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FIRST JAIL
The first jail for the confinement of persons charged with crime, was in the original courthouse. There were some changes in the loca- tion, made by the building of an addition to the courthouse, but this jail was burned in January, 1884, when the courthouse was consumed by fire, and four prisoners, as above mentioned, were suffocated. During the interim, between the burning of the courthouse and jail at that time, and the erection of a new jail, in 1885, prisoners were sent to Carrollton, Greene County, to be cared for.
PRESENT JAIL
In 1885 the present jail and sheriff's residence were erected at a cost of about $15,000.00. Propositions for the expenditure of that amount for the purpose of erecting a sheriff's residence and jail had been submitted to the voters of Jersey County at the November elec- tion, 1884, and had been carried by a majority of the voters.
William Bailey was employed to submit plans and specifications for the construction of the new jail building, and a tax of thirty-five cents on the $100.00 was levied to provide a fund for its erection. The con- tract for doing the foundation work was let to William H. Dowdall and George H. Sturdevant for $870.00. The contract for the superstructure and woodwork for building proper, complete, was let to Henry C. Leak, for $7,445.00. The steel-clad cells, corridors and other ironwork was let to P. G. Pauley and Bro., St. Louis, Mo., to be put in place for $6,800.00.
The building is of brick, with stone trimmings, and presents a very
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handsome appearance. The part of the building occupied by the sheriff as a residence is 30x40 feet ground area. The jail proper, in the rear of the building, is 38x48 feet in size. The latter contains two tiers of steel cells, four on each floor, with corridors, and has spacious and comfortable cells, each 61/2 by 8 feet in size, and well ventilated. Since the repairs and changes have been made during 1918, the jail is regarded as being absolutely secure from breakage by its inmates, and the whole building is very well adapted to the uses for which it was con- structed. Had it been erected in some location off of the Public Square, it would have been equally well suited for its purposes, and as con- venient for the people of the county, and would have relieved the Square of the presence on it of a building that mars the beauty of that location because of its associations.
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At a special session of the county commissioners' court, held on Monday, October 13, 1845, the following record was placed on the records :
"Ordered, that Samuel R. Perry of the county of Greene and State of Illinois, and he is hereby ordered to collect the sum of $900.00 in full " payment of a certain farm, situated in the County of Jersey, State of Illinois, containing 160 acres, being the same tract of land heretofore owned by Thomas Vance, conveyed by said Vance to said Samuel R. Perry, and which said farm the Court has this day purchased for the purpose of establishing a poorhouse thereon, and it is further ordered that the clerk deliver to the said Samuel R. Perry aforesaid the sum of $900.00 in Jersey County orders upon receiving the conveyance of said premises."
In December of the same year the county commissioners established the county poorhouse on this farm, located five or six miles northeast of Jerseyville, on which was a house all ready for occupancy, and it was used for the purpose intended.
SECOND POORHOUSE
Later that first farm was sold and a farm of twenty acres adjoining Jerseyville on the east, was purchased of Richard Graham. It, too, had a house on it. This house was used to shelter the poor of Jersey County for several years, when another change was made.
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THIRD POORHOUSE
During the administration of O. P. Powell, William H. Allen and Phineas Eldridge, in 1868-69, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 16, of township 8, range 12, English Township, con- sisting of 160 acres, was purchased, and a large brick building erected thereon for a poorhouse for the care of the paupers of this county, with the necessary outbuildings, and a large orchard. This location is about six miles northwest of Jerseyville in English Township. On November 19, 1887, this poorhouse was burned. A temporary struc- ture, 18x60 feet, two stories high, was erccted immediately to care temporarily for the paupers.
PRESENT POORHOUSE
On July 9, 1888, a contract was entered into with Robert H. Clark, for $2,700.00 to erect the present poorhouse from materials furnished by the county. The county collected $5,000.00 insurance for the loss of the old building, which was sufficient, with the material on hand, to construct the present building. Charles C. Campbell was the overseer of the poorhouse at the time it was burned. The inmates were all rescued, no lives being lost in the fire.
