Brown County Kansas History p. 60-70

NAME

The following is a list of the names of those who have represented Brown county in the territorial and state legislature, with votes of opposing candidates and members of council; District comprising Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall, Riley and Pottowattomie and all that section of the state west of those counties (being more than one-fourth of all the state, in point of area,) entitled to two members:

Date of Election	Name of Candidate.	No. of votes
Oct. 5, 1857	B. Harding F.S. of Wathena	1255
	A.J. Mead F.S. of Manhatten	1255
	Frank J. Marshall Dem.	875
	Henry S. Creal Dem.	875
Nov. 8, 1859. District composed of Brown, Nemaha, Pottwowatamie, Marshall and Washington, entitled to one member.
	Luther R. Palmer F.S.	476
	Geo. Graham F.S.	187
	W.W. Guthrie F.S.	201
	Chas. R. Deming Dem.	182
Dec. 6, 1859. Election held under the Wyandotte constitution, Atchison and Brown comprising the district; entitled to two Senators.
	John A. Martin Rep.	910
	H.R. Dutton Rep.	925
	Samuel W. Wade Dem.	620
	G.O. Chase Dem.	676
Nov. 5, 1861. Election to fill vacancies, John A. Martin having been appointed postmaster and H.R. Dutton elected State Treasurer.
	W.B. Barnett Rep.	1284
	John J. Ingalls Rep.	814
	Geo. W. Bowman Rep.	705
Nov. 4. 1862. Brown and Nemaha comprising the district.
	Byron Sperry Rep.	632
Nov. 8, 1866.	Samuel A. Speer Rep.	475
	James A. Pope Rep.	251
Nov. 6, 1866.	George Graham Rep.	757
	J.E. Smith Dem.	224
Nov. 3, 1868.	Albert G. Speer Rep.	1188
	J. Martin Dem.	489
Nov. 8, 1870.	Jos. Cracraft Ind. Rep.	988
	W.B. Slosson Rep.	901
Nov. 5, 1872.	E.N. Morrill Rep.	2196
	J.S. Tyler Lib. Rep.	752
Nov. 3, 1874.	J.M. Miller Rep.	1485
	Jos. Cracraft Reform	1219

Date of Election	Name of Candidate.	No. of votes
Oct. 5, 1857. Members of House of Representatives. Brown and Nemaha entitled to one member.
	E.N. Morrill F.S.	283
	E.M. Hubbard Dem.	102
Oct. 4, 1858.	Geo. Graham Rep.	129
	H.H. Patterson Dem.	73
	H. Sutherland Rep.	28
Nov. 8, 1859. Brown county being entitled to one member.
	H.R. Dutton Rep.	232
	A.B. Anderson Rep.	60
Dec. 6, 1859. Election under the Wyandotte Constitution. Atchison and Brown being one District entitled to six members. The vote of Atchison county was not returned to the Secretary of State. Ira H. Smith and Geo. E. Irwin were the candidates from Brown county, the former receiving in this county 175 votes, the latter 168 votes. Atchison county also gave Mr. Smith a majority and he was consequently elected.
Nov. 6, 1860	W.W. Guthrie Rep.	261
	Ira J. Lacock Dem.	161
Nov. 5, 1861. Atchison and Brown same district.
	O.H. McCauley Rep.	888
	M.C. Willis Dem.	435
Nov. 4, 1862. Brown county being a single district.
	Ira J. Lacock Rep.	93
	D.K. Babbit Rep.	6

Nov. 6, 1863. Brown county being entitled to two members.
	11th Dist.	H.R. Dutton Rep. Lewis C. Dunn Rep.	115 62
	12th Dist.	Geo. E. Irwin Rep. M. L. Sawin Rep.	173 45
Nov. 8, 1864	11th Dist.	N.P. Rawlings Rep. R.B. Ransom Rep.	119 93
	12th Dist.	D. Sutherland Rep. J.S. Tyler Rep.	87 61
Nov. 2, 1865	11th Dist.	Ira J. Lacock Rep.	143
	12th Dist.	C.E. Parker Rep. J.M. Meredith Dem.	110 44
Nov. 6, 1866.	11th Dist.	M.C. Willis, Rep. J.W. Oberholtzer, Rep.	192 114
	12th Dist.	C.E. Parker, Rep. Robt. Rhea, Dem.	158 9

