D. Taylor................ 1127
John T. Stuart.............. 991
Achilles Morris............. 945
Peter Cartwright............ 815
Under the plurality rule, these four had been elected. The unsuccessful
candidates were:
A.G. Herndon.............. 806
W. Carpenter............... 774
J. Dawson.................. 717
A. Lincoln................. 657
T.M. Neale................ 571
R. Quinton................. 485
Z. Peter................... 214
E. Robinson................ 169
---- Kirkpatrick........... 44
The returns show that the total vote of the county was about twenty-one
hundred and sixty-eight. Comparing this with the vote cast for Lincoln,
we see that he received nearly one third of the total county vote,
notwithstanding his absence from the canvass, notwithstanding the fact
that his acquaintanceship was limited to the neighborhood of New Salem,
notwithstanding the sharp competition. Indeed, his talent and fitness
for active practical politics were demonstrated beyond question by the
result in his home precinct of New Salem, which, though he ran as a
Whig, gave two hundred and seventy-seven votes for him and only three
against him. Three months later it gave one hundred and eighty-five for
the Jackson and only seventy for the Clay electors, proving Lincoln's
personal popularity.
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