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At the territorial election of October 11, 1864, John Cadman was elected to the house of representatives for Lancaster County and William Imlay for the representative district composed of Lancaster, Seward and Saline counties. Richard Wallingford was elected county commissioner ; P. S. Schamp, surveyor ; and Milton Langdon, prosecuting attorney.
At the general election of October 10, 1865, 125 votes were polled. August Kountz for territorial treasurer, John Gillespie for auditor, received 100 votes each, while S. G. Goodman and John Seaton, their opponents, received 6 votes each. John Cadman was again elected representative for Lancaster County and Joel Mason for the district composed of Lancaster, Seward and Saunders counties. The county officers elected were: Milton Langdon, clerk; Luke Lavender, probate judge; S. S. Snyder, county commissioner; William Guy. treasurer ; W. Ingram, coroner; J. S. Gregory, prosecuting attorney; P. S. Schamp, surveyor.
On June 2. 1866, an election was held under the state constitution, prepared by the territorial legislature of 1865-6, at which 165 votes were cast in Lancaster County. David Butler received 112 and J. Sterling Morton received 53 votes for the office of governor : there were 95 votes for the constitution and 53 against it. John Cadman was elected senator to the state legislature, which was the first. and met July 4th. James Queen of Lancaster was elected representative from Lancaster, Seward and Saunders counties. His opponent, J. L. Davison, of Seward, contested the election of Queen and the contest was pending when the legislature adjourned after an eight days' session. Ezra Tullis was elected representative from the county.
At the October election of the same year, pending the admission of Nebraska as a state, 199 votes were cast. J. E. Doom of Cass was elected territorial councilor and state senator from Cass and Lancaster; E. K. Clark, of Seward, representative from Lancaster, Seward and Saunders; E. H. Hardenberg, rep- resentative from Lancaster County, to both state and national legislatures. Hardenberg resigned at the close of the session of the territorial legislature in March, 1867, and John Cadman was elected to fill the vacancy in the state legis- lature which was called shortly afterward. John W. Prey was elected county commissioner.
At the county election on October 8, 1867, there were 235 votes cast. The officers elected were: Silas Pratt, commissioner ; John Cadman, probate judge ;
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S. B. Galey, county clerk; J. H. Hawke, sheriff; M. Langdon, treasurer ; Ezra Tullis, surveyor; F. A. Bidwell, school commissioner; Emil Lange, coroner.
At the election of 1868, held October IIth, there were 460 votes polled. David Butler received 320 and J. R. Porter 123 votes for governor. C. H. Gere was elected senator for the district composed of Lancaster, Saline, Gage, Pawnee and Jefferson counties. Ezra Tullis was chosen representative from the county ; W. R. Fields was elected county commissioner. Seth Robinson of Lancaster was appointed attorney general by Governor Butler.
The county election of October 10, 1869 brought forth 562 votes. S. B. Pound was elected probate judge over J. M. Bradford by a vote of 392 to 170. Capt. R. A. Bain was elected clerk ; John Cadman, treasurer ; Sam McClay, sheriff ; Milton Langdon, surveyor ; Robert Faulkner and D. H. Sudduth, commissioners ; Allen M. Ghost, superintendent of public instruction ; Dr. D. W. Tingley, coroner.
At the election of October 11, 1870, 1,116 votes were cast. For governor, David Butler received 798 votes and John H. Croxton received 318. Col. A. J. Cropsey of Lancaster was elected senator for the district, and S. B. Galey representative for the county.
An election was held May 2, 1871, to choose delegates to the constitutional convention which met in June. Seth Robinson and J. N. Cassell were elected to represent the county ; Col. J. E. Philpott, of Lancaster, from the eleventh sena- torial district, of Lancaster and Seward; and W. H. Curtis, of Pawnee, for the fourteenth representative district, composed of Lancaster, Saunders, Johnson, Pawnee and Gage.
At the election on the new constitution, held September 19th of the same year, 1,415 votes were cast-1,237 for the new constitution and 178 against it. The con- stitution, however, was not adopted.
There were 1,259 votes cast at the county election of October 10th of the same year. The following were elected : J. D. Lottridge, county commissioner ; A. L. Palmer, probate judge ; R. O. Phillips, clerk ; R. A. Bain, treasurer ; A. M. Ghost, superintendent of public instruction ; J. T. Murphy, surveyor ; and Dr. J. G. Fuller, coroner.