The old plan of operating the poorhonse was for the county board to furnish the farm and everything necessary and employ a superin- tendent to operate it, making an allowance to him for boarding the pau- pers. This has been changed of recent years, and now it is under the . superintendence of a committee appointed by the board of supervisors, they to employ a superintendent and his wife to care for the inmates at a fixed annual salary, the proceeds of the farm being paid over to the county board. This plan has been so successful during the past three or four years that the income from the farm has more than paid all the expenses of feeding and clothing the inmates of the home, and paying the salaries of the overseers.
During this time, the inmates that have occupied the home have been no burden on the taxpayers of the county, a fact greatly to the credit of the committee and their management, and to the board of supervisors which appointed them.
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CHAPTER XVI POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
DELEGATES TO SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-DELEGATES TO THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-DELEGATES TO FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-REPRESENTATIVES IN TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY-REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY- OFFICIAL VOTE.
DELEGATES TO THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
The Second Constitutional Convention which met at Springfield, Ill., June 7, 1847, had the following delegates from the district embrac- ing Jersey County : Dr. Augustus R. Knapp of Jersey County, and William Barbyshell of Calhoun County. This convention adjourned August 31, 1847, and the results of its deliberations were submitted to a vote of the people, and ratified March 6, 1848. The constitution as written by this convention came in force April 1, 1848. The number of delegates attending it was 162.
DELEGATES TO THE THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
William H. Allen was Jersey County's representative as delegate to the Third Constitutional Convention, which opened January 7, 1862, and closed March 24, 1862. The constitution written by this convention was rejected at the election held June 17, 1862.
DELEGATES TO THE FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Judge Robert A. King was Jersey County's delegate to the Fourth Constitutional Convention which opened December 13, 1869, and closed May 13, 1870. This constitution, which is the present one of Illinois, was ratified at the election held July 2, 1870, and came into force August 8, 1870.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Jersey County has had the following representatives in the lower house of the National Assembly; Anthony L. Knapp in the Thirty- seventh and Thirty-eighth Congress, from 1861 to 1865; and Robert M. Knapp in the Forty-third Congress, from 1873 to 1875, and the Forty- fifth Congress, from 1877 to 1879, both of whom were from Jerseyville.
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY
At the time that portion of Illinois now included in Jersey County, was represented in the Territorial Assembly, it was known as Madison County, and as such had Samuel Judy in the council during the first and second session, from 1812 to 1814, inclusively, and in the first session, William Jones was the representative, and in the second, William Raab was the representative. In the third session held in 1816, John G. Lofton represented Madison County in both the council and lower house.
REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY
In the first session of the State Assembly, George Caldwell was the senator, and Abraham Prickett, Samuel Whiteside and John Howard, the representatives, all being from Madison County. In the second and third sessions, George Caldwell was the senator, and N. Buckmaster, Joseph Burroughs and Thomas Rattan, the representatives, and in the third session, Jersey County was included in Greene County. Thomas Carlin was sent to the senate from Greene County in the fourth session. In the fifth, he was also the senator, and he continued to represent Greene County in that body until 1832, when Thomas Rattan was elected and held the office for two terms. The representatives in the fifth session were John Allen and George Churchill; in the sixth, they were Thomas Rattan and John Allen; while in the seventh, they were Charles Greg- ory and J. L. Priestly. In the eighth session, the representatives were Lewis W. Link, Samuel C. Pierce, and William Goode, and in the ninth, they were Charles Gregory, L. W. Link, and James Turney. With the tenth session, in 1836, James Turney and John Allen were elected to the senate, and D. A. Cyrus, R. W. English, John Greene and William Lewis to the lower house. M. Boswick, Franklin Witt, and James Turney were elected to the senate, and John Allen, R. W. English, John Greene, and Edward N. Daley to the lower house. In 1839, Jersey County was organized, so in the twelfth session which convened in 1840,
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it had its own representative, A. W. Caverly, a Whig. In the thirteenth, Samuel T. Kendall, a Democrat, was elected; in the fourteenth, James Harriott, a Whig, was elected; in the fifteenth, Thomas Cummings, a Whig, was elected; in the sixteenth, Isaac Darneille, a Whig, and Joel Cory, a Democrat, were elected; in the seventeenth, J. C. Winters, a Whig. was elected; in the eighteenth, Giles H. Turner, a Whig, was elected: in the nineteenth, LaFayette McCrellis, a Democrat, was elected. In the twentieth session, 1858-60, Jersey County elected no repre- sentative, but was represented in the upper house by Anthony L. Knapp, a Democrat, and he was also in the twenty-second session, while the member of the lower house during the twenty-second and the twenty- third sessions, was John N. English. In the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh sessions, William Shephard, a Democrat, was elected to the senate, his associate during the last named session being William H. Allen, also a Democrat. In the twenty-fifth session, Robert M. Knapp. a Democrat, was elected to the lower house. In the twenty- seventh session, George W. Herdman, Robert A. King, both Democrats. were elected to the lower house from Jersey County. In the twenty- eighth, William McAdams; a Democrat, was elected to the lower house : and in the twenty-ninth, Oliver P. Powell, also a Democrat, was elected to the lower house. George W. Herdman and John N. English, both Democrats, were elected to the senate and lower honse, respectively, from Jersey County for the thirtieth, and Mr. English succeeded him- self in the thirty-first, his associate, a Republican. being George E. Warren, and Mr. English was re-elected in 1880. Walter E. Carlin was elected a representative to the thirty-third session; and Theodore S. Chapman and Henry C. Massey, the former a Republican the latter a Democrat, were elected to the lower honse of the thirty-fourth session. Theodore S. Chapman was elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth sessions as a senator on the Republican ticket. In the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth sessions, Thomas F. Ferns, a Democrat, was in the lower house from Jersey County, and in the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth his associate was Orville A. Snedeker, a Republican. Jesse K. Cadwallader, a Republican, was elected to the lower house of the forty-first session; John A. Shephard, a Democrat, was elected to the lower house of the forty-second; since which time, Henry A. Shephard has been Jersey County's representative in the lower house.
OFFICIAL VOTE
Herewith is given the official vote of Jersey County from 1839 to 1885. This tabulation gives not only the candidates who were successful.
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but the other candidates who were not, as their friends may be inter- ested in knowing the prominent characters of those days, aspiring to hold office in the county and district.
SPECIAL ELECTION, 1839
Coroner-Nelson R. Lurton, 308-226; William Springate, 86; Isaac N. Baccy, 86.
