El Dorado County History

Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County California with Illustrations 
and Biographical Sketches of its Prominentmen and Pioneers. 
Oakland 1883. Paolo Sioli, Publisher. Compiled by P. Sioli.

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CHAPTER XXXII. 

	GENERAL ELECTION MATTERS, SEPTEMBER 3D, 1851. 

	(*see chart: General Election)

	(*see charts: El Dorado Precincts, 1 and 2)

	(*see charts: General Election 1854, 1 and 2)


The first election for Supervisors took place on the 9th of April, 1855. The districts, three in number, 
were made up as follows : First District, out of Coloma and Placerville Townships ; Second District, out 
of Diamond Springs, Mud Springs, Dry Creek and Cosumnes Townships ; Third District, out of Kelsey 
Big Bar, Georgetown, Greenwood and Salmon Falls Townships. 

1st District � *Henry Robinson 1,148 
" " W. E. Spencer 673 
2d District � *A. H. Hawley 1,090 
M. C. Shearer 440 
3d District� *Thomas M. Reed 256 
S. P. Moffatt 62 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1855. 

Two tickets were voted, the Democratic and the American or Know-Nothing ticket, the latter was the 
victorious one ; the State ticket headed by Neely Johnson for Governor received about 1,000 majority. 
Total vote cast, 8,788. 

	FOR STATE SENATOR. 
Votes. 
*Henry Fiske 4,800 
*J. G, McCallum 4,795 
A. St. Clair Denver 3,928 
S. M. Johnson 3,919 

	FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 
*T. D. Heiskell 4,849 
*J. E. Bowe 4,848 
*Dr. E. Taylor 4,821 
*George White 4,816
*John Borland 4,815
__ Welch 4,794
*S. T. Gage 4,777 
*J. W. Oliver 4,900 
Thomas H. Hewes 4,029
M. N. Mitchell 3,962
A. J. Lockwood 3,954
Asa H. Hawley 3,941
W. B. Dickenson 3,640
D. M. Boyd 3,937
Edgar Bogardus 3,892
S. T. Hamm 3,881

	FOR SHERIFF. 
E. B. Carson 4,797 
W. J. Burwell 3,991 

	FOR COUNTY CIERK. 
D. C. McKenney 4,702
Asa D. Maldron 3,986 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
C. J. Rackliffe 4,828 
W. H. Brumfield 3,936 

	FOR COUNTY TREASURER. 
Thos. M. Reed 4,854 
George F. Gibbs 3,906 

	FOR RECORDER. 
C. N. Noteware 5,012 
Constantine Hix 3,578 

	FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. 
H. W. Merrett 4,868 
Wm. Buchanan 3,879 
Rutherford 4,772 
Sam'l. F. Marquis 3,952 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. 
B. Herrick 4,825 
George Duden 3,939 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
John Henderson 4,813 
John L. Shober 3,948 

	FOR SUPERVISORS. 
1st District	 John Kirk 1,274 - C. C. Batterman * 1,199 
2d District 	Alex. Irvine 1,490 - Bayles * 1,265 
3d District	R. E. Draper 1,082 - Wm. Knox 1,063 

For Prohibitory Liquor Law 2,877 
Against Prohibitory Liquor Law 2,305 

	GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 4TH, 1856. 
	(presidential election.) 

Besides the Democratic and the American ticket, the ticket of the Republican Party then made its first appearance. 
Total vote cast 8423. 

	FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. 

