History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 47

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280


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Union-Assembly, George H. Cutler (Dem.), Girard, 2,928; Matthew R. Barr (Rep.), Erie, 2,548; Sheriff, Joseph L. Cook (Rep.), Waterford, 1,962; Associate Judge, James Chambers (Rep.), Harbor Creek, 2, 708; Commissioner, Isaac Webster (Dem.), Fairview, 2,597; Director of the Poor, Henry Gin- grich (Dem.), Mill Creek, 2,266; Auditor, Stutely Stafford (Rep.), Mckean, 2,201.


Robert S. Hunter, of Erie, ran as an Independent Democratic candidate for Sheriff, and received 663 votes. David Kennedy, Independent Republican candidate for Director of the Poor, received 220 votes.


1862.


The Republican State ticket consisted of Thomas E. Cochran, of York, for Auditor General, and William S. Ross, of Luzerne, for Surveyor General. The Democratic candidates were Isaac Slenker, of Columbia, for Auditor General, and James P. Barr, of Allegheny, for Surveyor General. The State gave a Dem- ocratic majority of about 3,450. Erie County cast 4,255 votes for Cochran and 2,713 for Slenker.


The Republican Conference at Ridgway nominated Glenni W. Scofield, of Warren, for Congress. A large portion of the party in this county were dis- satisfied with the nomination, and some of its leading members united with a number of Democrats in a letter to Miltou Courtright, of Erie, asking him to be a Union candidate. He accepted the honor, and was indorsed by the Dem- ocratic Conference at Ridgway. Below is the vote of the district:


383


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Scofield.


Courtright.


Erie.


4,112


3,143


Warren


1,890


1,245


McKean


671


564


Cameron


195


143


Forest.


82


59


Jefferson


1,424


1,503


Elk.


276


607


Clearfield


1,304


2,198


Total.


9,954


9,462


The following were the county tickets, with the vote for each candidate:


Republican-Assembly, John P. Vincent, 4,218; E. W. Twichell, 4,239; Commissioner, Garner Palmer, Albion, 4,238; Treasurer, Lieut. Egbert D. Hulbert, Erie, 6,975; Director of the Poor, Archibald Duncan, North East, 6,819; Auditor, Henry Gingrich, Mill Creek, 6,714.


Democratic-Assembly, Selden Marvin, Erie, 2,812; Isaac M. White, Waterford, 2,801; Commissioner, Ralph Bowman, Conneaut, 2,623.


Messrs. Hulbert, Duncan and Gingrich were upon both tickets.


1863.


Andrew G. Curtin was re-nominated by the Republicans for Governor. George W. Woodward, Luzerne, was the Democratic candidate. For Supreme Judge, the Democratic candidate was Walter H. Lowrie, Allegheny; the Re- publican, Daniel Agnew, Beaver. Curtin and Agnew were elected by majori- ties respectively of 15,325 and 12,308. Erie County cast 6,259 votes for Cur- tin, and 3,260 for Woodward.


The county tickets, with the vote for each candidate, were as follows:


Republican-Assembly, John R. Cochran, Erie, 6,167; Byron S. Hill, Wattsburg, 6,161; Prothonotary, George W. Colton, Erie, 6,107; District Attorney, J. F. Downing, Erie, 6,088; Register, Samuel Rea, Erie, 6,129; Clerk of Courts, Capt. John C. Hilton, Erie, 6,156; Commissioner, C. C. Boyd, Waterford, 6,129; Director of the Poor, Thomas Willis, Mill Creek, 6,025; Surveyor, R. P. Holliday, Springfield, 6,002; Coroner, Thomas Dillon, Erie, 505; Auditor, Orin Reed, McKean, 6,373.


Democratic-Assembly, Watts B. Lloyd, Waterford, 3,233; Irvin Camp, Erie, 3,234; Prothonotary, Col. William O. Colt, Waterford, 3,197; Register, Calvin L. Randall (declined), 538; Commissioner, R. J. Osborne, Wayne, 3,137; Clerk of the Courts, no nomination; Director of the Poor, John Uhr, Mill Creek, 3,112; Surveyor, Isaac R. Taylor, Washington, 3,110.


1864.


