Monday, August 3, 1840.Springfield, IL. | Election day. Five Whigs are elected to lower house of Eleventh General
Assembly. Lincoln votes for four Whigs and J. M. Barrett, Democrat. His vote helps elect
E. D. Baker to Illinois Senate. Darneille, Brown, Bradford, and Francis are elected with
Lincoln to House. Lincoln polls smallest vote of elected candidates. His total is almost
600 more than that of leading Democrat.Election
Returns. |