	(see chart: Presidential Electors)

	FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
*Charles L. Scott (Dem) 4,021 
*Jos. C. McKibben 4,010 
B. C. Whitman (Am) 2,91 7 
A. B. Dibble 2,950 
Ira. P. Rankin (Rep) 1.42 1 
S. N. Turner 1,381 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION : 
A. J. Moulder 4,043 
H. B. Janes 2,943 
J. M. Buffington 1,367 

	FOR STATE SENATORS ; 
*G. J. Carpenter 4,050 
*S. M. Johnson 3,923 
H. M. Miller 2,891 
J. M. Douglass 2,832 
W. H, Pratt 1,243 
G. W. Baldwin 1,315 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY : 
*Charles Orvis 3,932 
*John Hume 3,977 
*G. D. Hall 3,947 
*S. F. Hamm 3,97o 
*Jonathan Carpenter 3,873 
*J, Turner 3,947 
*M. N. Mitchell 3,972 
*George McDonald 3,980 

	ELECTIONS. 
A. D. Rock 2,796 
A. O Porter 2,927 
F. A. Bee 2,767 
J. E. Bowe 2,909 
J. N. McDonald 2,835 
J. McCormick 2,835 
H. Miller 2,822 
W. L. Worley 2,813 
J. S. Campbell 1,32 
J. W. Gilbert 1,310 
H. T. Knight 1,298
T. H. Bartlett 1,280 
C. C. Batterman 1,306 
J. Maultby 1,304 
J. Foster 1,230 
A. L. Frost 1,248 

	FOR SUPERVISORS. 
1st District - *John M. Dorsey 1,110 
W. G. Swan. 879 
John Kirk 862 
2d District -*A. F. Lee 1,308 
J. B. Carter 967 
M, S. Robinson 156 
3d District - R. E. Draper 1,059 
John Bell 869 
Joseph Barrell  445 

	GENERAL, ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 2D, 1857. 

The Democratic State Ticket, with John B. Weller for Governor, received more votes than both the other 
tickets together. 

	FOR GOVERNOR. 
Weller 3,124 
Bowie 1,685 
Stanly 1,336 
Total vote 6,145 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
S. F. Hamm, 		W. B. Dickenson. 

	FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 
Harvey Lee, 	C. W. Pearis,
J. S. Tipton, 		I. D. Galbraith, 
D. T. Loofbourrow, 	D. E. Buell,
A. J. Graham, 	H. A. Moses, 

	FOR COUNTY JUDGE. 
James Johnson

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
W. H. Brumfield

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Edgar Bogardus 2,864 
A. D. Rock 1,382 
Wm. Jones 1,573 

	FOR COLLECTOR. 
	Harrison Hilton. 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK.
	Asa D. Waldron

	FOR RECORDER. 
	M. K. Shearer

	FOR COUNTY TREASURER. 
A.  D. Park. Nathan Rhine

	FOR ASSESSOR. 
	Lewis Foster

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. 
	John G. Eusties

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
	Charles E. Abbott

	FOR CORONER. 
	T. Dougherty

	FOR SURVEYOR. 
	E. W. Welton

	FOR SUPERVISORS. 
	1st District � A. A. Howard. 
	2d District � Wm. Knox. 
	3d District � C. B. Ferguson. 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1858. 

	FOR DISTRICT JUDGE. 
Thomas H. Hewes, 3,872
B. F. Myers, 1,398

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*L S. Titus, 2,644
*A. St. Clair Denver 2,613 
Robert Bell, 2,517 
Gavin D. Hall, 2,427 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*G. N. Douglass, 2,619 
*Wm. Coleman 
*George M. Condee 2,581
*Ogden Squires, 2,580 
*J. S. Tipton, 2,554 
Ed. Hudson, 5-541 
J. J. Williams, 2,534 
R. D. Crittenden 2,529 
*H. C. Sloss 2,577 
*Alfred Briggs, 2,564 
*G. A. Douglass 2,557 
W. K. Hoyt, 2,553 
A. J. Lockwood, 2,551 
James Burr 2,541 
J. B. McGonagle 2,439 
Moses Tebbs, 2,370 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
*H. L. Pease, 2,725 
N. Johnson, 2,286 

	FOR MEMKERS OF CONGRESS. 
J. C. McKibben, 2,592 
Wm. L. Dudley, 1,874 
Theo. F. Tracy, 738 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1859. 