There were 1,736 votes polled at the election of October S, 1872. S. B. Pound, of Lancaster, was elected senator for the eleventh district; S. G. Owen and A. K. White, representatives for the county ; and M. H. Sessions, of Lancaster, representative for the fourteenth district. Henry Spellman was elected county commissioner. J. J. Gosper, of Lancaster, was chosen secretary of state.
At the county election of October 14, 1873, there were 1,927 votes polled. The officers elected were: J. Z. Briscoe, commissioner; A. L. Palmer, probate judge ; R. O. Phillips, clerk ; Charles C. White, treasurer ; Sam McClay, sheriff ; Dr. J. O. Carter, coroner ; Tom I. Atwood, surveyor ; J. W. Cassell, superintend- ent public instruction.
The election of October 13, 1874, was decided by 2,038 voters. For governor, Silas Garber received 1.382 votes, Albert Tuxbury 287, J. H. Gardner 170 and Jarvis S. Church 139. C. C. Burr was elected senator for the eleventh district ; Alfred G. Hastings and Lonis Helmer, representatives for the county; and Thomas P. Chapman, of Saunders, for the fourteenth representative district. Dr. H. D. Gilbert was elected county commissioner and A. G. Scott superintendent of public instruction, the latter to fill a vacancy. On the question of a constitu-
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tional convention there were 1,069 ayes to 558 noes. At the election for members of the constitutional convention held on April 6, 1875, S. B. Pound and C. H. Gere, of Lincoln, C. W. Pierce, of Waverly, and J. B. Hawley, of Firth, were elected to represent the county.
At the state election under the proposed new constitution, and the county election, both occurring October 12, 1875, there were 2,360 votes polled. S. B. Pound, of Lancaster, received 1.533 and G. B. Scofield, of Otoe, 727 votes for the office of judge of the second judicial district. The county officers elected were: W. E. Keys county commissioner ; A. G. Scott, county judge ; William A. Sharrar, clerk; Charles C. White, treasurer; Sam McClay, sheriff; Dr. A. C. Gibson, coroner ; S. G. Lamb, superintendent public instruction ; J. P. Walton, surveyor. For the new constitution there were 2,119 votes and against it 109.
At the state election November. 1876, 2,911 votes were polled. For the office of governor Silas Garber received 1,947 votes, Paren England 712, and J. F. Gardner 252. The senators elected from the county, which was now entitled to two, were Thomas P. Kennard, of Lincoln, and Cyrus N. Baird, of Oak Creek. The representatives elected were R. O. Phillips and W. C. Griffith, of Lincoln, John Cadman, of Yankee Hill, and Henry Spellman, of Saltillo. J. N. Wilcox was elected commissioner.
At the election of 1877 A. D. Burr was elected clerk ; Louis Helmer, treasurer ; J. S. Hoagland, sheriff ; J. R. Webster, county judge ; G. S. Lamb, superintendent of public instruction ; J. P. Walton, surveyor ; E. T. Piper, coroner ; H. D. Gilbert, commissioner; and C. W. Pierce, state senator, to fill vacancy.
For the office of governor in the election of 1878, Albinus Nance received 1,971 votes, W. H. Webster 433, and L. G. Todd 409. There were 2,818 votes cast. M. B. Cheney and E. E. Brown were elected to the senate, and S G. Owen, W. W. Carder, M. H. Sessions and T. R. Burling were elected to the house. John McClay was elected commissioner.
At the election of November, 1879, W. J. Weller was elected county com- missioner ; J. E. Philpott, judge; L. E. Cropsey, clerk ; Louis Helmer, treasurer ; Granville Ensign, sheriff; A. D. Burr, clerk of the district court; E. T. Piper, coroner ; H. S. Bowers, superintendent of public instruction ; and J. P. Walton, surveyor. S. B. Pound was elected judge of the second judicial district for a second term.
At the state election of 1880 there were 4,778 votes cast. For governor, Albinus Nance received 3,397 votes and T. W. Tipton 1.381. The senators elected were C. H. Gere and C. W. Pierce. The representatives chosen were N. C. Abbott, C. O. Whedon, N. T. McClunn and R. B. Graham. W. E. G. Caldwell was elected commissioner.
