CHAPTER 349 - STATE OF DELAWARE - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION
RICHARD C. McMULLEN, 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 fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty 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 the said counties respectively for such Electors, were cast as follows, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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Henry T. Graham
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52,167
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John B. Hutton
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51,376
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J. Reese White
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51,279
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Clayton Douglass Buck
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41,508
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Willis C. Jenkins
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41,176
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Harry V. Lyons
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41,203
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Charles A. Kirk
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120
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Elizabeth M. Bringhurst
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103
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Alfred Dahling
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159
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Louise Tawresey
Miles Barber
Charles W. Perry
KENT COUNTY
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97
102
95
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Henry T. Graham
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9,226
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John B. Hutton
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9,161
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J. Reese White
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9,149
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Clayton Douglass Buck
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8,079
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Willis C. Jenkins
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8,024
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Harry V. Lyons
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8,038
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Charles A. Kirk
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46
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Elizabeth M. Bringhurst
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44
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Alfred Dahling
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42
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Louise Tawresey
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6
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Miles Barber
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6
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Charles W. Perry
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6
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SUSSEX COUNTY.
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Henry T. Graham
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13,206
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John B. Hutton
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13,021
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J. Reese White
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12,996
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Clayton Douglass Buck
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11,853
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Willis C. Jenkins
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11,738
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Harry V. Lyons
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11,730
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Charles A. Kirk
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21
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Elizabeth M. Bringhurst
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20
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Alfred Dahling
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19
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Louise Tawresey
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7
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Miles Barber
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7
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Charles W. Perry
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7
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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 Henry T. Graham 74,599
Whole number of votes for John B. Hutton 73,521
Whole number of votes for J. Reese White 73,424
Whole number of votes for Clayton Douglass Buck 61,440
Whole number of votes for Willis C. Jenkins 60,938
Whole number of votes for Harry V. Lyons 60,971
Whole number of votes for Charles A. Kirk 187
Whole number of votes for Elizabeth M. Bringhurst 167
Whole number of votes for Alfred Dahling 220
Whole number of votes for Louise Tawresey 110
Whole number of votes for Miles Barber 115
Whole number of votes for Charles W. Perry 108
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard C. McMullen, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that Henry T. Graham, John B. Hutton, and J. Reese White 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 twenty-fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and sixty-fifth.
(GREAT SEAL)
By the Governor:
RICHARD C. McMULLEN
JOSIAH MARVEL, JR., Secretary of State.