Date of Election		Name of Candidate.	No. of votes
Nov. 5, 1867
	11th Dist.	E. Bierer, Rep. Ira J. Lacock, Rep.	217 133
	12th Dist.	John Downs, Rep. J.S. Tyler Rep.	185 29
Nov. 3, 1868
	11th Dist.	M.B. Bowers, Rep. Sam'l Smouse, Dem.	428 130
	12th Dist.	Geo. E. Erwin, Rep. John S. Tyler, Rep. John Meredith, Dem.	130 119 42

Nov. 2, 1869
	11th Dist.	J.F. Babbit, Rep. E. Bierer, Dem.	317 113
	12th Dist.	A. Curtis Rep. D.L. Anderson Rep.	102 56
Nov. 8, 1870
	11th Dist.	J. F. Babbit, Rep. A.G. Speer, Rep. Chas. Knabb Dem.	225 132 201
	12th Dist.	C.E. Parker Rep. G.E. Irwin Rep.	196 6
Nov. 7, 1871. Brown county entitled to one member.
		C.F. Bowron Rep. H.A. Parsons Dem.	747 315
Nov. 5, 1872.
		C.F. Bowron Rep. B.F. Killey Lib. Rep.	1122 351
Nov. 4, 1873
		Jos. D. Hardy Ref. Rep. John G. Spenser Rep.	922 467
Nov. 3, 1874
		M.C. Willis Rep. Jos. D. Hardy Ref. Rep.	669 641
Nov. __, 1875
		J.P. Davis Rep. J.P. Mulhollen Dem.	1192 225

The following tables give the names of candidates for county offices with vote cast at each election since 1858:

ELECTION HELD NOV. 8TH., 1859.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Sheriff Registrar of Deeds County Treasurer Probate Judge County Clerk Prosecuting Attorney County Surveyor Co. Supt. of Pub. Inst. Coroner	John H. Schenck A.M. Gifford Henry Woodward David Peebles Geo. J. Englehart Sam. W. Wade Benj. F. Killey Henry Graves Joel G. Kelsey Ira H. Smith James H. Stanley Andrew J. Selleg	237 21 186 113 169 120 281 287 238 137 261 261

ELECTION HELD DEC. 6TH, 1859.
(Under Wyandotte Constitution.)

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Probate Judge District Clerk Co. Supt. Pub. Inst.	E. Plankington H.L. Dean Joel G. Kelsey Joseph Paschal M.C. Willis	346 176 154 261 93

ELECTION HELD MAR. 26TH, 1860.

Name of Office		Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commiss'r, County Assessor	1st Dist. 2d " 3d "	W.B. Barnett L.C. Dunn I.B. Hoover Noah Hanson W.H. Piatt James Round E.A. Spooner Joseph Paschal L.C. Dunn John Maxwell	165 48 158 49 17 202 115 60 13 27

ELECTION HELD NOV. 6TH., 1860.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commissioner County Assessor Co. Supt. of Schools County Clerk County Attorney Coroner	James Round William Vassar Lewis C. Dunn M.C. Willis W.S. McLaughlin W.C. Foster E.A. Spooner H.C. Gregg G.G. Rice T. Kemper E.L. Pound J.W. Oberholtzer E.W. Plankington W.G. Sargent Sam. W. Wade	249 261 285 165 133 163 278 143 265 150 260 159 264 154 142