At the county election of 1881 the following officers were chosen: R. B. Graham, treasurer; John M. McClay, clerk; C. M. Parker. judge; H. C. Reller, commissioner; H. S. Bowers, superintendent of public instruction : Granville Ensign, sheriff ; J. P. Walton, surveyor ; A. J. Shaw, coroner.
At the state election of 1882 there were 4,841 votes cast. The vote for governor was as follows: James W. Dawes, 3.328; J. Sterling Morton, 1,099; E. P. Ingersoll, 391. The amendment for suffrage was defeated by 2,697 to 1,471. For senators to the state for the sixteenth district the vote was: P. H. Walker, 2,708; E. E. Brown, 2,651; A. J. Sawyer, 2,190; the former two were
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elected. The representatives chosen were : C. O. Whedon, A. W. Field, H. Wes- senberg, J. W. Worl, M. H. Sessions and W. H. Westcott. W. J. Weller was elected commissioner. W. W. W. Jones, of Lancaster, was elected state superin- tendent of public instruction and C. H. Gere a regent of the university.
The election of November 6, 1883, resulted as follows: S. B. Pound was elected judge of the second judicial district ; for treasurer, R. B. Graham received 3,148 votes, J. W. Crist 1,250; for clerk, J. HI. McClay received 3,142 votes, A. W. Irvine 1,221 ; for clerk of district court. E. R., Sizer was elected with 3,093 votes without opposition; for sheriff, S. M. Melick received 2.274 votes, P. H. Cooper 2,117; for county judge, C. M. Parker 3,095, John Williams 1,270; for coroner, N. J. Beachley 3,023, H. B. Lowrey 1,377. N. S. Scott 20; for surveyor, J. P. Walton 3,043, H. S. Bowers 3,006, H. J. Whitmore 1,430; for senator to fill vacancy, Levi Snell ; for commissioner, W. E. G. Caldwell 2,544, J. Z. Briscoe 1.793-
Election of November 4. 1884-For governor, James W. Dawes 3.785, J. Sterling Morton 2,340, J. G. Miller 230; for commissioners, H. C. Reller 3,931, William Roggenkamp 2,179, L. C. Humphrey I, J. Roggenkamp 57; for town- ship organization, 2,695, against it, 1,640; representatives, S. W. Burnham, Wil- liam B. Brandt, H. J. Liesveldt, A. W. Fiekl. J. B. Wright were elected; Carlos C. Burr and Alva Smith were elected senators.
Election of November 3. 1885-For judge of the second judicial district James L. Mitchell was chosen. For township organization, 2.339. against it. 1,516. For treasurer, Jacob Rocke received 2.588 votes, Austin Humphrey 2,327, Reese Larkin 251. For sheriff, S. M. Melick 3.374, R. H. Moffatt 1480, D. B. Howard 312. For county judge, Charles M. Parker 3,427, M. L. Easterday 1,446, N. S. Scott 317. For county clerk, O. C. Bell 3.447, C. W. Heffley 1.429, Job Hiatt 298. For register of deeds, John H. McClay 3,332, W. E. Bowers 69. For surveyor, J. P. Walton 3.334, J. J. Kouhn 1,442. For coroner, E. T. Roberts 2,997, S. R. Blizzard 1,753, J. Hoover 340. For county superintendent, Frank D. Mccluskey 3.311, D. C. Berry 1,498, Mrs. Belle Bigelow 342. For county commissioner, Alba Brown 3,185, L. P. Loder 1,644, J. Thompson 280.
Election of November 2. 1886-For governor, John MI. Thayer 3.985. James E. North 1,924, H. W. Hardy 925. For judge of the second judicial district, Samuel M. Chapman 3,805, W. W. English 1, M. L. Hayward 8o. S. W. Burn- ham and R. E. Moore were elected state senators. J. L. Caldwell, John W. Dick- inson, George . Eggleston, H. J. Liesveldt, I. M. Raymond and Jerome Schamp were elected representatives. For county commissioner, H. H. Schaberg received 3.856 votes, P. W. O'Connor 2,047, W. E. Bowers 913. For county attorney, R. D. Stearns 4,066, F. W. Lewis 1,675, R. D. Rhea 803, G. A. Bush 145. For township organization, 2.301, against it, 1,867.
Election of May 31, 1887 ( Special)-For court house bonds and tax 2.416, against 612. Little Salt Precinct voted 21-3 in favor, also Mill Precinct by 77-0, but Nemaha, North Bluff, Panama, Rock Creek, South Pass, Stockton, and West Oak Precincts voted against the proposition.
