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STATE REPRESENTATIVE. In 1872 Oceana County was set apart from the district and constituted a district by itself for the election of a representative to the State Legislature. A. R. Wheeler, (Republican), was elected without opposition. In 1874 he was re-elected by 871 votes to 623 for Theodore F. Reed (Independent). In 1876 Oliver K. White, (Republican), received 1,261 votes to 701 for L. G. Rutherford, (Democrat). In 1878 Amos Lewis (Greenbacker), was elected by 725 votes, his opponents, W. H. Hubbard, (Democrat), and O.K. White (Republican), receiving respectively 425 and 625 votes. In 1880 J. E. White, (Republican), was elected by 1,807 to 1,132 for Amos Lewis (Greenbacker). |