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The Voters of 1848 |
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In 1848 took place the first presidential election in which the electors of the State of Iowa could participate. The Whig candidates were Gen. Zachary Taylor for president and Millard Fillmore for vice president. The whig electors were Fitz Henry Warren, William H. Wallace, Jesse Bowes and Stephen B. Shelleday. The democratic candidates were Lewis Cass for president and William O. Butler for vice president. The democratic electors were A. C. Dodge, Joseph Williams, Lincoln Clark and J. J. Selman. The free soil candidates were Martin Van Buren for president and Charles Francis Adams for vice president. The free soil electors were William Penn Clark, J. H. Dayton, J. M. Robertson and William Miller.
There was a vigorous campaign. The important national questions discussed were the acquisition of foreign territory, the extension of slavery, free trade, and the free grant of reasonable portions of the public lands to actual settlers. So equal in numbers were the democrats and whigs of the state that a local situation seemed likely to determine the issue between them. Many Mormons had settled on the Missouri slope in unorganized territory. In the August elections their votes were cast almost as a unit for the whig candidates but were rejected. Had they been counted, they would have elected Daniel F. Miller, the whig candidate, to Congress, in the First District. It was believed, therefore, that if these voters could take part in the November election Taylor and Fillmore would carry the state. To enable them generally to vote it was necessary to complete the organization of Pottawattamie County which had been authorized and of which the preliminary steps had been taken. The organization of the county was dependent upon a sheriff who was required to file a bond and an oath of office with the clerk of the District Court of Polk County. To keep the sheriff from qualifying, the clerk resigned his office. In consequence, when the returns were finally made up, the vote of Pottawattamie was thrown out. This action did not affect the result. Cass and Butler, the democratic nominees, received the electoral vote of Iowa.
Jefferson County went democratic. The democrats cast 739 votes, the whigs 637 votes, the free soilers but 21 votes. The election was held on Tuesday, the 7th of November. The original lists of the voters of the county made on that day at its eleven polling places as they exercised their right of franchise in this election fortunately have been preserved. For the purposes of a record a more desireable date could not well be selected. A dozen years earlier marked the coming of the first settlers. A dozen years later came the election of Lincoln and the opening of the Civil war. In the first half of this period occurred the erection of the Territory of Iowa, the organization of the county, the adoption of a state constitution and the admission of the territory as a State of the Union; in the second half came an exodus to California and Oregon and a ten years’ struggle to secure a railroad. These lists contain the names of many pioneers, of many who were active in the later development of the county, of many who migrated in the ‘50s to the Pacific Coast, and of many who volunteered, or whose sons volunteered, in the armies of the Union. On account of these things, they have an exceptional interest and value.
In Walnut Township, the election was held at the house of John B. Bense. The judges were Valentine Shearer, Andrew Johnston and Michael Mesner. The clerks were Daniel Creegan and William J. Rodgers. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. John Lemberger 2. Henderson Gorsuch 3. John Pheasant 4. Eli Weithum 5. Valentine Shearer 6. Michael Mesner 7. William J. Rodgers 8. Jacob Shaffer 9. Philip Shaffer 10. Thomas Chilcott 11. George Hanawalt 12. Samuel Hanawalt 13. Daniel Creegan 14. John Mesner, Jr. 15. Reuben Stullaberger 16. William Curns 17. David Johnson 18. Edgar Harris 19. David Courtney, Jr. 20. Andrew Johnston 21. William Armstrong 22. John Spielman 23. Alexander Latta 24. Jesse Edwards 25. John Shaffer 26. Christian Shappa 27. Martin T. Prather 28. Jacob Hefflefinger 29. Ira G. Rhodes 30. Andrew Turner 31. Silas Deeds 32. Fieling L. Turner 33. Abram Dillen 34. William M. Edwards 35. Jacob Leffler 36. Johnathan J. Morris. 37. John Baldoser 38. Benjamin Mount 39. Levi Oaks 40. Samuel Spainhower 41. William D. Allbaugh 42. William Long 43. Abram Armstrong 44. Harvey Daniels 45. Hardin Edwards 46. John Daniels 47. Hudson Gentry 48. Jacob Sidorus 49. Jacob Snider 50. George W. Vardaman |
51. Elyee Turner 52. Casper Utterbind 53. John Mesner, Sr. 54. Thomas A. Wilks 55. Henry S. Barlow 56. Francis J. Sidorus 57. John J. Reeder 58. Jesse Hathorn 59. Richard Barnet 60. Jonah M. Niece 61. Martin Casaday 62. Francis Shappa 63. John Hanawalt 64. Eliel Murray 65. Jacob George 66. Coonrad Barricklow 67. Michael Helenbrand 68. David Courtney, Sr. 69. Jacob Courtney 70. Natan Townsend 71. John P. Chrile 72. Charles W. Wood 73. Stephen Wood 74. Thomas J. Loony 75. Martin Richardson 76. Christian Kientz 77. George Weyand 78. John B. Bense 79. Jacob Spainhower 80. Henry Leffler 81. Christian Shaffer 82. Platt Ketchum 83. Jacob Krumm 84. Christian Duttwiller 85. John Tidd 86. James N. Murray 87. Edmund F. Murray 88. John Murray 89. George Frondolf 90. Jacob Goodcher 91. Valentine Knerr 92. George J. Knerr 93. Elisha Deck 94. Adam Knerr 95. Peter Jones 96. Thomas W. Small 97. Godfrey Vogel 98. Albert Smith 99. George Powell 100. John Friend |
These voters cast 56 ballots for the democratic electors, 40 for the whig electors, and four for the free soil electors.
