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1,005
428
Brooke
621
515
450
345
216
Cabell.
1,339
728
675
248
12
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147
356
Doddridge.
745
713
726
388
451
1,188
631
Gilmer
583
280
850
243
41
Grant .. ....
313
607
227
248
124
Greenbrier
1,059
699
Hampshire
1,655
280
1,113
17
155
Hancock ..
421
524
417
423
2
912
5
114
Harrison
2,010
1,715
1,677
1,090
1,002
1,087
984
Jefferson
2,011
989
Kanawha ..
2,962
2,361
2,153.
2,907
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122
PROMINENT MEN OF
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Jackson.
1 282
1,243
1,279
118
237
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1 088
1,104
Calhoun
494
284
Clay.
123
149
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Fayette.
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959
637
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1,621
628
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Hardy.
870
152
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Lincoln
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Lewis.
1,211
822
1,019|
673
290
739
533
Logan ..
62
1,058
114
Marion ..
1,764
1,553
1,448
1,036
63-
Marshall
1.479
1 983
1,047
1 400
44
1,862
1,940
1 617
2,125
21
Mercer
792
187
693
466
Mineral.
971
697
786
133
478
Monongalia
1.145
1,572
1,182
1,227
48
Monroe ...
1,232
611
766
1,122
Morgan ..
432
510
540
199
112
McDowell ..
139
20
298
6
Nicholas
514
284
726
346
Ohio
3,723
3,320
2,878
3 325
229
Pendleton ..
810
346
636
88
333
510
389
550
298
121
Pocahontas
627
239
500
Preston ...
1,224
2,134
1,185
1,434
164
Putnam.
987
726
568
1,166
Raleigh ...
515
308
523
398
Randolph.
944
299
922
184
148
Ritchie .
970
1,149
868
770
244
997
851
Summers
847
504
749
504
Taylor.
1,087
1 038
992
249
Tucker
318
127
279
71
71
Tyler ...
786 1,009
767
753
187
Upshur
588
1,024
454
764
307
Wayne
1,363
521
1,456
869
Webster
324
42
484
5
3
.
Wetzel
1,363
691
1 412
526
35
Wirt
602
441
750
420
36
Wood.
2,384
2,232
1,771
1,546
1.177
473
180
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17.902 16.067 18 156 14,283 20,292 12,719 15 857 12,448
4,087 15,421
7.587
4,231
19 040
16.213
21
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WEST VIRGINIA.
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190
240
Wyoming ..
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575 674
309
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891
697
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CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS - Continued.
1880.
1882.
First Dist.
Second Dist.
Third Dist.
First Dist.
Second Dist.
Third Dist.
Fourth Dist.
Benj. Wilson.
Jno. A. Hutchinson
James Bassell.
John B. Hoge.
J. T. Hoke.
D.D. T. Farnsworth
John E. Kenna.
H. S. Walker.
Nathan Goff, Jr.
John H. Good.
L. C. Shinn.
W. L. Wilson.
John W. Mason.
B. M. Kitchen.
John E. Kenna.
E. L. Buttrick.
P. B. Reynolds.
Eustace Gibson.
George Loomis.
A. R. Barbee.
Barbour Berkeley.
995
789
323
691
769
118 241
Boone ..
521
298
392
111
60
Braxton
1,046
518
969
Brooke
608
564
61
551
529
Cabell.
1,463
996
1,138
936
57
Calhoun.
564
370
84
258
156
195
162
1
Doddridge.
656
815
357
729
624
164
.
1,022
891
96
Gilmer
823
500
80
611
754
Grant
317
693
239
582
Greenbrier Hampshire
1,500
328
874
228
10
Hancock .... Hard
431
590
6
521
340
Harrison ...
1,677
1,616
779
1,922
1,204
410
Jackson ..
1,529
1,531
1 314 1,340
45
Jefferson Kanawha ..
1 976
925
82
1,558
612
9
1,955| 1,529
850
124
PROMINENT MEN OF
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635
438
36
Clay
...
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1,513
779
966
275
80
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843
214
559
146
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2,648| 3 189
1 281
1,154|
1 663
1.443
241
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Fayette
1 248
966
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629
COUNTIES.
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Lewis
1,169| 1,015
189
1,092
972
29
Lincoln.
646
439
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316
17
Logan.
