Kentucky 1817 Speaker of the Senate

Office:
Speaker of the Senate (State)
Title:
Speaker of the Senate
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Kentucky 1817 Speaker of the Senate
Date:
1817
State:
Kentucky
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Speaker of the Senate/Speaker of the Senate
Candidates:
Ewing, Francis Johnson
Candidates: Ewing[1]Francis Johnson
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]1811
State Senate1811

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"On Monday last the General Assembly convened at the Capitol in Frankfort. The Senate, after being called to order, proceeded to the election of a Speaker. Gen. Ewing of Logan and Francis Johnson, Esq. of Warren, were the candidates. The votes stood as follows: For General Ewing 18, for Mr. Johnson 11. The former was accordingly declared duly elected." Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). December 6, 1817.

References:

The Western Monitor (Lexington, KY). December 5, 1817.
Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). December 6, 1817.

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handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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