A special election was held August 2, to decide upon the proposed three amendments to the State Constitution, allowing soldiers to vote away from their places of residence, providing that the Legislature "should pass no bill containing more than one subject, and prohibiting the same body from pass- ing any bill allowing counties, cities or boroughs to loan their credit to cor- porations. They were all adopted by large majorities.


The following was the vote of the district for Congress, Glenni W. Scofield, Warren, being the Republican, and ex-Governor William Bigler, Clearfield, the Democratic nominee:


Erie.


.5,575


3.054


Warren.


2.009


1,281


Cameron.


277


193


Clearfield


1,302


2,476


Scofield.


Bigler.


384


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Elk.


261


656


Forest


71


53


McKean.


643


580


Jefferson


1,514


1,621


Total


11,652


9,914


For State Senate, the Republicans re-nominated Morrow B. Lowry, and the Democrats took up Dan Rice, of Girard.


Below is the vote of the district:


Lowry.


Rice.


Erie ..


5,811


3,031


Crawford.


4,768


3,638


Total


10,079


6,669


The county tickets, with their votes, were as follows:


Republican-John R. Cochran, 5,390; Byron S. Hill, 5,390; Sheriff, Col. H. L. Brown, Erie, 5,407; Clerk of the Courts (in place of Mr. Hilton, resigned), Henry Butterfield, Erie, 5,358; Treasurer, Lieut. E. D. Hulbert, Erie. 5.348; Commissioner, James Chambers, Harbor Creek, 5,373; Auditor, Philip Osborn, Girard, 5,261; Director of the Poor, Thomas Stewart, 5,303.


Democratic-Assembly, H. D. Francis, Corry, 3,039; L. W. Savage, Springfield, 3,039; Sheriff, Col. William O. Colt, Waterford, 3,013; Clerk of the Courts, F. W. Koehler, South Erie, 2,979; Commissioner, Monroe Hutch- inson, Girard, 2,979; Treasurer, P. A. Becker, Erie, 3,018; Director of the Poor, Ralph Bowman, Conneaut, 2,973; Auditor, Uras Schluraff, Mill Creek, 3,000.


The Republican National Convention nominated Abraham Lincoln for President, and Andrew Johnson for Vice President. John Patton, Clearfield, was the elector for this district. The Democrats nominated George B. Mc- Clellan for President, and George H. Pendleton for Vice President. Rasselas Brown, Warren, was the candidate for elector. The vote of the county was as follows:


Lincoln.


Mcclellan.


Erie, First District.


183


131


Ere, Second District


124


248


Erie, Third District.


271


122


Erie, Fourth District


290


183


West Mill Creek


198


137


East Mill Creek


220


333


Harbor Creek.


237


149


Greenfield. .


131


38


North East Township.


242


180


North East Borough


119


31


Waterford Borough ..


135


31


Waterford Township.


263


88


Wattsburg


43


19


Venango


193


86


Edinboro


81


50


Washington


312


110


Franklin


142


39


Concord


174


102


Corry


199


70


Amity


94


94


McKean.


230


42


Middleboro


32


-


Greene


116


156


Summit.


73


107


Elk Creek.


153


127


Conneaut.


212


65


Springfield


392


41


Fairview


249


156


385


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Girard Township


236


70


Girard Borough


72


68


Albion


61


27


LeBœuf.


179


140


Union Township


194


103


Union Borough


95


92


Wayne


188


87


Lockport.


164


97


Total


.6,387


3,619


The soldiers from Erie County gave Lincoln 524 votes, and Mcclellan 103, which are not included in the above.


The vote of the State was as follows: Lincoln, 296,389; Mcclellan, 276,308.


1865.


Auditor General .-- Gen. John F. Hartranft. Montgomery County, Repub- lican, 238,400; Gen. W. W. H. Davis, Bucks County, Democrat, 215,714.


Surveyor General .- J. M. Campbell, Cambria County, Rep., 237,969; Col. John P. Linton, Cambria County, Dem., 215,981.


The vote of the county was as follows: Hartranft, 3,845; Davis, 2,051; Campbell, 3,842; Linton, 2,041.


County Candidates .- Republican-Assembly, Col. O. S. Woodward, Water- ford, 3,875; Gen. D. B. McCreary, Erie, 3,845; County Commissioner, L. M. Childs, Wayne, 3,808; Director of the Poor, Andrew Thompson, Union, 3, 781; Surveyor, G. W. F. Sherwin, Harbor Creek, 3, 720; Auditor, O. H. P. Fergu- son, Fairview, 3,744.


