; for assemblyman, 553 for J. W. Wilcox and 510 for W. J. Howard. A. J. Meany was elected sheriff; George Turner, treasurer ; E. J. Hamil- ton, recorder ; James E. Hicks, clerk; A. D. Turner, assessor ; J. K. Law, district attorney; E. Beaumont, surveyor ; B. F. Fowler, super- intendent of schools; H. N. Rucker, coroner ; B. F. Davis, supervisor for District Three; and for constable, S. Addison and George W. Halstead were elected in Township One; E. A. Packer and Joseph Leeson, in Township Two; W. W. Abbott and E. C. Mason, in Township Three; Richard Shaffer, in Township Four; and G. F. Lawrence and Charles J. Johnson, in Township Five.
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At the judicial election on October 20, 1875, J. W. Robertson was elected county judge, and justices of the peace were elected as fol- lows : Township One, H. F. Buckley and L. W. Talbott; Township Two, J. O. Blackburn and T. A. Leggett; Township Three; T. J E. Wilcox and J. F. Sumner ; Township Four, H. F. Rosecrans and L. B. McCormack; Township Five, S. A. Smith and Ira J. Tren. J. K. Mears is chairman of the board for 1875. Ion Simons succeeds him in 1876.
On May 2, 1876, H. A. Harrelson was appointed justice of the peace for Township One, and at a special election that year W. J. Quigley was elected supervisor for District Two.
At the general election on November 7, 1876, the county cast for Congressman, 776 votes for P. D. Wigginton and 572 for R. Pacheco.
In 1877, J. B. Cocanour again becomes chairman of the board. On March 19 of that year, Frank H. Farrar was appointed justice of the peace in Township Two.
At the general election on September 5, 1877, the county cast for assemblyman: 557 votes for Andrew Ewing and 357 for R. S. Clay. A. J. Meany was elected sheriff; George Turner, treasurer; James E. Hicks, clerk ; P. B. King, district attorney ; E. J. Hamilton, record- er; William G. Collier, surveyor ; L. D. Stockton, superintendent of schools; H. N. Rucker, coroner; and G. C. Baker, supervisor of District One. Constables were elected as follows: Township One, G. W. Halstead and A. Bertrandis; Township Two, E. A. Packer and Joseph Leeson; Township Three, Daniel Donovan and J. A. Barker; Township Four, Eli M. McKee; Township Five, C. S. John and L. C. Davis.
At the judicial election, October 17, 1877, the county cast for district judge, 392 votes for J. B. Campbell and 20 for L. F. Jones. J. A. Harrelson and W. L. Williams were elected justices of the peace in Township One; N. Breen and T. A. Leggett, in Township Two; Nelson Howeth and A. M. Chadwick, in Township Three; J. W. Campbell, in Township Four; J. A. Worthington and Ira J. Tren, in Township Five.
In 1878, B. F. Davis appears as chairman of the board of super- visors. On may 6 of that year Andrew Lauder was appointed justice of the peace to succeed A. M. Chadwick, resigned. At a special election on September 4, N. Bibby was elected supervisor of District Three.
In 1879, W. J. Quigley is chairman of the board. On July 2, apparently by appointment, J. B. Cocanour succeeds G. C. Baker, resigned, as supervisor of District One.
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At the general election held September 3, 1879, the county's vote for Member of Congress was 511 for Wallace Leach, 425 for R. Pacheco, and 146 for J. J. Ayers ; for Senator, 511 for D. M. Pool and 565 for T. W. Drullard; for assemblyman, 491 for .W. F. Coff- man and 585 for N. S. Rogers.
