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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

VOTE BY COUNTIES FOR AND AGAINST STATEHOOD AT THE ELECTION

HELD MARCH 5, 1860

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	For	Against			For	Against
Counties	State Gov.	State Gov.		Counties	State Gov.	State Gov.
Burt	68	42		Johnson	24	1
Cass	449	146		Lancaster	I 1	10
Cedar	12	46		Nemaha	308	212
Cuming	7	1		Otoe	559	310
Clay	10	24		Pawnee	69	75
Douglas	136	592		Platte	21	45
Dakota	24	198		Richardson	70	224
Dodge	13	42		Sarpy	28	254
Dixon	4	77		Washington	244	42
Gage	25	18			----------	---------
Hall	12	13		Total	2,094	2,372

VOTE ON NEBRASKA CONSTITUTION

	For	Against		1875	For	Against
1866	3,938	3,838		By Counties:
				Adams	729	21
1871				Antelope	235	8
By Counties:				Boone	75	63
Buffalo	1	25		Burt	533	180
Burt	70	278		Buffalo	623	17
Butler	101	56		Butler	560	3
Cass	769	241		Cass	952	971
Cedar	12	156		Clay	786	3
Cheyenne	45	3		Cedar	227	78
Colfax	90	134		Colfax	630	19
Cuming	210	185		Cheyenne	264	6
Dakota	11	297		Cuming	830	12
Dawson	6	21		Dakota	262	35
Dixon	59	152		Keith	30	...
Dodge	253	450		Knox	243	4
Douglas	672	549		Lancaster	2,110	108
Fillmore	42	...		Lincoln	463	16
Gage	196	209		Madison	269	116
Hall	90	91		Merrick	633	19
Jefferson	183	27		Nemaha	913	161
Johnson	226	360		Nuckolls	144	1
L'Eau qui Court.	6	23		Otoe	640	930
Lancaster	1,237	178		Pawnee	525	143
Lincoln	76	201		Pierce	69	47
Madison	35	124		Platte	617	7
Merrick	85	58		Polk	537	30
Nemaha	259	936		Phelps	44	...
Otoe	574	583		Red Willow	98	...
Pawnee	242	369		Richardson	1,991	60
Pierce	...	30		Saline	1,281	34
Platte	13	329		Sarpy	118	294
Polk	...	9		Saunders	1,110	192
Richardson	882	494		Seward	928	36
Saline	304	40		Sherman	60	1
Sarpy	94	367		Stanton	44	96
Saunders	492	145		Thayer	335	10
Seward	356	12		Valley	65	13
Stanton	10	106		Washington	166	602
Washington	208	305		Wayne	59	1
Wayne	22	3		Webster	395	9
York	55	36		York	766	6
Total	7,986	8,627		Total	30,332	5,474

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

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VOTE ON SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF 1871

     Following is the vote by counties as reported by the special board of canvassers appointed by the constitution, namely, the president of the convention, Silas A. Strickland, the secretary of state, William H. James, the state auditor, John Gillespie.

	Vote on Con- titution		Liabilities of Stock- holders		Aid to Corpora- tions		Compulsory Education		Prohibition		Extension of Suffrage
	For	Agst	For	Agst	For	Agst	For	Agst	For	Agst	For	Agst.
Buffalo	1	25	1	25	1	25	...	26	...	26	4	22
Burt	70	278	110	224	110	226	101	232	95	239	38	289
Butler	101	56	120	37	118	39	102	63	109	48	39	118
Cass	769	241	698	312	553	455	462	545	538	470	312	690
Cedar	12	156	26	127	7	146	31	122	6	147	9	144
Cheyenne	45	3	12	36	11	37	38	10	13	35	8	40
Colfax	90	134	97	12	81	143	106	118	91	133	34	190
Cuming	210	185	191	204	190	205	124	270	96	299	55	340
Dakota	11	297	10	298	9	298	13	295	11	297	9	298
Dawson	6	21	...		4	...		...		...	4
Dixon	59	152	75	117	76	118	74	118	62	130	38	153
Dodge	253	450	218	484	221	481	188	514	173	529	118	584
Douglas	672	549	607	1,646	516	1,741	545	1,714	442	1,815	371	1,872
Fillmore	42	...	41	1	39	3	41	1	42	...	34	8
Gage	196	209	181	224	157	242	128	273	174	227	73	328
Hall	90	91	81	67	62	86	74	73	41	106	33	114
Jefferson	183	27	139	49	139	48	146	50	125	71	57	129
Johnson	226	360	222	365	240	348	179	416	217	371	181	406
L'Eau qui Court	6	23	...	29	...	29	6	23	6	23	...	29
Lancaster	1,237	178	1,164	248	987	426	923	497	894	517	543	848
Lincoln	76	201	67	42	59	157	60	155	59	162	42	191
Madison	35	124	79	80	65	94	74	85	45	114	27	132
Merrick	85	58	81	62	76	67	64	79	56	87	37	106
Nemaha	259	936	273	921	248	946	267	926	257	935	173	1,019
Otoe	574	583	510	646	450	705	461	690	464	689	265	885
Pawnee	242	369	183	396	157	420	140	435	193	382	107	468
Pierce	...	30	...	30	...	30	...	30	...	30	14	16
Platte	13	329	24	318	14	328	28	314	13	329	15	127
Polk	...	9	...		...		...		...		...	...
Richardson	882	494	101	551	676	697	596	768	569	795	244	1,130
Saline	304	40	284	60	278	66	264	81	209	135	60	282
Sarpy	94	367	135	263	128	272	108	290	91	308	79	319
Saunders	492	145	451	133	417	174	391	201	386	206	198	383
Seward	356	12	341	22	304	55	293	67	314	46	151	201
Stanton	10	106	12	104	19	97	17	99	12	104	2	114
Washington	208	305	217	296	220	293	194	319	202	311	94	419
Wayne	22	3	18	7	10	15	22	3	17	8	7	18
York	55	36	56	29	48	37	29	56	49	36	27	56
Total	7,986	8,627	7,425	8,580	6,690	9,549	6,289	9,958	6,071	10,160	3,502	12,496
Majority against		641		1,155		2,859		3,669		4,089		8,994

     The above table was copied from the Omaha Weekly Herald of Oct. 17, 1871, Adams, Brown, Clay, Franklin, Greeley, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Nuckolls, Sherman, Valley and Webster counties were included in the list of the offical canvass, but no returns were credited to them. Only one of these counties--Hamilton--sent returns in 1870. In 1872 Clay, Franklin, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Nuckolls, and Webster made returns.

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