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VOTES FOR GOVERNORSHIP. Oceana cast her first vote for governor in 1856. the following is the official statement of each vote to the present time: 1856, Bingham (Rep.) received 83; Felch (Dem.) 21. 1858, Wisner, (Rep.) 68; Stuart (Dem.) 167 1860, Blair, (Rep.) 191; Barry (Dem.) 159. 1862, Blair (Rep.) 262; Stout (Dem.) 158 1864, Crapo (Rep.) 354; Fenton (Dem.) 179. 1866, Crapo, (Rep.) 600; Williams (Dem.) 203 1868, Baldwin (Rep.) 1,079; Moore (Dem.) 412. 1870, Baldwin (Rep.) 845; Comstock (Dem.) 261 1872, Bagley, (Rep.) 1,159; Blaor (Liberal) 225. 1874, Bagley, (Rep.) 1,147; Chamberlain (Dem.) 395. 1876, Croswell, (Rep.) 1,868; Webber (Dem.) 594 1878, Croswell (Rep.) 920; Barnes (Dem.) 594. 1880, Jerome (Rep.) 1,401; Holloway (Dem.) 542; also Woodman (Greenbacker) 491; McKeever (Prohibitionist) 25. According to the last United States census (1880) there were 6,444 males in Oceana to 5,255 females. Of these 9,784 were native born and 1,915 of foreign birth. There were 11,312 whites to 387 colored, of whom 345 were Indians. |