CHAPTER 378
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
J. CALEB BOGGS
GOVERNOR OF THE SAID STATE
To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, An election was held in the State of Delaware, on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, that being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and Laws of the State of Delaware, in that behalf, for the purpose of choosing by ballot three Electors for the election of a PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;
AND WHEREAS, The official certificates or returns, of the said election, held in the several counties of the said State, having been duly received and examined by the Governor, it appears from them that the votes in said counties respectively for such Electors, were cast as follows, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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Louis S. Cohen
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71,133
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Walton H. Simpson
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71,133
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Hazel] M. Smith
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71,133
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Alexis I. duP. Bayard
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56,405
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Robert Reed
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56,405
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James M. Tunnell, Jr.
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56,405
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Samuel G. Camperson, Jr.
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206
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Jennie M. Dougherty
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206
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Herbert B. Wood
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206
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Martha Grabowski
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69
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Helen E. Jerominski
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69
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Walter J. Jerominski
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69
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KENT COUNTY
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Louis S. Cohen
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10,303
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Walton H. Simpson
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10,303
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Haze11 M. Smith
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10,303
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Alexis I. duP. Bayard
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9,319
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Robert Reed
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9,319
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James M. Tunnell, Jr.
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9,319
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Samuel G. Camperson, Jr.
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99
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Jennie M. Dougherty
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99
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Herbert B. Wood
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99
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Martha Grabowski
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24
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Helen E. Jerominski
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24
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Walter J. Jerominski
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24
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SUSSEX COUNTY
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Louis Cohen
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16,621
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Walton H. Simpson
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16,621
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Hazell M. Smith
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16,621
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Alexis I. duP. Bayard
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13,697
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Robert Reed
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13,697
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James M. Tunnell, Jr.
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13,697
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Samuel G. Camperson, Jr.
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95
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Jennie M. Dougherty
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95
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Herbert B. Wood
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95
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Martha Grabowski
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17
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Helen E. Jerominski
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17
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Walter J. Jerominski
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17
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AND WHEREAS, The said returns of the election as aforesaid, duly made out, signed and executed, having been duly delivered to the Governor by the Superior Court of said counties, and the Governor having examined said returns as aforesaid, and enumerated and ascertained the number of votes for each and every candidate or person voted for, for such Electors, the result appears as follows, to wit:
Whole number of votes for
Louis Cohen 98,057
Whole number of votes for
Walton H. Simpson 98,057
Whole number of votes for
Hazell M. Smith 98,057
Whole number of votes for
Alexis I. duP. Bayard 79,421
Whole number of votes for
Robert Reed 79,421
Whole number of votes for
James M. Tunnell, Jr. 79,421
Whole number of votes for
Samuel G. Camperson, Jr. 400
Whole number of votes for
Jennie M. Dougherty 400
Whole number of votes for
Herbert B. Wood 400
Whole number of votes for
Martha Grabowski 110
Whole number of votes for
Helen E. Jerominski 110
Whole number of votes for
Walter J. Jerominski 110
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that Louis Cohen, Walton H. Simpson and Hazell M. Smith have received the highest vote at the election aforesaid, and therefore have been and are duly and legally elected Electors for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and the Great Seal of the said State, at Dover, the Fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and eighty-first.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS
By the Governor:
JOHN N. McDOWELL, Secretary of State