845
78
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Marion.
1,688
1,444
380
1,558
1,631
59
Marshall
1,591
2 195
18
2,070
1,182
Mason.
1,884
2,056
Mercer
692
328
** 634
44
14
Mineral.
905
792
44
711
645
94
Monongalia
1,244
1,744
90
731
1,248
Monroe ...
399
658
348
601
9
McDowell ..
242
50
269
30
Nicholas
£680
192
618
272
78
Ohio
4,950
3,796
138
3 994
3,866
6
Pendleton ..
759
413
5
362
278
Pleasants.
571
472
84
407
360
14
Pocahontas
1549
85
173
479
125
1
Preston ..
1,337
2,341
151
694
1 699
123
Putnam.
822
1,107
Raleigh
605
298
532
287
51
Randolph ...
855
342
76
673
374
2
Ritchie.
953
1,319
774
977
254
Roane ...
1,149
835
Summers.
876
704
870
624
69
Taylor ....
1,031
1,218
157
831
1 214
8
Tucker
329
187
21
296
215
Tyler ...
864
1 179
114
1,138
644
6
Upshur ....
499
879
399
383
746
58
Wayne.
1,184
703
Webster
358
70
14
Wetzel
1,721
891
Wirt
724
595
20
585
560
126
Wood ..
2.058
2,433
585
305
145
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345
116
14
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18.460 18,350|
2,515| 17,247|14 565 2,156 21,407| 16,097|14,154 12,335
609| 11.406 11.396| 673 10,279 5.814 1.454 11.151 9 863 2,287
NOTE -(*) John Bassell 332.
(+) H. S. Walker 37. (#) A. J. Spencer 31. (2) A. C. Harness 25 scattering. ( ** ) L. F. Farnsworth 69 in Mercer. (}}) No return.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
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1.547 1,835
867
Wyoming ...
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897
1,251
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635
708
66
1,216 1,281
343
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1,113
866
711
536
82
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408
523
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566
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126
PROMINENT MEN OF
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS-Continued.
1883 *
1884.
Third District.
First Dist.
Second Dist. Third Dist. Fourth Dist.
COUNTIES.
C. P. Snyder.
Jas. H. Brown.
John Brannon.
N. Goff, Jr.
Wm. L. Wilson.
F. M. Reynolds.
C. P. Snyder.
J. W. Davis.
Eustace Gibson.
A. R. Barbee.
Barbour.
Berkeley
Boone.
345
308
Braxton
1,397
866
Brooke
767
709
Cabell
Calhoun.
Clay.
182
212
313
281
...
Doddridge.
995
1,242
Fayette
1,017
1,125
Gilmer
1,015
691
331
830
1,766
1,104
Hampshire
1,748
407
Hancock
473
674
1,117
272
Harrison.
2,049
2,567
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Lewis
1,474
1,364
981
637
Logan
582
65
1,983
1,989
Marshall
1,696
2,432
Mason
1,960
2,428
Mercer
230
90
923
478
Mineral
1,079
1,017
Monongalia.
1,299
1,995
Monroe
693
624
1,171
974
Morgan
238
122
207
186
Nicholas
597
381
657
605
Ohio .
4,454
4,393
841
602
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Pleasants
691
548
Pocahontas
514
198
714
338
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Preston
1,318
2,543
1,063
1 317
Raleigh
408
447
773
590
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1,296
1,757
1,323
1,114
Summers
690
637
1,122
1,451
Tucker
430
297
Tyler
1,003
1,449
Upshur
300
620
766
1,203
Wayne
1,795
1,014
Webster
404
114
Wetzel
1,935
1,075
Wirt.
871
736
Wood
2,312
3,116
Wyoming
325
257
299
249
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9,621
8,391
17,258
17,462
18,266 16,737
15,359 13,240 16,598 16,445
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1,268 1,862
1,246
1,762
493
327
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Grant ..
Greenbrier
1,106
732
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Hardy.
Jackson
1,695
1,823
Jefferson
2,279
1,026
3,195
3,953
Kanawha
1,990
2,459
1,014
152
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451
763
McDowell.
Randolph
1,138
537
Ritchie
Roane
1,054
892
Taylor
445
152
Kood
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*Special election, May 15, 1883.
1,874 737
1,434
521
1,569
1.756
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Lincoln
Marion
Pendleton
Putnam.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS-Continued.
