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Poll Book 1916, Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

OFFICAL RETURNS

AT AN ELECTION HELDin ____________________ Precinct of the ________________ Ward,

of the _________________ of ___________________, in Hazel Dell Township

Pottawattamie County, State of Iowa, on the SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 1916,

There were Three-Hundred and Eighty-Six Ballots

Cast for the office of ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AT LARGE, of which

Bernard Murphy

had Ninety Five votes
Of Benton County,      

Ralph Pringle

had Ninety Seven votes
Of Montgomery County,      

E. P. Farr

had Ninety Seven votes
Of Woodbury County,      

Joseph F. Beh

had Ninety Three votes
Of Shelby County,      

J. H. Wyllie

had   votes
Of Keokuk County,      

M. L. Fuller

had   votes
Of Polk County,      

George M. Dowell

had One votes
Of Muscatine County,      

Martine Johnson

had One votes
Of Polk County,      

Kendrick W. Brown

had One votes
Of Story County,      

Charles H. Gordon

had One votes
Of Polk County,      

Laurits C. Borup

had   votes
Of Clinton County,      

Jens A. Raun

had   votes
Of Clinton County,      

There were Three-Hundred and Thiryy-Seven Ballots

Cast for the office of DISTRICT ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, of which

David J. Palmer

had Ninety Five votes
Of the 1st Congressional District,      

Elmer E. Johnston

had Ninety Three votes
Of the 2nd Congressional District,      

N.  W. Beebe

had Ninety Three votes
Of the 3rd Congressional District,      

J. W. Sandusky

had Ninety Three votes
Of the 4th Congressional District,      

David E. Voris

had Ninety Two votes
Of the 5th Congressional District,      

S. W. Needham

had Ninety Four votes
Of the 6th Congressional District,      

Oliver P. Judkins

had Ninety Two votes
Of the 7th Congressional District,      

Charles Emerson

had Ninety votes
Of the 8th Congressional District,      

Ben U. Wood

had Ninety votes
Of the 9th Congressional District,      

Wm. K. Ferguson

had Ninety One votes
Of the 10th Congressional District,      

Joseph Mattes

had Ninety Two votes
Of the 11th Congressional District,      

DISTRICT ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – Continued

Henry M. Eicher

had Eighty Eight votes
Of the 1st Congressional District,      

Dan B. Horne

had Eighty Eight votes
Of the 2nd Congressional District,      

E. B. Porter

had Eighty Eight votes
Of the 3rd Congressional District,      

G. A. Meyer

had Eighty Seven votes
Of the 4th Congressional District,      

Sherman W. DeWolf

had Eighty Seven votes
Of the 5th Congressional District,      

O. P. Myers

had Eighty Six votes
Of the 6th Congressional District,      

J. H. Stubenrauch

had Eighty Nine votes
Of the 7th Congressional District,      

M. H. Wilson

had Eighty Nine votes
Of the 8th Congressional District,      

W. C. Campbell

had Eighty Nine votes
Of the 9th Congressional District,      

John H. Sparboe

had Eighty Seven votes
Of the 10th Congressional District,      

E. L. Crow

had Eighty Seven votes
Of the 11th Congressional District,      

H. L. Madison

had   votes
Of the 1st Congressional District,      

R. J. Lockard

had   votes
Of the 2nd Congressional District,      

R. J. Belt

had   votes
Of the 3rd Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 4th Congressional District,      

H. C. Robins

had   votes
Of the 5th Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 6th Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 7th Congressional District,      

G. W. Bilbo

had   votes
Of the 8th Congressional District,      

E. S. White

had   votes
Of the 9th Congressional District,      

Fred L. Cash

had   votes
Of the 10th Congressional District,      

Joe Metcalf

had   votes
Of the 11th Congressional District,      

A. W. Wilkeert

had One votes
Of the 1st Congressional District,      

A. T. Briles

had One votes
Of the 2nd Congressional District,      

John Mantle

had One votes
Of the 3rd Congressional District,      

John Longstreet

had One votes
Of the 4th Congressional District,      

Frank L. Halonpek

had One votes
Of the 5th Congressional District,      

Charles D. Oakley

had One votes
Of the 6th Congressional District,      

Oscar la Barre

had One votes
Of the 7th Congressional District,      

A. A. Onstatt

had One votes
Of the 8th Congressional District,      

G. E. Chrisman

had One votes
Of the 9th Congressional District,      

H. D. Smith

had One votes
Of the 10th Congressional District,      

M. P. Larsen

had One votes
Of the 11th Congressional District,      

DISTRICT ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – Continued

Edward H. Collins

had One votes
Of the 1st Congressional District,      

Madison L. Christian

had One votes
Of the 2nd Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 3rd Congressional District,      

