GDG- 1832 Election

[Dennis Lawrence]

Monday, November 5, 1832.
New Salem, IL.
	

Lincoln and William Green serve as clerks of election held at house of 
Samuel Hill in New Salem precinct. Five Jackson electors each receive 185 
votes to 70 for Clay electors. Lincoln votes last, casting his vote for 
Clay. James Rutledge, Bowling Green, and Hugh Armstrong serve as election 
judges.Election Returns.

[Henry Clay received approximately two-fifths of votes at New Salem and in 
Sangamon County. Total county vote is Jackson 1,035 and Clay 810.Theodore 
C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections 
of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State 
Historical Library, 1923), 81.]

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1832 Presidential election
http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1832.html

Lincoln eulogy on Clay

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/clay.htm