Democratic-Assembly, Maj. T. J. Hoskinson, Erie, 2,016; Col. W. O. Colt, Waterford, 2,027; County Commissioner, Edwin Hall, Girard, 2,061; Director of the Poor, William C. Keeler, Erie, 2,040; Surveyor, Capt. John H. Miller, Mill Creek, 2,053; Auditor, George W. Arbuckle, Girard, 2,029.


1866.


This was the year of President Johnson's "swing 'round the circle," and intense party spirit prevailed.


Governor .- Gen. John W. Geary, Westmoreland County, Rep., 307,274; Hiester Clymer, Berks County, Dem., 290,096.


The vote of the county was as follows: Geary, 7,237; Clymer, 3,957.


John P. Vincent, of Erie, was nominated as the Republican, and Lieut. Col. Benjamin Grant, of Erie, as the Democratic candidate for Additional Law Judge. The vote of the district was as follows:


Vincent.


Grant.


Erie.


7,193


3,956


Crawford


6,707


4,969


Warren


2,656


1,579


Total.


16,556


11,504


For Congress, Glenni W. Scofield was re-nominated by the Republicans, and William L. Scott, of Erie, was the candidate of the Democrats. The vote of the district was as follows:


Cameron.


372


305


Clearfield.


1,646


2,791


Elk ..


359


636


Erie.


7,128


4,094


Forest


99


77


Jefferson


1,986


1,944


McKean


854


739


Warren.


2,663


1,595


Total


15,107


12,481


Scofield.


Scott.


386


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


County Candidates .- Republican -- Assembly, Gen. D. B. McCreary, Erie, 7,147; Col. O. S. Woodward, Waterford, 7,149; Associate Judges, Hollis King, Corry, 7,190; William Benson, Waterford, 7,156; Prothonotary, Col. Chauncey P. Rogers, Edinboro, 7,197; District Attorney, Col. Charles M. Lynch, Erie, 7,158; Register and Recorder, Capt. H. G. Harvey, Springfield, 7,209; Treasurer, Lieut. C. W. Keller, Union, 7,205; Commissioner, Stephen J. Godfrey, Elk Creek, 7,158; Auditor, M. Hartleb, Erie, 7, 192; Director of the Poor, Thomas Willis, Mill Creek, 7,207; Coroner, William J. Sterrett, Erie, 6,721.


Democratic-Assembly, William Henry, South Erie, 4,036; F. F. Marshall, Erie, 4,007; Associate Judges, Henry R. Porter, North East, 3,940; P. P. Judson, Waterford, 3,955; Prothonotary, Col. W. O. Colt, Waterford, 3,971; District Attorney, Charles B. Sleeper, Corry, 3,996; Register and Recorder, Frank Schlaudecker, Erie, 3,971; Treasurer, P. A. Becker, Erie, 3,997; Commissioner, Charles Right, Franklin, 3,989; Auditor, Amos Stone, Fair- view, 3,991; Director of the Poor, Uras, Schluraff, Mill Creek, 4, 070; Coroner, James A. Shearer, LeBœuf, 3, 775.


1867.


Supreme Judge .- Henry W. Williams, Allegheny County, Rep., 266, - 824; George Sharswood, Philadelphia, Dem., 267, 746.


The vote of Erie County was as follows: Williams, 5,504; Sharswood, 3,428.


The candidates for State Senate were Morrow B. Lowry, Erie County, Republican, and George W. Hecker, Crawford County, Democrat. Below is the vote of the district:


Erie.


Crawford.


.5,248


4,071


Total.


9,863


7.633


County Candidates .- This was the first year Jury Commissioners were elected.


Republican-Assembly, George P. Rea, Girard, 5,182; John D. Stranahan, LeBœuf, 5,588; Sheriff, Maj. Andrew F. Swan, Fairview, 5,451; Clerk of the Courts, Capt. Charles L. Pierce, Venango, 5,511; Jury Commissioner, D. W. Patterson, Wattsburg, 5,490; Commissioner, William B. Reed, Greene, 5.502; Director of the Poor, Jacob Hanson, Erie, 5,499; Auditor, Francis F. Stow, Amity, 5,479.


