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August 02, 1830

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Monday, August 2, 1830.
 Macon County, IL.

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[W. L. D. Ewing and John F. Posey are elected to Seventh General Assembly. Ewing gets 86 votes to 54 for Posey in Decatur. Lincoln does not vote; he is not eligible under law requiring six months residence. Edwin D. Davis, "The Hanks Family in Macon County, Illinois," Illinois State Historical Society, Papers in Illinois History 46 (1939):98-99.]

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         <p> [W. L. D. Ewing and John F. Posey are elected to Seventh General Assembly.
            Ewing gets 86 votes to 54 for Posey in Decatur. Lincoln does not vote; he is not
            eligible under law requiring six months residence.<bibl default='NO'>Edwin D. Davis, "The Hanks Family in Macon County, Illinois," Illinois State
               Historical Society, <title>Papers in Illinois History</title> 46
               (1939):98-99.</bibl>]</p>
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