ELECTION, 1840
President-William Henry Harrison, Whig, 517-146; Martin Van Buren, Democrat, 360 ; scattering, 11. Commissioners-Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman, figures not available. Sheriff-John English, Whig, 439 ; Samuel T. Kendall, Democrat, 435. Coroner-A. G. Minor, 658- 619; Isaac N. Basey, 13; Vinson Lee, 26. Representative-John Drum, 29; John McDonald, 850-821.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1842
Governor-Joseph Duncan, Whig, 531-116; Thomas Ford, Demo- crat, 415; Charles W. Hunter, 17. Lieutenant Governor-William H. Henderson, Whig, 515-95; John Moore, Democrat, 420; Frederick H. Collins, 19. Senator-Charles Gregory, Whig, 502-97: Alfred W. Caverly, Democrat, 405; Peter Vanarsdell, 18. Representative, Samuel T. Kendall, 444-18; George W. Lowder, 426; James C. Perry, 74; James M. Medford, 8; John L. Morrell, 4. Coroner-John Britton, 178-85; R. D. Farley, 20; P. C. Walker, 4; John Cope, 13; H. E. Hayes, 65; J. West, 78; James Walden, 93; E. Ham, 1; Aaron Rice, 3. Sheriff-Mur- ray Cheney, 439 ; Perley Silloway, 484-55; Adam Wagoner, 32. County commissioner-William Palmer, 443-75; Henry Webster, 358; Amos Pruitt, 92; Thomas McDow, 43. On the Question of a Convention-For, 328-64; against, 264.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1843
Congress-Orville H. Browning, Whig, 555-126; Stephen A. Doug- las, Democrat, 429; Thomas Moore, 18. County commissioner-Thomas Carroll, 494-43; Maurice Armstrong, 451. County clerk-Richard Graham, 364; George W. Lowder, 486-122; George W. Burke, 108. Recorder-Thomas L. McGill, 653-416; Peter Perrine, 237. Probate justice-Martin B. Miner, 297; Joseph G. Scott, 325-28; David T. Bon-
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nell, 293. School commissioner-James Harriot (no opposition), 695. Surveyor-James A. Potts (no opposition), 700. Treasurer and asses- sor-Colonel Edsall, 605-76 ; John R. Black, 425.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1844
Congress-David M. Woodson, 473-13; Stephen A. Douglas, 460; Richard E. Ellis, 57. State senator-John Harris, 457-33; James Gra- ham, 424; John Vial, 62. Representative-James Harriot, 460-57 : Isaac Darneille, 403; Thomas McDow, 82. County commissioner- Maurice Armstrong, 492-100; Cyrus Tolman, 392; Joab White, 73. Sheriff-Perley Silloway, 509-125; Isaac Harbert, Jr., 384; Delavan D. Wilcox, 62. Coroner-John Britton, 424-40; Bushrod W. Hamil- ton, 384; George Wharton, 67.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1845
County commissioner-Ambrose S. Wyckoff, 282-47; Benjamin Saunders, 235; John Hawkins, 35; Virgil Noble, 33; J. Pennifield, 14. School commissioner-James Harriot, 387-354; B. B. Hamilton, 33; W. F. Guernsey, 16; D. D. Wilcox, 8.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1846
Governor-Augustus C. French, Democrat, 482: Thomas M. Kil- patrick, Whig, 509-27; Richard Elle, 40. Lieutenant governor-Joseph B. Wells, Democrat, 478; Nathaniel G. Wilcox, Whig, 503-25; Abraham Smith, 9. Representative- J. M. Hurd, Democrat, 478; Thomas Cum- mings Whig, 585-47; Thomas MeDow, 31; Elihu J. Palmer, 1. County commissioner-Benjamin Cleaver, Whig, 523-64; Jacob Lurton, Demo- crat, 459; James Brown, 37. Sheriff-Perley Silloway, 437; Jonathan Plowman, 495-58; Isaac Snedeker, 30; John Darneille, 21. Coroner- George Hoffman, 532-182; John Stafford, 350; William Edsall, 46.
SPECIAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 1847
Delegate to Constitutional Convention-Augustus R. Knapp, 251; Daniel E. Brown, 239; Edward A. D'Arcy, 147: Elihu J. Palmer, 31.
REGULAR ELECTION, 1847
County clerk-George W. Lowder, 686-482; John Kimball, 204. Recorder-Thomas L. McGill, 856. Probate judge-J. M. Hurd, 579-
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289; Joseph G. Scott, 279; M. B. Miner, 11. County commissioner- James McKinney, 578-279; Paris Mason, 299. School commissioner- B. B. Hamilton, 338-22; Willard Guernsey, 279; James Harriott, 37. Surveyor-Job Collins, 459-77; James A. Potts, 372; John H. Buffing- ton, 10. Treasurer-Solomon Calhoun, 440-77; James E. Van Horne, 352; John L. Compton, 55.
