Poughkeepsie Journal reports several steamboat votes in June, Joseph Smith received barely any.
- Type
- News (traditional)
- Source
- Poughkeepsie Journal Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- 2nd HandJournalism
- Reference
Poughkeepsie Eagle (Poughkeepsie, NY), June 16, 1844, pg. 2. Newspapers.com, accessed July 23, 2025
- Scribe/Publisher
- Poughkeepsie Journal
- People
- Alvan Stewart, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Richard Mentor Johnson, Poughkeepsie Journal, Henry Clay, Joseph Smith, Jr., Lewis Cass
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
MORE SIGNS.—On Tuesday last, on the railroad between Rochester and Batavia, a Presidential vote was taken by the passengers in the cars, which stood, for CLAY 41, Polk 10.
AL FOR CLAY.—On a trip of the Belle Air down the Ohio, a vote was taken as follows: For Clay 49; Locofoco nominee, 12. The passengers were from 11 States.
A vote was taken on board the Waverly, on a late trip from Cincinnati to St. Louis, which resulted as follows: In the cabin, for Clay 51, Van Buren 17, Johnson 3, Stewart 1. On deck Clay received 9 and Van Buren 20.
Another vote has been taken on the Swiftsure, on the Ohio river, and resulted: For Clay 46, Democratic nominee 14; Cass 1; Joe Smith 2.
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