Besides the Democratic State ticket with Milton S. Latham for Governor. There were two more tickets 
in the field, the Anti-Lecompton and the Republican. For the county ticket, however, the two last named 
were united as Fusionists running in opposition to the Democrats. 
Total vote cast : 5,805 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
A. J. Moulder, 3, 054 
A. H. Myers, 2,454 
S. W. Brown, 381 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*W. D. Dickinson, 2,969 
*R. D. Crittenden, 2,934 
J. W. Shanklin, 2,833 
H. C. Sloss, 2,781 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*Thomas Robertson �, 2,940 
*D. C. Patten, 2,891 
*David Fairchild, 2,955 
*W. H. Stone, 2,975 
*Asa H. Hawley, 2,921 
*John C. Bell, (died April 15, 1860.) 2,907 
*J. H. Watson 2,926 
*E. Dunlap 2,903 
W. A. Whitaker 2,752 
W. H. Russell 2,825 
W. S. Loftland  2,813 

	�Thomas Robertson, of Coloma, died October 2d, 1859, and a special election became 
	necessary to fill the vacancy. 

W. K. Hoyt, 2,716 
Thomas Cruson, 2,760 
M. B. Howard, 2,822 
Stephen Willett, 2.877 
John B. Hardin, 1,812 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
W. J. Burwell, 3,182 
James Burr, 2,623 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
W. A. January 3,174 
J. H. Vanderbilt 2,546 

	FOR TREASURER. 
J. J. Lawyer 2,845 
Robert Bell 2,936 

	FOR RECORDER, 
George Duden 3,104
A. J. Lowry 2,695 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
S. W. Sanderson 2,931 
John Hume 2,824 

	FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. 
Lewis Foster, 2,904 
J. B. Jackson, 2,842 

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
T. S. Dorsey 2,985 
W. P. Earley 2,790 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
H. S. Herrick, 2,994 
L. H. Overton, 2,766 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
E. W. Welton, 2,884 
George W. Green, 2,931 

	FOR CORONER. 
Joseph Todd, 2,934 
Thomas Dougherty, 2,827 

	FOR COLLECTOR. 
Henry Larkin, 2,877 
James M. Anderson, 2,914 

	SPECIAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 26, 1859. 
For one member of the assembly, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Thomas Robertson, of 
Coloma. 

A. D. Rock, 1,397 
John Conness, 1.964 
A. B. Bates, 180 

	GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1860. 
	(presidential election.) 

The four tickets for Presidential Electors, in El Dorado county, were voted in the following manner : 
Stephen A. Douglas, Independent Democrat.. 2,697 
Abraham Lincoln, Republican 2,119 
John C. Breckenridge, Democrat 1,898 
John Bell, Constitutional Union 332 
Total vote 7,046 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*A. St. Clair Denver 2,557 
*0. Harvey 2,575 
W. H. Pratt 2,110 
William Jones 2,088 
L. Fiske 1,887 
James E. Bowe, 1,897

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*John Conness 2,647 
*J. J. Green 2,558 
*Theron Foster 2,524 
*Chas. W. Coltrin 2,725 
*Alex. Hunter 2,526 
*W. Coleman 2,547 
*S. Hill 2,549 
*Robert Henderson 2,486 
J. H. Corliss 2,190 
O. H. Burnham 1,999 
J. W. Edmondson 2,190 
J. J. Moore 2,185 
S. R. Goddard 1,977 
R. E. Trask 1,943  
L D. Wicks 1,849 
W. H. Willett 2,223 
R. K. Boyd 2,013 
S. P. Moffat 1,884 
J. S. Blackwell 2,043 
G. W. Hunter 2,005 
Chas. B. Pettit 1,888 
Daniel B. Soliss 1,822 
Alexander Irvine 1,899 
C. D. Brooke 1,747 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1861. 
Leland Stanford nominated for Governor on the Republican ticket, received a majority of about 500 
votes over the nominee on the Democratic ticket, John Conness. Total vote cast, 6,078. 

	FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
Henry Edgerton 2,474 
Joseph C. McKibben 2,447 
Joseph R. Gitchell 2,288 
H. P. Barber 1,358 
D. O. Shattuck 1,336 
Frank Ganahl 1,352 
T. G. Phelps 2,478 
A. A. Sargent 2,442 
F. F. Low 2,410 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*Seneca Dean 2,458 
*J. Frasier 2,425 
*J. D. Dennis 2,501 
*H. G. Parker 2,426 
A. D. Rock 1,337 
J . D. Rankin 1,314 
Daniel Searles 1,341 
D. M. Boyd 1,325 
L. F. Compton 2,286 
W. K. Creque 2 ,286
S. D. Salisbury2,373 
R. W. Button 2,285 

	FOR COUNTY JUDGE. 
*James Johnson 2,503 
William Jabine 1,354 
W. E. Sawyer 2,221 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
John Hume 2,572 
S. W. Sanderson 1,315 
J. G. Eastman  2,194

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Alex. Hunter 2,162 
Fred. Baker 1,867 
Sam. Ensminger 2,048 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
Thos. B. Patton 2,482 
Isaac S. Titus 1,283 
G. J. Carpenter 2,326 

	FOR COLLECTOR. 
Robert Bell 2,241 
M. t;. Griffith 1,542 
J. M. Reynolds 2,340 

	FOR RECORDER. 
Stephen Willetts 2,504 
W, L. Thomas 1,337 
H. S. Hulburd 2,264 

	FOR TREASURER. 
J. L. Perkins 2,457 
Wm. Roush 1,283 
Robert Chalmers 2,388 

	FOR ASSESSOR. 
George McDonald 2,462 
G. W. Giffin 1,407 
A. A. Stoddard 2,235 

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
W. E. Gaylord 2,451 
L. Foster 1,348 
S. Winters 2,213 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
Hugh Barker 2,485 
J. L. Deady 1,353 
Jas. Rogers 2,273 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
M. A. Lynde 3,010 
C. B. Pettit (withdrawn) ---
C. H. Parker 2,304 

	FOR CORONER. 
W. Eichelroth 2,478 
John Teuscher 1,366 
G. W. Clark 2,216 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 3D, 1862. 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
*John Swett 3,083 
J. D. Stevenson 1,608 
O. P. Fitzgerald 586 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*0. Harvey 2,979 
*A. H. Saxton 2,969 
D. C. McKenney 2,176 
J. M. Douglass 2,236 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*S. W. Sanderson 3,046 
*Thomas Fitch 2,888 
*J. R. Clark 2,979 
*James Burr 3, 055 
John H. Dennis 2,131 
k L. McDonald 2,131 
S. M. Stilwell 2,162 
B. Rodehan 2,212 

	FOR AND AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. 

	ARTICLE IV. 
Yes 4,317 
No 494 

	ARTICLE V. 
Yes 4,125 
No 601 

	ARTICLE VI.
Yes 4,189 
No 579 

ARTICLE IX. 
Yes 4,201 
No 551 
Total vote cast 5,417 

	General Election, November 8th, J864. 
	(presidential election.) 

Abraham Lincoln, Republican 2,947 
George B. McClellan. Democrat 2,119 
Total vote cast 5,066 

The Presidential electors were the following : 
Samuel Brannan, J. G. McCallum, W. W. Crane, Charles Maclay, Warner Oliver, John Doyle, H. B. 
Barber, W. P. White, Joseph Hamilton, E. J. Lewis. 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
James W. Coffroth 2, 116 
*William B. Higby 2,936 

	FOR SUPERVISOR. 
3d District� Dan. B. Craig. 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1865. 
At this election three different tickets were voted on. Total vote cast, 4,322. 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*James Johnson 1,950 
L. I). Wicks 1,827 
G. J. Carpenter 507 