ELECTION, AUGUST, 1848
Congress-William A. Richardson, Democrat, 693-648; Eli Wilson, Whig, 45. Governor-Augustus C. French, Democrat, 691-645; C. V. Dyer, Whig, 46. Lieutenant Governor-William McMurty, Democrat, 688-643; Henry H. Snow, Whig, 45. Secretary of State-Horace S. Cooley, Democrat ; 684-640; S. C. Painfreer, Whig, 44. Auditor of State-Thomas H. Campbell, Democrat, 781-636; Benjamin E. Viall, Whig, 45. Treasurer of State-Wilton Carpenter, Democrat, 682- 637 ; Moses Pettengill, Whig, 44. State Senator-Franklin Witt, Demo- crat, 521-162; James Metcalf, Whig, 359; scattering, 6. Representa- tive-John D. Fry, Democrat, 510-59; Isaac Darneille, Whig, 460; scattering, 46. Sheriff-Jonathan Plowman, 523-98; Wright Casey, 425; Josiah French, 36. County commissioner, Ambrose S. Wyckoff, 619-251; James A. Piggott, 368; Jacob H. Prichett, 349-75; Josialı Jackson, 274; John Arnspiger, 27; Asa Snell, 2; Isaac Snedeker, 45: Abijah Davis, 43. Coroner-Wiliam Lay, 472-151; William Bailey, 321. School commissioner-Hiram Bridges, 449-89 ; Charles H. Knapp, 360.
ELECTION, SEPTEMBER, 1848
Supreme judge-Lyman Trumbull, 380; David I. Baker, 466-86. Supreme clerk-Edward H. Ridgeway, 768 -- 750; John R. Gallerfield, 18. Circuit judge-Alfred W. Caverly, 347; David M. Woodson, 511-164; scattering, 1. Attorney-Mark W. Delahay, 278; Clark K. Goodrich, 481-203. Circuit clerk-Charles I. Jackson, 280; Robert L. Hill, 126; Thomas McGill, 472-192.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1848
President-Lewis Case, Democrat, 530; Zachary Taylor. Whig 454; . Martin Van Buren, Federalist, 93.
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ELECTION, 1849
Associate justice-James McKinney, 553; Jacob Lurton, 291; James A. Piggott, 254; S. P. Stratton, 193; E. M. Pease, 22. County surveyor- James A. Potts, 697-696; George W. Burke, 1. School commissioners- Hiram Bridges, 559-458; Elihu J. Palmer, 101. County treasurer- Solomon Calhoun, 642-648; John Q. Compton, 4. County judge- George E. Warren, 695-694; Cyrus Tolman, 1. County clerk-George IV. Lowder 704-703; Anthony L. Knapp, 1.
ELECTION, 1850
State treasurer-John Moore, 116-116; John Y. Knox, 0. Congress- man-William A. Richardson, 364; Orville A. Browning, 417-53. State senator-Franklin Witt, 382-82; John A. Logan, 300. Repre- sentative-Charles D. Hodges, 448-332; J. C. Winters, 116.
ELECTION, 1851
On the adoption of the general banking law-For the banking law, 216; against the banking law, 237-21. County treasurer-Solomon Calhoun, 411-411. Surveyor-James A. Potts, 452-445; T. Humes- law, 7. School commissioner-Hiram Bridges, 315-221; E. J. Palmer, 94.
ELECTION, 1852
President-Franklin Pierce, Democrat, 315-221; Millard Fillmore. Whig, 651-87. Governor-Joel A. Matteson, 576; E. B. Webb, 654-1; D. A. Knowlton, 77. Lieutenant governor-Gustavus Koerner, 568; J. L. D. Morrison, 650-4; P. Carpenter, 78. Secretary of state-Alexander Starne, 570; Buckner S. Morris, 647-1; Erastus Wright, 76. State auditor-Thomas H. Campbell, 570; Charles Belts, 651-81; E. J. Smith, 76. State treasurer-John Moore, 570; Francis Avery, 649-79; Moses Pettingill, 72. Congressman-Richard Yates, 743-199; John Calhoun, 544. State's attorney-Cyrus Epler, 424; William Weer, 420; Mahlon Ross, 285.
