Louisville Daily Journal reports on steamboat election, Joseph Smith only receives one vote.

Date
Jun 21, 1844
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Louisville Daily Journal
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Journalism
Reference

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY) June 21, 1844, p. 2, Newspapers.com, accessed July 28, 2025

Scribe/Publisher
Louisville Daily Journal
People
James K. Polk, John Tyler, Louisville Daily Journal, Henry Clay, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

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.

. . .

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.

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