1886.
First District.
Second District,
Third District.
Fourth Dist.
COUNTIES.
John Brann on.
N. Goff, Jr.
L. E. Peters.
W. L. Wilson.
W. H. H. Flick.
John L. Siler.
J. H. Brown.
C. P. Snyder.
J. W. Claypool.
C. E. Hogg.
J.A.Hutchinson
W. H. Smith.
Barbour
1,256
4
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Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
1,444 712
722
10
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
380
351
4
28
Gilmer
1,081
744
309
861
5
855
1,420
44
Hampshire
1,598
398
15
Hancock
395
600
5
1,034
299
Harrison
1.974
2,594
6
Jackson
1,759
1,759
40
Jefferson ..
Kanawha
240
Lewis
1,540
1,404
20
2,038
2,101
67
Marshall
1,458
2,383
63
Mason.
2,014
2,174
88
Mercer
687
871
6
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Mineral
908
2,033
52
Monongalia.
1,176
2.000
1
962
986
85
Morgan
485
795
24
254
305
1
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Nicholas
616
831
41
Ohio ..
4,118
4,204
100
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675
713
549
6
Pocahontas
398
609
2
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Preston
1,152
2,454
Putnam.
1,002
1,121
11
Raleigh
656
746
42
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660
Ritchie
1,250
1,575
161
Roane .....
1,260
1,196
18
Summers
937
985
39
Taylor
1,415
11
Tucker.
370
Tyler.
1,044
1,422
2
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749
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Wayne
Webster
212
550
Wetzel
1,918
1,228
Wirt.
864
813
2
Wood
2,258
2,725
149
Wyoming.
436
457
5
16,732
17,559
206
17,112
17,022
181
14,011
14,906
547
16,434
15,687
558
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514
10
1,838
1,431
68
807
525
2
Doddridge
1,048
1,310
Fayette
1,829
1,471
Grant.
Greenbrier
Lincoln
1,041
672
10
Logan ...
241
1,325
Marion.
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Monroe
...
Pendleton
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Pleasants
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Randolph
1 117
1,025 443
Upshur
1,396
1,618
1,199
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McDowell ..
2,045
907
1
3,752
2,738
Hardy.
948
1,681
1,257 1,897
1
400
Brooke
3
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845
128
PROMINENT MEN OF
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION, Nov. 6, 1888.
FIRST DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
John O. Pendleton.
Geo. W. Atkinson.
J. E. Stea- ley.
B. F. Meyer
Hancock ..
493
672
32
11
Brooke
801
790
10
Ohio ..
4,895
4,674
76
Marshall.
1,828
2,704
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67
Wetzel
2,286
1,377
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Tyler
1,131
1,567
1
11
Doddridge.
1,150
1,405
3
1
Harrison.
2,177
2,618
120
15
Gilmer
1,179
836
1
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Lewis
1,644
1,527
4
15
Braxton
1,674
1,072
2
19 258
* 19,242
167
208
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
W. L. Wil- son.
W. H. H. Flick.
Frank Burt.
Spencer Sturm.
Monongalia
1,385
2,187
20
54
Marion.
2,269
2,228
50
Preston
1,416
3,005
36
21
Taylor.
1,214
1,595
19
1
Barbour ..
1,509
1,477
1
6
Randolph
1,426
772
2
1
Tucker·
676
630
3
6
Pendleton
1,011
780
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Hardy ..
1,154
438
2
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Mineral
1,209
1,255
24
6
Hampshire
1,901
522
7
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Grant
281
1,022
6
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Morgan
547
872
14
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Jefferson
2,380
1,111
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4
Berkeley
1,991
2,197
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20,469
20,091
184
99
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*NOTE .- The official vote of each county in the First District showed Mr. Atkinson to be elected by over 50 majority. A recount of the vote in every county of the District, which was demanded by Mr. Pendleton, changed the result, and the Governor gave the certificate of election to Mr. Pendleton, Dec 24, 1888. Mr. Atkinson at once gave notice of contest, which will be decided by the 51st Congress.
W. H. Sanford received one vote in the Second District Certificate of Second District issued December 24, 1888.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
THIRD DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. D. Alderson.
James H. McGinnis.
Logan ..
1,508
416
Wyoming.