Representative-Charles D. Hodges, 736; A. L. Knapp, 711; Jacob Lurton, 254; T. W. Bryolin, 60: William Webb, 37. Sheriff, Jonathan Plowman, 637; J. M. Hurd, 641-4. Circuit clerk-Thomas L. McGill, 890-890. Coroner-William Williams, 587-310; J. O. Hamilton, 277.
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SPECIAL ELECTION, MARCH, 1853
On the question of the county subscribing $50,000.00 toward the capital stock of the Jacksonville & Carrollton Railroad-For the sub- scription, 1,036-798; against the subscription, 238.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1853
County judge-George E. Warren, 653-289; Anthony L. Knapp, 364. Associate judges-Jasper M. Terry, 491; Charles H. Bowman, 636; John N. English, 354; William Loy, 255; Thomas Chapman, 44. County clerk-George M. Lowder, 557-471; Charles H. Roberts, 186; J. Murray Bacon, 177. County surveyor, James A. Potts, 475; Levi F. McNeil, 518-43. School commissioner-Hiram Bridges (no opposition), 942. Treasurer and assessor-Solomon Calhoun, 937-935 ; H. N. Belt, 2.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1854
Congress-Richard Yates, Whig, 714-234; Thomas L. Harris, Demo- crat, 480. State treasurer-John Moore, Whig, 490 ; James Miller, Demo- crat, 596-206. Senator-John M. Palmer, Whig, 724-264; B. T. Burke, Democrat, 460. Representative-LaFayette MeCrillis, 409; Au- gustus R. Knapp, 457; B. B. Hamilton, 263. Sheriff-Jonathan Plow- man, 603-25 ; John F. Smith, 578. Coroner-Benjamin Wedding, 724 -297; William Williams, 427.
ELECTION, 1855
On the question of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors-For prohibition, 841-343; against prohibition, 498. Judge of the circuit court-D. M. Woodson, 1,136-1,136.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1856
President-James Buchanan, Democrat, 702-172; Millard Fillmore, American, 530; John C. Fremont, Republican, 387. Congress-Thomas L. Harris, 732; John Williams, 769-37. Governor-William A. Rich- ardson, Democrat, 748-56; William H. Bissel, American, 692; Buckner H. Morris, Republican, 177. Lieutenant governor-Richard T. Hamil- ton, Democrat, 740-61; John Wood, American, 679; Parmenos Bond,
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Republican, 154. Secretary of state-Ozias M. Hatch, 893-90; William H. Snyder, 703. State auditor-Jesse K. Dubois, 710-9; Samuel K. Casey, 701; Hiram Barber, 207. State treasurer-James Miller, 907- 202; John Moore, 705. Superintendent of public instruction-Ezra Jen- kins, 208; William H. Powell, 710-10; John H. St. Matheny, 700. Asso- ciate justices-J. Murray Bacon, 751-25; Richard Ely, 720. State's attorney-Albert G. Burr, 909-207; James W. English, 702. Circuit clerk, Thomas L. McGill (no opposition), 1,005. Sheriff-Charles H. Bowman, 510; Benjamin Wedding, 724-204; J. M. Hurd, 370. Coro- ner-C. P. Stafford, 634; Felix Burney, 824-190; William Evans, 18. On the question of a convention to amend the constitution of the State of Illinois-For, 137; against, 607-470.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1857
Supreme judge-Edwin B. Webb, 666-497; Sidney Breese, 169. County judge-O. P. Powell, 794-385; George E. Warren, 409. Asso- ciate judges-William Williams, 789-379; Richard R. Ely, 802-436; J. Murray Bacon, 410; Jasper M. Terry, 366. County clerk-Andrew Jackson, 871-535; Thomas P. Wilson, 336. Assessor and treasurer- John F. Smith, 77-364; E. M. Smith, 413. Surveyor-Henry M. Chase, 708-217; Josiah White, 491. School commissioner-Henry H. Howard, 828-480; Joseph O. Hamilton, 348.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1858
Congress-Thomas L. Harris, 1,059-485; Jamss H. Matheny, 574; John L. McConnell, 11. State senator-Anthony L. Knapp, 1,032- 432; Alexander B. Morean, 600. Representative-Francis P. Rush. 1,046-450; C. M. Hamilton, 596. Superintendent of public instruc- tion-Augustus C. French, 1,054-473; Newton Bateman, 581; John Reynolds, 12. Sheriff-Charles H. Bowman, 820-18; John L. Johnson, 802. Coroner-Lewis Johnson, 1,036-540; James B. Veitch, 496.
