1836 Election Documents, Harrison County, Indiana

Description:	Original handwritten election documents of Harrison County, Indiana from 1836. The documents are organized by the county’s existing seven townships of the period – Blue River, Boone, Franklin, Harrison, Heth, Morgan, and Posey. The documents reflect elections that took place in April, August, and November of 1836. Local constables were elected in April. In August, residents voted for one senator, two state representatives, and a county sheriff and coroner. A United States presidential election took place in November, with William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren on the ticket. In addition, elections for local justices of the peace took place in five of the townships at various times during the year. For each election, each township typically provides: 1) a list of the names of people who voted in the election; 2) a tally that lists each candidate with accompanying tally marks that note the number of votes the candidate received; and 3) a return statement signed by local election officials that reiterates and confirms the total votes each candidate received. These three records often appear in separate documents, but could be combined on a single paper. Large voter turnout for major elections often resulted in several pages to accommodate the list of voters’ names, especially in more heavily populated townships.
Origin:	1836
Source:	http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll27/id/344
Collection:	Harrison County Election Documents, 1833-1864
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Geography:	Harrison County, Indiana
Subjects:	elections voting voter turnout local elections Elections—United States--history election returns tallies political candidates presidents--United States--election--1836 United States Congress--elections sheriffs constables justices of the peace legislators congressmen senators

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