In Penn Township, the election was held at the house of Isaac Crumly. The judges were John Carse, Joseph Dillon and Isaac Ellis. The clerks were Joseph Roberts and Abner Frazier. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. Elijah Stevens 2. Damiel Gaumer 3. James Cassady 4. John C. Haymond 5. William Hassmon 6. James Haywood 7. Samuel M. Harris 8. Shadrach Harrison 9. Thomas Henderson 10. Samuel Wiley 11. David McKee, Sr. 12. James Frazier 13. James G. Mitchel 14. Charles Blakeley 15. John G. Mitchel 16. David McKee, Jr. 17. John Davis 18. Samuel Simpson 19. Martin Cassady 20. James Davis 21. Isaac Garmoe, Sr. 22. John Lynn, Sr. 23. Samuel Charlton 24. James H. McGaw 25. Lawrence Garmoe 26. Alvah Pickrell 27. John Charlton 28. David K. Minter 29. Samuel Charlton, Sr. 30. Isom Blakely 31. William G. Coop 32. James F. Hodson 33. Joshua Whitlock 34. Caleb Nordyke 35. Alexander Blakeley 36. John Graham 37. Evan Jones 38. John W. Mitchel 39. William C. Powell 40. Madison Smith 41. Thomas Sayles 42. Jacob Gunter 43. Rufus Cassady 44. John Randall 45. Adam Courtney 46. Elionel Pickrell 47. John Minton 48. George Neel 49. Hugh C. Defrance 50. William H. Dixon 51. John W. Dixon 52. Lewis D. Edwards 53. William Y. McGaw 54. Wright Wyatt |
55. John Wyatt 56. Joseph Heston 57. John Conner 58. Ransom Coop 59. Jacob Westenhaver 60. John Powel 61. Adin Nordyke 62. David A. Smith 63. Samuel T. Harris 64. James L. Smith 65. Richard H. Dixon 66. Moses Dudley 67. David C. Powel 68. Charles Powel 69. Aaron Richardson 70. Aaron Richardson, Sr. 71. Philip Cline 72. John W. Mitchel 73. George Spencer 74. Elias Burger 75. Jacob Garmoe 76. John C. Spray 77. Phineas Heston, Sr. 78. William Ellis 79. Samuel M. Mitchel 80. Isaac Ellis 81. William Hawk 82. John Garmoe 83. John Andrews 84. John D. Edwards 85. Gideon D. Edwards 86. Walter Dillon 87. Samuel Dillon 88. Forest W. Herd 89. William McCracken 90. John T. McPherson 91. Abner Frazier 92. Calvin Cooper 93. Andrew Bigham 94. William Cassaday 95. Isaac W. Ellis 96. Caleb Beals 97. Miles Driskill 98. James Emry 99. Solomon Nordyke 100. Robert Hodson 101. Rawleigh Humphrey 102. Joseph Dillon 103. Solomon Kerns 104. David Pickering 105. Aumal Hodson 106. Franklin Baker 107. John B. Page 108. David Jones |
These voters cast 53 ballots for the democratic electors, 53 ballots for the whig electors, and one ballot each for William Penn Clark, William Miller, Charles Leslie, Thomas Frazier, Timothy Fox and Levi Anderson
In Blackhawk Township the election was held in the Blue Point schoolhouse. The judges were George Ruggles, David Myers and Alexander Simpson. The clerks were Frederick F. Lyon and Henry Harden. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. Jacob Gabbert 2. Simeon Cushman 3. Jacob Park 4. George Shelly 5. John C. Stewart 6. Azariah Park 7. John Wigh 8. Charles David 9. John Shelly 10. Jesse Hinshaw 11. Ambrose Ingold 12. Jesse Kinworthy 13. William Davis 14. Shadrach Pointer 15. James Bonine 16. Richard Sparks 17. James Osburn 18. John Milican 19. Willis C. Stone |
20. John Osburn 21. John Mote 22. Richard Thornburg 23. William Osburn 24. Obed C. Thornburg 25. John Ruggles 26. William Lewman 27. John Welch 28. Thomas Osburn 29. Jacob Kite 30. Henry Hardin 31. Alexander Simpson 32. David Myers 33. George Ruggles 34. John Mills 35. Nathaniel Quackenbush 36. Irvin Quackenbush 37. John S. Noble 38. George Welsh |
These voters cast 24 ballots for the democratic electors and 14 ballots for the whig electors.