	FOR ME.MBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 
A. B. Bird 1,917 
Daniel Searles 1,902 
Charles F. Irwin 1,904 
E. L. Crawford 1,850
*J. S. Campbell 2,082 
*J. F. Kidder 2,087 
*E. L. Smith 1,978 
*Ed. F. Taylor 2,050 
Philip Teare 354 
James Burr 372 
A. L. McClung 353 
Nemi Osgood 396 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Maurice G. Griffith 2,114 
A. J. Baber 1,821 
James B. Hume 371 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
D. T. Loofbourrow 1,864 
D. W. Standeford 2,118 
Charles P. Jackson 332 

	FOR RECORDER. 
C. W. Duden 2,010 
H. S. Hulburd 1,952 
W. E. Gaylord 3S6 

	FOR COUNTY TREASURER. 
E. H. Watson 1,889 
J. S. Moore 1,798 
J. L. Perkins 627 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
George E, Williams 2,033 
J. G. McCallum 2,027 
John Bush 262 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR 
H. K. Stowe 2,011 
J. A. Bacon 2,037 
W. W. Harvey 384 

	FOR CORONER. 
C. T. Murphy 1,966 
J. M. Arnold 2,058 

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
W. H. Clark 1,902 
M. L. Robinson i!99S 
W. H. Bodfish 363 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
H. W. Fannen 2,043 
E. B. Conklin 2,092 

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE SECOND DISTRICT. 
J. D. Jackson 836 
L. M. Davis 775 

	ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 5, 1866. 
	for supervisor of the first district. 
John Kirk ---
Thomas Eraser ---

GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1867. 
Governor Henry H. Haight, the nominee of the Democratic party, in El Dorado county received 
1,814 votes; the candidates of the other parties, G. C. Gorham counted 1,746, und Caleb T. Fay 123, 
this gives a total of 3,583. 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
*James W. Coffroth 1,818 
William Higby 1,735 

	FOR STATE SENATORS : 
*George W. Hunter 1,815 
O. H. Burnham 1,721 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY ; 
*Stephen Willets 1,892 
*Hugh B. Newell 1,858 
*A. B. Bird 1,826 
*Charles Gildea 1,802 
Calvin Edgerton 1,634 
Ed. F. Taylor 1,685 
Alfred James 1,619 
A. T. Leachman 1,701 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Maurice G. Griffith 1,907 
A. J. Baber 1,620 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
W. N. Muffley 1,817 
J. M. Anderson 1,735 

	FOR RECORDER. 
W. M. Donahue 1,780 
Bart. Morgan 1,765 

	FOR TREASURER. 
John Theisen 1,753 
Robert Chalmers 1,797 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
G. J. Carpenter 1,807 
N. A. Hamilton 1,703 

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
I. B. Richardson 1,825 
B. F. Davis 1,729 

	FOR CORONER. 
William Bayless 1,843 
J. F. Pinkham 1,712 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
A. D. Park 1,831 
J. A. Bacon 1,725 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
W. H. Hill 1,864 
C. W. Childs 1,685 

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF 3D DISTRICT. 
	D. W. Carey. 

JUDICIAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 16TH, 1867. 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
*0. P. Fitzgerald 1,450 
John Swett 1,337 

	FOR COUNTY JUDGE. 
*Charles F. Irwin 1,541 
Ogden Squires 1,225 

	GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 30. 1868. 
	(presidential election.) 
The Presidential Electors on the Republican ticket with Ulysses S. Grant, as candidate, were : 
Charles Westmoreland, 
Alfred Redington, 
D. A. Hoffmann, 
O. H. Lagrange, 
John B. Felton;  the vote of the county 1,676. 

	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
George Pearce, 
A. B. Dibble, 
W. T. Wallace, 
E. J. C. Kewen, 
Thomas Henley ; they counted 1,683 votes m the county. Total vote of the county 3,360. 

	FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
*J. W. Coffroth 1,706 
A. A. Sargent 1,654 

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE 2D DISTRICT. 
*C. D. Broocke 688 
A. R. McFarland 531

GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1869.