We now come under the present State constitution, and the first superior judge appears in the person of Charles H. Marks. William J. Quigley was elected treasurer ; John Simonson, clerk ; A. J. Meany, sheriff and tax collector; Frank H. Farrar, district attorney; E. J. Hamilton, auditor and recorder; W. B. Aiken, assessor; John W. Bost, surveyor ; E. T. Dixon, superintendent of schools ; H. N. Rucker, coroner and public administrator; Thomas Upton, supervisor of District Two. In Township One, J. R. Horsley and M. D. D. Wick- ham were elected justices of the peace, and A. Bertrandis and George F. Hannah, constables; in Township Two, T. H. Leggett and N. Breen, justices, and Joseph Leeson and F. M. Gardenhire, constables ; in Township Three, T. J. E. Wilcox and Andrew Lauder, justices, and D. Donovan and A. H. Ross, constables; in Township Four, T. F. Smith and David Chedister, justices, and James Beel and Samuel Stevinson, constables ; in Township Five, W. R. Wiggs and W. F. Clark, justices, and Charles S. Johnson and L. C. Davis, constables. W. J. Quigley was chairman of the board during this year, going to the office of county treasurer at the beginning of 1880.
It will be noted that a lot of new blood came in at this first elec- tion under the constitution of 1879: Marks, Simonson, Aiken, Bost, Upton. Bost had held the office of deputy under Surveyor William G. Collier in the late sixties. Frank H. Farrar is new in the district attorney's office, although he had held township office before, as we have seen. On October 22, 1879, P. D. Wigginton was appointed district attorney in place of P. B. King, deceased. This was obviously only for the remainder of 1879, as Frank H. Farrar had been elected on September 3 for the term beginning the first of 1880.
On March 19, 1880, appears an appointment of H. N. Rucker as coroner and public administrator, to which combined offices he had been elected the previous September. The necessity for the appoint- ment is not explained. During this year, N. Bibby was chairman of the board of supervisors.
At the general election on November 2, 1880 (note that the general election of 1879 had been in September, under the old con- stitution), the county cast for Members of Congress, 529 votes for R. Pacheco and 692 for Wallace Leach; for assemblyman, 511 for Samuel C. Bates and 698 for John W. Bost. W. L. Means was elected supervisor from District One. Justices of the peace in the several townships were elected as follows: J. A. Harrelson in Town-
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ship One, J. O. Blackburn in Township Two, A. Lauder in Township Three, J. G. Schroder in Township Four, W. F. Clarke and W. R. Wiggs in Township Five; and the constables, as follows: A. Bertran- dis in Township One, Joseph Leeson in Township Two, Louis H. Abbott in Township Three, John A. Henderson in Township Four, and C. L. Johnson and L. C. Davis in Township Five.
On January 3, 1881, Mark Howell was appointed county sur- veyor in place of John W. Bost, who had resigned on account of his election to the assembly. On March 31, John F. McSwain by appoint- ment succeeded E. J. Hamilton as recorder ; and on May 7, I. J. Buckley was appointed to succeed J. A. Harrelson, resigned, as justice of the peace in Township One. On November 10, J. A. Langan was appointed justice of the peace in Township Five to succeed W. F. Clarke, resigned. On December 29, W. P. Stoneroad was appointed county surveyor in place of Mark Howell, resigned. N. Bibby was chairman of the board during this year also, but Thomas Upton succeeds him in that capacity in 1882.
On May 31, 1882, I. J. Buckley having resigned as justice of the peace in Township One, J. A. Harrelson, his predecessor, was ap- pointed to the office again.
At the general election on November 7, 1882, the county cast for Congressman, 532 votes for G. L. Wood and 892 for P. B. Tully; and for Representative to Congress at large, 543 for Henry Edgerton, 548 for W. W. Morrow, 881 for Charles Sumner, and 878 for John Gascock (Glascock?). Evidently they were voting for two. For essemblyman the county cast 657 votes for R. S. Clay and 745 for W. L. Smith. A. J. Meany was elected sheriff; John H. Simonson, clerk; John F. McSwain, recorder; M. D. Wood, treas- urer ; Frank H. Farrar, district attorney ; William B. Aiken, assessor ; W. P. Stoneroad, surveyor ; E. T. Dixon, superintendent of schools ; J. E. P. Williams, coroner. There were elected three new super- visors : B. H. Dean from District One, W. H. Hartley from District Two, and J. L. Crittenden from District Three. Justices of the peace were elected as follows: J. A. Herrelson in Township One, J. W. Robertson in Township Two, T. J. E. Wilcox in Township Three, J. F. Ward in Township Four, and W. J. Stockton in Town- ship Five; and constables as follows: A. Bertrandis in Township One, Joseph Leeson in Township Two, A. K. Bagwell in Township Three, William Steele in Township Four, L. C. Davis in Town- ship Five.
