1860 Presidential Election Returns from Mercer County, Missouri

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Title: 1860 Presidential Election Returns from Mercer County, Missouri
Creator: R.R. Ballew
Description: This document presents the election returns from Mercer County, Missouri for the Presidential election held on November 6, 1860: Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson received 682 votes; John Bell and Edward Everett received 491 votes; John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane received 169 votes; and Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin received 80 votes. On November 10, R.R. Ballew, Clerk of the Mercer County Court, certified the results.
Date: November 10, 1860
Local Subject: Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
People: R.R. Ballew
Stephen A Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Geographic Subject: Mercer 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 17, Item 13
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