CHAPTER 382 - STATE OF DELAWARE - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION
WALTER W. BACON, 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 7th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-four 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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49,588
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John B. Hutton
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49,588
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J. Reese White
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49,588
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Darlington Flinn
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37,783
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William W. Sharp
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37,783
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Frank C. Hurley
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37,783
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Charles A. Kirk
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180
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Lewis M. Price
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180
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William B. Thornburg
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180
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Earl Brooks 138
Charles W. Perry 138
Howard Smock 138
KENT COUNTY
Henry T. Graham 7,900
John B. Hutton 7,900
J. Reese White 7,900
Darlington Flinn 7,069
William W. Sharp 7,069
Frank C. Hurley 7,069
Charles A. Kiik 51
Lewis M. Price 51
William B. Thornburg 51
Earl Brooks 6
Charles AV. Perry 6
Howard Smock 6
SUSSEX COUNTY
Henry T. Graham 10,678
John B. Hutton 10,678
J. Reese White 10,678
Darlington Flinn 11,895
William W. Sharp 11,895
Frank C. Hurley 11,895
Charles A. Kirk 63
Lewis M. Price 63
William B. Thornburg 63
Earl Brooks 10
Charles W. Perry 10
Howard Smock 10
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 68,166
Whole number of votes for
John B. Hutton 68,166
Whole number of votes for
J. Reese White 68,166
Whole number of votes for
Darlington Flinn 56,747
Whole number of votes for
William W. Sharp 56,747
Whole number of votes for
Frank C. Hurley 56,747
Whole number of votes for
Charles A. Kirk 294
Whole number of votes for
Lewis M. Price 294
Whole number of votes for
William B. Thornburg 294
Whole number of votes for
Earl Brooks 154
Whole number of votes for
Charles W. Perry 154
Whole number of votes for
Howard Smock 154
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Walter W. Bacon, 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 seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and sixty-ninth.
(GREAT SEAL)
By the Governor:
WALTER W. BACON
WILLIAM J. STOREY, Secretary of State.