Tabulation of Votes in Sangamon County for State Representatives 1832-1836 [1]
Elections in Sangamon county Illinois, for State Representatives, in the years 1832-1834 & 1836---
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E. D. Taylor--- Dem. 1127 Elected
J. T. Stuart Whig. 991 Elected
Achs. Morris. Dem. 945 Elected
Peter Cartwright Dem. 815 }Elected
A. G. Herndon Dem. 806
Wm. Carpenter Dem. 774
John Dawson Dem. 717
A. Lincoln Whig. 657
T. M. Neale Whig 593
Richard Quinton Dem. 485
Zach. Peter Whig 216
Edw. Robinson Whig 169
Wm Kirkpatrick Dem. 44---
1834---
John Dawson--- Dem--- 1390 Elected---
A. Lincoln. Whig 1376 Elected---
Wm. Carpenter Dem. 1170 Elected---
J. T. Stuart Whig 1164 }Elected---
Richd. Quinton Dem. 1038
Andw. McCormick Whig--- 694
Wm. Alvey Whig. 613
T. M. Neale Whig--- 514
S. J. Campbell Dem 192
James Shepherd Dem. 154
James Baker Whig 130
John Durley Whig 92
Wm. Kendall Whig--- 42.
1836---
A. Lincoln Whig--- 1716 Elected
W. F. Elkin Whig. 1694 Elected
N W Edwards--- Whig--- 1659 Elected
John Dawson Whig. 1641 Elected
Dan Stone--- Whig. 1438 Elected
R. L. Wilson Whig. 1353 Elected
Andw. McCormick Whig. 1306 }Elected
John Calhoun Dem. 1278
J. M. Early Dem. 1194
Richd. Quinton Dem. 1137
Thos. Wynne. Dem. 972
Aaron Vandaveer Dem. 922
Uriah Mann Dem. 913
Geo. Power Dem. 905
James Baker--- Whig--- 101
J. L. Thompson Dem--- 38
T. Young Whig--- 12---
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[1] AD, ORB. The document carries at the bottom a certification by N. W. Matheny, Clerk, County Commissioners Court, dated September 9, 1842. It is laced together with pink ribbon tied in a bow at the top, as it was prepared for Mary Todd on the day when her satiric contribution to the Rebecca letters was published in the Sangamo Journal (vide supra). It is difficult to avoid the conjecture that Lincoln produced this prosaic but obviously sentimental document as a result of his meetings with Mary at the home of Simeon Francis during the letter-writing episode (Beveridge, I, 343-44).
