CHAPTER IX. (CONT'D)

OFFICIAL VOTE.

The following is the official vote of Cass county for every general election from 1854 to the present time, so far as could be ascertained from the records in the auditor's office. It will be appreciated as a means of reference:

SPECIAL ELECTION OF JUNE 1858.
On a Question of a General Banking Law.
For 83— 38
Against 45
On a Question of a State Bank of Iowa.
For 127— 111
Against 16
ELECTION, OCTOBER, 1858.
Representatives in Congress--First District.
Samuel R. Curtis, R 174— 22
H. H. Trimble, D 142
Judge District Court.
E. H. Sears 175— 35
James M. Dens 140
District Attorney.
Samuel Forney 171— 27
R. B. Parrot 144
Member Board of Education.
G. P. Kimball 159— 5
F. W. Knapp 93
C. R. Bridges 45
Scattering 16
Treasurer of State.
John W. Jones 162— 8
Samuel L. Lorah 146
Scattering 8
Secretary of State.
Samuel Douglas 143
Elijah Sells 170- 27
Auditor of State.
Jonathan Cattell 170- 27
Theodore S. Parvin 144
Attorney General.
Samuel A. Rice 172- 29
James L. Elwood 143
Commissioner Des Moines Improvement.
William C. Drake 172- 28
Charles Baldwin 144
Register of Land Office.
Amos B. Miller 171- 27
James M. Reed 144
Clerk of Courts.
E. W. Henderson 161- 12
A. A. Burnham 149
On the Question of Permitting Sheep and Hogs to Run at Large.
For permission 19
Against 230- 211

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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2025 from: "History of Cass County, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens" , published in 1884, Springfield, Ill: Continental Historical Co., pp. 330-331.

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