Missouri 1820 Constitutional Convention, Cooper County

Office:: Constitutional Convention (Territory)
Title:: Convention Delegate
Jurisdiction:: Territory

Label:: Missouri 1820 Constitutional Convention, Cooper County
Date:: 1820
State:: Missouri
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Constitutional Convention/Convention Delegate
Candidates:: Robert P. Clark, William Lillard, Robert Wallace, Richard W. Cummins, Charles Woods, Robert Johnson, Robert Fristoe, Henry Rennick, George Sibley, Peyton Nowlin, William Ross, Julius Emmons

Candidates:	Robert P. Clark [1]	William Lillard [2]	Robert Wallace [3]	Richard W. Cummins	Charles Woods	Robert Johnson	Robert Fristoe	Henry Rennick	George Sibley	Peyton Nowlin	William Ross	Julius Emmons
Affiliation:
Final Result: [4]	557	400	395	359	295	106	97	91	45	31	11	2
Cooper County	557	400	395	359	295	106	97	91	45	31	11	2
Town of Arrow Rock	76	33	57	114	32	1	-	14	-	26	-	-
Town of Lamine	353	145	268	72	204	56	-	40	-	2	-	-
Town of Miami	35	25	5	37	1	-	-	8	-	2	-	-
Town of Moreau	76	82	56	2	58	44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town of Tabeaux	57	115	9	134	-	-	-	29	-	1	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]William Lillard and Robert Wallace were slave-owners, the one a native of Virginia, the other of Kentucky. The third delegate, Robert P. Clark, was a native of Virginia.

References:

Missouri Intelligencer (Franklin, MO). May 13, 1820.

Levens, Henry C. and Nathaniel M. Drake. History of Cooper County, Missouri. Saint Louis: Perrin and Smith, 1876. 75.

Shoemaker, F. C. Missouri's Struggle for Statehood, 1804-1821. New York: Russell and Russell, 1916. 117.

History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri. Saint Louis: National Historical Company, 1883. 739.

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