Illinois 1824 House of Representatives, Fayette and Montgomery Counties

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Illinois 1824 House of Representatives, Fayette and Montgomery Counties
Date:: 1824
State:: Illinois
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John A. Wakefield, Robert K. MacLaughlin, John Warnock

Candidates:	John A. Wakefield [1]	Robert K. MacLaughlin	John Warnock
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]	202	198	1
District of Fayette and Montgomery	202	198	1
Fayette County	117	125	-
Town of Vandalia	90	109	-
Town of Wakefield	27	16	-
Montgomery County	85	73	1
Town of Hillsborough	71	23	-
Town of Hurricane	14	50	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Robert K. McLaughlin presented to the house a written charge that John A. Wakefield owed his election to corruption. The charge was laid on the table wehen received, December 11; December 13 the house refused to take up the matter; the next day it was taken up, and McLaughlin given leave to withdraw the papers.

References:

Journal of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1824. 82, 87, 94.

The Illinois Intelligencer (Vandalia, IL). August 6, 1824.

Pease, Theodore Calvin. Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848. Springfield, IL: The Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1923. 212.

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