No party contest in '40, and the Congress vote of '39 is repeated in the column of '40. In these Counties the Cougress vote of 39 was not a test, and the vote for President in '36) 1s repeated in the column of '40. This includes the votes on the back of the poll; the. Whig candidate has 200 to 207 upon the face of it. The vote for Bayly (Ind.) and Cropper, (Whig)-not strictly party. The vote for Senator. In the rest of the Counties, the vote for Delegates in 1840 is given. Of the votes cast in the Counties coutested in 1840 the Whigs hail a large majority. In 36 lost by informality, 60 in Pucahontas, 316, in Floyd, 352 in Monongalia- total 628: Van Buren 584; Wiig 44.

Cong.

Districte Counties.

1840-GOVERNOR 1836-PRESIDENT

Whig. Van Buren.

1936-GOVERNOR.

Whig. V. Buren

Morehead. Saunders. White. Van Buren. Dudley. Spaight.

Distrious.

Whig.

Grand total..44,179 35,883...23,625 26,910 ...35,781 Majority... Morehead, 8,296 Van Buren. 3,384

I. Kenneth Rayner*.

31,023

Congress-1839.

Dudley, 4,758
Van Buren.
2635 Samuel T. Sawyer..

.2009

II. William L. Long.

607

Jesse A. Bynum*.

903

III. Edward Stanly*

* Elected: + Majorities only in three Counties.

SOUTH CAROLINA.........Congress-1838. District I. (Charleston) Isaac E. Holmes (V. B.) 1504; Hugh S. Legare (Cons.) 854-maj. for H. 650. II (Anderson, Greenville and Pickens) Waddy Thompson (Whig) 3339; J. N. Whitner (V. B.) 2327-maj. for T. 1012. III. (Abbeville and Edgefield) Francis W. Pickens (V. B.) without opposition. IV. (Fairfield, &c.) John K. Griffin (V. B.) do. V (Chester, &c.) Jas. Rogers (V.B.) over F. W. Davie (V. B.) VI. (Barnewall, &c.) Franklin H. Elmore (V. B.) without opposition. VII. (Beaufort and Colleton) Robert B. Rhett (V. B.) do. VIII. (Cherterfield, &c ) John P. Richardson (V. B.) do. IX. (Darlington, &c.) John Campbell (Ind)1280; Thomas (V. B.) 620-maj. for C. 660.

132

102.

Counties. Appling Baker

Baldwin

GOVERNOR-1839. CONGRESS-IS3S. PRESID'T-1836.

McDonald V.B. Dougherty W. Iverson. Habersham? V.Buren, White.

91

48.

136......213

115.

34 (new county.)

22.

Majority.... McDonald..1,827 Habersham.1,036 -White...2,772

*We take the vote of Habersham, as Dawson ran far ahead of his ticket.

Cougress-1838.-[Chosen by General Ticket.]

'State Rights' Whig.

'Union' Van Buren.

William C. Dawson...

.33,278

Julius C. Alford...

.32,331

*Mark A. Cooper..

These three have since declared for Mr. Van Buren; the others are still Whig.