In Polk Township, the election was held at the house of David Peters. The judges were Isaac Peters, Evin Fleener and Jacob Ramey. The clerks were David McReery and John W. Peters. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. John Townsend 2. Joseph Davis 3. Henry Ramey 4. George McReery 5. George Darden 6. Henry Darden 8. John Phebus 8. Andrew J. Antle 9. Robert Davis 10. Jacob Rider 11. David Peters 12. Robert Smith 13. Joseph Price 14. John Robinsin 15. Wilcher Cardwell 16. Greenberry Hiatt 17. Isaac Peters 18. Evin Fleener 19. Edward McReynnolds 20. David McReery 21. John Peters 22. Jacob Ramey 23. William Jaques 24. Thomas McCulloch 25. Mathew Spurloch 26. William B. Spurloch 27. James Harris 28. George Kness 29. William Ramey 30. James D. Wilson 31. Isaac Miller 32. Amos L. Nannest 33. Benjamin Robinson 34. William H. Walker 35. Alexander P. Benn 36. George W. Robinson 37. Job Robinson 38. Thomas Roberts 39. Charles H. McCulloch |
40. David M. Oliver 41. Robert Long 42. William Brown 43. Samuel Downey 44. Archibald Downey 45. John Davis 46. John M. Forrest 47. James M. Leisure 48. Christopher Sears 49. Harvey Spurloch 50. James Snider 51. Andrew Lewis 52. William K. Long 53. Clawson Campbell 54. James G. Smith 55. David Smith 56. Davi Smith 57. Thomas T. Adams 58. James G. Thompson 59. Harrison Jones 60. David Mowery 61. John Poffinbarger 62. James Cowger 63. John D. Smith 64. John Campbell 65. Simon Scott 66. Peter A. McReynolds 67. Lewis N. Wickersham 68. John E. Downey 69. Lester T. Gillet 70. Samuel Poffinbarger 71. Edmond B. McReynolds 72. Christian C. Poffinbarger 73. Archibald Stewart 74. William F. Lattin 75. Isaac Campbell 76. John Paton 77. Seth Adamson |
These voters cast 32 ballots for the democratic electors and 45 ballots for the whig electors.
In Locust Grove Township, the election was held at the house of Michael Cassel. The judges were Samuel Robb, A. N. Fleenor and H. D. Gibson. The clerks were William A. Orrill and David Z. Collins. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. Andrew Collins 2. William E. Marlow 3. Reuben Harris 4. Isaac Harris 5. William N. Fleener 6. Gabriel Cassel 7. Dillen Koons 8. Archibald T. Downey 9. Abm. N. Fleenor 10. Richard Saunders 11. Samuel Robb 12. David Sears 13. John W. Rodgers 14. Aaron Felty 15. William Smith 16. Hazael Wycoff 17. Jonathan Dawson 18. Thomas I. Robison 19. John Linder 20. William M. Wells 21. Michael Cassel, Sr. 22. Samuel Henderson 23. Thomas B. Fleenor 24. William Mathews 25. William P. Holmes 26. John Sperry 27. William Vinson 28. John Smails 29. Agrippa Henderson 30. Harvey T. Laughlin 31. George W. Troy 32. Elijah Collins 33. Jacob Collins 34. David Collins 35. Joseph McCorkle 36. Joseph Crease 37. James Simpson 38. Andrew Groves 39. John Downey 40. Zarah C. Collins 41. John Turner 42. N. A. Starr 43. John S. Reynolds 44. John Robison, Jr. 45. John Ornduff. 46. Solomon Cassel 47. Cyrus Carson 48. John Gillogly 49. Thomas W. Gobble 50. Warren M. Seay 51. Michael Cassel, Jr. 52. Frederick Boysee 53. Isaac H. Bush 54. Christopher Ellmaker 55. Andrew Erskine 56. William Marlow 57. Henry Hite 58. William Dillinger 59. James Gow 60. H. D. Gibson 61. Jonathan Ireland 62. John A. Ireland 63. Henry Gregg 64. Andrew Gregg 65. John Woods 66. Jesse Seay 67. James W. Seay 68. George Huffstutter 69. Daniel Imbler |
70. James McMains 71. William Stilwell 72. Samuel Beets 73. Seth Hayes 74. Seth W. Hayes 75. Robert Morriss 76. William H. H. Ramey 77. William Judd 78. Joseph Scott 79. Samuel McMains 80. William McVay 81. James Lathers 82. Jacob L. Sears 83. John W. Cooper 84. Miles Burrus 85. Joseph Linder 86. John Lewis 87. F. T. Humphreys 88. Jefferson Ellmaker 89. Jacob Ellmaker 90. Jacob Sears 91. C. C. Tinsley 92. John Sears 93. Morgan Wells 94. Elen Snipes 95. David Imbler 96. Daniel Burrus 97. Jesse Eller 98. Harrison Gilmore 99. David Eller 100. Charles Grayless 101. Thomas Rigg 102. Nathaniel Bailey 103. William Johnson 104. Martin Kness 105. John M. Seay 106. Robert Smails 107. Andrew Emerick 108. James Q. Vilett 109. Joseph Sears 110. Henry Emerick 111. William Freeman 112. Sampson Smith 113. Sawyer Robinson 114. Samuel C. Kercheval 115. Barton W. Caldwell 116. John F. Ingram 117. Charles Ingram 118. William C. Robison 119. Alexander Laughlin 120. Joseph Gosnell 121. Thomas Gosnell 122. Robert D. Caldwell 123. George W. Gobble 124. Martin Byerly 125. Daniel Fouts 126. Samuel Whitmore 127. Thomas Mowerton 128. Andrew Smith 129. William A. Orrill 130. Charles Abraham 131. Moses Remine 132. N. R. Greenwood 133. James McCahan 134. John A. Sloan 135. Samuel Armstrong 136. William H. Smith 137. Thomas Clarke 138. Tinley M. Brooks |
These voters cast 70 ballots for the democratic electors and 68 ballots for the whig electors.
