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Smith, Buckner J. Hancock county, New Cumberland, House of Delegates 1865-'66. Senate 1889.
Smith, Charles W. Cabell county, Cabell C. H., House of Delegates 1869.
Smith, Edward Brooke county, Wellsburg, House of Delegates 1867.
Smith, Fontaine Marion county, Fairmont, Senate 1881 to '83.
Smith, James H. Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1885.
Smith, J. Rufus Morgan county, Berkeley Springs, House of Delegates 1868 to '69.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
Smith, Silas Tyler county, Shiloh, House of Delegates 1887-'89
Smith, William Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1865 to '67.
Snider, Joseph Monongalia county, Easton, House of Delegates 1872 to adj. ses. '76. Senate '87-'89. Snider, William H. Gilmer county, Glenville, · House of Delegates 1867-'69-'72, 3-'79.
Snodgrass, Jesse F. Doddridge county, Yeater's Mills, House of Delegates 1869.
Snodgrass, I. B. Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1885.
Snyder, Harmon Randolph county, Valley Head, House of Delegates 1885.
Somerville, James Brewer Brooke county, Bethany, House of Delegates 1877. Senate 1885-'87.
Soper, Abraham D. Tyler county, Sistersville, House of Delegates 1864.
Spates, Thomas S. Harrison county, Clarksburg, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Spaulding, Jackson Wayne county, Cassville, House of Delegates 1868 and extra session '68.
Spencer, J. S. Mason county, Point Pleasant, House of Delegates 1887.
Spencer, Samuel S. Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1866-'67-'75.
Sprigg, Joseph Hardy county, Moorefield, House of Delegates 1889.
Spurlock, Hurston Wayne county, Ceredo, House of Delegates 1877.
Squires, Daniel S. Braxton county, Salt Lick Bridge, House of Delegates 1875.
Stapleton, Samuel T. Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1883-'85.
St. Clair, E. W. Monongalia county, Stewartstown, House of Delegates 1889. Stearne, J. V. Mason county, Leon, House of Delegates 1889.
Stedman, Lyman Hancock county, Brown's Island, House of Delegates 1877.
99
WEST VIRGINIA.
Steere, D. Q. Pleasants county, Belpre, O. House of Delegates 1881.
Steere, William H. Wood county, Bull Creek, House of Delegates 1868 and extra session '68.
Stehly, John A. Berkeley county, Falling Waters, House of Delegates 1871.
Stephenson, Benjamin L. Clay county, Clay C. H., House of Delegates 1865-'71.
Stevenson, William E. Wood county, Parkersburg, Senate 1863 to extra session '68. President '65 to 68.
Stewart, James Putnam county, Raymond City, House of Delegates 1877.
Stewart, William C. Wirt county, Wirt C. H., House of Delegates 1858 and extra session '68.
Stidger, Samuel B. Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1866.
Stifel, Louis C. Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1869.
Stifel, Louis F. Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1883-'89.
Stollings, Joel E. Boone county, Boone C. H., Senate 1872-'81-'83.
Stone, C. J. Logan county, Chapmansville, House of Delegates 1875.
Stone, L. F. Wood county, Belleville,
House of Delegates 1889.
Stone, T. M. Wetzel county, Pine Grove, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Stout, John W.
Wood county, Lubeck,
House of Del's 1872-'72, 3. Senate 1879 to adj. ses. '82. Stratton, William Logan county, Logan C. H., House of Delegates 1877.
Stuart, Chapman J. Doddridge county, West Union, House of Delegates 1875-'79.
Stubbs, C. E. Jefferson county, Shepherdstown, House of Delegates 1871.
Stuck, J. W. Doddridge county, Centre Station, House of Delegates 1889. Stump, Henry Roane county, Walton, House of Delegates 1864.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
Stump, Melville Gilmer county, Glenville, House of Delegates 1883.
Stump, Taylor Calhoun county, Grantsville, House of Delegates 1883.