Election of November 8. 1887-For judge of the second judicial district, Allen W. Field 3,158, S. M. Chapman 3,469, A. J. Sawyer 2.375, D. T. Ilayden 1,237, Ada C. Bittenbender 638. For treasurer, Jacob Rocke 3,799. Austin Humphrey 116, Louis Helmer 1,004. For clerk of the district court, E. R. Sizer
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3,632, A. V. Johnson 1,330, A. H. Humphrey 690. For county clerk, O. C. Bell 3,641, J. W. Crist 1,303, S. C. Louden 670, James H. Craddock 31. For sheriff, S. M. Melick 3,416, Charles Cook 1,602, N. E. Melick 612. For county judge, Willard E. Stewart 3,499, M. L. Easterday 1,467, John A. Rollins 665. For register of deeds, John D. Knight 3,585, E. H. Zernecke 1,281, J. J. Sittler 708. For commissioner, Thomas J. Dickson 3,564, C. D. Buhrmann 1,349, O. S. Hazle- ton 732. For county superintendent, Frank D. Mccluskey 3,636, Paul Stockfeldt 1,307, Belle G. Bigelow 673. For surveyor, J. P. Walton 3,500, E. J. Robinson 1,385, N. S. Scott 708. For coroner, C. A. Shoemaker 3,504, H. B. Lowrey 1,445, L. F. Polk 696. For township organization 1,430, against it 780.
Election of November 6, 1888-For governor, John M. Thayer 5.440, John A. McShane 3,610, George E. Bigelow 811. The senators elected were I. M. Ray- mond and S. W. Beardsley. The representatives chosen for the thirtieth dis- trict were C. L. Hall, J. L. Caldwell, J. W. Dickinson, F. C. Severin, J. C. McBride. For county attorney, R. D. Stearns 5,692, N. D. Baker 3,399, Clayton M. Osborn 846. For commissioner, Alba Brown 5,373, Ferdinand Schweitzer 3,622, Jacob N. Malone 812. The total vote was 10,039.
Election of November 5, 1889-For treasurer, S. W. Burnham 3,998, Joseph Wittmann 2,044, A. Roberts 433, O. Hull 122. For sheriff, Samuel McClay 3,787, P. H. Cooper 2,409, Robert McCartney 368. For county judge, Willard E. Stewart 4,152, J. D. Calhoun 1,937, A. C. Ricketts 457. For county clerk, Martin Howe 4,197, J. E. Davey 1,904, W. A. Hartley 450. For register of deeds, John D. Knight 4,169, W. H. Stubblefield 1,891, Silas L. Will 472. For surveyor, Winfield S. Scott 3,865, Adna Dobson 2,273, N. S. Scott 403. For coroner, E. L. Holyoke 4,250, T. F. Britt 1,844, A. D. Guile 452. For county superintendent, F. D. Mccluskey 4,214, J. C. McCargar 1,799, Mrs. Dr. King 423, J. Oliver 113. For commissioner, Henry Schaberg 4,119, J. Z. Briscoe 1,844, F. A. Hovey 569. For township organization, 1,854, against it, 2,263. The total vote polled was 11,448.
Election of November 4, 1890-For governor, Lucius D. Richards 4,728, James E. Boyd 3,212, John H. Powers 2,976, B. L. Paine 470. For senators of twentieth district, J. M. Thompson and James B. Taylor had the majority of votes in the county. For representatives of the thirtieth district, R. H. Oakley, J. J. Gillilan, A. J. Cornish, F. Charles Severin, J. C. F. Mckesson received the majority of votes. For commissioners, W. E. Churchill 5,204, Joseph McGraw 4.819. T. J. Dickson 5,147. J. W. Crist 2,588, Joseph Wittmann 3,441, John Schmidt 2,693. August Anderson 2,834, L. S. Gillick 2,877, D. A. Stocking 2,821, Lorenzo Leavitt 630, A. L. Frazier 651, Reese Larkin 621. For senators of the seventeenth district, R. E. Moore and G. W. Eggleston received the majority of votes. For county attorney, D. G. Courtney 4,480, N. Z. Snell 6,435, R. S. Mockett 238. For township organization 3360, against it 2,234.
