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Reading on ballot box-871
Ballots taken from box-871 of which 7 were absentee ballots Upon being canvassed and counted, the result was as follows:
Moderator for one Year
Herbert A. Lincoln
722
Cecil Whitney
12
Chester Rimmer
1
John Davis
1
John Leavitt
1
Mark Robinson
1
Horace Ross
3
William Spradlin
1
Douglas Reilly
1
Blanks
128
Total
871
Town Clerk for Three Years
Nellie L. Sparrell
801
Mrs. Perry Osborn
1
Ruth Murray
1
Blanks
68
Total
871
Selectman for Three Years
W. Clarke Atwater
275
John Crowley
53
A. Lester Scott
411
Robert C. Smith
118
Blanks
14
Total
871
Assessor for Three Years
W. Clarke Atwater
263
John Crowley
53
A. Lester Scott
410
Robert C. Smith
126
Blanks
19
Total
871
Board of Public Welfare for Three Years
W. Clarke Atwater
261
John Crowley
58
A. Lester Scott
407
Robert C. Smith
128
Blanks
17
Total
871
Town Treasurer for One Year
Margaret Crowell
792
Alan C. Virtue
1
Blanks
78
Total
871
Highway Surveyor for One Year
Howard C. Maybury, Jr.
359
Perry H. Osborn
487
Donald Burnside
3
Blanks
22
Total 871
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Tree Warden for One Year
John T. Osborn 728
Louis Osberg 1
Howard Maybury
1
Andrew Maxwell
1
Blanks
140
Total
871
School Committee for Three Years
James P. Hall
396
John D. R. Woodworth 397
Dr. Woodworth
5
Col. Woodworth
3
Richard McMullen
1
Blanks
69
Total
871
Board of Health for Three Years
Minot F. Williamson
676
John D. R. Woodworth
12
Raymond Vinal
2
Blanks
181
Total 871
Trustee William J. Leonard Library for
Three Years
Pauline W. Leonard
718
Blanks
153
Total
871
Water Commissioner for Three Years
George F. Cavanagh
428
Howard A. Shearer
353
Alden White
2
Arthur Murphy, Jr.
2
Warren Merritt
1
Blanks
85
Total
871
Water Commissioner for Two Years
Richard H. Brooks
692
Arthur J. Murphy, Jr.
3
Alden White
1
Blanks
175
Total
871
Water Commissioner for One Year
Jacob Lee Turner
352
Lloyd S. West
383
Bernard White
1
John D. R. Woodworth
1
Blanks
134
Total
871
The Town Clerk, Assessor, Selectmen, Member of Board of Public Welfare, Town Treasurer, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Water Commissioner for 3 years, and Water Commissioner for 1 year were sworn in by the Moderator. The Town Clerk swore in the Moderator. Meeting dissolved.
Attest:
NELLIE L. SPARRELL
Town Clerk
The following were sworn in by the Town Clerk: Minot F. Williamson, Board of Health-March 8th. John D. R. Woodworth, School Committee-March 10th. Pauline Leonard, Trustee Leonard Library-March 11th. Richard II. Brooks, Water Commissioner-April 30th, 1948.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Cushing Memorial Town Hall Tuesday, the Twenty- seventh day of April, 1948 at 12 o'clock Noon, for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
16 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
16 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party .- 9th Congressional Dist.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party .- 9th Congressional Dist.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party .- 9th Congressional Dist.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party .- 9th Congressional Dist.
District Members of State Committee-(One man and One Woman) for each political party for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
18 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
-Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P.M.
Hereof, fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at that time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 2nd day of April, A.D., 1948
A. LESTER SCOTT RALPH H. COLEMAN JAMES A. LIDDELL Selectmen of Norwell.
A true copy - Attest: LLOYD B. HENDERSON, Constabie Apr.1 16, 1948
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 27, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the voters met at the time and place mentioned therein and took the following action. Polls opened at 12 noon and closed at 8 P.M. Lester A. Scott was the Presiding Election Officer and Harry G. Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. Other election officers were: Ethel Turner, Jane Baird, Martha Henderson, Annie Capell, James A. Liddell, Ralph H. Colemon, Carrie Newcomb and Albert Cavanagh, Jr.