500
565
McDowell
409
583
Mercer
1,371
1,406
Raleigh
888
842
Boone ..
742
512
Kanawha*
3,126
4,466
Fayette
1,854
2,685
Clay.
415
463
Nicholas
1,101
690
Greenbrier.
2,072
1,394
Monroe
1,324
1,225
Summers.
1,356
1,277
Webster
666
276
Pocahontas
898
580
Upshur.
840
1,717
¥ 19,070
* 19,097
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
Jas. M. Jackson.
Chas. B. Smith.
Geo. W. Hayes.
W. M. Weekly.
Pleasants.
812
697
2
3
Wood
2,824
3,275
...
39
Ritchie
1,405
1,972
17
94
Wirt
1,047
926
2
1
Jackson
1,886
2,272
...
10
Roane.
1,629
1,452
2
4
Marion
2,246
1,717
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43
Putnam
1,384
1,555
7
27
Cabell.
2,404
1,952
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Lincoln
1,242
955
18
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Wayne
2,039
1,431
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2
Calhoun
918
630
12
2
+ 19,837
19.834
60
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FIRST CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION FOR WEST VA.
Held May 28, 1863. To serve from June 20, 1863, to March 3, 1865. All " Union" candidates.
Jacob Beeson Blair
8,066
W. De Hass
605
FIRST DISTRICT,
Majority
7,461
Wm. G Brown
3,576
J. S. Burdett.
1,804
SECOND DIST'T.
W. B. Zinn
800
Majority
1,772
Wm. G. Brown.
2,748
Killian V. Whaley
2,184
THIRD DIS'T,
Majority
564
*J. H. McGinnis' majority in the Third District, with Kanawha vote in as certified by the County Court, was 27.
# The certificate of election was given to Mr. Alderson, February 28, 1889, because the vote of Kanawha county was in litigation and the Governor held that it could not be counted.
+Certificate issued. February 28, 1889, to Jas. M. Jackson, by the Governor, on the ground of alleged irregularities in the-returns of three of the counties of the Fourth District.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
JUDICIAL ELECTION-OCTOBER, 1880.
FIRST CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Thayer Melvin.
Geo. E. Boyd.
Robert McConnell.
J. B. McLure.
Brooke
636
701
490
552
Hancock
602
414
550
373
Ohio.
4.325
4,123
3,473
3,295
Marshall
2,174
1,512
2,131
1,498
Total
7,737
6,750
6,644
5,718
SECOND CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
A. Brooks Fleming.
J. Marshall Hagans.
Monongalia.
1,434
1,673
Marion ..
2,088
1,419
Harrison
2,323
1,482
Total
5,845
4,574
THIRD CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Wm. T. Ice.
James A. Brown.
Preston
1,192
2,246
Taylor.
1,199
1,271
Barbour
1,339
947
Tucker
399
206
Randolph
1,108
402
Total
5,237
5,072
FOURTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Thos. J. Stealey.
H. C. Showalter.
C. J. Stewart.
Wetzel.
1,612
220
506
Tyler
949
427
768
Ritchie.
814
1,122
580
Doddridge ..
603
92
1.129
Total
3,978
1,861
2.983
FIFTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
James M. Jackson.
Geo. Loomis.
Wood.
2,382
. 2,497
Wirt
800
571
Pleasants.
595
552
Total
3,787
3.620
131
WEST VIRGINIA.
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
R. S. Brown.
R. F. Fleming.
Jos. Smith.
H. C. Fiesher.
Clay
160
363
5
Gilmer
529
688
29
Jackson
1,184
1,154
396
349
Roane
981
666
355
73
Calhoun
466
467
97
Total
3,320
3,338
882
422
SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
F. A. Guthrie.
J. W. English.
Nicholas Fitzhugh.
Putnam.
1,153
893
Kanawha
3,682
920
966
Mason
2,186
1,958
28
Total
7,021
3,771
994
EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Ira J. McGinnis.
John B. Laidley.
G. G. Burgess.
Cabell
720
717
572
Wayne
1,186
125
836
Lincoln
427
450
316
Logan.
268
179
656
Total.
2 601
1,471
2,380
NINTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
David E. Johnston.
J. H. McGinniss.
McDowell.
365
84
Mercer ..
999
283
Raleigh
513
701
Wyoming
467
220
Boone
530
310
Total
2,876
1,598
TENTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Homer A. Holt.