Election of November 3, 1891-For district judge, Bittenbender 528, Crom- well 2,848, A. W. Field 4,436, C. L. Hall 4,175. William Leese 3.364, C. M. Osborn 419, C. M. Parker 2,749, J. A. Rollins 439, A. S. Tibbetts 4,036. For county treasurer, S. W. Burnham 4,338, O. Hull 3,302, A. Roberts 534. For sheriff, \V. F. Elfeldt 2,594, W. F. Hillman 417, M. E. Hubbard 1,724, Samuel McClay 3,597. For clerk of the district court, Elias Baker 3.358, Madison Bentley 401, C. L. Eaton 1,300, C. E. Waite 3,217. For county clerk, W. S. Vol. 1-3
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Demarc 2,633, D. N. Johnson 497, J. W. Keenan 1,332, J. D. Woods 3,745. For superintendent public instruction, J. S. Baer 3,860, H. S. Bowers 3,696, E. D. Harris 449. For commissioner, A. W. Carver 1,388, L. C. Corey 522, Mat Maule 2.539, J. H. Westcott 3,672. For county judge, I. W. Lansing 3,282, J. L. Mack 422, Whitmore 2,080, W. S. Wynn 2,414. For coroner, T. F. Britt 1,438, F. D. Crim 3.772, T. E. Hosman 2,402, L. D. Perky 497. For surveyor, Thomas Doubt 559, E. J. Robinson 3.390, W. S. Scott 4,139.
Election of November 8, 1892-For governor, C. E. Bentley 575, L. Crounse 5,276, J. Sterling Morton 1,796, C. H. Van Wyck 3,186. For senator of the twentieth district, C. Cheney 573, J. C. Crooker 1,851, G. W. Eggleston 5,322, S. D. Fitchie 542, W. P. Larsh 1,859, I. N. Leonard 2.730, J. C. McNerney 2,649, R. E. Moore 5,053. For representatives of the thirtieth district, S. M. Benedict 738, Joe Burns 5,319, R. T. Chambers 3.145, A. J. Cornish 5,277, J. C. Doubt 557, J. D. Frederick 522, S. S. Griffin 2,866, G. E. Hauser 1,936, Mart Howe 2,984, D. W. Huff 1.798 S. C. Louden 578, J. C. F. Mckesson 5.240, J. M. Meddens 2,718, F. H. Nagel 1,865. R. H. Oakley 5,315, A. H. Carmenter 519, A. Peterson 2,818, J. W. Snowden 1,863, E. R. Spencer 5,227. For district judge, G. W. Berge 490, William Leese 2.715, J. B. Strode 5,220, S. J. Tuttle 2,142. For county attorney, H. F. Rose 4139, Z. A. Wilson 536, W. H. Woodward 5,225. For commissioner, Fred Beckman 5,575, H. W. Hardy 777, F. Schweitzer 3,687.
Election of November 7,1893-For county clerk, W. A. Loder 479. J. E. R. Miller 4,105, J. D. Woods 4,837. For register of deeds, Lyman H. Babcock 3,509, John Harrop 5,127, George B. Leonard 528. For treasurer, M. M. Cobb 4.541, Hiram Polly 607. Fred Schmidt 4,248. For county judge, O. W. Cromwell 3,897, I. W. Lansing 4.694, S. A. Quincy 554. For sheriff, Fred A. Miller 4.651, Charles M. Ring 1,052, Alba Smith 3,749. For surveyor, Thomas Doubt 628, John Rawlins 1,833, W. E. Scott 5131, P. S. Schamp 1,639. For coroner, J. G. Cotter 1,776, F. D. Crim 4,825, L. W. Edwards 2,011, T. J. Merriman 554. For county superintendent, J. S. Baer 5.312, A. R. Wightmann 3,406. For com- missioner, Eli Bates 501, I. W. Chappell 2936, George Exley 500, Joseph McGraw 985, J. Charles Miller 4,169.