In Fairfield Township, the election was held at the courthouse. The judges were John A. Pitzer, Franklin Meek and Isaac Blakely. The clerks were John Snook and W. E. Groff. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. William H. Lyons 2. Alex. Fulton 3. Henry Carns 4. C. W. Slagle 5. William Baker 6. W. W. Williamson 7. Ezra Drown 8. R. P. Titford 9. Samuel H. Bradley 10. John McClery 11. Henry Huffman 12. Barnet Ristine 13. William K. Alexander 14. Jacob Myres 15. John Thompson 16. Samuel M. Evans 17. A. H. Stevens 18. B. B. Tuttle 19. John Q. Thompson 20. Daniel Chesson 21. J. M. McKenney 22. David Tweed 23. William A. Hendricks 24. James Mahood 25. John W. Culbertson 26. George Acheson 27. James Kenyon 28. George W. Jenkins 29. James N. Bell 30. John Fee 31. Jesse Byrkit 32. Jesse B. Winn 33. William L. Orr 34. William Barnwell 35. Adam Ware 36. David Switzer 37. Anson Ford 38. William Whitaker 39. Thomas D. Evans 40. Charles Negus 41. A. R. Sparks 42. E. S. Rann 43. A. M. W. Langdon 44. Daniel McDaniels 45. R. W. Steel 46. Philip Huffman 47. Benja Goodrich 48. William Patrick 49. Amon Stuver 50. Daniel Mendenhall 51. Horace Gaylord 52. William S. Todd 53. Samuel G. Fonney 54. E. C. Hampson 55. Joel Thorn 56. William J. Cooper 57. M. R. Barker 58. William Huffman 59. George D. Temple 60. Hiram Chandler 61. Samuel J. Bayard 62. William G. Beck 63. John Strong 64. Arthur Bridgeman 65. Peter Andrew 66. George Crain 67. A. T. Shoup 68. Peter Bates 69. Dorastus Johnson 70. Tho. Dickey 71. Henry Keltner 72. William Shelley 73. Elijah Deen 74. David Laughery 75. Richard W. Irwin 76. Jonathan Switzer 77. George W. David 78. Jeremiah Kendall 79. John Boyl 80. James Woods 81. John R. Reaser 82. A. W. Walker 83. James W. Messick 84. Caleb Baldwin 85. John Brooks 86. James A. Cunningham 87. Mathias Owens 88. Daniel Rider 89. V. P. Van Antwerp 90. Bernheart Henn 91. C. S. Shaffer 92. Anson Belldon 93. Daniel McLean 94. Mathew Clark 95. Warren Shedd 96. Benja Milligan 97. Reuben Dill 98. John Sheilds 99. Joseph Dole 100. William McLean 101. Jesse Woolard 102. John Rider 103. Jacob Snook 104. William Alston 105. John T. Rogers 106. John Shuffleton 107. Jacob Huffman 108. John McComb 109. Leroy Garthrie 110. J. C. Wear 111. Peter Snook, Sr. 112. Thomas W. Titus 113. Charles Anderson 114. F. M. Allen 115. Stephen Dill 116. Samuel Noble 117. Casper Snook 118. H. W. Anderson 119. Jacob Plough 120. Amos Barker 121. Lot Abraham 122. Wyley Jones 123. Nathaniel Steel 124. James W. Cole 125. Sol Dill 126. John Clinton 127. Charles Clinton 128. Samuel Feigler 129. Robert Plough 130. Peter G. Snook 131. Henry R. Warren 132. Tho. Morrison 133. H. S. Snook 134. Joseph Snook 135. A. B. Young 136. Hial A. Spicer 137. J. M. Strong 138. Nicholas Notson 139. J. Duane Stark 140. Andrew J. Ogden 141. George Anderson |
142. A. Wyley 143. William Maxson 144. James S. Parrot 145. James Charlton 146. Addison Wheeler 147. Morgan Keltner 148. William Reager 149. Arch R. Wood 150. M. B. Case 151. John W. DuBois 152. Nelson Chew 153. Samuel Thrash 154. Cris. Noble 155. William McComb 156. C. B. Webb 157. William W. Noble 158. N. M. Bright 159. N. Lawrence 160. Archibald Kerr 161. Alf. Humphries 162. James Anderson 163. Marion Shelton 164. William Bartholomew 165. David Phillips 166. John Young 167. Joseph Hazelwood 168. Mungo Ramsey 169. Alexander Wheeler 170. Peter Burgess 171. Adam Stever 172. Abler Cotes 173. Neri Broant 174. A. R. Sullivan 175. John Kerr 176. John Downey 177. Jesse Kime 178. Daniel Trullinger 179. John Denmark 180. M. T. Shelton 181. P. M. Troxell 182. John Huffman 183. Henry B. Mitchell 184. William Hutchenson 185. Even L. Crain 186. John T. Huey 187. James Fagen 188. Randall Rice 189. Peter Snook, Jr. 190. George Coughman 191. David C. Brown 192. Robert Hill 193. James Richeson 194. Nelson J. Herrington 195. George W. Wilkinson 196. Samuel Bonnifield 197. James Hall 198. Christopher Cannaday 199. Benja Parker 200. Isah Hoskinson 201. Peter Eckley 202. Edward Todd 203. William Leech 204. David J. Evans 205. Milton Russell 206. John Gilbert 207. William Lyons 208. George Fowler 209. Nelson Green 210. Joseph Furgeson 211. D. P. Ray 212. Joseph Gorden 213. Jacob Wycoff 214. Aaron B. Downs 215. Samuel Dickson 216. Calvin Williams 217. Neffel Leech 218. D. B. Knight 219. John Workman 220. Robert Hopkins 221. Samuel Warwick 222. Abraham