Democratic-Assembly, Isaac R. Taylor, Washington, 3,339; F. P. Liebel, Erie, 3,434; Sheriff, Wilson Moore, Waterford, 3,409; Clerk of the Courts, R. H. Arbuckle, Mill Creek, 3,365; Jury Commissioner, P. G. Stranahan, Union, 3,364; County Commissioner, J. C. Cauffman, Lockport, 3,368; Di- rector of the Poor, James Lytle, Erie, 3,371; Auditor, Alden Pomeroy, Con- neaut, 3,345.


1868.


Auditor General .- Gen. John F. Hartranft, Montgomery County, Repub- lican, 331,408; Charles E. Boyle, Fayette County, Democrat, 321, 731.


Surveyor General .- James M. Campbell, Cambria County, Republican, 331,126; Col. Wellington H. Ent, Columbia County, Democrat, 321,947.


The vote of Erie County was 7, 702 for Hartranft, 4,531 for Boyle, 7,699 for Campbell, and 4,532 for Ent.


The candidates for Congress were Glenni W. Scofield, Republican, and Rasselas Brown, of Warren, Dem. Below is the vote of the district:


Lowry.


Hecker.


.4,615


3,562


-


Aff Cochran An.


389


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Scofield.


Brown.


Erie.


7,675


4,572


Warren.


2,935


1,934


McKean.


964


825


Elk .. .


501


1,061


Cameron.


537


440


Jefferson.


2,067


2,107


Clearfield,


1,890


3,066


Forest.


334


350


Total.


16,903


14,355


County Candidates .-- Republican-Assembly, John D. Stranahan, LeBœuf, 7,679; George P. Rea, Girard, 7,632; Treasurer, Lieut. C. W. Keller, Union, 7,736; Commissioner, L. M. Childs, Wayne, 7,649; Director of the Poor, An- drew Thomps Union, 7,671; Auditor, Thomas Evans, Erie, 7,717; Surveyor, R. P. Holliday, Fairview, 7,717.


Democratic-Assembly, P. A. Becker, Erie, 4,602; James Lewis, Corry, 4,556; Treasurer, Henry Ball, Girard, 4,548; Commissioner, Wilson Moore, Waterford, 4,567; Director of the Poor, James D. Phillips, Amity, 4, 554; Au- ditor, W. W. Dobbins, Erie, 4,559; Surveyor H. L. Pinney, Greene, 4,557.


Presidential Vote. - The State vote for President at the November election was as follows: Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois, Republican, 342,280; Horatio Sey- mour, of New York, Democratic, 313,382.


Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, was the Republican, and Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Missouri, the Democratic nominee for Vice President.


Grant and Colfax were elected. The county vote was as follows:


Grant.


Seymour.


Amity.


115


104


Albion.


80


35


Concord.


184


126


Conneaut.


244


136


Corry, N. W.


223


178


Corry, S. W


336


204


Edinboro.


110


48


Elk Creek.


180


136


Erie, First Ward.


294


145


Erie, Second Ward.


297


319


Erie, Third Ward.


386


198


Erie, Fourth Ward.


584


235


Fairview Township.


221


132


Fairview Borough.


74


44


Franklin.


194


54


Girard Township.


275


89


Girard Borough.


85


76


Greene. .


150


160


Greenfield.


163


44


Harbor Creek.


230


146


LeBœuf.


161


105


McKean.


259


38


Middleboro.


31


2


Mill Creek (East).


198


285


Mill Creek (East).


239


151


North East Township.


262


216


North East Borough ..


182


44


Springfield.


397


33


Summit.


89


188


South Erie ..


226


120


Union Township.


117


121


Union Borough


210


93


Venango.


246


125


Lockport.


114


155


21


390


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Wattsburg.


350


140


Washington.


297


93


Waterford Township.


135


48


Waterford Borough.


221


81


Total


.8,007


4,555


James Sill, of Erie, was the Republican, and William A. Galbraith, of Erie, the Democratic candidate for elector.


1869.


Governor .- Gen. John W. Geary, Cumberland County, Republican, 290,552; Asa Packer, Carbon County, Democrat, 285,956.


Supreme Judge .- H. W. Williams, Allegheny County, Republican, 291, - 278; Cyrus L. Pershing, Cambria County, Democrat, 282,575.