On May 11, 1883, Dan Donovan was appointed constable of Township Three to succeed A. K. Bagwell, resigned.
On March 4, 1884, Merced and Mariposa Counties appear to have been made into one assembly district. On the 15th of the same
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month, W. L. Smith, assemblyman, having removed from the State, there was a special election for assemblyman, at which this county cast 254 votes for N. S. Rogers and 528 for J. W. Breckinridge. On April 12, Andrew Lauder was appointed justice of the peace of Town- ship Three in place of T. J. E. Wilcox, resigned, and two days later, E. C. Fitzhugh, constable of Township One in place of A. Bertrandis, resigned.
At the general election on November 4, 1884, the county cast for Congressman, 806 votes for J. A. Louttit and 969 for Charles A. Sumner; for State senator, 807 for A. E. Wagstaff and 973 for J. D. Spencer; and for member of assembly, 807 for I. J. Buckley and 961 for G. G. Gaucher. C. H. Marks was elected superior judge; J. L. Crittenden, sheriff; John H. Simonson, clerk; Robert N. Hughes, auditor ; John G. Elliott, recorder; Frank M. Ostrander, district attorney; M. D. Wood, treasurer; L. H. Bradley, coroner and public administrator; L. M. Gillham, surveyor.
We now arrive at the point where the county has five supervisors instead of three, and find an entire new board elected : John A. Mont- gomery from District One, Henry Creighton from District Two, W. W. Gray from District Three, E. L. Sturgeon from District Four, and C. W. Smith from District Five. This board went in at the beginning of 1885, and on organization elected E. L. Sturgeon chairman. J. L. Crittenden was chairman in 1884.
In Judicial Township One, J. A. Harrelson and S. W. Blaisdell were elected justices of the peace and E. C. Fitzhugh, constable; in Township Two, N. Breen and Andrew Lauder, justices, and F. M. Gardenhire and T. H. Leggett, constables; in Township Three, W. R. Wiggs and W. J. Stockton, justices, and L. C. Davis and J. W. Graham, constables.
On April 7, 1885, A. E. Knight was appointed constable in Town- ship Three, "L. C. Davis having failed to return to State at end of sixty day leave." On July 10, Henry Latour was appointed constable of Township One in place of E. C. Fitzhugh, resigned.
In 1886, C. W. Smith was chairman of the board. On May 19 of that year, John F. McSwain was appointed sheriff to succeed J. L. Crittenden, deceased.
At the general election held November 2, 1886, the county cast 967 votes for Marion Biggs, for Congressman, and 698 for J. C. Campbell. A. J. Meany was elected State senator for the Thirtieth District; and J. W. Bost, assemblyman for the Sixty-seventh District. Meany received in this county 955 votes, to 656 for C. F. Wade; and Bost, 1034 against 637 for W. E. Gallison. John H. Givens was elected sheriff ; Jerry Myall, clerk; R. N. Hughes, auditor; J. G. Elliott, recorder; J. W. Breckinridge, district attorney; J. K. P.