Brennahan 223. Jehue Carr 224. William Smith 225. William T. Winner 226. John Ely 227. Ruben Lanman 228. Anthony Downey 229. Ed. Alston 230. Robert Shaw 231. Arvin White 232. James Morrow (sworn) 233. B. B. Kenady 234. James Chandler 235. John Hutchens 236. William Uttz 237. David Hanna 238. Joshua Leamer 239. John Robison 240. John R. Shirabels 241. William Myres 242. Reben Carpenter 243. Samuel Herr 244. James Graham 245. Peter Gough 246. William G. St. Clair 247. Charles Rogers 248. Henry Evans 249. David Leech 250. John T. Cottingham 251. George Oles 252. David Thompson 253. Parish Ellis 254. William L. Hamilton 255. Isaac Sharp 256. Thomas Bartholomew 257. A. H. Brown 258. James Hollis 259. Henry Snook 260. William A. Woodside 261. S. D. Shirts 262. Nathaniel Marlow 263. William H. Houghland 264. J. C. Smith 265. Jerome Gossage 266. William Thompson 267. John A. Pitzer 268. Isaac Blakeley 269. Franklin Meek 270. W. E. Groff 271. John Smock 272. L. G. Bell 273. Reuben Fenstermaker 274. E. H. Wetmore 275. Joseph Workman 276. Richard Vandoren 277. W. T. Shamp 278. Isaac Brown 279. William Pritt 280. William B. Ogden 281. Alexander Colwell |
These voters cast 152 ballots for the democratic electors, 127 ballots for the whig electors, two ballots each for William Penn Clark and William Miller, free soil electors, and one ballot each for D. M. Kelsey, Franklin M. Street, J. H. Daton and J. M. Robertson.
In Lockridge Township, the election was held at the house of Joseph Berry. The judges were Sullifand S. Ross, Wilson Green and Joseph Berry. The clerks were B. M. Allinder and Frederick F. Metzler. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. Bartley Travis 2. Urias Horton 3. Joseph Sage 4. Samuel Brooks 5. Samuel Biddinger 6. Henry Overhultzer 7. John Charlton, Sr. 8. James Collins 9. John Landers 10. James Padgit 11. William I. Ross 12. John Rocke 13. Josiah Rocke 14. John Long 15. Richard B. Allinder 16. Archer Green 17. Jacob Fore 18. Waltus Collins 19. John C. Kyle 20. Henry Weeks 21. Ethan Chilcott 22. Charles Kyle 23. Abraham Barger 24. Abraham Inglass 25. James Barger 26. John Barger 27. David Long 28. Joseph Austin 29. I. George Shmitline 30. Thomas R. Barger 31. Frederick Grabb 32. Anderson Travis 33. Louis Roeder 34. Andrew Stotger 35. James B. Bailey 36. Peter Graber 37. Joseph Graber 38. Ludwick Cunningham 39. William Edwards 40. Hosea Stout 41. James M. McClellon 42. Asa Chilcott 43. Christian Graber 44. George Parke 45. Henry Knerr 46. Frederick Knerr 47. Stephen Akes 48. Adam Gynn 49. Martin Meeker 50. Ansley H. Sage 51. Sylvester Green 52. William Kerr 53. William Sage 54. Nelson I. Meeker 55. Samuel Berry 56. Nathan Smothers 57. John Cox 58. Nathan Harris 59. Thomas White 60. Francis Conley 61. Ephraim Bates 62. John Dunlap 63. Silas Garrett 64. David Cowan 65. Joseph Hickenbottom 66. Philander Snow 67. Stephen Hickenbottom 68. Alson Hart 69. Charles McGuire 70. Admiral Harris | 71. Gustavis Jocknik 72. Granville Akes 73. Dempsey Massingale 74. William Massingale 75. David Stam 76. John Mathews 77. Elias Weigart 78. John Crenshaw 79. John Cowen 80. Robert Parsons 81. John Fore 82. Daniel Vanwinkle 83. Isaac Berry 84. John R. Parsons 85. Daniel Parke 86. Daniel B. Clapp 87. Lewis Gaunchbaugh 88. Caleb Cooper 89. William D. Clapp 90. William R. Simmons 91. John Gow 92. Otho Cooper 93. Abraham Vanwinkle 94. John McCrillis 95. Richard Allinder 96. Homan Humphrey 97. Andrew McCormick 98. James Frazey 99. Alfred Green 100. Baker M. Allinder 101. Nathaniel Green 102. Lauren Rose 103. Wesley C. Green 104. Samuel Allender 105. Smauel G. Sage 106. Samuel White 107. Jacob Fore 108. Enoch Frazey 109. Wilkes Cooper 110. John Shelly 111. David Keltner 112. Thomas Allender 113. Daniel I. Travis 114. William Hindman 115. John Toothaker 116. William C. Whitlock 117. Jacob Webb 118. William Parker 119. William Frazer 120. Edward Vohries 121. Wiliam Montgomery 122. Jackson Spark 123. Robert Lynn 124. Samuel T. Berry 125. Frederick Goens 126. Sullifand S. Ross 127. Wilson Green 128. Joseph Berry 129. Frederick F. Metzler 130. Andrew C. Stevens 131. Alson G. Howard 132. Vinson Turner 133. Jonathan Turner 134. James H. Freeman 135. John R. Vance 136. George W. Vance 137. William Downing 138. Benjamin Archibald 139. Robert Archibald |
These voters cast 76 ballots for the democratic electors and 63 ballots for the whig electors.
