Lincoln Ballot Ticket Listing Names for President
A scanned ballot listing for President Abraham Lincoln includes candidates such as Thomas M. Hows, Edward C. Knight, Robert P. King, Henry Bumm, Robert M. Foust, Nathan Hills, John M. Broomall, James W. Fuller, Levi B. Smith, Francis W. Christ, David Mumma Jr, David Taggart, and Thomas Kd Hall.
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Thomas M. Hows
Edward C. Knight
Robert P. King
Henry Bumm
Robert M. Foust
Nathan Hills
John M. Broomall
James W. Fuller
Levi B. Smith
Francis W. Christ
David Mumma, Jr
David Taggart
Thomas Kd. Hall
Patton Elected to 20th District Congress Seat
Official returns show Gen John Patton winning the 20th District seat over rivals in a Republican sweep across Warren McKean Clearfield Jefferson Forest Venango Clarion and other counties. The tally highlights Patton's broad party support and readiness to uphold party principles in Congress.
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John Patton
Chapin Hall
Congress
Kerr Patton
Warren
McKean
Clearfield
Jefferson
Forest
Venango
Clarion
John Patton Ener J. K. Retteed
Smaj. Ker’s
Maj. Vegans Saat
Reading Democratic Committee backs party fusion stance
The Democratic State Committee at Reading voted to rescind prior July and August actions and urged Pennsylvanians to support the March Reading convention electoral ticket. The Warren Wide Awake club celebrated the October election results with a torchlight spectacle in Johnson's Hall and brief speeches by Curtis Cowan Wetmore and Macneil.
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Democratic State Committee
Reading
Philadelphia
Cresson
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
Pig
Pup
Lincoln
Warren Wide Awakes
Johson
Dr. Stranahan
C. B. Curtis
E. Cowan
L. D. Wetmore
H. W. Macneil
Our County Urges Voters to Boost November Turnout
The piece urges county residents to support the nation’s freedom by voting in November. It praises local efforts in Warren and calls for renewed energy, urging neighbors to rise up and win the Union. It frames the election as a duty in the great battle for national freedom.
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Warren
Republican Platform and Democratic Platforms Published
Our Platform presents the Republican Platform adopted at Chicago and the two Democratic Platforms. We publish them to offer clear electioneering documents. The explicit statement of principles is truthful and sound, while Breckinridge and Douglas proposals appear reckless or dodgy.
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Chicago
Breckinridge
Douglas
Reform of the Return Judges in the Districts
Figures filed in the Prothonotary's office show Samuel P. Johnson and Rasselas Brown as return judges in several counties with Johnson leading by 4,719. Oil shippers report 2,116 barrels received at Union in September with Barnsdale Mead & Rouse owning 431 barrels and Tanner & Watson 923. Union refinery averages 30 barrels daily. another refinery and a barrel factory are near completion. Philadelphia voting summary notes Foster's majority at 2,286 and five Congressmen elected: Butler Morris Verree Kelley Davis, with Butler challenged by Lehman. Democrats won 8 of 17 Assembly seats.
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Erif
Samuel P. Johnson
Rasselas Brown
Crawford County
Warren County
Johnson
Union
Barnsdale, Mead & Rouse
Tanner & Watson
Warren County Election Returns 1860 Official Results
Official 1860 Warren County election returns list votes for county offices and state offices. Nelson Preston 2626 and J B Mamiliom 1112 lead for Auditor and Crandall 1845 for Warren Academy, with various majorities for Governor Curtin, Congress Prattton, Judge Johnson, and other county posts.
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Warren Co
Nelson Preston
J. B. Mamiliom
Warren Academy
Alonzo Crandall
W. HH. Davis
Andrew G. Curtin
Henry D. Foster
John Prtton
James K. Kerr
Congress
Samuel ?. Johnson
Russells Brown
Hiram Butler
el, Drake
Assembly
KK. Cowan
T. J. Hoskinson
St. K Russell
H. Allen
Register
Recorder
G. A. Ames
Assembly District Returns Show About Three Thousand Republican Majority
Official figures indicate a Republican edge of about 3,000 in the district with Butler over E L Drake and J Cowan over T J Hoskinson. In local notes, as frost and falling leaves arrive, a snowball tree at Dr G A Irvine’s yard still bore one fresh blossom, a curious sign of early bloom amid scarce good weather.