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
*Henry Larkin 1,506
H. F. Page 1,291

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*J. H. Miller 1,530 
*J. D. McMurry 1,540 
*C. Gildea 1,485 
*H. B. Newell 1,487 
W. P. Vernon 1,283 
W. E. Spencer 1,292
S. Senter 1,319
E. F. Taylor 1,242 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
J. B. Hume 1,531
Robert Chalmers 1,262 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
W.N. Muffley 1,477 
H. J. McKussick 1,361 

FOR TREASURER. 
A. T. Gray 1,438 
J. L. Perkins 1,361

FOR ATTORNEY. 
G. H. Ingham 1,484 
Phil. Teare 1,307 

FOR ASSESSOR. 
T. W. Breeze 1,437 
G. Goodmam 1,365 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
Whit. H. Hill 1,481 
C. C. Pierce 1,323 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
G. W. Phillips 1,491 
F. A. Bishop 1,313 

	FOR CORONER. 
A. A. Howard 1,470
Dr. Smith 1,327 

	FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
Seneca Davis 1,438
C. E. Merrill 1,348

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE IST DISTRICT. 
S. A. Brown 523
Thomas Eraser 543


	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1871. 
On the State ticket the Democratic party counted a few more votes than the Republican ; Newton 
Booth, the candidate elected for Governor, received 1,532, while Henry H. Haight, the candidate for re- 
election had gained 1,553. Total vote cast was 3,093. 

	FOR CONGRESS 2D DISTRICT. 
James W. Coffroth 1,566 
*A. A. Sargent 1,489 

	FOR STATE SENATORS. 
J. T. Lawyer 1,516 
*H. J. McKussick 1,551 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
Samuel Flemming 1,480 
L. L. Ramsey 1 ,464 
*A. J. Bayley 1,554 
Benj. Shivers 1,533 
*Samuel H. Center 1,576 
J. W. B. Dixon 1,480 
*William Barklage 1,539 
*Robert Chalmers 1,582 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Jas. B. Hume 1,414 
W. H. Brown 1,635

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
J. B. Richardson 1,507 
R. O. Turnbull 1,566 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
G. J. Carpenter 1,575 
G. G. Blanchard 1,463 

FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. 
Thomas W. Breeze 1,572 
Jasper Jurgens 1,485

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
Whit. H. Hill 1,575 
George F. Mack 1,494 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
William Jabine 1,544 
J. M. Anderson 1,527

	FOR CORONER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
A. A. Howard 1,473 
H. W. Russell 1,572

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE 2d DISTRICT. 
Walter Miles 615 
Benj. S. Tyler 476 

For Constitutional Amendment 2,126 
Against Constitutional Amendment 69 
For Refunding State Debt 2,071 
Against Refunding State Debt 80 

	JUDICIAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 18TH, 1871. 

	FOR COUNTY JUDGE. 
*Chas F. Irwin 1,439 
John Bush 848 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 
O. p. Fitzgerald 1,049 
H. N. Bolander 1,264 
Total vote cast 2,302 

	GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1872. 

	(see chart: General Election 1872)

	FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 2d DISTRICT. 
*H. F. Paige 1,103 
Paschal Coggins 1,375 

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF THE 1ST DISTRICT. 
S. Crocker 472 
H. B. Newell 514 
Total vote cast 2,566 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 3d, 1873. 

	FOR STATE SENAT0RS. 
*Thomas Eraser 947 
William Jones 677 
Charles Gildea 939 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
W. E. Spencer 817 
W. E, Riebsam 655 
W. P. Vernon 779 
W. T. Gibbs 816 
*G. W. Simpers 1,214 
*George H. Ingham 1,074 
*George E. Williams 1,236 
Nathan Gilmore 1,061 
J. W. D. Phillips 684 
F. M. Dickerhoff 691 
T. Z. Armstrong 592 
.M. A. Hunter 588 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
W. H. Brown 1,183 
J. D. Skinner 1,243 
J. D. Woodworth 144 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
R. O. Turnbull 952 
W. H. Hill 1,058 
Bart. Morgan 563 

	FOR ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. 
H. W. Russell 885 
T. A. Gait 1,048 
W. E. Gaylord 621 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
Phil. Teare 907 
G. J. Carpenter 1,426 

	FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. 
C. E. Dascomb 1,045 
J. P. Munson 1,317 

	FOR CORONER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
W. B. House 855 
F. Collins 1,148 
J. O. Forbes 573 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
J. M. Anderson 892 
William Jabine 1,127 
Robert Patton 544 

	FOR SUPERVISOR OF 3D DISTRICT. 
I. P. Jackson 229 
G. W. Parsons 321 
N. Wentworth 113 
	Total vote cast 2,665 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1875. 
The Democratic State ticket headed by William Irwin, for Governor, in this county received about as 
many votes as both the other tickets together. viz : 

*William Irwin 1,238 
T. G. Phelps 740 
John Bidwell 5S6 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE 2D DISTRICT. 
Henry Larkin 1,231 
*H. F. Page 937 
C. A. Tuttle 371 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*G. J. Carpenter 1,260 
Wm. Jones 1,210 
*S. A. Nott 1,230 
J. A. Thompson 1,213 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
John D. Skinner 1,219
John Theisen 1,309

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
Adam Simonton 1,186
George Burnham 1,315

	FOR ASSESSOR. 
Walter Miles 1,248 
R. Doncaster 1,255 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
Geo. H. Ingham 1,243 
Geo. M. Holten 1,238 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
John P. Munson 1,823 
C. E. A. Dascomb 702  

	FOR CORONER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. 
Frederick Collins 1,130 
F. W. Glynn 701 
H. M. Collins 683 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
Wm. Jabine 1,242 
J. M. Anderson 1,292 

	FOR SUPERVISORS. 

	(see chart: Supervisors 1875)

	SPECIAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 20TH, 1875. 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS. 
*Ezra Carr 917
O. P. Fitzgerald 1,122 

GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7TH, 1876. 

	(PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.) 
Samuel Tilton 1,414 
*Rutherford Hayes 1,331 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
G. J. Carpenter 1,362 
*H. F. Page 1,357 

	FOR STATE SENATOR. 
*W. H. Brown 1,416 
D. M. Kenfield 1,330 
	Total vote cast 2,746 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 5th, 1877. 

	FOR STATE SENATOR. 
Maurice G. Griffith 1,282 
*W. H. Brown 1,483 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*S. A. Nott 1,498 
*J. H. Miller 1,425 
A. C. Folger 1,272 
Wm. Jones 1,315 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
Henry Larkin 1,314 
John Theisen 1,450 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
George W. Simpers 1,310 
George Burnham 1,456 

	FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. 
Thomas A. Galt 1,408 
G W. Fountain 1,352 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
George H. Ingham 1,557 
W. W. Likens 384 
Thomas Davidson 733 

	FOR CORONER. 
Thomas F. Lewis 1,387 
W. M. Collins 1,358 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
John P. Munson 1,448 
C. H. Cromwell 1,313 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
E. A. Smith 1,402 
J. M. Anderson 1,356 

	FOR AUDITOR OF 2D DISTRICT. 
Walter Miles 647 
C. G. Carpenter 367 
For the Constitutional Convention 406 
Against the Constitutional Convention 641 
	Total vote cast 2,777 

	SPECIAL ELECTION, JUNE 19TH, 1878. 

	FOR DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 
*J. E. Dean 
*G. W. Hunter 
*Henry Larkin 

SPECIAL ELECTION, MAY 7TH, 1879. 
For the new Constitution 1,056 
Against the new Constitution 1,348 
	Total votes 2,404 

	GENERAL ELECTION, SEPTEMBER 3D, 1879. 