In Round Prairie Township the election was held at Glasgow. The judges were James O. Kirkpatrick, William J. Stout and Ezekiel Gillham. The clerks were William S. Lynch and James R. Westfall. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. E. A. Harbor 2. Lincefield Grady 3. Calvert A. Gillham 4. James McCullough 5. Charles W. Anderson 6. Thomas Miller 7. William W. Cottle 8. Job Henry. 9. Andrew Abrams 10. Eli Jones 11. Elijah Billingsly 12. Luther Lemmons 13. James Telford 14. Alfred Wright 15. Richard Stewart 16. Joseph Telford 17. George S. Whiteaker 18. John Cochran 19. William Andrew 20. Smith Ball 21. James M. Whiteaker 22. William Stuart 23. T. T. Rogers 24. Eli Spears 25. John J. Stout 26. James A. Sears 27. James M. Hemnons 28. John Whiteaker 29. Daniel Hider 30. James Gilmer 31. Peter Bartles 32. Robert Moore 33. James Baker 34. Samuel Carver 35. Cager Litton 36. Thomas Howel 37. James F. Howel 38. Peter Howel 39. Matson Howel 40. John Elliot 41. John Jamison 42. Albert Smith 43. David M. Sears 44. James Willson 45. William Bonnifield 46. J. C. Walker 47. Joshua Bell 48. John S. Ball 49. Squire Ridgeway 50. John Dearduff, Sr. 51. James Harten 52. Henry Sincoe 53. Selas Woodward 54. Robert T. Gilmer 55. Arthur Conder 56. Daniel Russel 57. Joseph M. Parker 58. Alexander Dunlavy 59. Burton Litton 60. Andrew Burdet 61. John Dearduff, Jr. 62. Nathaniel Templeton 63. Jesse Thomas 64. Richard Jones |
65. B. D. Workman 66. Lambeth Morgan 67. James Buchanan 68. Charles Stout 69. Levi Morgan 70. Gregory Bonnifield 71. Samuel Carrel 72. Henry Leonard 73. John Howel 74. Stephen Williams 75. Frederick Schenoving 76. Albert Howard 77. Henry Woodard 78. John Woodard 79. William M. N. Campbell 80. John Huff 81. John F. Moore 82. Alexander Moore 83. Daniel Sears 84. David Woodard 85. Herrod Leonard 86. John Leonard 87. Alexander Kirk 88. Stephen Crowder 89. Philip Carrel 90. Jacob Kirk 91. Henry Lee 92. Henderson Howel 93. J. N. Gilham 94. John Mulvany 95. Daniel Chezum 96. Washington Litton 97. John Abrams 98. John Hall 99. George Cole 100. William D. Sturgess 101. Finley Strong 102. Elvis Stout 103. George Moffit 104. John C. Ridgeway 105. John Price 106. Newton Stout 107. George Snoe 108. Alexander Jamison 109. Frederic Price, Sr. 110. Frederic Price, Jr. 111. Benjamin Litton 112. Peter Price 113. George Cochran 114. Thomas Etherage 115. John Baker 116. William Cline 117. William L. Layton 118. Otho Davis 119. William H. H. Lee 120. George Riley 121. William S. Lynch 122. E. J. Gillham 123. George Chapman 124. James O. Kirkpatrick 125. William Stout 126. James R. Westfall 127. Thomas Lamberth |
These voters cast 75 ballots for the democratic electors and 51 ballots for the whig electors. One ballot is not accounted for.
