Edgecombe County Official Presidential Election Result 1844
Official statement records Polk majority of 1377 in Edgecombe for president and vice president on November 1844. Democratic gain since the governor’s election and a county record 85 and 13 votes more than previously cast. In the 1st district Henry Clay received one vote. in the 10th district Josiah Collins, one Whig elector.
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Edgecombe County
United States
Polk
Henry Clay
Josiah Collins
Virginia Gives Polk Dallas Electoral Vote Lead
Electoral returns from Virginia indicate Polk and Dallas will win by about 6000 votes. Pennsylvania reports about 7000. Maryland and Ohio favor Clay. New York remains undecided but leans toward the Democrats.
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Virginia
Polk
Dallas
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Clay
New York
Meeting of citizens responds to Hines badger gates circular
We publish today the citizens meeting reply to the Circular of Hines Badger Gates and others. Resolutions may seem harsh to some but the Secret Committee has merited it. We know of no individual in this county who does not condemn the committee's proceeding in some degree. Further defense remains in contemplation.
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Hines
Badger
Gates
Secret Slander Circular Exposed in North Carolina
The text denounces a self-righteous committee and condemns six men who signed a Secret Slander Circular. It calls for higher moral standards from the Whig party and urges careful supervision of their cause in the state.
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No. Carolina
Whig Party
Edgecombe Democrats Publish Vindication Against Circular
Citizens of Edgecombe meet after polls to rebut a secret circular by the Whig Central Committee. Henry Bryan chairs a ten‑member committee presenting resolutions defending county integrity, election fairness, and Democratic principles under Jefferson. Speakers denounce slander, pledge unity, and invite wider republication of the resolutions.
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Sta Iist
Edgecombe
Whig Central Committee
Democratic Party of
New Carolina
Henry Bryan
E.q
Henry Z. Clark
William Norfivet
Louis D Wilson
Robert R. Urilgers
William H. Hines
William F. Daney
William S Baker
Robert D. Hart
Charles G Hunter
William Whigpen
Jo, J. Pippen
Henry
Richard Hines
George E. Badger
Charles Manly
John H. Bryan
Henry W. Miller
Weston R. Gales
Federal
Central Committee
Democratic Party
George E Badger
Navy
Senate of
United States
Beja Badger
Senate
Richard Hives
Democratic meeting denounces Central Whig Circular in North Carolina
A Washington NC gathering of Democrats on November 2 condemns a Central Whig Committee circular. George Houston chairs, Sylvester Brown secures. Speakers include Wm. B. Rodman and Matthew Shaw. Committee reports preamble and resolutions denouncing forgeries, threats, and the Texas annexation issue, urging publication of proceedings. The meeting adjourned sine die.
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N. C
Central Whig Committee
Whig Party
North Carolina
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Sylvester I. Brown
Wm. B. Rodman
Edgecombe
Fugecombe
Matthew Shaw
E.q
Wake
Shaw
William Ellison
Henry 8. Clark
Richard M. Cogdell
William B. Rodman
Central Whig Committee of
Texas
Legislature Set for Raleigh Meeting Next Monday Week
The Raleigh Standard notes the North Carolina Legislature will convene in Raleigh next Monday week. The session is expected to raise public interest, and readers will be kept informed of all developments. A Johnston County senatorial election result has produced a vacancy in the Senate. The piece urges Democratic senators to attend and oppose Coons’s actions against Louis D. Wilson, the prior Speaker. The paper also mentions Henderson’s District Democrat publication and its relocation reasons. In fatal news, George Hoke of York County, Pa., died after being entangled by a rope looped over a steer’s horns as it dragged him a distance.
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Johnston
Senate
Louis D. Wilson
Anon
New Democratic
Democrat
Henderson
Oxford
George Hoke
Paradise Township
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