Names checked in-247
8 Democratic votes
Names checked out-247
239 Republican votes
Reading on ballot box-247
Number of ballots taken from box-247
Upon being canvassed in open meeting, they were found to be for the following persons:
Republican
Delegates at Large to the National Convention
Robert F Bradford
197
Leverett Saltonstall 204
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 198
Joseph William Martin, Jr. 191
Clarence A. Barnes 186
Katherine G. Howard
181
Edwin L. Olander
181
Blanks
335
National Alternate Delegates At Large to National Convention
Esther W. Wheeler
176
Carroll L. Meins 176
Clara F. Roberto
171
Richard B. Wigglesworth
188
Florence G. Claussen
175
Ann M. Zyfers
172
Milton P. Higgins
174
Blanks
441
National District Delegates-9th Congressional District
Group 1
144
Timothy J. Moriarty, 2nd
133
Group 2
25
George C. P. Olson
52
Blanks
124
National Alternate District Delegates
Ninth District
Group 1
132
Henrietta T. Virtue
172
Group 2
Oscar J. Cahoon
24
John R. Wheatley
40
Blanks
110
Harry B. Albro
Patrick H. Dupuis
Mary J. Schindler
77
TOWN OF NORWELL
State Committee (Man)
Ninth District
Frederick H. Lutz
159
Blanks ...
80
State Committee (Woman)
Ninth District
Alma G. Wheatley
169
Blanks
70
Town Committee
Henrietta T. Virtue
213
Grace L. Sparrell
205
Pauline W. Leonard
192
Roger O. Apts
188
Joseph Tolman, Jr.
191
Sydney S. Dean
195
Archibald R. Gordon
189
Donald C. Wilder
196
Thomas Leavitt
182
Nellie L. Sparrell
200
Wayland S. Bailey
193
Charlotte W. Snow
187
John T. Osborn
196
Chester A. Bell
188
Dorothy G. Lind
189
Louise E. Knight
185
William Hills
185
Horace S. Johnson
185
Schulyer Dillon
3
Blanks
840
DEMOCRAT
National Delegates At Large to National Convention
Group 1
John W. McCormack
5
James M. Curley
3
Thomas J. Buckley
3
William J. Foley
3
Chester A. Dolan, Jr.
3
Joseph E. Casey
3
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
4
Daniel B. Brunton
3
Margaret M. O'Riordan
3
Roger L. Putnam
3
Maxwell B. Grossman
3
Francis E. Kelly
3
John T. McMorrow
3
David J. Brickley
3
Joseph A. Scolponeti
4
Edward P. Gilgun
3
Group 2
Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr.
1
John George Asiaf
1
Stanley Borsa
1
Gerald R. Bowler
1
Jeremiah D. Crowley
2
Joseph T. Conley
1
Walter A. Cuffe
1
C. Gerald Lucey
1
....
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Francis V. Matera
1
Harvey A. Pothier
1
William H. J. Rowan
1
Colin J. Cameron
1
Charles J. Artesani
1
Francis K. Casey
1
Daniel Rudsten
1
John M. Shea
1
Not grouped
James A.Bowes
0
Francis E. Casssidy
0
Lawrence W. Caton
0
Joseph H. Downey
1
Leo A. Gosselin
0
Thomas A. Keating
0
Mathias LaPierre
0
Leo F. McGrath
0
James Leo O'Connor
0
James F. Reynolds
1
George W. Stanton
0
Alice D. Sullivan
0
Blanks
57
National Alternate Delegates At Large National Convention
Group 1
William R. Conley
3
Frank T. Y. Goon
3
Michael A. O'Learry
4
Bernard J. Killion
3
Clementina Langone
3
Michael Lo Presti
3
Mary E. McDonald
3
Charles H. McGlue
3
Thomas F. Graham
3
Samuel Michelman
3
Rita M. Moylan
3
Mary Higgins
3
Charles Collatos
3
Silas F. Taylor
3
James R. Violette
3
Daniel F. Donvan
3
Group 2
James A. Burke
1
Joseph E. Duffy
1
Howard B. Driscoll
1
Gerald P. Lombard
1
John J. Toomey
1
Robert G. Connolly
2
Edward J. Mulligan
1
James J. Twohig, Jr.