Sturgis, George C. Monongalia county, Morgantown, House of Delegates 1870 to '72.
Sturm Jesse F. Marion county, Sturm's Mills, House of Delegates 1883-'87.
Summers, Albert Edgar Kanawha county, Charleston, House Del's '70-'72, Sp'kr. Senate '72, 3-'79-'81, Pres.
Sutton, Felix Braxton county, Braxton C. H., House of Delegates 1863-'64.
Sweeney, Daniel Tyler county, Sistersville, House of Delegates 1863.
Switzer, Rufus
Putnam county, Winfield, Senate 1885-'87.
Sydenstricker, John M. Greenbrier county, Lewisburg, House of Delegates 1881-'87-'89.
Tabler, Levi J. Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1868 to '69.
Tanner, I. S. Jefferson county, Shepherdstown, House of Delegates 1875.
Tarr, William H.
Brooke county, Wellsburg,
Senate 1877-'79.
Taylor, B. J. Roane county, Osborne's Mills, House of Delegates 1889.
Taylor, E. J.
Ritchie county, Cornwallis,
House of Delegates 1879.
Taylor, E. G. Doddridge county, Morgansville, House of Delegates 1885-'87.
Taylor, Gustavus F. Braxton county, Braxton C. H., House of Delegates 1867.
Taylor, James Ritchie county, Cornwallis, House of Delegates 1872 to adjourned session '75, 6. Taylor, John Randolph county, Leedsville. House of Delegates 1872, 3. Teter, Alva Upshur county, Peck's Run, House of Delegates 1864.
Teter, Jacob Upshur county, Peck's Run, House of Delegates 1863.
101
WEST VIRGINIA.
Teter, Joseph Barbour county, Bealington, House of Delegates 1863-1870.
Thatcher, Charles A. Greenbrier county, Lewisburg, Senate 1867.
Thayer, A. H. Taylor county, Grafton, House of Delegates 1887-'89.
Thayer, John M. Taylor county, Grafton, House of Delegates 1872-'72, 3.
Thomas, Ebenezer C. Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1870.
Thomas, Richard Monroe county, Palatine, House of Delegates 1869.
Thompson, Aden Raleigh county, Round Glade, House of Delegates 1885.
Thompson, John K. Putnam county, Winfield, House of Delegates 1881.
Thompson, John J. Putnam county, Winfield, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Thornburg, John W. Cabell county, Cabell C. H., House of Delegates 1875.
Timms, L. J. Putnam county, Buffalo, House of Delegates 1883.
Tippett, George W. Mason county, Point Pleasant, House of Delegates 1881.
Toler, W. H. Kanawha county, Peabody, House of Delegates 1887.
Tomlinson, William H. Mason county, Point Pleasant, House of Delegates 1868 and ex. ses. '68.
Toney, Hugh Logan county, Chapmansville, House of Delegates 1879.
Totten, M. G.
Mineral county, Piedmont, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Trainer, Thomas H. Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delgates 1865,-'66.
Triplett, Marshall Webster county, Welsh Glades, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Turner, Alfred Marshall county, Fair Hill, House of Delegates 1875.
Turner, Eli Marsh Harrison county, Clarksburg, House of Delegates 1877-'79.
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102
PROMINENT MEN OF
Turner, Joseph Marshall county, Moundsville, House of Delegates 1863.
Tyson, Calvin
Roane county, Spencer, House of Delegates 1869.
Unger, A. R. Morgan county, Unger's Store, Senate 1885-'87.
Unger, Washington Morgan county, Unger's Store, House of Delegates 1879.
Upton, Sylvester Mercer county, Jumping Branch, House of Delegates 1871-'75.
Vance, John T. Mineral county, New Creek, House of Delegates 1869.
Vandal, A. L.
Roane county, Spencer, House of Delegates 1879.