Election of November 6, 1894-For governor, E. A. Gerrard 356, Silas A. Holcomb 4,275, Thomas J. Majors 6,997, P. D. Sturdevant 221. For senator twentieth district, Robert T. Chambers 3.773, J. C. F. Mckesson 6,689, Hiram Polly 466, Thomas E. Stevens 3,865. M. L. Trestor 529, John B. Wright 6644. For representative thirtieth district, Joseph Burns 6,535, C. S. Burton 1.343, Clark Cheney 583. O. N. Dunn 3,920, Frank D. Eager 4,080, Henry Harkson 6,744, John Hartline 2,504, Arthur Herrick 3,893, Charles S. Jones 3,997, W. A. Loder 505, J. L. Love 478, T. C. Munger 6,781, WV. D. Robinson 6,444, A. W. Smith 632, E. R. Spencer 6,541, J. M. Waugh 488. For county attorney, H. C. Bittenbender 452, Frederick Shepherd 4,311, W. H. Woodward 6696. For county commissioner, J. E. Davey 1,091, J. H. Westcott 6708, George S. Paswater 3,015, S. L. Wright 494. For county judge, George W. Berge 4,746, Lara A. Wilson 1,663. For trustee of sanitary district, William Robertson.
Election of November 5, 1895-For district judge, H. C. Bittenbender 544, George F. Collins 867, A. J. Cornish 5.340. S. L. Geisthardt 1,150, Charles L. Hall 5.776, Edward P. Holmes 5,706, J. L. Mack 518, James C. McNerney 1.771, H. F. Rose 1,931, Addison S. Tibbetts 3.393. For treasurer, Maxey M. Cobb
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6,157, Hiram Polly 1,873, Joseph Wittman 1,359. For county clerk, M. T. Gil- bert 530, Sidney Spence 1,054, A. M. Trimble 5,722, George H. Walters 2,023. For commissioner, W. H. Atwood 1,097, Fred Beckman 6,051, R. E. Richardson 2,067. For clerk of the district court, Elias Baker 4,003, J. G. P. Hilderbrand 390, Sam E. Low 5,092. For sheriff, C. W. Beecher 331, J. C. Kelly 215, Fred A. Miller 4,184, John J. Trompen 4,917. For county judge, John J. Angleton 753, George W. Berge 3,211, S. T. Cochran 5,226. For county superintendent, J. S. Baer 5.990, Susan K. Daily 444, L. M. F. Easterday 867, F. E. Parish 528, John G. Sidell 1,507. For surveyor, Thomas E. Doubt 922, G. H. Ellsworth 1,945, W. S. Scott 6,101. For coroner, Lee W. Edwards 904, A. D. Guile 650, R. A. Holyoke 5.469, H. B. Lowrey 1,858, G. M. Smith 440.
November 3, 1896-For governor, Robert S. Bibb 101, Richard A. Hawley 73, Silas A. Holcomb 5.741, John H. MacColl 6.115, Charles Sadilek 20, Joel Warner 96. For senators twentieth district, O. N. Humphrey 5,165. James Kilburn 237, W. A. Loder 220, E. R. Spencer 5,848, A. R. Talbot 5,863, Owsley Wilson 4,720. For representatives thirtieth district, E. J. Burkett 6,420, Paul F. Clark 6,294, Hans Dierks 5.365, J. M. Doubt 139, T. E. Doubt 209, G. H. Exley 121, James Gray 5,224, W. F. Hillman 173, C. Y. Long 5,173, M. H. Mills 6,105. O. P. New- branch 5,168, George Shuss 164, F. L. Sumpter 5,202, Charles E. Waite 6,090, E. White 208, T. M. Wimberly 6,137, A. N. Wycloff 241. For treasurer, S. W. Beardsley 5,241, Hiram Polly 238, A. L. Sullivan 6,198. For attorney, H. C. Bittenbender 251, O. P. Davis 5,180, T. C. Munger 5,905. For commissioner, M. Caldwell 257, J. Charles Miller 6,138, William Nelson 5,068. There were 12,661 votes cast at this election.
Election of November 2, 1897-For treasurer, A. L. Sullivan 5,202, J. F. Bishop 4,615, Hiram Polly 151, J. W. Waugh 29, L. S. Gillick 3. For sheriff, John T. Trompen 5.312, Robert Malone 4,504, C. W. Beecher 152, W. F. Hill- man 34, R. L. Boulding 4. For clerk, A. M. Trimble 5,291, H. F. Baer 4,472, George Shuss 135, S. D. Fitchie 34, P. S. George 8. For county judge, S. T. Cochran 5,130, C. S. Rainbolt 4,582, A. G. Wolfenbarger 198, Frank G. Odell 31. For register of deeds, George T. Woods 4,526, Paul H. Holm 5,206, James Kil- burn 170, W. A. Loder 42, A. Dresback 3. For county superintendent, W. A. Hawes 5.130, T. T. Anderson 4.635, Mrs. M. A. S. Monagon 136. For surveyor, W. S. Scott 5,249, R. A. Trail 4,475, T. C. Doubt 163. For commissioner, G. W. Welton 5,052, A. E. Sutherland 4,647, G. W. Hewitt 137, George H. Exley 35, John T. Reid 8. For coroner, R. A. Holyoke 5,037, R. L. Bentley 4,685, T. J. Merriman 196. There were 10,155 votes polled.
