Nauvoo Neighbor reports on results of the Presidential election.

Date
Nov 27, 1844
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Nauvoo Neighbor
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

“The Election,” Nauvoo Neighbor (Nauvoo, IL) November 27, 1844, 2

Scribe/Publisher
Nauvoo Neighbor
People
James K. Polk, Henry Clay, Theodore Frelinghuysen, George M. Dallas, Nauvoo Neighbor
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

THE ELECTION.

A large majority of the people have decided that democracy is triumphant in the United States. So it seems that people shows, quelquechose, braggadocious, and blood shows, have not stole the hearts of the people yet. The results of the Presidential election (unofficially) is about as follows:—

FOR POLK AND DALLAS.

ELEC[TORAL] VOTES. . . . 170

FOR CLAY AND FRELINGHUYSEN

. . . 105
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