Vanmeter, Joseph
Hardy county, Old Fields, Senate 1881 to '83.
Van Pelt, M.
Fayette county, Fayetteville, Senate 1887-'89.
Van Winkle, Peter G. Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1863.
Van Winkle, Rathbone Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1865.
Vaughan, Charles A. House of Delegates 1867.
Mason county, Upland,
Vaughan, John W. Lincoln county, Hamlin, House of Delegates 1875. Vawter, Elliott Monroe county, Union, Senate 1872, 3.
Vinson, B. C. Cabell county, Mud Bridge, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Vossler, Edwin F. Grant county, Grant C. H. House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Vrooman, Wellington Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1889.
Waggy, William Clay county, Clay C. H., House of Delegates 1868 and ex. ses. '68.
Walker, George J. Jackson county, Jackson C. H., Senate 1872, 3.
Warden, James W. Hardy county, Wardensville, House of Delegates 1875.
103
WEST VIRGINIA.
Watson, James S. . Monongalia county, Uffington, House of Delegates 1881.
Wayt, W. D. Marshall county, Rosby's Rock, House of Delegates 1881.
Weber, Gotleib F. Morgan county, Berkeley Springs, House of Delegates 1889.
Webster, William H. Mason county, Green Bottom, House of Delegates 1871.
Welch, William M.
Mineral county, Keyser,
House of Delegates 1868 and ex. ses. '68-'70 Speaker-'75.
Wells, A. B.
Roane county, Spencer, House of Delegates 1883.
Wells, Charles E. Marion county, Glover's Gap, House of Delegates 1877-'81.
Wells, Meredith Raleigh county, Brownstown, House of Delegates 1865.
Wells, Selman Tyler county, Ben's Run, House of Delegates 1870-'81.
Welton, Wright Mineral county, Ridgeville, House of Delegates 1867.
Werninger, Alstorpheus Harrison county, Clarksburg, Senate 1867 to '70.
West, Thomas J. Harrison county, West Milford, House of Delegates 1871-'72-'75.
Wheat, Joseph S. Morgan county, Berkeley Springs, House of Delegates 1863-'64-'67-'70.
White, H. S. Logan county, Logan C. H., House of Delegates 1872.
White, Henry S. Marshall county, Bellton, House of Delegates 1872 to adjourned session '75, 6. White, Robert Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1885.
Whittaker, N. E. Ohio county, Wheeling, House of Delegates 1887.
Wiant, W. T.
Gilmer county, Glenville, House of Delegates 1863.
Wilen, William Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1865.
Wilkinson, John S. Lincoln county, Hamlin, House of Delegates 1870-'77.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
Wilkinson, William E. Wayne county, Wayne C. H., House of Delegates 1872. Senate 1872, 3.
Williams, Charles Grant county, Williamsport, Senate 1879-'81.
Williams, George W. Greenbrier county, Frankford, House of Delegates 1872-'75.
Williams, Isaac P.
Boone county, Peytona,
House of Delegates 1869.
Williams, Joshua Purdum Mineral county, Piedmont, House of Delegates 1889.
Williamson, James A. Wood county, Parkersburg, House of Delegates 1867.
Williamson, James W. Wood county, Ben's Run, House of Delegates 1864-'66.
Wilson, Andrew Ohio county, Wheeling, Senate 1867 to '70. House of Delegates 1879.
Wilson, E. Willis
Kanawha county, Charleston,
House of Dels. 1871 ; Senate 1872; House of Dels. 1877 from Jefferson. '81 and adj. ses. '82 Speaker, Kanawha.
Wilson, James H. Preston county, German Settlement, House of Delegates 1873.
Wilson, Lewis Barbour county, Philippi, House of Delegates 1881.
Wilson, William Berkeley county, Martinsburg, House of Delegates 1865.
Wilson, W. K.
Lewis county, Ireland, House of Delegates 1883.
Witcher John S. Cabell county, Cabell C. H., House of Delegates 1866.