Erie County gave 6,990 votes for Geary, 4,338 for Packer, 6,426 for Williams, and 4,250 for Pershing.


County Candidates. - Republican-Assembly, Charles O. Bowman, Corry, 6,490; Gen. D. B. McCreary, Erie, 6,411. Prothonotary, Capt. E. L. Whit- tlesey, Waterford, 6,520; Register and Recorder, Capt. H. G. Harvey, Spring- field, 6,614; District Attorney, J. C. Sturgeon, Erie, 6,540; Commissioner, , Garner Parmer, Albion, 5,974; Director of the Poor, S. A. Beavis, Corry, 6, - 429; Auditors, Thomas Woods, Union (three years), 6,610; George W. Griffin, North East (one year), 6,534; Coroner, Thomas Dillon, Erie, no opposition.


Democratic-Assembly, Frank Schlaudecker, Erie, 4,226; Isaac R. Taylor, Edinboro, 4,001; Prothonotary, Col. W. O. Colt, Waterford, 4,234; Register and Recorder, Charles Horton, North East, 4,191; District Attorney, George A. Allen, Erie, 4,260; Commissioner, George C, Gallowhur, Girard, 4, 737; Director of the Poor, John Burton, East Mill Creek, 4,353; Auditors, James M. Finn, Greenfield (three years), 4,205; Ephraim Boyer, Fairview (one year), 4,202.


1870.


The Republican candidate for President Judge was Lansing D. Wetmore, Warren, and the Democratic, Rasselas Brown, same county. S. E. Woodruff, Erie, was an Independent Republican candidate. The vote of the district was as follows:


Woodruff.


Wetmore.


Brown.


Erie.


1,591


4,102


3,926


Warren


167


2,121


1,548


Elk


7


324


798


Total


1,765


6,548


6,252


The candidates for Congress were Glenni W. Scofield, Republican, Warren, and Selden Marvin, Democrat, Erie. Below was the vote of the district:


Scofield.


Marvin.


Erie


5,595


4,089


Warren


2,250


1,657


Clearfield


1,371


2,608


Elk


342


787


Forest.


366


276


Cameron


437


390


McKean


882


700


Jefferson


1,812


1,914


Total


13,055


12,451


For the State Senate, George B. Delamater, of Crawford County, was the Republican, and J. Ross Thompson, of Erie County, the Democratic candidate. The vote of the district was as follows:


49


21


Wayne ..


391


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Delamater.


Thompson.


Erie


5,691


3,921


Crawford.


5,109


4,602


Total.


10.800


8,523


County Candidates .- Republican-Assembly, George W. Starr, Erie, 5, - 940; I. Newton Miller, Springfield, 5,887; Sheriff, Gen. Thomas M. Walker, Erie, 5,600; Treasurer, Logan J. Dyke, Erie, 5,929; Clerk of the Courts, Capt. C. L. Pierce, Venango, 6,019; Commissioner, Myron H. Silverthorn, Fairview Township, 5,869; Jury Commissioner, William W. Love, West Mill Creek, 5.954; Directors of the Poor, Stephen A. Beavis, Corry, 5,891, W. W. Eaton, Fairview Borough, 5,894, L. W. Olds, Erie, 5,886; Auditor, Jesse Ebersole, Harbor Creek, 5,921.


Democratic-Assembly, Eli Duncombe, Amity, 3,750, Spencer H. Ellis, Washington, 3,797; Sheriff, Wilson Moore, Waterford Township, 3,462; Treas- urer, Amos Heath, Corry, 3,765; Clerk of the Courts, A. J. Proudfit, Edin- boro, 3,765; Commissioner, John Burton, East Mill Creek, 3,770; Jury Com- missioner, H. L. Pinney, Greene, 3,742; Directors of the Poor, Henry Wolf, North East Township, 3,722, Jacob Bootz, Erie, 3,709, Josiah Shreve, Union Township, 3,722; Auditor, S. C. Sturgeon, Fairview Borough, 3, 747.


Independent Democrat-Sheriff, Levi Jackson, Girard Borough, 362.