Greenbrier.
1,941
Monroe
2,076
Summers.
1,409
Fayette
1,652
Pocahontas
858
Total.
7,936
.
132
PROMINENT MEN OF
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
Henry Brannon.
Felix J. Baxter.
Upshur.
1,232
175
Lewis.
1,351
266
Braxton
748
832
Nicholas ..
718
268
Webster.
324
174
Total
4 373
1,715
TWELFTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
James D. Armstrong.
Grant ...
1,035
Hardy
1,236
Hampshire.
1,449
Mineral.
1,106
Pendleton
1,016
Total.
5,842
THIRTEENTH CIRCUIT.
COUNTIES.
C. J. Faulkner, Jr.
James H. Grove,
J. N. Wisner.
Jefferson.
882
918
767
Berkeley
1,685
297
1,366
Morgan
408
65
623
Total
2,975
1,280
2,756
JUDICIAL ELECTION-NOVEMBER 6, 1883,
FIRST DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. J. Jacobs.
G. E. Boyd.
J. R. Paull.
J. A. Campbell.
Brooke
858
857
721
751
Hancock
539
459
648
726
Ohio.
4,989
5,035
4 669
4,587
Marshall
1,879
1,871
2,656
2,667
Total.
8,265
8,222
8,694
8,731
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
A. F. Haymond.
J. Marshall Hagans.
A. F. Fleming.
Marion
2 301
2,235
...
Harrison ..
2,216
2,617
1
Monongalia.
1,353
2,211
...
Total
5,870
7,063
1
133
WEST VIRGINIA.
THIRD DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
W. T. Ice.
J. T. Hoke.
H. C. Hyde.
Preston
1,416
3,001
4
Taylor
1,253
1,570
Barbour
1,499
1,476
Tucker.
674
631
Randolph
1,409
777
Total
6,251
7,455
4
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
T. P. Jacobs.
Thos. I. Stealey.
Wetzel
1,473
2,175
Tyler.
1,559
1,138
Ritchie
2,041
1,397
Doddridge
1,444
1,107
Total
6 517
5,817
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. G. McClure.
A. I. Boreman.
Wood.
2,862
3,193
Wirt
1,061
922
Pleasants
818
689
Total
4,681
4,804
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
V. S. Armstrong.
R F. Fleming.
Clay.
409
467
Gilmer.
1,134
875
Jackson
1,979
2,193
Roane.
1,680
1,459
Calhoun
850
716
Total.
6,052
5,710
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
F. A. Guthrie.
S. S. Green.
Step. Linsey.
Thos. Donally.
Putnam
1,557
1,448
...
...
Kanawha
4,653
3 521
1
1
Mason ..
2,710
2,272
...
...
Total
8,920
7,241
1
1
134
PROMINENT MEN OF
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
1
COUNTIES.
T. H. Harvey.
Ira J. McGinnis.
Cabell
2,223
1,384
Wayne
1,686
1,622
Lincoln
1,127
653
Logan
793
903
Total
5,829
4,562
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
R. C. Mc- Clougherty.
Jno. R. Douglass.
H. W. Branzie.
McDowell
610
254
13
Mercer ..
1,652
872
Raleigh
1,041
509
Wyoming
718
253
Boone
846
248
Total
4,867
2,136
13
TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
A. N. Campbell.
J. M. Mc Whorter.
S. S. Green.
Adam Smith.
Greenbrier
2,143
1,345
...
Monroe
1,374
1.189
...
Summers
1,365
1,267
...
Fayette
1,871
2,615
M
1
Pocahontas
895
541
...
Total
7,648
6,957
1
1
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
W. G. Bennett.
A. M. Poundstone.
G. W. Bennett.
Henry Brannon.
Upshur
774
1,747
...
Lewis
1,702
1,464
...
Braxton
1,603
1,085
1
Nicholas.
1,020
797
...
Webster
659
281
...
1
Total
5 758
5,374
1
1
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. D. Armstrong.
Wm. C. Clayton.
Michael Crowley.
F. M. Reynolds.
Grant
1,146
76
...
Hardy
1,222
234
...
Hampshire
1,753
327
...
Mineral
1,283
694
1
2
Pendleton.
799
638
...
