Louisville Daily Journal reports on steamboat election, Joseph Smith only receives one vote.
Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) June 21, 1844, p. 2, Newspapers.com, accessed July 28, 2025
A vote of the passengers on the steamer Waverly, was taken on her passage from Cincinnati to St. Louis. The result of which we copy from the manifest: Clay 102, Polk 30; Tyler 2, Joe Smith 1.
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The following vote was taken on the W[a]pello, on her last trip from St. Louis to the Missouri river: Clay, 45; Polk, 8.