In Cedar Township, the election was held at the house of Micajah B. Rowland. The judges were Samuel Moore, Joel Bradshaw and William Templeton. The clerks were William C. Jones and John B. Rowland. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. John Templeton, Sr. 2. Micajah B. Roland 3. Andrew Thompson 4. Joel Bates 5. Mathias Gumes 6. Greenburg Bunch 7. Andrew Loudon 8. Dolphin Gumes 9. Orville O. Sheldon 10. Joel J. Bradshaw 11. Joseph Clark 12. John Penegar 13. Jeremiah Bates 14. Samuel W. Langdon 15, Samuel Walker 16. James A. Gallaher 17. Samuel McNealy 18. Samuel S. Walker 19. James B. Evans 20. Joshua Wilson 21. William McNealy 22. James S. Scott 23. Aaron Greenland 24. Micajah Bunch 25. William M. Bradshaw 26. Daniel Greenland 27. Charles Hutton 28. James Patterson 29. George Moffatt 30. Jesse Long 31. John S. Harper 32. Andrew Gunt 33. Reuben Madden 34. Samuel Moore 35. John Aykrom 36. Hiram Moore 37. Charles L. Cox, Jr. 38. Henry Pinegar 39. Eli Kirk 40. Newby Smith 41. William Templeton 42. Joel Bradshaw 43. John B. Roland 44. Addison Parker 45. William C. Jones 46. Grinder Wilson 47. Thomas L. Strong |
48. John Harper 49. Josiah McLain 50. George Fell 51. John Templeton, Jr. 52. Thomas Gorsuch 53. Jesse Shamp 54. Jacob Harmon 55. William R. Kirk 56. Henry Harmon 57. James Hibbs 58. William Daugherty 59. Eli Cox 60. Frederick Highland. 61. William Elliott 62. William McCulloch 63. John McCullough 64. Archibald Gilleland 65. Sabret Scott 66. William Withrow 67. Joseph Graham 68. Michael Wiseman 69. Nathaniel Loomis 70. Enos C. Powell 71. John Graber 72. Philip Bonnett 73. Daniel Rodth 74. Joseph Rodth 75. James Spear 76. John Fell 77. Jacob Wright 78. Joseph Fell 79. Alexander Patterson 80. Simeon Greenland 81. Noah Wright 82. John R. Kirk 83. Hosea Hall 84. Henry Gimple 85. William Taylor 86. David Fry 87. Mahlon Fell 88. John W. Doughty 89. Joel C. Bradshaw 90. John Babbs 91. John Whitten 92. Alexander W. Scott 93. Nathaniel Simmons 94. Joseph Lee |
These voters cast 60 ballots for the democratic electors, 33 ballots for the whig electors, and one ballot for the free soil electors.
In Liberty Township, the election was held in a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is neither designated nor located. The judges were Thomas O. Wamsley, A. Hemphill and John J. Smith. The clerks were John W. Sullivan and Hiram Smith. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. William Hackney 2. John Wilmington 3. M. C. Shamp 4. Lloyd Jenkins 5. Robert Lindsey 6. William F. Dustin 7. James Cline 8. Lemuel Clark 9. James Spencer 10. Isaac McCleary 11. Daniel Hankins 12. Michael Peebler, Sr. 13. Josiah Stanley 14. Noah Bivens 15. William Pitkin 16. Elijah Smith 17. William Duston 18. Michael S. Bever 19. Henry Campbell 20. James H. Burns 21. George W. Johnson 22. Hannibal Sutten 23. John Stafford 24. Mace Claridge 25. Hugh Harrison 26. William Loomis 27. Greenup Smith. 28. John F. Robb 29. Samuel Noble 30. Jonathan Parsons 31. Peter Shepler 32. George Crolus 33. John Dennis 34. Clabourn C. Teter 35. Ralph R. Mills 36. Joseph Junkin, Sr. 37. Cyrus N. Teter 38. William Cassiday 39. Seymour Seeley 40. Carlile Smith 41. Jacob Holsizer 42. Leroy Spence 43. William Peebler 44. Nelson Ely 45. Thomas B. Shamp 46. Humphrey Roberts 47. George Fox 48. Joseph McClintick 49. Mathew Harris 50. A. T. Robinson 51. Silas Young 52. Samuel Torrence 53. Michael Woods 54. George Humphrey 55. Joseph Junkin, Jr. 56. Joseph P. Robb 57. Elias Smith 58. James Wishard 59. Abner Fitzgeralds 60. J. J. Randall 61. James P. Reynolds 62. Daniel Carter 63. John Duston 64. Owen Mason 65. Robert Waters 66. James Orr 67. Job Clinkenbeard 68. Jonathan Welgamott 69. William A. McClain 70. James Saunders 71. John Cassiday 72. William Donaldson 73. George Leach 74. B. R. St. John 75. John Swoop 76. Woodard Donaldson 77. Jonathan B. Evans 78. Rolla Taylor 79. Job Saunders 80. Rezen R. Prather |
81. Moses N. Reynolds 82. Andrew J. Stanley 83. Fielden Clinkenbeard 84. John Saunders 85. Greenberry Taylor 86. John Gorden 87. Jonathan Dyer 88. Henry Davis 89. Joseph Stanley 90. Wesley Hall 91. Charles Dyer 92. Thompson Turner 93. Lloyd Prather 94. William H. Slavins 95. John Berry 96. William Teach 97. Jacob N. Guinn 98. Charles Fox 99. William P. Wamsley 100. Thomas H. Prather 101. Jackson Taylor 102. David Smith 103. James R. Prather 104. George W. Dyer 105. Austin L. Shepler 106. Samuel Taylor 107. Daniel Chambers 108. John McQuirter 109. Nathan Saunders 110. Joseph H. Teale 111. Martin T. Miller 112. John Clark 113. F. B. Smith 114. Jesse Gilleland 115. Jacob Chilcoat 116. Hugh Johnson 117. John J. Smith 118. Thomas O. Wamsley 119. Adley Hemphill 120. Hiram Smith 121. Jacob W. Sullivan 122. Jacob T. Hackney 123. James McGuire 124. Joseph B. McClain 125. Richard C. Houston 126. Thomas Poulson 127. David Lindsey 128. Johnathan Taylor 129. Hiram Norton 130. Michael Peebler 131. John Garber 132. John A. McCoy 133. William Clark 134. Hugh R. Skinner 135. Jefferson Beard 136. Henderson Polson 137. Nehemiah Davis 138. Abraham Rhodabaugh 139. David Sens 140. William Love 141. Leonard Jenkins 142. Jonathan C. Prather 143. Gilbert Loomis 144. Jackson Cline 145. Louis Dennis 146. Nicholas Clopfenstein 147. Abram Schwartz 148. Samuel Kirkpatrick 149. Ezekiel Reynolds 150. Jackson Clinkenbeard 151. Campbell Rankin 152. Samuel Eshelman 153. Jacob Wells 154. Samuel H. Whitson 155. Gideon Chubb 156. James Jenkins 157. John Steel 158. Andrew J. Gibbs 159. David Goughnour 160. Albert N. Bissel |
These voters cast 58 ballots for the democratic electors, 91 ballots for the whig electors, and 11 ballots for the free soil electors.
