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Bristol Votes Tight as Higgins Wins by 2408 Plurality
State results show Charles Sisson possibly elected lieutenant governor with Republicans gaining the legislature. In Bristol, James C. Qohard and Capt. Robert N. Turner contested the senate race. Church won by 293 over Turner after accounting for 709 scratched ballots. Franklin led Bristol for representative with 818 votes. Gladding 145. Governor Higgins leads Democratic ticket locally, with statewide returns prompting a likely Republican assembly.
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Charles Sisson
Warren and
Barrington
Bristol
James C. Qohard
Robert N. Turner
Mr. Church
Capt.Turner
Stone
William Williams
Herbert F. Bennett
Clinton
Sherman
Churély
Church
Capt. Turner
Captain Turner
James W. Franklin
Edward P. Gladding
Naval Reserves
Lieut. Gladding
Franklin
Assembly
W. Fred Williams
Byron K. Fish
Williams
Ezra Dixon
Thomas E. Johnson
Dixon
Higgins
Jackson
Utter
Senator Wetmore
Col
Colt
Remington
Leachsoc
Johnston
Watrous
Sisson
Case
Tibbits
Allen
Bennett
Grieve
Janeks
Northrop
Sos
Fletcher
Greenough
Sullivan
Kneeland
Herrick
Hurat
Read
Archambault
King
Bowers
Thomas
State Returning Board
Edward M. Sullivan
Churoch
Gladding
Leach
Chase
Tibbitts
Alten
Jencks
Northrup
Craneval—Greenough
Kneelan
Herrick G. Hurst
Chuarch
Turner
Messrs. Church
Ralph OC. Watrous
Obia Ia
Returning” Board
General Tressurer
General Assembly
Goddard
Grand Committee
Democratic-Lincoln
U. S
Warren
Connolly
Butterworth
Vincent
Smith
Norton
Martin
Richmond
Holmes
North Smithfield
Scituate
Narragansett
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
South Kingstown
Jack Hig- Higson
Gins
Utter Gina Barrington
Burrillville
Central Falls
Charlestown
Coventry
Cranston
Cumberland
E. Greenwich
E. Providence
Exeter
Foster
Glocester
Hopkinton
Jamestown
Lincoln
Crompton
Middletown
Nabragansett
Newport
New Shoreham
N. Kingstown
N. Providence
N. Smithfield
Portsmouth
Providence
Smithfield
S. Kingstown
Tiverton
Warwick