Withrow, James Greenbrier county, Lewisburg, House of Delegates 1872, 3.
Wooddell, William J. Pocahontas county, Greenbank, House of Delegates 1872 to adj. ses. '75, 6.
Woodford, Asa W. Lewis county, Weston, House of Delegaies 1868 and ex. ses. '68. Woods, Joseph Jacob Ohio county, Wheeling, Senate '79-'81. House '83, Sp'kr-'87-'89, Sp'kr.
Woodyard, R. L. Wood county, Parkersburg,
House of Delegates 1887.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
Woodyard, William. Roane county, Spencer, Senate 1883 to '89.
Workman, William, Boone county, Bald Knob, House Del's '66-'67. Senate '68 & ex. ses. '68. House '85. Worley, William Gordon Preston county, Kingwood, Senate 1889.
Wright, Edward D. Cabell county, Guyandotte, House Del's 1863. Senate 1865 to ex. ses. '68.
Wright, William O. Cabell county, Guyandotte, House of Delegates 1869.
Wyatt, Benjamin F. Kanawha county, Charleston, House of Delegates 1871.
Yeager, Henry A. Pocahontas county, Greenbrier, House of Delegates 1883-'87.
Yeater, John Wiley. Wetzel county, New Dale, Senate 1889.
Young, Samuel. Pocahontas county, Edray, Senate 1863-'64-'67 to '70.
Young, Stillman.
Upshur county, Rock Cave,
House of Delegates 1887-'89.
Zinn, Peter Preston county, Tunnelton, House of Delegates 1875.
Zinn, W. B. Preston county, Zinn's Mills, House Del's 1863-'66. Senate '67-'68 & ex. ses. '68.
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PROMINENT MEN OF
COUNTIES ; WHEN AND HOW FORMED, AND WHENCE NAMED.
COUNTIES.
WHEN.
PARENT COUNTY.
WHENCE NAMED.
Barbour
1843
Harrison, Lewis, Ran dolph
Berkeley
1772
Frederick
James Barbour, Gov. of Va. 1812. Governor Sir Wm. Berkeley, of Virginia, 1641.
Boone
Braxton
1847 1836
Kanawha, Cabell, Logan Kanawha, Lewis, Nicho- las
Brooke
1797 1809
Ohio
Cabell
Kanawha ..
Calhoun.
1856
Gilmer
Robt. Brooke, Gov. of Va., 1794. Wm. H. Cabell, Gov. of Va. 1805. J. C, Calhoun, Southern States man Henry Clay, U. S. Senator, of Ky.
Clay. Doddridge. ..
1858 1845
Braxton, Nicholas
Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, Lewis
Philip Doddridge, the Virginia Orator and Congressman.
Fayette
1831
Logan, Kanawha, Green brier, Nicholas ..
Gen. LaFayette, friend of Wash- ington.
Gilmer.
1845
Kanawha, Lewis.
Thos. W. Gilmer, Governor of Virginia, 1840.
Grant ..
1866
Hardy
President Ulysses S. Grant. From the many briers on the banks of its river.
Hampshire ..
1754 1848
Augusta, Frederick. Brooke ..
In honor of Hampshire, England. John Hancock, of Independence fame.
Hardy
1786
Hampshire
Samuel Hardy, Virginia M. C., in 1786.
Harrison
1784
Monongalia
Jackson.
1831
Kanawha, Wood, Mason Berkeley
Kanawha
1789
Greenbrier, Montgomery
Lewis
1816
Harrison.
Gen. Andrew Lewis, killed at the battle of Point Pleasant.
Lincoln.
1867
Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Cabell.
Logan
1824
Kanawha, Cabell, Giles, Tazewell
Marion.
1842
Harrison, Monongalia.
Marshall
1835
Ohio
John Marshall, U. S. Chief Jus tice; from Virginia.
Mason.