1
Anthony Parenzo
1
John G. Curley
1
Patrick Cronin
1
Harold C. Nagle
1
Thomas F. Reilly
1
John H. O'Connor, Jr.
1
James E. Hannon
1
Frank B. Oliveira
1
79
TOWN OF NORWELL
Not grouped
Marie F. Akey
0
Thomas B. Brennan
0
Joseph J. Buckley
1
John C. Carr
0
Lawrence E. Corcoran
0
Frederick M. Kelly
0
Ida C. McDonough
0
Edward Mclaughlin
0
Wilfred J. Paquet
0
Luke Ryan
0
Anna A. Sharry
0
Jacob W. Shinberg
0
Wanda Walczak
0
Blanks 61
National District Delegates
Ninth District
Helen L. Buckley
6
Rodolphe G. Bessette Blanks
7
National Alternate District Delegates
Ninth District
Jacinto F. Diniz
3
Octave O. Desmarais
4
Blanks
9
State Committee (Man)
Ninth District
James P. Fitzgerald Blanks
5
3
State Committee (Woman)
Helen L. Buckley
Ninth District 4
Blanks
4
Town Committee
No nomination papers were filed for Town Committee.
NELLIE L. SPARRELL Town Clerk
3
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARIES
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries, to meet in Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Tuesday the Four- teenth Day of September, 1948 at 2 o'clock P.M., for the following purposes :
To bring their votes to the Primary officers for the Nomination of candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Governor for this Commonwealth
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Commonwealth Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth
Attorney General for this Commonwealth Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress for 9th Congressional District Councillor for 2nd Councillor District Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Representative in General Court for 3rd Plymouth Rep. District Register of Probate and Insolvency for Plymouth County County Commissioners for Plymouth County County Treasurer for Plymouth County The polls will be open from 2:00 P.M. o'clock to 8:00 P.M.
Hereof, fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this day of September, A.D. 1948
A. LESTER SCOTT RALPH H. COLEMAN JAMES A. LIDDELL Selectmen of Norwell.
A true copy - Attest: LLOYD B. HENDERSON, Constable September 6, 1948
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TOWN OF NORWELL
STATE PRIMARIES September 14, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the voters met at the time and place mentioned therein and took the following action. Polls opened at 2 P.M. and closed at 8 P.M. Lester A. Scott was the presiding Election officer and Harry G. Pinson was in charge of the ballot box. Other Election officers were, Ralph H. Coleman, Jane Baird, Carrie Newcomb, Annie Capell, Albert Cavanagh, Jr., Martha Henderson, Ethel Turner and James Liddell.
Names checked in-254 254 Ballots taken from box
Names checked out-254
10 Democratic ballots
Reading on ballot box register-254 244 Republican ballots
Upon being canvassed in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons:
Republican
Governor
Robert F. Bradford 208
Edward M. Rowe
33
Blanks
3
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur W. Coolidge
231
Blanks
13
Secretary
Frederick W. Cook
230
Blanks
14
Treasurer
Lawrence Curtis
225
Blanks
19
Auditor
Douglas Lawson
48
Edwin L. Olander, Jr.
105
Wallace E. Stearns
6
Russell A. Wood
65
Blanks
20
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes
224
Blanks
20
Senator in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall
233
Blanks
11
Congressman 9th District
Donald W. Nicholson
169
Paul G. Archambault
7
William B. Perry, Jr.
53
Blanks
15
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Councillor 2nd District
Clayton L. Havey 178
Joseph B. Grossman 46
Blanks 20
Senator Nor. and Plym.
Newland H. Holmes
219
Blanks 25
Representative in 3rd Plymouth General Court
Nathaniel M. Hurwitz
220
Blanks 24
Register of Prob. and Insolv.
Walter H. Gilday
216
Blanks
28
County Commissioners Plym. Co.
Frederick T. Bailey
209
Elva Bent 165
Blanks
114
County Treasurer Ply. Co.
Avis A. Ewell 225
19
Democrat
Governor
Paul A. Dever
9
Maurice J. Tobin
1
Blanks
0
Lieutenant Governor
Edward P. Barry
2
Benedict F. FitzGerald, Jr.