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Assembly
Blroom
G. A. Irvine
Blunders of the WW Tribune on local vote recounts
The piece laments mixed vote tallies for Warren County and Curtin, notes a prior overstatement of an 800 majority, and predicts a November reattempt by Sheriff Brown. It reflects local political tensions, party loyalties, and calls for a larger majority around 1,200.
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Tribune
Neck of Woods
Hall
Warren County
Curtin
Erie officials visit Warren to preview new locomotive Tionesta
Mr Morehead and Mr Gay presidents of 8. E. Rail road Co with Ball Babbitt Sterrett Wright Brown Superintendent Black and others from Erie arrived in Warren by special train last Thursday morning and returned in the evening. They brought out a new locomotive named Tionesta.
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Morehead
Mr. Gay
8. & E. Railroad Company
Messrs. Ball
Babbitt, Sterrett, Wright, Brown
Black
Erie
Warren
Legislature tally shows GOP edge in Senate and House
The report cites a 27 to 6 Republican Senate and 71 to 29 Republican House. Curtin leads by about 32,000 votes to date. Indiana elects Lane governor by 15,000 plus. 11 Congressmen, seven Republicans. Jacob Collamer reelected U S Senator from Vermont for six years. Samuel G Daily wins Nebraska delegate seat by 162.
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Senate
House
Syprana
lIndiana
Lane
Samuel G. Daily
Congress
Nebraska
Republicans Raise 114-Foot Pole Flag at Spring Creek
The Republicans of Spring Creek raised a pine pole 114 feet high bearing a flag with Lincoln and Hamlin. Geo. F. Edward, Req., presided over a meeting in the afternoon with speakers Hon. C. B. Curtis, Daniel Lott and E. Cowan.
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Spring Creek
Lincoln
Hamlin
Geo. F. Edward
Req
C. B. Curtis
Daniel Lott
E. Cowan
Pennsylvania Lincoln Victory Rally and Early Royal Visit
The document details Pennsylvania’s support for Abraham Lincoln with a large statewide majority and calls for unity, followed by coverage of the Prince of Wales’s West Point departure aboard the Daniel Drew, royal procession in New York, and a reported robbery arrest involving railroad scrip tied to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Also noted are arrests of Patrick Welch and William Clarion, with the stolen securities and money recovered or traced.
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Aupasy
Prince of Wales
Suit
West Point
Daniel Drew
Uea
Stuyvesant
Mayo
Lord Renfew
Duke of New Castle
Lord Lyons
Gov. Morgan
Wm. H. Seward
Western Railroad
Boston
Albany Burgesses’ Corps
Capt
Kingsly
United States Express Co
Buf. Hx
Fridy
Squatter Sovereignty Clash in 1850s Debate
A Pennsylvanian item cites Chief Justice Taney’s Dred Scott stance labeling Douglas Squatter Sovereignty a heresy while tying Douglas to Breckinridge and Lane. It contrasts Douglas’s alleged respect for Taney with Secessionist rhetoric and hints at political peril for Douglas, including a jab about hanging Johnson.
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Supreme Bench of the
United States
Dred Scott
Mr. Douglas
Douglas
Taney
Lincoln on the South and emancipation debate
The excerpt presents Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery and emancipation, acknowledging Southern and Northern fault lines, endorsing gradual emancipation, and asserting the Negro’s natural rights while denying social and political equality. It notes the 1858 Ottawa debate reading and the St. Louis Democrat’s praise from James Broadhead. The piece also mentions sewing needle manufacture profits and society gossip about Miss Susan Denin and Laura LeClare at a Prince of Wales ball in Cincinnati.
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Lincoln
Peoria
Illinois
Liberia
South
Africa
Nebraska
Lioeule
Douglas
Ottawa
Judge Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Cincinnati Gaztte
Susan Denin
Laura LeClare
Prince of Wales
Pike's Opera House
Cincinnati
How a Lady Preserved Webster's Reply to Hayne
The Taunton Gazette recalls how during Webster's epoch making speech against Hayne, Judge Store planned a constitutional defense as Webster spoke. Gales wrote on, time passing with no printed proof until Mrs. Gales deciphered her husband’s notes. Webster later accepted the corrected manuscript along with a thousand dollar diamond gift.