The election of three Directors of the Poor was due to the following cir- cumstances: For some time, he back townships had urged the sale of the poor house farm and the purchase of a cheaper property. A bill to that effect passed the Legislature, and a sale was made, which the court refused to con- firm. The question was taken to the Supreme Court, which decided the act unconstitutional. The Legislature thereupon repealed the act, and another one was adopted, requiring the election of a new board, who should serve one. two and three years respectively.


1871.


Auditor General .- David B. Stanton, Beaver County, Republican, 284,097; Gen. William McCandless, Philadelphia, Democrat, 269,522; Barr Spangler, Lancaster County, Prohibition, 3,132.


Surveyor General .- Col. Robert B. Beath, Schuylkill County, Republican, 287,045; Maj. James H. Cooper, Lawrence County, Democrat, 266,335; Ed- ward A. Wheeler, Mercer County, Prohibition, 2, 969.


Erie County cast 4,282 votes for Stanton, 2, 966 for McCandless, 62 for Spangler, 4,285 for Beath, 2,964 for Cooper, and 62 for Wheeler.


County Candidates .- Republican-Associate Judges, William Benson, Waterford Borough, 4,495, Allen A. Craig, Erie, 3,820; Assembly, George W. Starr, Erie, 3,957; Col. Chauncey P. Rogers, Edinboro, 4, 343; Commissioner, Clark Bliss, North East Township, 4,371; Director of the Poor, Michael Henry, Erie, 4,018; Auditor, Col. C. W. Lytle, Erie, 4,285.


Democratic-Associate Judge, Isaac R. Taylor, Edinboro, 3,467; Assem- bly, Charles Horton, North East Borough, 3, 406; Commissioner, R. H. Palmer, Corry, 2,982; Director of the Poor, Amos Heath, Corry, 3,039; Auditor, W. J. Brockway, Conneaut, 3,007.


A vote was taken this year to decide whether a Constitutional Convention should be held. Erie County cast 6,490 for a Convention, and 204 against. The vote of the State was 352,439 in favor of and 72,081 in opposition to the Convention.


1872.


Governor .- Gen. John F. Hartranft, of Montgomery County, Republican,


392


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


353,387; Charles R. Buckalew, Columbia County, Democrat, 317,760; Simeon B. Chase, Susquehanna County, Prohibition, 1,252.


Auditor General. - Gen. Harrison Allen, Warren County, Republican, 352, - 767; William Hartley, Bedford County, Democrat, 315,851; Barr Spangler, Lancaster County, Prohibition, 1,260.


Congressmen at Large .- Lemuel Todd, Cumberland County, Republican, 357,743; G. W. Scofield, Warren County, Republican, 359,043; Charles Al- bright, Carbon County, Republican, 360,546; Richard Vaux, Philadelphia, Democrat, 311,036; Hendrick B. Wright, Luzerne County, Democrat, 314,014; James H. Hopkins, Allegheny County, Democrat, 313,334.


George F. McFarland, Dauphin County, Andrew J. Clark, Luzerne, and B. Rush Bradford, Beaver, the Prohibition candidates, received an average of 1,250 votes.


Supreme Judges .-- Ulysses Mercer, Bradford County, Republican, 354,319; James Thompson, Philadelphia, Democrat, 313,876; Joseph Henderson, Wash- ington, Prohibition, 977.


Erie County gave an average vote of 7,500 for the Republican, and 5,200 for the Democratic State ticket.


By the act of the Assembly providing for a Constitutional Convention, fourteen delegates at large were allotted to each of the two leading parties, and three delegates to each Senatorial district, in the latter case no voter being entitled to vote for more than two, so as to secure minority representation. John H. Walker, of Erie, was one of the Republican delegates at large. The Senatorial delegates elected were C. O. Bowman, of Corry, and Thomas Struth- ers, of Warren, Republicans, and Rasselas Brown, of Warren, Democrat. John Miller, Sr., of Erie, was one of the Prohibition nominees for district delegates.


An amendment to the Constitution was adopted this year, making the office of State Treasurer elective. Erie County gave 11,509 votes for the amendment and only 2 against it.


The Republican candidate for Congress was Gen. Carlton B. Curtis, of Erie County. Gen. Thomas L. Kane, of Mckean County, was supported by the Liberal Republicans and Democrate. The vote of the district was as fol- lows:


Erie.