2
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
5
Blanks
1
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin
7
Jerome Patrick Troy
2
Blanks
1
Treasurer
John E. Hurley
9
Blanks
1
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
9
Blanks
1
Attorney General
Enrico Cappucci
1
John F. Kelley
1
Francis E. Kelley
2
Patrick Gilbert Sullivan
6
Blanks
0
Blanks
$3
TOWN OF NORWELL
Senator in Congress
John I. Fitzgerald
Francis D. Harrigan 1
Joseph A. Langone, Jr.
0
John D. Lynch 0
Richard M. Russell
4
Blanks
1
Congressman 9th District
Jacinto F. Diniz Blanks
7
3
Councillor 2nd District
Samuel G. Thorner
8
Blanks
2
NELLIE L. SPARRELL Town Clerk
WARANT FOR STATE ELECTION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwell, in said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Norwell qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, on Tuesday, the Second day of November, 1948 at 6:00 o'clock A.M: for the following purposes :
Electors of President and Vice-President, Governor for this Commonwealth
Lieutenant Governor for this Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth Treasurer for this Commonwealth Auditor for this Commonwealth Attorney General for this Commonwealth
Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth Representative in Congress for the Ninth Congressional District Councillor for Second Coucillor District Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Representative In General Court for Third Plymouth Rep. District Two County Commissioners for Plymouth County One County Treasurer for Plymouth County Register of Probate and Insolvency for Plymouth County
And to bring in their votes on the following Questions;
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QUESTIONS
QUESTION NO. 1
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 28, 1945, received 227 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 232 votes in the affirmative and 8 in the negative?
| Yes | No 1
SUMMARY
This proposed amendment to the Constitution adds to the declaration of the rights of the inhabitants, as now set forth in the Constitution, the following: "The right of free speech shall not be abridged."
QUESTION NO. 2
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 220 votes in the affirmative and 28 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 228 votes in the affirmative and 5 in the negative?
| Yes | No 1
SUMMARY
This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides that the use of revenue from fees, duties, excises or license taxes relating to the registration, operation or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, execept revenue from any excise tax imposed for the privilege of registering such vehicles in lieu of local property taxes, shall be for highway purposes only.
QUESTION NO. 3
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 6, 1946, received 243 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 3, 1948, received 231 votes in the affirmative and 9 in the negative?
Yes | No I
SUMMARY
This is an amendment of Article XVII of the Amendments to the Constitution. It provides that in case of a failure to elect the secretary, treasurer and receiver general, auditor or attorney general of the Commonwealth, or in case of the death of a person elected to any of such offices between the day of election and the third Wednesday of the follow- ing January, such an officer shall be chosen by a joint ballot of the senators and representatives from the people at large, instead of from the two persons who had the highest number of votes at the election as is now required. It also provides that if there is a vacancy in any of such offices during a session of the Legislature the vacancy shall be filled in like manner by choice from the people at large, but if the vacancy occurs at ony other time it shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council.
QUESTION NO. 4
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 84 in the affirmative and 130
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in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 15 in the affirmative and 22 in the negative.
| Yes | No
SUMMARY
This measure by amending General Laws (Ter.Ed.), Chapter 272, Section 21 provides that the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of said Chapter 272 which make it an offence to advertise or give information as to the procurement of means for the prevention of pregnancy or conception shall not apply to treatment or perscription given to married women by registered physicians for protection of life or health.
QUESTION NO. 5
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 5 in the affirmative and 203 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 36 in the negative?
| Yes | No 1
SUMMARY
This measure prohibits the denial of the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of membership or non-membership in a labor organization and prohibits agreements which exclude any person from employment because of membership or non-membership in a labor organi- zation. Violation of the provisions of the measure is made an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment or both.
QUESTION NO. 6
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 82 in the affirmative and 126 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 20 in the negative?
| Yes | No 1
SUMMARY
This measure requires that elections of officers of labor organizations shall be held at least annually. Sixty days notice of a regular election and twenty day' notice of an election to fill one or more vacancies are required to be given by public announcement at a regular meeting, by notice in writing to each member, or in any other adequate manner. Candi- dates to be voted for must be nominated by a paper signed by ten members filed at least thirty days before a regular election and at least ten days before an election to fill a vacancy.
