Republican Convention for Illinois Third District Names June 1868 Delegates
The Republican voters of Illinois Third District are asked to send delegates to a Freeport convention on June 12 1868 at 1 p.m. The delegation is based on 100 voters per seat plus 20 vote fractions. Counties listed include Daviess Lee Ogle and Whiteside with their delegate counts. Ingerssional Committee for the 3d District names Cary Burchard Edsall Warner Petrie Armour among party officers.
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Ilinois
Freeport
Wunots
Dele
Whale
Carrow
de Daviess
Lee
Ogle
JBSI
Abephenson
Whiteside
William Cary
H. C. Burchard
Jas
K. Edsall
KB. Warner
Petrie
Volney Armour
Republican County Convention in Freeport 1865
The Republicans of Stephenson County vote to hold a county convention at the Freeport Court House on June 1 1865 at 1 PM to appoint delegates to the Third District convention in Freeport and to select delegates to the State Convention at Springfield in August 1866. Includes caucus recommendation, delegate tallies by town, and editorials on duty and reconstruction. Also reports Fenian activity and Senate caucus outcomes with Colorado admission notes and General Scott’s death.
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Stephenson County
Court House
Freeport
Springfield
Cone
John Epley
Dakota
Iu Eo Thompsonn
Ward
T. Green
Greenwood
M. Baileys
Vlorence
C. van Brocklin
Farlem Wm. Heard
HLOML
Boor
Youne
Devore
Loveblinda
Osterhout
Shana Horanies
Senate
Colorado
Congress
Congress of the
United States
Family of the
Union
Raymond
General Scott
Town Caucuses Appointments for Republican County Convention
Members of the Republican County Central Committee announce caucus appointments for the upcoming County Convention. Caucuses are scheduled in multiple towns on Thursday in the evening at various school houses, courts, and local venues with polls opening for limited times. The committee will publish remaining details next week.
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Republican County Central Committee
Syventil
1St Ward
Court House
Ag Wn
Pole
Pennsylvania House
Sp Warn
Bailey & Brawley
Plorenceh
van Broeklin
Binrn
Jeroy
Lancaster
AL Yount
Dakota
Fastgate
Haslem
Harlem Center
AuokeyemAt
Rock Reay
Goo
Osterhout
Davis
Silver Creeek
Bulkley
Rmiining
Wwe
Primary caucus sets county and state party delegates
Republican voters in the county will meet Thursday in a primary caucus to choose delegates to a county convention, which will select delegates for a Tuesday convention to back a congressional candidate and to the Springfield State Convention on August 18 to nominate state officers. The piece urges every party voter to participate, stating power emanates from the individual voter at the caucus.
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Washington
Congress
Springfield
Fenian War On Canadian Frontiers Sparks War Across Niagara
The Fenian threat erupts in a night raid crossing the Niagara into Canada. Fort Erie falls to the force reportedly 1000 to 3000 strong, seizing the Grand Trunk Railway as Canadian authorities rally to arm for defense and pursuit. The piece mocks Irish aims while warning of ongoing actions and possible outcomes.
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Canada
O'Neill
United States
Fort Erie
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
St. Albans
John Bull
Atlantic
Niagara
Ireland
Green Isle
Copperhead
Fenian Brotherhood
oWd
The
Buffalo
Grand Trunk Railway
Democracy on the Rights of White Men in Connecticut
The Connecticut legislature debate exposes Democratic claims of white man’s rights. A Ballard resolution urged Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution to give Connecticut white men representation equal to that of white men in South Carolina. Democrats voted against it, while critics say Northern whites would share power with South Carolina whites, despite the latter's minority status.
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Connecticut
Ballard
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Congress
United States
South Corona
South Carolina
Unity in the Union Party and Good Templars meeting
Washington dispatch notes growing unity in the Union party and the need to restrain treason, followed by a Boston meeting of the National Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars. It reports lodge counts, finances, and officers elected for the coming year with plans for future formations in several states.
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Washington, D. C
Union Party
Republican Party
National Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Good Templars
Boston
Mass
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Canada
California
L’s
G. L’s
West Virginia
Colorado
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Oregon
Idaho
Louisiana
RWGCT
L. D. Hastings
RWGC
James Black
RWG VT
Amanda Lane
J. A. Spencer
Simeon Morrill
Canada West
Rev
L. C. Carr
Llinois
F.G. Rich
M.D. K. Pershing
GIG
M. Clark
R. H. Cornwell
Detroit
Senate Passes Land Grant Bill. House Actions on Reconstruction
The Senate approved a measure reviving Missouri and Arkansas land grants to aid a Cairo Texas railroad while discussing a postal and military communications bill. In the House, Stevens proposed a plan for rebel states to regain rights with black suffrage, alongside pension and military reform measures and seating for Tennessee lawmakers. The week closed with adjournments and continued debate on reconstruction and currency.
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Senate
Missouri
Arkansas
Cairo
Texas Boundary
House
Stevens
Pension Committee
Tennessee
Congress
Congress adjourns early amid doubts on Colorado bill
Indications point to an early adjournment of Congress with the Colorado admission measure unlikely to secure the two thirds needed. The President signed the bill authorizing Treasury regulation against cholera, and various other political notes include Liouville’s malleable glass claim and local political maneuvers in Virginia and New Jersey.
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Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Monsieur de Liouville
Col. White
Moshy
Washington
Pope
London County
General Sickles
Hague
General Scott
New York
Scovel
New Jersey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Areeport Journal
McCall, Bailey & Mills, Publishers
J. M. Bailey
Republican County Convention
Down
Rock Grove
Ridott Centre
Congressional
Howard
Sumner
Committee of 16
Freedmen’s Bureau
West Point
Reconstruction Committee
Ashley
Naval
West Point Academy
Cowan
Doolittle
Norton
Bramwell
Military
Scott
Conference Committee
Naval Committee
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Point of Rocks
Gens, Steedman
Fullerton
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