Total
6,203
1,969
1
2
135
WEST VIRGINIA.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. S. Duckwall
J. Nelson Wisner.
Jefferson
2,283
1,152
Berkeley
'1,942
2,227
Morgan
589
826
Total
4,814
4,205
SENATORIAL ELECTION, 1886.
FIRST DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
John O. Pendleton.
N. B. Scott.
T. J. Cartwright.
Hancock
398
584
13
Brooke
714
697
19
Ohio
4,056
4,154
167
Total
5,168
5,435
199
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. E. Watson.
J. H. Furbee.
J. S. Robinson.
Marshall
1,488
2,320
96
Wetzel.
1,904
1,254
Marion
2,044
2,099
65
Total
5,436
5,673
161
THIRD DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
Ira C, Post.
Edwin Maxwell.
Geo. W. Hayes.
Ritchie
1,341
1,625
Doddridge
1,058
1,301
Harrison
2,032
2,523
57
Gilmer
1,103
721
Calhoun
813
523
Total
6,347
6,693
57
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
John D. Sweeney.
Anthony Smith.
Tyler
1,103
1,362
Pleasants
714
560
Wood
2,454
2,439
Wirt
895
793
Total.
5,166
5,154
136
PROMINENT MEN OF
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
P. C. Eastham.
Wm. Woodyard.
George Leonard.
Mason
2,069
2,150
87
Jackson.
1,774
1,698
38
Roane
1,186
1,263
5
Total
5,029
5,111
120
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
E. M. Mc Callister.
A. Workman.
P. E. Love.
Putnam
973
1,132
Cabell
1,808
1,445
5
Wayne.
1,593
1,204
Total
4,374
3,781
5
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
B. H. Oxley.
J. D. Payne.
John Vaughn.
Lincoln
1,019
165
Boone
614
Logan
1,388
Wyoming
540
McDowell
306
Mercer.
941
Raleigh
811
132
Total
5,619
132
165
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
M. Vanpelt.
J. W. Davis.
Greenbrier
1,492
844
Pocahontas.
614
407
Monroe.
1,045
949
Summers
1,026
935
Fayette
1,594
1.673
Total.
5,771
4 808
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
W. E. Chilton.
R. S. Carr.
Kanawha
2,676
4,023
Clay
354
381
Nicholas
926
560
Braxton
1,480
915
Webster
561
203
Total
5,997
6 082
11
137
WEST VIRGINIA.
TENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
R. E. Hudkins.
A. C. Minear.
Lewis
1,553
1.391
Randolph.
1,120
551
Upshur.
805
1,335
Barbour
1 235
1,266
Taylor
1.026
1,418
Tucker
416
395
Total
6,155
6,356
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
James E. Dent.
Jos. Snyder.
J. R. Fleming.
Preston.
1,169
2,440
Monongalia
1 112
1,972
37
Total
2,281
4,412
37
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
Geo. E. Price.
Geo. Harmon.
J. Z. Bane.
Hampshire.
1,534
396
25
Hardy
1,021
296
Grant
311
841
4
Mineral
863
1,054
51
Pendleton
842
675
Total
4,571
3,262
80
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. H. Gettinger.
Dail Getzendaver
Berkeley.
1,694
1,872
Morgan
500
795
Jefferson
1,996
947
Total.
4,190
3,614
SENATORIAL ELECTION-NOVEMBER 6, 1888.
FIRST DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
John R. Donehoo.
B. J. Smith.
David C. Pogue.
G. W. Beaumont.
Brooke
804
792
7
Hancock.
470
33
Ohio
4,861
682 4,754
88
Total
6,135
6,228
95
33
12
138
PROMINENT MEN OF
SECOND DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. W. Yeater.
A. T. Morris.
David C. Bonar.
Marion
2,278
2 232
49
Marshall.
1,851
2,662
90
Wetzel
2,313
1,386
Total
6,442
6 280
139
THIRD DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
P. W. Morris.
J. P. Strickler.
C. B. Rule.
John Ruhl.
Calhoun
617
936
9
Doddridge
1,402
1,161
1
Gilmer ..
832
1.182
7
Harrison
2,643
2,178
96
....
Ritchie.
1,947
1,495
...
Total
7 441
6,952
104
9
FOURTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
H. C. Henderson.
M. R. Lowther.
W. R. Neal.
Pleasants.
826
680
1
Tyler
1,149
1,562
Wirt.