1804
Kanawha
Mercer
1837
Giles, Tazewell
Geo. Mason, of Colonial Virginia. Gen. Hugh Mercer, who fell at Princeton.
Mineral ..
1866
Hampshire Augusta. .
From its coal deposit. Monongahela, Falling-in-bank River.
Monroe
Greenbrier.
Morgan
1799 1820
Hampshire, Berkeley. ...
James Monroe, Gov. of Va. 1799. Gen. Daniel Morgan, of the Revo- lution.
Greenbrier. ...
1777
Botetourt, Montgomery.
Hancock
Jefferson.
1801
Benj. Harrison, Gov. of Va. 1781. Andrew Jackson, President U. S. Thos. Jefferson, author of the Constitution and Governor of Virginia in 1799.
Kenhawa, Shawnese, River of the Woods.
Abraham Lincoln, martyr.
Logan, the Mingo Chief.
Gen. Francis Marion of the Revo- lution.
Monongalia.
1776
Daniel Boone, the Indian hunter.
Carter Braxton, Signer of the Declaration.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
COUNTIES.
WHEN
PARENT COUNTY.
WHENCE NAMED.
McDowell Nicholas.
1858 1818
Tazewell. Kanawha. Greenbrier,
Randolph ..
Ohio. Pendleton
1776
Augusta.
1788
Augusta, Hardy, Rock- ingham
Pleasants Pocahontas
1851 1821
Wood, Tyler, Ritchie. ... Bath. Pendleton, Ran dolph ..
The Indian Princess of Virginia.
Preston
1818
Monongalia
Gen. Jas. P. Preston, Governor of Virginia, 1816.
Putnam
1848
Kanawha, Cabell, Mason
Gen. Israel Putnam, of Revolu- tionary fame.
Raleigh.
1850
Fayette.
Sir Walter Raleigh, who planted a colony on the Roanoke about 1585.
Randolph
1787
Harrison
Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, 1786.
Ritchie ..
1844
Harrison, Lewis, Wood .. Thos. Ritchie, of Virginia.
Roane
1856
Kanawha, Jackson, Gil- mer .
Judge Roane.
Summers
1871
Monroe, Mercer, Green brier, Fayette
Taylor
1844
Harrison, Barbour, Marion ...
Tucker
1856
Randolph Ohio.
Tyler
1814
Upshur ..
1851
Randolph, Barbour, Lewis.
Wayne.
1842
Cabell.
Webster.
1860
Braxton, Nicholas, Ran- dolph
Wetzel
1846
Tyler.
Wirt
1848
Wood, Jackson
Wood.
1799
Harrison
Wyoming
1850
Logan
Jas. McDowell, Gov. of Va. 1843.
Wilson C. Nicholas, Governor of Virginia, 1814. Indian, O-hi-o, The Beautiful.
Edmund Pendleton, President of Virginia Convention, 1776. James Pleasants, Gov. of Va. 1822.
Lewis and Geo. W. Summers, of Kanawha county.
U. S. Senator of Va. John Taylor. Judge Tucker, M. C. from Va. John Tyler, Gov. of Va., 1808.
Judge A. P. Upshur, U. S. Sec'y of State, Tyler Administration. Gen. Anthony Wayne, of Indian fame.
Daniel Webster, Constitutional Expounder.
Louis Wetzel, Indian Fighter. Wm. Wirt, Virginia Statesman. James Wood, Gov. of Va., 1796. Indian Tribe of Wyoming.
STATE ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT FROM 1864 TO 1888.
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1868.
1872.
1876.
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1884.
1888.
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Democrat
Republican
Democrat
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Greenback
Democrat
Republican
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Democrat
Republican
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Butler, Green'k
Cleveland,
Harrison,
Streeter,
Fisk,
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593
293
689
278
727
628
66
1228
893
1017
842
251
1262
1269
2
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1508
1473
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Berkeley.
