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Fifth district Democratic Congressional Convention Nominates Emery Potter
Delegates from several counties met at Sec. 10 in the district on August 1848 to organize and choose permanent officers. Emery D. Potter was nominated on the fifth ballot as the Democratic candidate for Congress, with James Cunningham elected president and a slate of officers and central committee members named. Resolutions praised Lewis Cass, William Butler, and John B. Weller and condemned federalist obstruction in Oregon.
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Naid
A. D
James Cunningham
Allen
Jeremish McLene
Hardin
C. A. Hedges
Lucas
Commar
H. J. Jackson
Henry
Nuber
Putnam
John Shaw
van Wert
Daniel Langel
Williams
Thos K. Jacobs
A. J. Taylor
Paulding
William Carter
Defiance
Hugh Letson
R.J. Skinner
Auglaize
F.C. le Blond
E. H. Leland
William
F. Strong
A. S. Latty
J. Gilliland
M.H. Nichols
B. Camp
S.scott
Aucnize
R. C. Poland
Shelby
F.C. le Brond
Mercer
Democratic Congressional Central Committee
E. Patten
H. Stedman
M. Sheffer
C. M. Godfrey
R. C. Spears
G. Johne
John Stevens
John Walkup
E. Smith
B. Linzee
Allen County
Leonard Nash
F.C. Leblond
J. Cessna
Mh Spears
Zac
H. Daggett
J. P. Downs
J.B
Willian
Heary
haHot
Committee On Credentials
Sth
F.d.petter
A. P. Edgerton
Lea J.B. Stedman
GE Wmn. Armstrong
BF. Metcalf
Emery D. Potter
Sble
Lewis Cass
People of
Ohio
Willam
Butler
John B. Weller
Mexico
Oregon Territory
Lmitad
United States
Ohio Statesman
Ginese
Dayton Empire
OCF
Congress
Jance McLzas
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cass
McLean