In Des Moines Township, the election was held at the house of Nicholas L. Bonnett. The judges were James Hull, Samuel Brown and William H. Copeland. The clerks were George W. Hoover and Samuel Jacobs. The voters were recorded in the following order:
| 1. Samuel Brown 2. James Hull 3. George W. Hoover 4. Samuel Jacobs 5. Benjamin Bevans 6. Simpkin McCleary 7. Andrew W. Peebler 8. John J. Smith 9. Robert Brown 10. John H. McCleary 11. Benjamin McCleary 12. Henry Gilman, Sr. 13. Reuben Ellmaker 14. Philip Allbaugh 15. Henry Gilman, Jr. 16. George Fisher, Sr. 17. Jacob Harmon 18. Peter G. Bradshaw 19. John H. Croft 20. Abraham Teeter 21. Abner Hill 22. John Casebeer 23. W. H. Copeland 24. Lewis H. Finney 25. Enos Ellmaker 26. William C. Morrison 27. William Miller 28. John Tanner 29. Joseph Hutton 30. Nicholas L. Bonnett 31. Joseph Ingersoll 32. Robert Wilson 33. Thomas Walker 34. Samuel Imbler 35. Robert B. Jamison 36. Lewis S. Young 37. Johnson J. Lee 38. Jacob Brown 39. Joseph Sketoe 40. James C. Turner 41. Alexander Wilson, Jr. 42. Stephen V. Jackson 43. Jesse B. West 44. Adam Winsell 45. David Peebler 46. John Croft 47. Jacob Reprogle 48. Hugh Wilson 49. Marcus Cool 50. John T. Gwin 51. John Rumford 52. James F. Wilson 53. S. P. Majors 54. Samuel Good 55. Josiah Donnelson 56. George Leigh 57. Samuel Shipler 58. James Cool 59. Elias Fisher 60. Moses Black 61. George. Fisher, Jr. 62. David Laughlin 63. Serene C. Pumphrey 64. Israel Young 65. Nathan West 66. Thomas J. Harrison 67. James Young 68. David Coleman 69. John Winsell 70. Samuel Williams |
71. James Copeland 72. Joseph Walker 73. Samuel Walker 74. Isaac Vinson 75. Henry C. Fisk 76. Alfred Cool 77. Samuel Mehaffy 78. John L. Prather 79. Henry Cloke 80. John Adams 81. William C. Young 82. John Fishell 83. George Harmon 84. John Harmon 85. Henry Harmon 86. John W. Brown 87. Jacob Brown, Sr. 88. George Brown 89. Daniel Shafer 90. John Grisell 91. Amos Vandever 92. William Brown 93. Samuel A. Hull 94. David B. Teeter 95. Peter Lutz 96. Jacob Fisher 97. Benjamin F. Brown 98. David S. Glenn 99. John Young, Sr. 100. Cornelius Prather 101. Thomas Glenn 102. Macklin Copeland 103. John Rush 104. Burton Carver 105. James Dunn 106. George Hatch 107. Johnson Birdsell 108. Epernetus Birdsell 109. David Beech 110. Andrew Skaggs 111. Henry More 112. John D. Chester 113. Samuel Cassiday 114. John Harley 115. Moses Pitman 116. George W. McMullin 117. Coleman Graves 118. Alexander Wilson, Sr. 119. Ural Nimmocks 120. Goodman Graves 121. Loman Black 122. Isaac K. Teeter 123. John B. Conger 124. Archibald Birdsell 125. Edon Cramer 126. Henry Fishell 127. George Byerts 128. Jacob Blosser 129. Aaron O. Edwards 130. John Simmons 131. Sydney Loveless 132. Archibald Black 133. Robert Poland 134. Columbus Lafferty 135. Abraham Landers 136. Peter Bowers 137. Samuel Hughell 138. Christian Burger 139. David Sollenbarger 140. Casper Kump |
The voters cast 83 ballots for the democratic electors, 52 ballots for the whig electors, and five ballots for the free soil electors.
Some years ago, an alphabetical index of these voters was posted on this site. To see that list, click here.
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