726
1009
494
1311
1283
1897
1563
1619
1489
252
1840
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85
154
274
526
176
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214
116
470
367
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520
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Braxton
242
79
260
561
951
371
1033
518
64
1441
833
2
1688
1062
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Brooke .
464
489
505
465
384
19
641
495
2
624
552
59
757
703
15
804
787
11
Cabell
191
251
148
477
744
5
1354
742
4
1485
928
57
1873
1441
20
2427
1947
8
30
Calhoun
124
118
123
161
524
258
583
330
105
753
506
7
935
623
11
1
Clay ...
73
99
25
89
107
142
129
13
226
158
39
306
285
4
10
414
464
8
Doddridge
505
615
418
627
358
4
736
673
63
1698
771
362
989
1224
19
1151
1393
6
3
Fayette
281;
228
340
382
983
633
1263
962
175
1555
1755
24
1923
2616
189
26
Gilmer ..
244
34
189
184
194
248
5
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835
464
80
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383
19
443
174
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316
606
320
611
340
826
3
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378
1027
2
9
Greenbrier.
191
161
407
836
41
1670
6119
1533
636
160
1834
1063
40
38
2121
1393
8
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163
7
127
413
221
418
49
1657
278
2
1502
329
1748
404
1907
519
35
12
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254
59
235
119
442
6
877
147
843
213
1116
274
1153
439
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679
190
795
353
740
706
21
1298
1239
1499
1537
71
1694
1812
18
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1942
2234
20
Jefferson.
174
21
203
120
985
1472
2
2023
975
2
2025
1018
45
2254
1052
10
2357
1132
16
7
Kanawha.
26
1288
940
1639
1338
11
2832
2121
492
2378
2112 1603
2827
4279
41
3089
4541
582
95
Lewis ..... Lincoln.
97
103
190
282
617
291
635
251
220
984
538
1
1147
950
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Logan.
1082
511
1297
858
1247
1133
1
1735
1560
46 1703
1463
350
1957
1995 51
43
2256
2233
69
50
Marshall.
1470
770
1672
965
1530
900
26
1498
1971
1596
2186
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1734
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98
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2474
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428
518
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1642
1527
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COUNTIES.
Lincoln,
Mcclellan,
Grant,
· Seymour,
Grant,
Greeley,
S. J. Tilden,
R. B. Hayes,
Peter Cooper,
Hancock,
| Garfield,
Weaver,
Cleveland,
Blaine,
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343
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1518
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2467
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760
416
843
599
1
1012
779
1
Pendleton ....
211
...
215
281
310
314
337
6
510
389
3
641
470
55
685
546
14
13
803
693
7
Pocahontas ..
190
45
178
342
627
239
575
258
12
667
390
10
891
587
6
Preston.
1612
564
1735
751
1720
714
1224
2133
1335
2347|
156
1316
2660
19
1403
2998
35
44
Putnam.
338
109
435
291
453
514
977
604
182
830
452
717
1102
1287
9
1390
1521
128
10
Raleigh
65
50
220
176
229
338
15
944
300
872
364
46
1119
554
7
1426
772
....
.....
...
673
216
768
387
864
648
997
1099
21
1008
1238.
375
1283
1761
60
42
1408
1960
32
100
Roane ..
275
31
433
179
392
510
924
648
35
1135
593
307
1324
1110
3
10
1636
1449
3
3
Taylor.
785
349
786
652
944
657
5
1083
1227
1055
1250
104
1146
1421
10
1219
1580
2
30
Tucker
56
36
58
137
89
121
316
130
340
189
4
435
290
1
680
628
6
6
Tyler.
711
320
836
510
790
46.1
3
810
985
9
930
1125
119
1040
1406
8
4
1137
1562
14
Upshur.
819
60
799
47
835
299
7
582
1029
586
995
204
683
1288
16 17
841
1716
21
24
Wayne.