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Price, treasurer ; J. A. Norvell, superintendent of schools; M. D. Wood, assessor; C. D. Martin, surveyor; E. S. O'Brien, coroner ; W. W. Gray, supervisor from District Three; and W. J. Stockton, supervisor from District Five. In Township One, C. E. Blewett and J. A. Harrelson were elected justices, and A. Bertrandis and T. V. Estes, constables ; in Township Two, Andrew Lauder and J. W. Robertson, justices, and H. W. French and F. M. Gardenhire, con- stables ; in Township Three, W. E. Merritt and T. W. Ralley, justices, and A. A. Bither and B. W. Jeffers, constables. Apparently Judicial Townships Four and Five have lapsed, having been merged into the first three. W. W. Gray appears as chairman of the board for 1887, and J. A. Montgomery for 1888.
On April 30, 1888, Frank Howell was appointed treasurer to succeed J. K. P. Price, deceased.
At the general election on November 6, 1888, the county cast for Congressman, 764 votes for John Eagan and 968 for Marion Biggs ; for assemblyman, 977 for W. M. Rundell, 40 for J. O. Black- burn, and 70 for John Conway. C. A. H. Warfield was elected sheriff ; Jerry Myall, clerk; R. N. Hughes, auditor ; E. A. Hicks, re- corder ; J. W. Breckinridge, district attorney ; E. J. Rector, treasurer, C. D. Martin, surveyor ; E. S. O'Brien, coroner ; J. A. Montgomery, supervisor from District One; C. C. Nelson, supervisor from District Two; and J. H. Edwards, supervisor from District Four. For Town- ship One, J. A. Harrelson and W. C. Bennett were justices of the peace, and C. E. Blanchard and Edgar Latour, constables-the latter now constable in the same Township; for Township Two, J. W. Robertson and J. Y. Jones, justices, and Thomas F. Carrigan and T. H. Leggett, constables; for Township Three, W. E. Merritt and C. W. Smith, justices, and B. W. Jeffers and A. A. Bither, constables.
At the general election on November 4, 1890, this county gave A. Caminetti 990 votes for Congressman, and G. G. Blanchard 868; for State senator, T. O. Hays 988 and J. C. Needham 889; and for assemblyman, F. H. Gould 959 and Henry Nelson 902. J. K. Law was elected superior judge; C. A. H. Warfield, sheriff ; J. G. Elliott, clerk; Nick Breen, auditor; E. A. Hicks, recorder; B. F. Fowler, district attorney ; J. H. Simonson, assessor ; R. F. Bartlett, treasurer ; J. A. Norvell, superintendent of schools ; E. S. O'Brien, public admin- istrator; C. A. Robinson, surveyor ; R. Shaffer, supervisor from Dis- trict Three; and J. W. Haley, supervisor from District Five. William M. Gray appears as chairman of the board in 1890; and J. A. Montgomery again in 1891.
On March 4, 1891, H. R. Potter was appointed justice of the peace in Township Three to succeed W. E. Merritt, resigned, and on May 13, James E. Hicks in Township Two to succeed J. W.
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Robertson, deceased. The death of J. W. Robertson removed one of the original officers upon the formation of the county ; he was assessor in 1855.
John A. Montgomery appears as chairman of the board in 1892. On May 2 of that year the name of T. A. Mack, the present sheriff, first appears as a county officer ; he was appointed constable in Town- ship Two to succeed T. F. Carrigan, resigned. On September 29 of this year, George A. Kahl was appointed justice of the peace in Township Four.
The general election of 1892 took place on November 8. The county cast 713 votes for William M. Bowers and 893 for Olin Wellborn, for Congressman; 646 for J. S. Alexander and 1055 for F H. Gould, for assemblyman. C. A. H. Warfield was elected sheriff ; J. G. Elliott, clerk; N. Breen, auditor; Jeff. Fruit, recorder; R. F. Bartlett, treasurer ; F. G. Ostrander, district attorney; A. G. Clough, coroner and public administrator ; W. P. Stoneroad, surveyor ; George P. Kelsey, supervisor from District One; C. C. Nelson, supervisor from District Two; and J. H. Edwards, supervisor from District Four. The election of F. G. Ostrander as district attorney put into that office the second son of Harvey J. Ostrander, pioneer of the county. Another son, Frank M. Ostrander, had been elected to that office in 1884, as we have seen. F. G. Ostrander and his nephew Frank M. (the latter the son of the Frank M. elected in 1884) are now practicing law in Merced under the firm name of Ostrander & Ostrander.