At this election four different tickets were voted on the State ticket: George C. Perkins, the candidate 
elect for Governor had received in El Dorado county, 1,163; Wm. F. White, 402 and Hugh J. Glenn, 1,126 
votes; a total of 2,691. 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
*H. F. Page 1,157 
W. P. Williams 339 
T. J. Clunie 1,058 

	FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER 1ST DISTRICT. 
*J. S. Cone 927 
G. J . Carpenter 514 
Henry Larkin 1,256 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS. 
*F. M. Campbell 1,134 
H. G. Gesford 816 
A. L. Mann 361 
S. N. Buck 395 

	FOR STATE SENATOR. 
*W. H. Brown 1,314 
J. G. O'Brien 694 
S. A. Nott 688 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*Thomas Fraser 1,235 
M. A. Hunter 687 
Charles T. Foster. 774 
*Cyrus Coleman 1,104 
J. W. D. Phillips 840 
Jacob Urey 739 

	FOR COUNTY CLERK. 
*E. W. Witmer 1,268 
W. A. Bucknam 653 
Julius D. Jackson 773 

	FOR SHERIFF. 
George Burnham 1,163 
Chas. T. Roussin 706 
John Cartheche 827 

	FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
G. W. Gallaner 812 
James E. Dean 909 
Geo. H. Ingham 973 

	FOR ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. 
Wm. Rush 777 
Walter Miles 741 
Thomas A. Gait 1,187 

	FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. 
G. W. Kimbell 1,146 
E. A. Smith 967 

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
C. E. Markham 1,393 
J. P. Munson 1,300 

	FOR CORONER. 
F. Banta 1,037 
B. Hammel 695 
J. J Lawyer 969 
	Total vote caste 2,696 

	GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER ZD, 1880. 
	(presidential election.) 
The candidates of the three tickets got the following votes in the county. 

Garfield, (Rep) 1,417 
Hancock, (Dem) 1,520 
Weaver, (Greenback) 24 
	Total vote 2,961 

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS 
*H. F. Page 1,394 
J. R. Glasscock 1,525
B. K. Low 12 

	FOR MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. 
*Thomas Fraser 1,539
*Cyrus Coleman 1,498
David Fairchild 1,397
J. H. Miller 1,436

	FOR SUPERVISORS. 
1st District � Thos. Hardie 588 
	C. R Young 537 
2d District � Geo. H. Gilbert 384 
	Seth Loveless 631
3d District � A. A. Bayley 433
	Geo. W. Parsons 356

GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 7TH, 1882

	FOR GOVERNOR. 
M. M. Estee 1,171
*Geo. Stoneman 1,517
R. H. McDonald 67
T. J. McQuiddy 17

	FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS. 
S. D. Waterman 1,213 
*W. T. Welcher 1,487 
R. A. Grant 42 
E. J. Shellhouse 19 

	FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, FIRST DISTRICT. 
C. F. Reed 1,207 
*G. J. Carpenter 1,462 
Howard Andrews 40 
G. T. Elliot 16 

	FOR REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE, (CONGRESS). 
W. W. Morrow 1,234 
Henry Edgerton 1,215 
*C. A. Sumner 1,489 
* J. R. Glasscock 1,492 
A. B. Hotchkiss 41 
Warren Chase 48
S. Maybell 18
J. Yarnell 41

	FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
H. F. Page 1,183
James H. Budd 1,510
J. L. Coles 39
F. Woodward 7

	FOR STATE SENATOR. 
( Joint El Dorado and Alpine). 
J. H. Miller 1,338 
Thomas Frazer 1,397 

	FOR MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY. 
(Joint El Dorado and Alpine). 
Rowland 1,414 
A. J. Bayley 1,345 

	FOR MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY. 
*Irwin 1,576
Knapp 1,167

Of later years election polls have been kept at the following places: Myers Station, Lake House, 
Volcanoville, Georgetown, Onion valley, Garden valley, Mosquito, Kelsey, Placerville, Sportsman's Hall, 
Moore's Station, Smith's Flat, Dick's Station, Diamond Springs, Pleasant valley, Newtown, Sly Park, 
Hank's Exchange, El Dorado, Shingle Springs, Nashville, Latrohe, Grizzly Flat, Fairplay, Indian Diggings, 
Clarksville, Wing's Store, Gold Hill, Coloma, Greenwood, Centerville, Salmon Falls and Negro Hill.