76
196
84
297
568
1362
531
1305
672
7
1780
1036
1
2058
1412
3
Webster
23
68
21
103
324
43
357
74
15
427
171
658
295
....
.. ...
Wetzel ..
329
767
479
807
447
606
24
1373
595
104
1720
886
13
1948
1058
3
2295
1385
34
7
Wirt
262
209
405
309
350
322
599
435
11
768
534
39
865
736
11
4
1054
921
10
3
Wood
1.496
591
1668
1208
1793
1359
4
2265
2096
271
2159
2287
641
2338
3032
64 325
2803
3255
134
62
Wyoming.
Total ..... 11,804 5725 28 638 19,982 32,323 29,533
622 56,565 41 996 1419 57,391 46,243 9037 67,331 63,913 939 810 78,677 78,171 |1508 1084
NOTE -* Designates no returns.
55|
....
698 922
772 1753
272 46 84
947 1077 1292 1176
464| 1018 2002
..... 16
33
2 1374| 1209 1361 1338
1402 1251
7
6|
9
31
2208
1222
30 27 23
Morgan ..
265
325
95
400
186
422
519
394
McDowell.
41
...
143
141
13
183
236
18
528
277
619
43
149
4416
4338
..
291
123
247
318
808
346
.
..
.....
...
167
525
314
563
309
55
774
588
5
924
806
20
..
....
....
..
206
290
17
869
496
889
637
98
1058
871
28
1353
1272
....
15
Summers ..
..
122 280
130 529
446 426
9
738 971 1136
161 697 1572
....
Monongalia ..
1321
Monroe.
224
102
347
..
..
186
..
.. ..
409 1016
779
13
40
Nicholas
....
....
Pleasants .. ..
267
.... 35
..
..
....
.....
...
.....
..
..
....
...
..
188
239
245
201
10
286
266
3
..
471
596
....
1
153
99
..
..
..
.
145
82
139
..
Randolph
177
Ritchie ..
WEST VIRGINIA.
109
13
19 29
973
50 315 3901
..
..
582
.....
..
.....
1
..
.. ..
....
..
...
STATE ELECTIONS FOR GOVERNOR FROM 1864 TO 1888.
1864.
1866.
1868.
1870.
1872.
1876.
1880.
1884.
1888.
Democrat.
Barbour
530
693
699
657
312
648
525
976
943
1,187
792
1 240
906
221
1.359
1,284
1,483
1 501
Berkeley
409
807
256
923
508
901
940
1,346
1,343
1,837
1,565
1,709
1,414
304
1,816
1,871
2 184
2,011
Boone ..
164
97
166
128
273
143
441
411
745
253
640
179
294
595
531
531
742
Braxton ..
186
182
220
136
262
279
550
699
959
472
1,109
491
115
1,450
796
1,081
1,667
Brooke
511
483
437
487
496
517
438
466
447
610
491
604
504
96
757
714
795
800
Cabell.
198
305
165
244
173
406
250
641
1,055
1,405
755
1,632
1,027
511
1,961
1,492
1,931
2,401
Calhoun ..
95
109
127
141
296
120
222
442
553
278
703
354
177
827
581
625
934
Clay .
66
70
79
92
79
114
108
173
202
330
137
316
188
131
377
369
463
414
Doddridge.
451
518
425
586
476
568
582
643
508
760
833
767
757
538
995
1,250
1 405
1,147
Fayette.
46
206
68
288
277
333
286
414
590
800
465
1.140
805
240
1,665
1,805
2,649
1,917
Gilmer ..
200
165
158
192
241
378
171
327
552
678
333
850
445
106
1,009
660
843
1,170
Grant ..
315
25
339
36
135
336
662
138
364
668
347
719
346
872,
1,027
378
Greenbrier.
