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May 05, 1834

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Monday, May 5, 1834.
 New Salem, IL.

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Lincoln and Mentor Graham serve as clerks at election of sheriff of Sangamon County. Polls are opened in house of William F. Berry. Garret Elkin receives 84 votes, David Dickinson 77, and Zachariah Peter 4. Lincoln votes for Dickinson. Bowling Green, Hugh Armstrong, and David Whray act as judges. IHi—Original; Election Return, 5 May 1834, CW, 1:23-24.

[Lincoln is allowed $1 as clerk of election by County Commissioners' Court. Record D, 84.]

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         <p> Lincoln and Mentor Graham serve as clerks at election of sheriff of
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