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Iowa Senate Debates 1870 Governor Election Canvass
The Iowa Senate and House convene in joint session to canvass votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Samuel Merrill is declared Governor and Madison Walden Lieutenant Governor after a multiday exchange of motions and amendments on printing, translations, and scheduling. The session ends with sine die adjournment.
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Senator Smyth
Senstor Ireland
McCulloch
Larabee
President Protem
Senator McNutt
Senator Fairall
House
Senator Knoll
Cathcart
Senator McKean
Senate
Lenate
G G. Bennett
Washington
Turnbull
Samuel Bigger
Bennett
Wolf
General Assembly
Tenth General
Journal of the Senate
Hawley
Senator Hawley
Cedar
McNutt
Wilo
Bulis
Beardsley
Chapin
Pro ‘Em
Senator McNut
Lowry
Secretary of State
Holland
State of
Iowa
Senator Larrabee
Senator Bulis
Fayette
Larrabee
3Ulis
Mulkern
Man
Mitchell
Dysart
Smyth
Proten
Senator Mulkern
Senator Fellows
Yeas
Uays
Messrs
Allen
Atkins
Claussen
Couch
Donnan
Fellows
Ireland
Knoll
McKean
Murray
Newell
Tuttle
Bill
Campbell
Casady
Griffith
Grimes
Keller
Long
eCulloch
Moore
Pierce
Traverse
Vale
Vermillion
Wast
Dixon
Floyd
Patterson
Simon Doran
Speaker
Geo. Bailey
Dallas County
Joseph Ivers
Z. C. Plummer
W.H. Penn
Polk County
Arthur Courtney
Frank C. Swan
Arthur A. Wright
Chas. E. Blodgett
Walter C. Mathews
Crawford County
Rogers
Cutts
Murdock
Supreme Court
Mabin
Pratt
Stone
Lask
Com
Mr. Stone
Congress
Dudley
Wapello
Brown
van Buren
Messrs. Brown
Huff
Arnold
Morrison
Messrs Green
Scott
O’donnell
Dubuque
Irish
At & O
Samuel Merrill
George Gillaspie
Balade
I.c.ci Lecadet
Eais
Madison M. Walden