1,043
955
Wood.
2,923
3 213
Total
5 931
6,410
1
FIFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
Geo. B. Crow
A. R. Campbell.
Geo. Tofen.
Jackson
1,967
2,223
Mason
2,364
2,636
1
Roane
1,656
1,431
Total
5 983
6,290
1
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
B. J. Prichard.
J. R. K. Workman.
W. J Smith, Jr.
Cabell
2,429
1,939
10
Putnam
1,402
1,558
Wayne.
2.050
1,334
38
Total.
5,881
4 831
48
.
139
WEST VIRGINIA.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
J. W. McCreary.
W. P. Payne.
W. S. Dunbar.
Sampson Estep.
Boone
758
210
75
Lincoln
1 230
701
239
Logan
1,330
369
52
McDowell
207
479
102
16
Mercer
1,346
1,139
Raleigh
1,007
28
563
Wyoming
530
197
190
Total
6,408
3,123
1,221
16
NOTE - C. P. Stover received 1 vote in Raleigh county.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
John W. Arbuckle.
Edgar P. Rucker.
W. H. Williams.
B. J. Fisher.
Fayette ...
1,965
2,617
1
1
Greenbrier.
2,091
1,385
Monroe
1.351
1,224
Pocahontas.
898
588
Summers
1,360
1 277
Total
7,665
7.091
1
1
NINTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
B. J. Fisher.
J. W. Morrison.
W. F. Williams.
Amos Gorrell.
Braxton
1,621
1,108
Clay
405
469
6
Kanawha
3 038
4,601
83
Nicholas
940
869
10
Webster
59
342
562
Total
6,594
7,389
568
93
TENTH DISTRICT
COUNTIES.
T. J. Farnsworth.
Thos. E. Davis.
Thos. E. Dana.
C. B. Rule.
Barbour
1,488
1,495
Lewis.
1,643
1,533
3
Randolph
1,426
774
1
Taylor ..
1,184
1 631
Tucker
623
630
Upshur
865
1,685
Total
7.229
7,748
1
3
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
W. E. Worley.
Wm. J. Lovelle.
S. P. McCormick.
Monongalia.
2,216
1,345
..
Preston.
2,973
1,427
2
Total
5.189
2,772
2
140
PROMINENT MEN OF
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
S. L. Flournoy.
S. G. Pownall.
W. R. Neal.
Grant ..
379
1,024
Hampshire
1,828
528
Hardy
1,147
437
Mineral
1,214
1,260
1
Pendleton
1,010
779
Total
5,578
4,028
1
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
COUNTIES.
Chas. H. Knott.
S. H Hig- ginbotham.
C. Mason Pendleton.
J. R. Malay.
Berkeley ..
1 997
2,183
Jefferson
2,209
1,179
2
1
Morgan
543
880
5
Total
4,749
4 242
7
1
141
WEST VIRGINIA.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
RESTRICTING AMENDMENT.
The amendment to the State Constitution known as the Test Oath Restriction was as follows :
"No person who, since the 1st day of June, 1861, has given, or shall give voluntary aid or assistance to the rebellion against the United States, shall be a citizen of this State, or be allowed to vote at any election held therein, unless he has volunteered into the military or naval service of the United States, and has been or shall be honorably discharged therefrom."
In the House of Delegates, February 9th, 1866, as House Joint Resolution, No. 14, for its adoption
THE YEAS WERE :
PINNELL, D. S., Speaker,
Physician. Millwright.
Ballard. Jno. C.
Bee, Ephraim
Farmer.
Beeson, Jacob B.
Merchant.
Manufacturer.
Bell, Joseph Bristor, Jacob H.
Teacher.
Brown, Alfred W.
Farmer.
Carroll, Jno. S. P.
Farmer.
Cassady, James S.
Farmer.
Combs, Henry S. Cunningham, David Curtis, Wm. B. Dolly, Abijah
Merchant. Farmer.
Dyche, Lewis
Laborer.
Merchant.
Banker.
Fleming, Sol. S. Goff, Nathan
Ironmaster.
Tanner.
142
PROMINENT MEN OF
Hagans, Harrison
Merchant.
Higgins, James H.
Hinchman, Ulysses
Wheelwright. Physician. Farmer.
Hooker, George
Hornbrook, Jacob
Merchant.