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Taunton
Gales
Mr. Webster
Judge Store
Webster
Arabia News Update: Piedmontese Advances and Garibaldi Reforms
From Hanmax and Naples reports, ships arrive with Boston passengers while Rome remains under pressure as Piedmontese lancers close on the gates. Bertani denies orders to oppose occupation and Garibaldi reshapes his ministry, urging reconciliation with Victor Emmanuel as Sardinia seeks annexation of central and southern Italian provinces. Messina endures, Aquilia bases planned, and Mazini calls for a proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
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Hanmax
Boston
Losvon
Rome
Bertani
Nepolitan Tertry
Garibaldi
France
Victor Emanuel
Sardinia
Italy
Aquilia
Messina
Vistor Emanuel
Mazini
Kingdom of Italy
R “Ne
Victory of Lincoln Friends in Newark Election
The Newark Mercury reports a decisive Republican city ticket victory over the fusion crowd in Newark, noting overwhelming support and a forecasted broader triumph on November sixth. It contrasts the fusion party unfavorably with the well organized Republicans and mentions arousing torch parades in Washington and the rising influence of the Wide Awakes.
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Newark Mercury
New Jersey
Friends of Lincoln
Filmore Party
Democracy
Douglas
Republican Platform Declares Union, Economy and Slavery Stance
The Republican platform proclaims the party’s endurance, preservation of the Constitution, and opposition to disunion threats. It denounces federal overreach, supports states’ rights, condemns re opening of the African slave trade, calls for economic reform, homestead protection, naturalization rights, and a Pacific railroad with federal aid, inviting broad civic support.
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United States
Congress
Lecompton
Kansas
Nebraska
House of Representatives
National Republican Party
Douglas tour reports show large Democratic deficits
The Chicago Press and Tribune notes missing returns from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana but reports a marked drop in Democratic majorities where data arrived. The Albany Argus and others echo the view Democrats will realize their strength on November 7, with Ohio near New York and Illinois in support. A separate note mentions a Prince of Wales ball scandal in New York with tickets sold at a premium.
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Chicago Press and Tribune
Douglas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
New York
General Committee
Albany Argus
Manner of Gen Walker Death Shown in Prison and Execution
The article recounts General Walker’s treatment after imprisonment, his Roman Catholic faith, and nightly kneeling before a small altar. On the night he was sentenced he asked for the hour of execution and if he had time to write. At eight the next morning he walked to the scaffold with a crucifix, listened to psalms, and declared his guilt, resignation, and hope for societal good before dying with fortitude.
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Walker
Jesus
At & O
Honduras
Douglas on the Richmond bound train with Joseph Carter
In Richmond a passenger Joseph Carter Esq of the village and Stephen A Douglas rode the same New York bound train. At Goshen and Port Jervis Douglas spoke briefly but grew weary and retired to his berth. At Port Jervis a crowd gathered and cheered for Douglas. Carter stepped forward, thanked the crowd, cited his Popular Sovereignty principle, and reboarded the train as conductors called all aboard.
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Joseph Carter
New York
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Goshen
Port Jervis
Joseph
Josph
Carter
Steuben
Philadelphia Traders Visit Cleveland for Northwest Ties
A party of forty members from the Philadelphia Board of Trade arrived in Cleveland today. They were welcomed by a Cleveland committee and will meet with the Board and local citizens at the Board of Trade Rooms tomorrow to foster broader Philadelphia northwest business relations. The delegation departs tomorrow night for Chicago and the West.
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Philadelphia Board of Trade
Philadelphia
Cleveland Board
Board of Trade
North-West
Chicago
West
Birds, plantations and politics spark New York exhibit
A New York Horticultural exhibition features singing birds including a captain’s bird that can recite the Lord’s Prayer and improvise talk. The New York Herald notes Herschel Johnson’s Georgia plantation of 3652 acres with 117 slaves valued at 93000, aiding Johnson’s political stature amid questions of Lincoln’s election impact on the Republicans.
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America Institute
New York
John Brooks
Brooks
Jounsos
Herschel V. Johanson
Douglas
New York Herald
Georgia
Mr. Johnson
Pennsylvania
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People’s State Committee
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St. Louis Democrat
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Edward Bates
Clay and Webster
Old Abe
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Arabia
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Hartford Press
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