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Lincoln and William Green serve as clerks of election held at house of Samuel Hill in New Salem precinct. Five Jackson electors each receive 185 votes to 70 for Clay electors. Lincoln votes last, casting his vote for Clay. James Rutledge, Bowling Green, and Hugh Armstrong serve as election judges. Election Returns.

[Henry Clay received approximately two-fifths of votes at New Salem and in Sangamon County. Total county vote is Jackson 1,035 and Clay 810. Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 81.]



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Lincoln probably takes election returns to Springfield. [On December 4, 1832 county commissioners allow $1 for services as clerk and $2.50 for returning New Salem poll book to clerk.] ISLA—Bulletin, No. 36; Sangamon County Commissioners Court Record, 341.


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            <date value='1832-11-05'>Monday, November 5, 1832.</date>
            <place key='39.9788, -89.8420' teiForm='name'>New Salem, IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and William Green serve as clerks of election held at house of
            Samuel Hill in New Salem precinct. Five Jackson electors each receive 185 votes to 70
            for Clay electors. Lincoln votes last, casting his vote for Clay. James Rutledge,
            Bowling Green, and Hugh Armstrong serve as election judges.<bibl default='NO'>Election Returns.</bibl>
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         <p> [Henry Clay received approximately two-fifths of votes at New Salem and in
            Sangamon County. Total county vote is Jackson 1,035 and Clay 810.<bibl default='NO'>Theodore C. Pease, ed., <title>Illinois Election
                  Returns, 1818-1848</title>, vol. 18 of <title>Collections of the
                  Illinois State Historical Library</title> (Springfield: Illinois State Historical
               Library, 1923), 81.</bibl>]</p>
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            <date value='1832-11-06'>Tuesday, November 6, 1832.</date>
            <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>?</dateline>
         <p> Lincoln probably takes election returns to Springfield. [On December 4,
            1832 county commissioners allow $1 for services as clerk and $2.50 for returning New
            Salem poll book to clerk.]<bibl default='NO'>ISLA&#8212;<title>Bulletin</title>, No. 36; Sangamon County Commissioners Court
               Record, 341.</bibl>
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