Curtis. 7,506


5,111


Warren


3,221


2,332


McKean


956


1,000


Jefferson


2,375


2,318


Clearfield.


2,052


3,506


Elk.


626


1,181


Cameron.


590


531


Forest.


416


356


Total


17,742


16,235


David Wilson, of Union, Prohibition candidate, received 14 votes in Erie County and none outside.


The candidates for the State Senate were George H. Cutler, of Girard, Republican, and J. F. Downing, of Erie, Liberal. The following was the vote of the district:


Erie.


Cutler.


Downing.


7,507


5,139


Warren


3,256


2,298


Total


10,363


7,427


Jehiel Towner, of Erie City, Prohibition candidate for State Senate, re- ceived 10 votes in this county and none in Warren,


Kane.


393


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


County Candidates. - Republican-Assembly, W. W. Brown, Corry, 7, 446; Emmett H. Wilcox, Washington, 7,413; District Attorney, S. M. Brainerd, North East, 7,435; Prothonotary, Capt. E. L. Whittlesey, Waterford, 7,564 (no opposition); Register and Recorder, Daniel Long, Fairview, 7,558; Treas- urer, Jacob Yeagla, Fairview, 7,300; Commissioner, William T. Brown, Corry, 7,539; Auditor, D. W. Titus, Venango, 7,555; Surveyor, George Platt, Girard, 7,555 (no opposition); Coroner, M. S. Vincent, Erie, 7,237.


Democratic and Liberal .- Assembly, Thomas McClure, Girard Borough, Liberal, 5,124; S. B. Brooks, Corry, Liberal, 5,113; District Attorney, George P. Griffith, Erie, Democrat, 5,217; Register and Recorder, Harry Ellen, Dem- ocrat, North East Borough, 5,116, Treasurer, Eugene Metz, Democrat, Erie, 5,192; Commissioner, Isaac R. Taylor, Democrat, Edinboro, 5,141; Auditor, W. J. Brockway, Democrat, 5,127.


Prohibition .- Assembly, James Lytle, Erie, 17; David Carroll, Union, 21; Prothonotary, John Miller, Erie, 16; Treasurer, Dr. C. N. Moore, Springfield, 16; Commissioner, Myron H. Cole, Elk Creek, 16.


Independent Republican. - Coroner, Thomas Dillon, Erie, 5,350.


The authorities at Harrisburg decided that this was not the proper year to elect a Surveyor, and refused Mr. Platt a commission. He was then appointed by the court until the next election.


Presidential Vote .- The Republicans nominated Ulysses S. Grant, of Illi- nois, for President, and Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, for Vice President. The dissatisfied element of the party called another convention, adopted the title of Liberal Republicans, and nominated Horace Greeley, of New York, for Presi- dent, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, for Vice President. This ticket was subse- quently adopted by the Democrats. The Prohibition ticket was James Black, of Pennsylvania, for President, and Rev. John Russell, of Michigan, for Vice- President.


Selden Marvin, of Erie, was one of the Democratic nominees for Elector at Large, and George W. Arbuckle, of Girard, one of the Prohibition nominees. The district candidates for Elector were: Charles C. Boyd, Waterford, Repub- lican; William A. Galbraith, Erie, Democrat; John J. Taylor, Clearfield, Pro- hibition.


The vote of the State was as follows: Grant, 349,689; Greeley, 211,961; Black, 4,630.


Grant and Wilson were elected. Below is the vote of the county:


Grant.


Greeley.


Black.


Erie, First Ward.


291


288


8


Erie, Second Ward ..


368


296


2


Erie, Third Ward.


421


124


1


Erie, Fourth Ward.


440


216


2


Erie, Fifth Ward


105


99


Erie, Sixth Ward.


120


70


13


Total


1,745


1,093


25


East Mill Creek.


93


63


West Mill Creek.


160


61


Harbor Creek.


208


53


. .


North East Township.


215


116


North East Borough


183


51


Greenfield


196


58


1


Wattsburg


44


27


1


Amity


74


70


·


Wayne ..


211


80


Concord


182


83


Corry. First Ward


313


198


.


..


Venango


133


16


394


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


Corry, Second Ward.


281


211


12


Union Township ..


339


195


4


Union Borough.


159


99


2


LeBonf ..


50


26


1


Mill Village.


291


98


Waterford Borough.




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