Charles F. Paine

had One votes
Of the 4th Congressional District,      

Malvin H. Green

had One votes
Of the 5th Congressional District,      

W. L. Anderson

had One votes
Of the 6th Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 7th Congressional District,      

Clinton R. Gordon

had One votes
Of the 8th Congressional District,      

Albert D. Beckhart

had One votes
Of the 9th Congressional District,      

Archie I. Warren

had One votes
Of the 10th Congressional District,      
  had   votes
Of the 11th Congressional District,      

There were One Hundred and Ninety Ballots

cast for the office of GOVERNOR, of which

W. L. Harding

had Eighty Five votes

E. T. Meredith

had One Hundred Two votes

Stephen H. Bashor

had   votes

J. W. Bennett

had Two votes

Oren D. Ellett

had One votes

Arthur S. Dowler

had   votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Six Ballots

cast for the office of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, of which

Ernest R. Moore

had Eighty Nine votes

James J. Doty

had Ninety Four votes

V. L. Belt

had   votes

D. W. Crawford

had Two votes

W. O. Tanreuther

had   votes

J. Jay Hisel

had   votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Three Ballots

cast for the office of SECRETARY OF STATE, of which

William S. Allen

had Ninety Thre votes

Wm. G.Noth

had Eighty Seven votes

D. W. Patterson

had   votes

Herman G. Altenburger

had Two votes

Carl S. Lewis

had One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Three Ballots

cast for the office of AUDITOR OF STATE, of which

Frank S.Shaw

had Ninety Six votes

John B. Keefe

had Eighty Four votes

Jerome Smith

had   votes

T. H. Angell

had Two votes

Morris Bailey

had One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Four Ballots

cast for the office of TREASURER OF STATE, of which

William C. Brown

had Ninety Four votes

Herman P. Hansen

had Eighty Seven votes

J. W. Cooper

had   votes

C. A. Morrow

had Two votes

M. D. Evans

had One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Ballots

cast for the office of ATTORNEY GENERAL, of which

H. M. Havner

had Ninety votes

John T. Clarkson

had Eighty Eight votes

H. A. Brown

had   votes

W. C. Willes

had Two votes

There were One Hundred and Seventy Nine Ballots

cast for the office of RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, of which

John A. Guiher

had Ninety Three votes

John P. Manatrey

had Eighty Two votes

G. S. Nelson

had Three votes

M. Kurtzweil

had One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Four Ballots

cast for the office of CONGRESSMAN, NINTH DISTRICT, of which

William R. Green

had Eighty Eight votes

John C. Pryor

had Ninety Five votes

E. R. Mitchell

had One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Ballots

cast for the office of SENATOR, NINETEENTH DISTRICT, of which

Clem F. Kimball

had One Hundred and Five votes

J. W. Bell

had Seventy Five votes

There were One Hundred and Fifty Two Ballots

cast for the office of REPRESENTATIVE, THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT, of which

Jacob C. Grason

had Eighty Seven votes

Lewis J. Neff

had Ninety Two votes

J. W. Kelly

had Ninety Four votes

O. Mosher, Sr.

had Seventy Nine votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Three Ballots

cast for the office of COUNTY AUDITOR, of which

Chas. H. Grim

had Ninety Six votes

J. D. Hannan

had Eighty Seven votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Five Ballots

cast for the office of COUNTY TREASURER, of which

Harry M.Brown

had Eighty Three votes

Fred Maxfield

had One Hundred Two votes

 There were One Hundred and Eighty Two Ballots

cast for the office of CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT, of which