Congress-James A. McClernand, Democrat, 725-273; John M. Palmer, Republican, 452. Assessor and treasurer-John F. Smith, Dem- ocrat, 736-331; Robert Darlington, Republican, 405. School commis- sioner-William J. Herdman, Democrat, 605-53; Penuel Corbett, Re- publican, 552. Surveyor-Josiah H. White, Democrat, 556-4; George I. Foster, Republican, 552.
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SPECIAL ELECTION, JANUARY, 1859
Congress-Charles D. Hodges; 641-273; James C. Conkling, 368.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1860
President-Abraham Lincoln, Republican, 910; Stephen A. Doug- las, Independent Democrat, 1,291-381; John Bell, Constitutional Union, 105; John C. Breckenridge, Democrat, 11. Congress-John A. Mc- Clernand, Democrat, 1,318-341; Henry Case, Republican, 977. Gov- ernor-James C. Allen, Independent Democrat, 1,302-371; Richard Yates, Republican, 951; John T. Stuart, Constitutional Union, 56; Thomas M. Hope, Democrat, 8. Lieutenant governor-Lewis W. Ross, Independent Democrat, 1,295-349; Francis A. Hoffman, Republican, 948; A. C. Blackburn, Constitutional Union, 58; Thomas Snell, Demo- crat, 11. Secretary of state-George H. Campbell, Independent Demo- crat, 1,295-343; Ozais M. Hatch, Republican, 952; James Monroe, Constitutional Union, 58; B. T. Burke, Democrat, 11. State auditor- Bernard Arntzen, Independent Democrat, 1,288-344; Jesse K. Dubois, Republican, 954; James D. Smith, Constitutional Union, 59; Harry S. Smith, Democrat, 11. State treasurer-Hugh Maher, Independent Dem- ocrat, 1,244-356; William Butler, Republican, 865; Jonathan Stamper, Constitutional Union, 58; Harry S. Smith, Democrat, 11. Superintend- ent of public instruction-Edward R. Roe, Independent Democrat, 1,292-35; Newton Bateman, Republican, 953; D. I. Snow, Constitu- tional Union, 58; John H. Dennis, 11. Representative-John N. Eng- lish, Independent Democrat, 1,299-311; Benjamin F. Slaten, Repub- lican, 988. State's attorney-James W. English, Independent Demo- crat, 1,275-300; James Lee, Republican, 975; Robert Hitt, Constitu- tional Union, 19. Circuit clerk-M. E. Bagley, Democrat, 1,092-133 ; Thomas L. McGill, Republican, 957. Sheriff-William H. Cummings, Democrat, 1,229-154; Benjamin Wedding, Republican, 1,075. Coroner -Lewis Johnson, Democrat, 1,285-325; W. B. Slaten, Republican, 959. On the question of a convention to amend the constitution-For. 771; against 1,658-897. On the question of township organization --- For, 1,429-539 ; against, 890.
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