Koonce, George
Merchant.
Little, Thomas
Farmer. Clerk.
Mairs, William
Physician.
McCoy, Joseph E.
Merchant.
McQuilken, A. R.
Merchant.
Mc Whorter, H. C.
Lawyer. Farmer.
Smith, Buckner J.
Brickmaker. Farmer.
Spencer, Samuel S.
Farmer.
Stidger, Samuel B.
Physician. Minister.
Williamson, James W.
Farmer.
Witcher, John S.
Merchant.
Workman, William
Zinn, Wm. B.
Farmer. Farmer. Total yeas, 38.
Anthony Rader, Physician, absent, or not voting.
THE NAYS WERE :
Bennett, John
Minister.
Camden, Richard P.
Banker.
Cook, Mitchell
Tanner.
Cooper, Samuel
Merchant. Wheelwright.
Davis, Henry G.
Merchant.
Given, James T.
Blacksmith.
Hinkle, Abram
Merchant. Farmer. Farmer.
Kyle, Edmund
Farmer.
Maxwell, Rufus
Farmer. Farmer.
McCurdy, Charles H.
Total nays, 13.
Lockhart, M. L.
Ridd, Eli
Smith, William
Trainer, Thomas H.
Darnell, Peter
Johnson, Daniel D Kellar, John
143
WEST VIRGINIA.
In Senate adopted February 13, 1866. THE YEAS WERE :
STEVENSON, W. E., President,
Farmer,
Burley, James
Farmer.
Chambers, Wm. F.
Farmer.
Chapline Joseph A.
Lawyer.
Corley, James M.
Farmer.
Dix, D. H. K.
Minister.
Duval, I. H.
Merchant.
Hawkins, Aaron
Farmer.
Hagar, Robert
Minister.
Mahon, E. S.
Farmer.
Maxwell, Edwin
Lawyer.
Kitchen, B. M.
Farmer.
Price, William
Farmer.
Wright, E. D.
Farmer.
Total yeas, 14.
THE NAYS WERE :
Burdette, John S.
Merchant.
Haymond, Daniel.
Farmer.
O'Brien, Emmett J.
Merchant.
Peck, Daniel
Lawyer.
Total nays, 4.
THE FLICK AMENDMENT. ( Proposed in Legislature February 28, 1870.)
The amendment to the State Constitution known, from its authorship, as the Flick Amendment, proposed, and by vote of the people adopted, as a substitute for Sec. 1. Art. 3, is worded as follows :
" The male citizens of the State shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the election district in which they respect- ively reside; but no person who is a minor, or of unsound mind, or a pauper, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the State for one year and of the county in which he offers to vote for thirty days next preceding such offer, shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues."
144
PROMINENT MEN OF
In the Senate, January 21, 1871, on adoption as Senate Joint Resolution, No. 2, the vote was :
THE YEAS WERE :
BAKER, LEWIS, President,
Editor.
Alexander, W. A.
Farmer.
Applegate, Lewis
Farmer.
Boreman, Wm. I.
Lawyer.
Brown, John R.
Farmer.
Carper Wm. C.
Lawyer.
Cather, James
Farmer.
Cook, Mitchell
Farmer.
Crane, William B.
Farmer.
Davis, Henry G.
Merchant.
Dayton, Spencer.
Lawyer.
Gold, Samuel
Farmer.
Harman, George
Farmer.
Humphreys, A. R.
Farmer and Graz'r.
Ice, William B.
Farmer. Lawyer.
Johnson, Okey
Kline, Thomas B.
Lawyer.
Koonce, George
Merchant.
Patrick, Spicer
Physician.
Price, William
Farmer.
Scott, Charles F.
Scott, James
Lawyer. Farmer. Total yeas, 21.
Patrick, Spicer, on leave, January 23. NAYS, none.
In the House, January 27, 1871, upon Senate Joint Resolu- tion, No. 2, agreeing to the proposed amendment to the Consti- tution of the State,
THE YEAS WERE :
Ballard, B. F.
Lawyer. Merchant.
Bishop, C. M.
Boggs, John
Brannon, Henry
Brown, Hamilton P.
Chenoweth, Lemuel
Clark, A. B.
Donehoo, Daniel
Farmer. Lawyer. Farmer. Carriage maker. Merch't and Editor. Lawyer.
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