ELECTION HELD NOV. __TH., 1861.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commissioner Sheriff Probate Judge County Treasurer County Clerk Registrar of Deeds County Assessor County Surveyor Supt. of Common Schools Coroner	Noah Hanson James Round Thos. Ellis I.B. Hoover W.W. Guthrie Amasa Owen Geo. J. Englehart Sam. Speer E.L. Pound David Peebles W.J. Hart G.G. Rice E.H. Niles G.G. Rice Orville Root	268 262 266 265 241 16 200 72 269 250 169 95 266 254 264

ELECTION HELD NOV. 4TH., 1862.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
District Clerk Probate Judge Co. Supt. Public Inst.	Joel G. Kelsey Geo. G. Rice B.F. Killey Geo. G. Rice	222 164 95 249

ELECTION HELD NOV. 3RD., 1863.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Treasurer County Clerk Sheriff Registrar of Deeds County Assessor County Surveyor Coroner County Commissioner	E.L. Pound E.A. Spooner H.M. Robinson Chas. Fox J.W. Oberholtzer D.K. Babbit __ Sawyer Elbridge Chase Wm. H. Jones R.H. Bollinger M.C. Willis Isaiah P. Winslow Isaiah Travis R.H. Bollinger	299 298 267 7 301 268 3 302 265 2 218 278 300 78

ELECTION HELD NOV. 8TH., 1864.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
District Clerk Probate Judge County Attorney Co. Supt. Public Inst.	Joel G. Kelsey E.A. Spooner B.F. Killey Noah Hanson	237 313 292 310

ELECTION HELD NOV. 8TH., 1859.

Name of Office		Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commis'r,	1st Dist 2d " 3d Dist	116 214 71 263 148 178
County Treasureer County Clerk Sheriff Registrar of Deeds County Assessor County Surveyor Coroner		W.B. Barnett Harvey Seburn Joel G. Kelsey C.F. Bowron H.M. Robinson J.W. Oberholtzer A.D. Westerfield A.J. Owen E.H. Niles Geo. W. Parker	191 157 309 3 134 353 340 19 340 346

ELECTION HELD NOV. 6TH., 1866.

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
District Clerk Co. Supt. Public Inst. Probate Judge County Attorney	E.N. Morrill Noah Hanson E.A. Spooner B.F. Killey E. Bierer D.K. Babbit	437 457 473 226 76 21

ELECTION HELD NOV. 8TH., 1859.

Name of Office

Name of Candidate

No. of votes

County Treasurer
County Clerk
Sheriff

Registrar of Deeds

County Assessor

County Surveyor

County Commis'r,

1st Dist.

2d "
3d "

W.B. Barnett
E.N. Morrill
I.N. Seaman
Eli Moser
J.K. Klinefelter
J.W. Oberholtzer
J.K. Bunn
D.K. Babbit
J.O. Shannon
E.H. Niles
M.B. Bowers
John Walters
Jacob J. Weltmer
S.W. Wade
Theodore Schecker
J.K. Dickinson

603
558
267
309
196
384
227
366
233
335
220
337
552
129
122
299

Vote in Brown County cast for the different county offices on Nov. 3d, 1868. Whole number of votes cast 873

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Clerk of Dist. Court Supt. of Pub. Inst. County Attorney Probate Judge	E.N. Morrill David Glenn Noah Hanson H. Hall B.F. Killey J.J. Miles D.K. Babbit Joseph Hall	684 178 667 193 667 179 674 181

Vote for 1869. Whole number of votes cast 645

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commissioner County Treasurer County Clerk Registrar of Deeds Sheriff County Surveyor Coroner	C.F. Bowron John S. Tyler Martin C. Willis D.J. Parks A. McLaughlin H.M. Robinson E.N. Morrill D. Downer E.A. Spooner J.W. Oberholtzer J.K. Klinefelter J.E. Bowers I.N. Seaman J.K. Klinefelter B.B. Munn J.A. Wilson N. Cardray Geo. E. Selleg S.W. Aldrich S. Wilkinson A. Kimball	598 569 470 128 403 225 477 90 11 339 228 172 116 103 88 60 49 31 614 581 13

