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Please send, as soon as practicable, exactly, or approximately, the aggregate of votes cast in your State at the late election. It is desired with reference to the forthcoming Message.
A LINCOLN
Saml Cony
Gov of Maine
Augusta Me
Jos. A. Gilmore
Gov of N.H.
Concord NH.
Jno Gregory Smith
Govr of Vermont
Montpelier Vt.
John A. Andrew
Govr of Massachusetts
Boston Mass
Jas Y. Smith
Gov of Rhode Island
Providence R I.
Wm. A. Buckingham
Govr of Connecticut
Hartford Conn.
Horatio Seymour
Govr of New York
Albany N.Y.
Joel Parker
Gov of New Jersey
Trenton N.J.
A. G. Curtin
Gov. of Penna
Harrisburg Pa.
Wm. Cannon
Gov of Delaware
Dover Del
A. W. Bradford
Govr of Maryland
Annapolis
A. I. Boreman
Govr West Va.
Wheeling Va
Andrew Johnson
Mil Govr of Tenn
Nashville Tenn
Thos. E. Bramlette
Gov of Kentucky
Lexington Ky.
John Brough
Govr of Ohio
Columbus O.
Austin Blair
Gov of Michigan
Lansing Mich
O. P. Morton
Gov of Indiana
Indianapolis Ind
Richard Yates
Govr of Illinois
Springfield Ill
Willard P Hall
Lt Govr of Missouri
Jefferson City Mo
Wm. M. Stone
Gov of Iowa
Des Moines Iowa
James T. Lewis
Govr of Wisconsin
Madison Wis
Stephen Miller
Govr of Minnesota
St Paul Minn
Thomas Carney
Govr of Kansas
Leavenworth Kan
Frederick F. Low
Govr of California
Sacramento Cal
Jas W. Nye
Govr of Nevada
Carson City
Nevada
Maj Gen J. E. Steele2Jump to section
Little Rock
Ark
Michael Hahn
Govr of Louisiana
New Orleans via Cairo
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 240-42. The names of the governors to whom the telegram was sent are listed on two separate telegraph blanks (241-42), not in LINCOLN's autograph. The telegrams from the governors in reply (DLC-RTL) were utilized by LINCOLN in compiling his tabulation of votes (December 1, infra), which furnished the basis for his analysis of the election in his annual message to congress on December 6. See also LINCOLN's second telegram to Stone and others, November 29, infra.
[2] Clerk's error for Major General Frederick Steele.