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pages 88 - 90 (abbreviated)

Abstract of Votes Cast at General Election (1884)

At the general election held in the State of Nebraska on the fourth day of November, A. D. 1884, for the Govenor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Commissioner Public Lands and Buildings, Superintendent Public Instruction, Congressmen, and "For" and "Against" the Amendments to the Constitution relating to the "Executive and Legislative Departments".

Govenor		Total Votes - statewide
	J. W. Dawes	72835
	J. S. Morton	57634
	J. G. Miller	3075
	Scattering	11
Lieutenant-Governor
	H. H. Shedd	77947
	L. C. Pace	55953
	Scattering	8
Secretary of State
	E. P. Roggen	74857
	H. E. Bonesteel	56252
	G. H. Bigelow	3000
	Scattering	30
Treasurer
	C. H. Willard	74835
	D. W. Clancey	56340
	Jacob Fulton	2958
	Scattering	35
Auditor Public Accounts
	H. A. Babcock	74008
	Gustav Benecke	57044
	D. D. Norton	2963
	Scattering	24
Attorney-General
	Wm. Leese	74585
	C. S. Montgomery	56351
	S. E. Hostetter	3018
	Scattering	102

NOTE: In the original, vote count is given by county and the tables are on three pages, 88, 89, 90.
Only the statewide total of votes cast for each candidate is reproduced above.

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pages 91- 93 (abbreviated)

Abstract of Votes Cast at General Election

At the general election held in the State of Nebraska on the fourth day of November, A. D. 1884, for the Govenor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Commissioner Public Lands and Buildings, Superintendent Public Instruction, Congressmen, and "For" and "Against" the Amendments to the Constitution relating to the "Executive and Legislative Departments".

Commissioner Public Lands and Buildings		Total Votes - statewide
	Joseph Scott	74582
	Nels G. Alberts	56525
	I. N. Crosby	2957
	Scattering	169
Superintendent Public Instruction
	W. W. W. Jones	75509
	A. N. Dean	55622
	W. D. Cline	2952
	Scattering	11
Congressman, First District
	A. J. Weaver	22644
	Charles H. Brown	21669
	E. J. O'Neill	1024
	Scattering	2
Congressman, Second District
	James Laird	21182
	J. H. Stickel	17650
	B. Crabb	1176
	Scattering	49
Congressman, Third District
	G. W. E. Dorsey	25985
	William Neville	20671
	Albert Fitch	572
	Scattering	17
For Legislative Department		51959
Against Legislative Department		17766
For Executive Department		22297
Against Executive Department		44488

NOTE: In the original, vote count is given by county and the tables are on three pages, 91, 92, 93.
Only the statewide total of votes cast for each candidate is reproduced above.

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