The voting at such an election must be by secret written or printed ballot. Watchers appointed by nominating members and by union officers may be present during the voting and counting of ballots.
Coercion and intimidation of members in connection with an election is prohibited, and violations of the provisions of the measure are made punishable by fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or both.
QUESTION NO. 7
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 95 in the affirmative and 110 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 14 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative?
Yes | No 1
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SUMMARY
This measure prohibits the calling of a strike by a labor organization in any business or plant or unit thereof, except when authorized by the vote of the majority of all the members of the organization employed in the business, plant or unit thereof. Such auhorization is to be expressed by a secret written or printed ballot at a meeting called for that puropse.
The Labor Relations Commission is authorized to make rules for the conduct of the voting. Within twenty-four hours after the voting the labor organizaiton conducting it shall make a written report of the result to the commission, which shall be a permanent public record. If no report is filed the vote taken shall be void and a person making a false report shall be guilty of perjury.
Coercion and intimidation of members of a labor organization in connection with such voting is made a penal offense.
QUESTION NO. 8
Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, ---
| Yes No 1
"ARTICLE- -
"SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the Presi- dent more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
"SECTION 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from date of its submission to the States by the Congress,"-be ratified by the general court?
QUESTION NO. 9
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
Yes No
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
| Yes | No
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?
| Yes | No
All the above Candidates and Measures to be voted for upon one ballot .- The Polls will be open from 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Hereof, fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this nineteenth day of October in the year Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight.
A. LESTER SCOTT RALPH H. COLEMAN JAMES A. LIDDELL Selectmen of Norwell.
A true copy - Attest:
LLOYD B. HENDERSON, Constable October 22, 1948
STATE ELECTION November 2, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the voters met at the time and place mentioned therein and took the following action: Polls opened at 6 A.M. and were closed at 8 P.M. by A. Lester Scott the presiding election officer. Other election officers were: James A. Liddell, Ralph H. Coleman, Jane Baird, Martha Henderson, Carrie Newcomb, Mary DeMarchi, Julia Rosebach, Alice Merritt, Annie Capell, Arlene Clark, Douglas Mitchell, Ruth Murray, Emily Ripley, Emily Allen, Ethel Turner, Helen Norris, and Harry J. Pinson, the last named presiding at the ballot box.
One thousand two hundred ninety-one names were checked on the voting lists, and the ballot box registered one thousand two hundred nine-one ballots cast. Upon being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons:
Electors of President and Vice President
Dewy and Warren, Nine hundred eighty-seven 987
Teichert and Emery, None
0
Truman and Barkley, Two hundred fifty-five
255
Wallace and Taylor, Twenty-seven 27
Watson and Learn, None
0
Norman Thomas, One
1
John D. R. Woodworth, One
1
Blanks, Twenty
20
Governor
Robert F. Bradford, Nine hundred eighty-five
985
Paul A. Dever, Two hundred eighty-five
285
Horace I. Hillis, Four
4
Mark R. Shaw, One
1
John D. R. Woodworth, One
1
Blanks, Fifteen
15
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur W. Coolidge, One thousand
1000
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan, Two hundred fifty
250
Lawrence Gilfedder, Eight
8
Guy S. Williams, One
1
Blanks, Thirty two
32
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Secretary
Frederick W. Cook. One thousand fifty-one
1051
Edward J. Cronin, One hundred ninety-one 191
Gote E. Palmquist, Three 3
Blanks, Forty-six 46
Treasurer
Laurence Curtis, One thousand and two 1002
John E. Hurley, Two hundred forty-two 242
Harold J. Ireland, Two 2
Malcolm T. Rowe, Five
5
John D. R. Woodworth, One
1
Blanks, Thirty-nine
39
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley. Three hundred sixty-two 362
Russell A. Wood, Eight hundred seventy-nine 879
Robert A. Simmons, Two
2
Francis A. Votano, Five 5
Blanks, Forty-three
43
Attorney-General
Clarence A. Barnes, One thousand and four 1004
Francis E. Kelly, Two hundred thirty-one 231
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