126
202
215
232
160
320
779
1.254
1,632
804
1,339
466
288
1,768
1,000;
1,395
2,122
Hampshire
47
102
391
116
470
484
89
886
437
1,326
208
1,301
246
1,748
406
528
1,898
Hancock
359
425
326
476
375
366
430
419
286
400
482
431
557
2
484
686
684
486
Hardy
95
24
238
60
252
341
94
741
232
1,005
142
1,083
179
1 136
296
438
1,153
Harrison
1,088
1,235
981
1,341
1,221
1,424
1 402
1,877
1 340
1 664
2,000
1 646
1,441
996
2,187
2,357
2,645
2,155
Jackson ..
534
593
468
741
407
655
708
1,067
1,951
1,306
1,224
1 543
1 587
84
1,819
1,920
2,243
1 937
Kanawha
1,035
1,011
534
1,126
954
1,508
1,542
2,720
1,545
2,524
2,289
2 261
1,843
2,118
3,102
4,346
4 794
3,283
Lewis ..
466
266
182
569
742
733
586
1,128
703
996
967
1,143
998
222|
1,459
1 379
1,558
954
1,245
Logan ..
59
23
61
107
220
70
222
768| 1,007
57
1,327
107
36
1,396
204.
390
1 530
110
..
Jefferson
265
292
215
153
140
550
498
1,118
1,501
1,907 845
1,832
766
51
2,229
939
1,138
2 350
Lincoln
...
..
..
..
..
78
80
302
232
371
686
1,026
343
1,250
168
322
1,174
N B. French,
E. W. Wilson,
! Edwin Maxwell,
Republican.
Republican.
Nathan Goff,
A. B. Fleming,
PROMINENT MEN OF
COUNTIES.
No opposition.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Democrat
Republican.
Ind. Democrat.
Democrat.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican
Union Labor.
Democrat.
A. I. Boreman,
A. I. Boreman,
! Ben H. Smith,
! W. E. Stevenson,
! J. N. Camden,
! J. J. Jacob,
W. E. Stevenson,
| J. J. Jacob,
J. N. Camden,
| H. M. Matthews,
Nathan Goff,
J. B. Jackson,
G. C. Sturgiss,
!
.
..
..
735
1,616
... .....
...
Marion.
994|
1,039
720|
1,149 1,499
896, 9761
1,152 1,322
1,166 1 041
1 490 1,540
1 033 1,302
614 347
933 899
168 678
701 957
701
36
1,019
1,252
1,209
Monongalia
1,046
926
549
1,441
982
891
1. 262
1,475
895
1,046 1,162
846
1,114
826
159
1,236 1,282
2.097 1,090
2,216
1,353
Monroe.
121
18
180
69
478
283
839
834
304
131
552
459
647
487
790
544 409
Nicholas ..
96
118
67
39
17
257
214
337
521
687
913
387
82
863
648
791
1,007
Ohio
1,908
2,081
2,224
2,192
2,312
2,568
2,112
2.886
2,606
3,640
3.444
4,018
3,693
203
4 610
4,281
4,769
4,863
Pendleton
164
224
62
243
137
212
236
404
589
761
364
912
472
]
901
699
783
1,011
Pleasants.
169
272
258
272
333
304
270
348
367
465
365
662
454
57
708
565
694
804
Pocahontas
19
152
28
167
48
50
118
269
470
586
237
735
258
13
799
400
588
892
Preston.
1,037
1,400
534
1,537
770
601
1,270
1,694
788
1,029
1,932
1,237
2,234
182
2,774
3,003
1,406
Putnam.
284
314
264
413
292
431
443
682
776
920
707
857
403
872
1,361
1,570
1,374
Raleigh Randolph.
274
207
290
211
238
320
192
371
714
989
332
1,184
417
51
1,446
695 590
808 777
1,424
Ritchie ...
650
596
317
700
415
289
470
986
779
924
1,116
961
1,193
428
1,292
1 800
1,983
1,403
Roane ...
149
360
210
371
228
436
429
637
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