J. N. Tollinger

had Eighty Four votes

Charles L. Flood

had Ninety Eight votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Four Ballots

cast for the office of SHERIFF, of which

W. A. Groneweg

had One Hundred Three votes

A. M. Lawson

had Eighty One votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Five Ballots

cast for the office of COUNTY RECORDER, of which

L. I. Binkly

had Ninety Nine votes

Frank Zurmuehlen

had Eighty Six votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Ballots

cast for the office of COUNTY ATTORNEY, of which

Charles E. Swanson

had One Hundred Four votes

Thomas S. Donnelly

had Seventy Six votes

There were One Hundred and Eighty Three Ballots

cast for the office of CORONER, of which

L. Henry Cutler

had Ninety One votes

H. P. Benjamin

had Ninety Two votes

There were One Hundred and Sixty Two Ballots

cast for the office of MEMBER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, three year term commencing first Monday in January,1917, of which

F. S. Childs

had One Hundred Four votes

C. P. Wasser

had Eighty Five votes

C. E. Arrick

had Seventy Eight votes

J. H. Shields

had Ninety Five votes

There were One Hundred and Seventy Ballots

cast for the office of MEMBER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, three year term commencing first Monday in January,1918, of which

F. W. Pierce

had Eighty Eight votes

D. A. Coe

had Seventy Two votes

There were One Hundred and Seventy Eight Ballots

cast for the office of JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, of which

R. T. Hanson

had Ninety Four votes

Len Grove

had Eighty Four votes

There were One Hundred and Twenty Seven Ballots

cast for the office of CONSTABLE, of which

C. J. Christoffansen

had One Hundred votes

Hans C. Hennngsen

had Ninety Five votes

G. H. Osborn

had One Hundred Twenty Six votes

D. W. French

had Seventy votes

Lee Hough

had Eighty Five votes

J. McGill

had Fifty One votes

There were One Hundred and Twenty Nine Ballots

cast for the office of TOWNSHIP CLERK, of which

William Nixon

had All Votes votes

There were One Hundred and Seventy Seven Ballots

cast for the office of TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR, of which

H. P. Hanson

had Ninety Nine votes

Hans R. Nelsen

had Seventy Eight votes

There were One Hundred and Thirty Ballots

cast for the office of JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, of which

Horace E. Deemer

had Fifty Eight votes

W. D. Evans

had Forty Two votes

William Theophilus

had Thirty votes

There were Seventy Two Ballots

cast for the office of JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT, of which

W. H. Killpack

had Fifty Four votes

E. B. Woodruff

had Eighteen votes

Upon the Constitutional Amendment submitted upon by the electors at said election, as follows:

“Repeal section seven (7) of article two (2) of the constitution
of Iowa and to adopt in lieu thereof the following, to-wit:

The general election for state, district, county and township
officers in the year 1916 shall be held in the same month and on
the same day as that fixed by the laws of the United States for
the election of presidential electors, or of president and vice-
president of the United States; and thereafter such election shall
be held at such time as the general assembly may by law provide.”

There were One Hundred and Sixty Six ballots cast

Of which eight nine votes

were cast FOR the adoption of said Constitutional Amendment;

and Twenty Seven votes
were cast
AGAINST the adoption of said Constitutional Amendment.

Upon the Public Measure submitted upon by the electors at said election, as follows:

“Shall the Board of Supervisors of Pottawattamie County,
Iowa, be authorized to construct a foot and wagon bridge
extending from such county across the Missouri River bound-
ary of the State of Iowa into the adjoining State of Nebraska
between Pottawattamie County, Iowa and Douglas County,
Nebraska, according to the provisions of sections 424-a to
424-3, both inclusive, of the 1913 Supplement of the Code of
Iowa and to join the State of Nebraska or Douglas County
or other municipal subdivision within such state, in the con-
struction of said bridge, the amount to be expended by Potta-
wattamie County, Iowa, in the construction of such bridge, to
be not to exceed the sum of $2000,000.00.”

There were One Hundred and Seventy Seven ballots cast

Of which Thirty Three votes

were cast FOR the adoption of said Public Measure;

and One Hundred Forty Four  votes
were cast AGAINST the adoption of said Public Measure.

A TRUE RETURN:

Attest:
Ray W. Barnett 
L. Barritt

} Clerks.   Peter Bondo
C. J. Christofferson
R. Parish
} Judges


Transcribed and contributed by and copyright Chris Wilken.