At this election of 1892, J. A. Harrelson and Jesse Neighbor were elected justices, and Fred Griffith and C. E. Rhodes constables, of Township One; James E. Hicks and J. B. Ralston justices, and Thomas A. Mack and G. W. Yoakum constables, in Township Two; Charles W. Smith and S. A. Smith justices, and Jacob Gardner, Jr., and B. W. Jeffers constables, in Township Three; G. A. Kahl and F. G. Poor justices, and Norman Moss and John A. Artman con- stables, in Township Four. Township Four now appears again.
The two constables elected that year for the Merced Township are now, one of them, sheriff (T. A. Mack), and the other in charge of the court house park (G. W. Yoakum). Fred Griffith, elected con- stable at Snelling, was a son of that Dr. Joshua Griffith who came to Merced River bottom in 1852, when the only men on the river, according to his information given in his life sketch in the history of 1881, were John M. Montgomery, Samuel Scott, and James Waters.
Township Five now appears again. On January 12, 1893, L. M. Gillihan was appointed justice of the peace for the new township. The appointment was rescinded the next day. Gillihan was reappoint- ed March 6, 1893. On October 5 of this year, Edgar Latour was ap-
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pointed constable in Township One to fill a vacancy caused by the creation of the new Township Five.
The People's Party appears in the general election held on November 6, 1893. In this county, C. H. Castle, People's Party, received 832 votes for State senator ; E. D. McCabe, Democrat, 603 ; and John H. Shine, Republican, 458; and for assemblyman, Horace G. Kelsey, People's Party, received 742 votes; J. R. Broughton, Democrat, 470; and L. A. Richards, Republican, 660. C. A. H. Warfield was elected sheriff; J .H. Simonson, assessor; T. H. Leg- gett, recorder; William H. Cook, auditor; O. W. Grove, school superintendent; W. P. Stoneroad, surveyor; A. G. Clough, coroner and public administrator; F. G. Ostrander, district attorney; R. Shaffer, supervisor for District Three; and J. W. Haley, supervisor for District Five. In Township One, G. B. Neighbor and J. A. Harrelson were elected justices and Edgar Latour and A. L. Standi- ford, constables; in Township Two, John Naffziger and Fred Read, justices, and T. A. Mack and John Rahilly, constables; in Township Three, C. F. Bertholf and C. S. Cothran, justices, and Jake Carter and Joel Webb, constables; in Township Four, George A. Kahl and B. C. H. Turner, justices, and William Boyd and Thomas D. Willson, constables; in Township Five, B. Berry and R. A. Weaver, justices, and W. W. Abbott and C. S. McSwain, constables. E. A. Hicks and A. M. Vanderlip tied for county clerk, and on December 20 a special election was held for that office again and Hicks defeated Vanderlip. C. C. Nelson appears as chairman of the board during 1894, and also during the next two years.
On January 15, 1895, C. F. Blewett was appointed justice of the peace in Township Five. For some reason the two justices elected in Township Four at the general election in November, 1894, were appointed in March, 1895, to the same offices. The appointment of B. C. H. Turner was made March 4, and that of George D. Kahl on March 7.
A special election of January 21, 1896, to elect a supervisor in District Four, resulted in the choice of John Q. Drummond.
The general election of that year was held on November 3. For Congressman, C. H. Castle received in the county 1000 votes and William W. Bowers 578; for assemblyman, A. S. Emory, 544, and J. G. Elliott, 1155. J. K. Law was elected superior judge; A. B. Hamilton, supervisor for District One; Paul Neumann, supervisor for District Two; and G. W. Abbott, supervisor for District Four.
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