Election of November 8. 1898-For governor, M. L. Hayward 5,692, W. A. Poynter 4,497, R. V. Muir 174, H. S. Aley 32. For senator twentieth district, A. R. Talbot 5.531. Jacob Rocke, 5.475. J. H. Harley 4,538, J. J. Stein 4.310. James Hill 160, T. M. Hodgeman 177, A. V. Herman 29, I. Martenson 29. For representatives thirtieth district, Paul F. Clark 5.504, Arthur W. Lane 5.564, Joseph Burns 5.235, George W. Anderson 5,539, Henry Harkson 5.500, Louis N. WVente 4.657, C. W. Phipps 4,411, A. E. Sheldon 4,520, J. H. Duryea 4.357, C. E. Sisler 4,410, H. H. Hurd 170, Clark Cheney 173, F. G. Franklin 170, Elisha White 178, T. J. Merriman 183. For district judge, Lincoln Frost 5,548, S. J. Tuttle 4,501, George H. Buck I. For commissioner, Fred Beckman 5.278,
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LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY
William Schroeder 4,679, C. E. Hedges 191. For attorney, T. C. Munger 5,641, John Carr 4,307. There were 10,527 votes cast.
Election of November 7, 1899-For district judge, E. P. Holmes 5,636, Lincoln Frost 5.787, A. J. Cornish 5.448, T. J. Doyle 4,504, G. E. Hibner 4,391, Robert Wheeler 4,146. For clerk of district court, W .. C. Phillips 5,734, A. E. Lindell 4,286, C. E. Hedges 289. For treasurer, A. H. Buckstaff 4,430, William Mclaughlin 5,445, J. C. De Putron 385. For county clerk, D. A. Frye 5,682, William Highberger 4,311, N. M. Somerville 273 .. For sheriff, Z. S. Branson 5,161, P. H. Cooper 4,934, C. W. Beecher 279. For county judge, F. R. Waters 5,076, Fred Shepherd 4,968, Thomas McCulloch 291. For county commissioner, Samuel Tilton 5,510, John J. Meyer 4,655. For county superintendent, William A. Hawes 5.796, F. E. Parish 4,084, Mrs. M. A. S. Monagon 303. For surveyor, W. S. Scott was elected by 7,297 votes. For coroner, F. A. Graham 5,365, R. L. Bentley 4,422, T. J. Merriman 292. The total vote was 10,686.
Election of November 6, 1900-For governor, Charles H. Dietrich received 7,027 votes, William A. Poynter 5.654, Lucius O. Jones 421, Taylor Flick 30, Theodore Kharas 18. For senators twentieth district, Richard O'Neill 7,173, John Trompen 6,884, A. S. Tibbetts 5,514, T. J. Doyle 5,297, J. P. Kettlewell 291, E. E. White 283, Fred Herman 38, J. C. Kucera 29. For representatives thirtieth district, A. W. Lane 7,117, John H. Mockett, Jr., 7,095, C. R. Tefft 6,968, E. J. Shellhorn 6,944, Charles T. Warner 6,952, M. W. Cochrane 5,551, Henry Schaal 5,496, J. E. Miller 5,608, J. C. Muggleton 5,330, William Nelson 5,422, R. E. Howard 313, H. L. Powers 292, Bert Reynolds 296, Thomas Mc- Cullough 288, A. K. Wright 262, J. Martenson 31, Emil Ittig 24, C. Herman 36, A. Caslavsky 23, M. Herman 28. For county attorney, James L. Caldwell 7,187, F. L. Sumpter 5.235. H. C. Bittenbender 349. For commissioner, George W. Welton 6,614, A. E. Sutherland 5,614, G. W. Selby 294. There were 13,864 votes cast at this election.
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