Vote for Nov. 8, 1870. Whole number of votes cast 817

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Clerk of District Court County Attorney Probate Judge Supt. of Pub. Inst.	H.J. Aten S.E. Erwin A.R. May F.M. Keith D.K. Babbit R.C. Chase	566 215 540 231 732 755

Vote for Nov. 7, 1871. Whole number of votes cast 1109

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
County Commissioner County Treasurer County Clerk Sheriff Registrar of Deeds County Surveyor Coroner	B.F. Partch M.B. Bowers A.M. Hough H.S. Lytle T. Schecker Wm. Hewitt A. McLaughlin A. Schilling E.N. Morrill E. Bierer B.F. McCoy G.B. Jones A.R. Platt J.A. Pope S.E. Erwin C.B. Ellis S. Wilkinson S. Smouse	652 685 748 323 374 353 794 261 766 276 657 372 554 441 748 307 756 287

Vote for Nov. 5, 1872. Whole number of votes cast 1525

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Clerk of Dist. Court County Attorney Probate Judge County Commissioner Supt. of Pub. Inst.	Henry Anderson J.F. Roehm Ira J. Lacock Henry A. Parsons D.K. Babbit G. Amann H.F. Macy Adam Schilling R.C. Chase O. Fountain	1114 400 1075 387 1105 383 1124 384 1125 348

Vote for Nov. 4, 1873. Whole number of votes cast 1406

Name of Office

Name of Candidate

No. of votes

County Treasurer
County Clerk

Registrar of Deeds

Sheriff

County Surveyor

Coroner

Co. Commis'r

1st Dist.

2d "

3d "

Harvey Seburn
H.F. Macy
Henry Isely
Jacob Reasoner
F.D. Howlette
A.R. Platt
Albert Rokes
B.F. McCoy
C.H. Orth
S.E. Erwin
L.P. Hazen
H. Honnell
J.M. Castle
C.A. Saylor
L.P. Winslow
A. Walters
O. Fountain
Jno. McCrerey
C.L. Carroll

953
438
847
548
880
508
716
480
194
877
518
888
503
286
135
275
220
315
146

Vote for Nov. 3, 1874. Whole number of votes cast 1373

Name of Office	Name of Candidate	No. of votes
Clerk of Dist. Court County Attorney Supt. of Pub. Inst. Probate Judge	J.W. Oberholtzer David L. Burger F.M. Keith Jas. Falloon R.C. Chase D.C. Nutting T.B. Dickason N.P. Rawlings	782 571 736 609 779 566 760 594

Vote for Nov. 2, 1875. Whole number of votes cast 1482

Name of Office

Name of Candidate

No. of votes

County Treasurer

County Clerk

Registrar of Deeds

Sheriff

County Surveyor

Coroner

County Commis'r

1st Dist.

2d "

3d "

James B. Allison
Harvey Seburn
Jacob Reasoner
Henry Isely
E.D. Benner
Jacob F. Roehm
C.H. Lawrence
Albert Rokes
P.C. McGilvary
A.J. Comstock
H.P. Kinney
J.O. Shannon
Wm. Shirley
W.A. Turner
C.F. Bowron
S. Sherman
Alfred Walters
R. McCartney
C.L. Carroll
Theo. Schecker

675
796
630
839
733
699
700
523
231
2
829
597
888
528
280
183
463
29
313
164

COUNTY LINES.

The Legislature of 1868 changed the county lines by transferring townships five, ranges fifteen and sixteen from Brown to Jackson county. This is the only change that has ever been made in the boundaries, and leaves the county just twenty-four miles square.

Transcribed from History and Statistics of Brown County, Kansas, comp. by E. N. Morrill, Hiawatha, Kan., Kansas herald book, news, and job office, July 4, 1876.

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