OFFICIAL VOTE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, AT THE ELECTION HELD OCTOBER 8, 1878.

Townships	Sec'y of State.		Auditor of State.	Treas. Of State.	R. State L. Office.		Judge of Supreme Court			Attorney General	Clerk of S. Court.	Rep'r S. Court.		Represen'tive in Congress	D. Judge 6th Dist.	D. Atty, 6th Dist.	Clerk of Courts.	      Recorder		     Supervisor		Selling Poor Farm
		Hull.	Farnsworth.	Sherman. Eiboeck.	Bemis.	Devin.		Powers.	Farrington.	Rothrock.	Jos. C. Knapp	J. C. Knapp.	McJunkin. Gibbons.	Holmes.	Runyon.		Runnells. Elliott.	McCoid.	Hobbs.	Bersman.	Winslow.  Cook.		Ryan.	Stone.		Jaques.	Ball.		Stephenson   Walker.	Mitchell.   Gobble.	For	Against
Walnut		56	124		66	 124		56	124		56	124		56		116		8		55	 124		56	124		56	  124		62	95	34		56	  124	 	53	126		56	124	   	56	     124	55	    123		3	159
Penn		177	122		177	 122		177	122		177	122		177		122		.......		177	 122		177	122		177	  122		172	28	94		168	  123		177	122		176	121	    	178	     121	177	    121		12	241
Black Hawk	95	92		95	 92		95	92		95	92		95		92		.......		95	 92		95	92		95	  92		92	17	75		95	  92		94	93		97	91	    	95	     93	   	97	    91		17	102
Polk		120	142		120	 142		120	141		120	142		119		143		.......		120	 142		120	142		120	  142		117	82	55		120	  141		121	141		149	113	    	120	     141	119	    130		20	136
Locuet Grove*	118	159		119	 159		119	159		119	159		119		158		.......		119	 158		119	159		119	  159		117	123	38		119	  159		119	159		123	142	    	117	     160	117	    160		52	117
Fairfield	529	316		529	 316		530	315		531	315		629		321		1		531	 316		530	315		530	  316		529	210	104		526	  326		529	326		500	347	    	523	     325	534	    317		453	186
Buchanan	116	88		116	 88		115	89		116	88		117		87		.......		117	 87		116	88		116	  88		110	35	55		117	  87		116	88		116	88	    	117	     87	   	117	    87		115	30
Lockridge	132	85		132	 85		132	85		132	85		132		85		.......		132	 85		132	85		132	  85		129	16	69		132	  85		132	85		132	82	    	124	     88	   	132	    80		10	95
Round Prairie	97	71		97	 71		97	71		97	71		97		.......		71		97	 71		97	71		97	  71		97	.....	71		97	  71		97	71		97	71	    	93	     72	    	97	    71		11	105
Cedar		49	78		47	 80		48	78		48	79		48		.......		79		48	 79		48	79		48	  79		44	14	66		47	  79		48	79		48	79	    	45	     79	    	50	    76		49	46
Liberty		152	86		140	 88		140	88		140	83		140		88		.......		140	 88		140	88		140	  89		138	.....	90		140	  88		140	88		440	89	    	131	     98	    	139	    87		.....	226
Des Moinee	78	114		78	 114		78	114		78	114		78		114		.......		78	 114		78	114		78	  114		77	25	88		78	  114	 	78	114		78	113	    	75	     117	78	    114		3	172
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Total		1709	1477		1706	 1481	 	1707	1479		1709	1479		1707		1326		169		1707	 1478		1708	1479		1708	  1481		1671	645	339		1695	  1489		1704	1492		1712	1460	     	1675	     1605	1712	    1467	745	1615
Majorities	232			225			228			230			222						231			229			227							206			212			252		     	120	    		255				780

"* The poll book of Locust Grove Township wae returned without the certificate of the Judges of the Election.  They were telegraphed for, and appeared at the Auditor's office Mooday evening following the election, and certified to the returns."																																

"Ed. Note:  A few characters did not scan well - some letters 's' came up as an 'e', some letters 'n' came up as an 'o'."