1860 Presidential Election Returns from Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, and Clay Counties, Missouri

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Title: 1860 Presidential Election Returns from Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, and Clay Counties, Missouri
Creator: Edwin Ennis
Lewis M. Applegate
Ephraim D. Murray
James F. Tule
Description: These are the election returns from Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, and Clay Counties in Missouri for the Presidential election held on November 6, 1860. In Caldwell County, Bell received 367 votes; Douglas 263 votes; Breckenridge 186 votes; and Lincoln 43 votes. In Carroll County, Douglas received 752 votes; Bell 552 votes; Breckenridge 276 votes; and Lincoln 3 votes. In Clay County, Bell received 1,045 votes; Douglas 528 votes; Breckenridge 305 votes; and Lincoln “Nairy Vote.” The Chariton County document accounts for votes from each electoral precinct in the county, but does not provide a list of votes for the individual candidates.
Date: November 7, 1860-November 10, 1860
Local Subject: Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
People: Edwin Ennis
Lewis M. Applegate
Ephraim D. Murray
James F. Tule
Stephen A Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Geographic Subject: Carroll County, Missouri
Chariton County, Missouri
Clay County, Missouri
Caldwell County, Missouri
Object Type: Legal Document
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Election Returns, Election Division; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 8, Folder 13, Items 2, 7, 14, 20
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Missouri State Archives at: 600 West Main Street, P.O. Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Phone: (573)751-4717, E-mail: archref@sos.mo.gov Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Missouri State Archives. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Missouri State Archives.