1896 Election in Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 11/2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1896 Election in Union Parish Louisiana From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 22 April 1896, page 2, columns 2-4 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Tuesday's Results ---------- The election passed off quietly in Union parish and a full vote was polled. Complete returns will be found elsewhere. Telegrams from New Orleans dated early Wednesday morning say that Foster has carried the State by about 18,000 majority... -------------------------------------- Result of Tuesday's Election in Union Parish ---------- WARD ONE. Total vote cast 387. Baird 276 Rockett 99 WARD TWO Total vote cast 131. Baird 37 Rockett 85 WARD THREE Total vote cast 191. Baird 129 Rockett 50 WARD FOUR Total vote cast --- Baird 186 Rockett 146 WARD FIVE Total vote cast 291. Baird 38 Rockett 221 WARD SIX Total vote cast 177 Baird 76 Rockett 97 WARD SEVEN Total vote cast 255 Baird 71 Rockett 178 WARD EIGHT Total vote cast 445. Baird 247 Rockett 167 WARD NINE Total vote cast 176. Baird 75 Rockett 94 WARD TEN Total vote cast 343. Baird 63 Rockett 265 WARD ELEVEN Total vote cast 97. Baird 41 Rockett 50 -------------------------------------- Total Vote of Union Parish ---------- The following is the total vote of the parish cast at the general election of 1896 for the following officers: FOR GOVERNOR. Murphy J. Foster..................1281 John N. Pharr.....................1353 A. B. Booth.........................40 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. R. H. Snyder, Jr..................1188 J. B. Kleinpeter..................1517 FOR SENATORS. R. B. Dawkins.....................1406 S. T. Baird.......................1239 J. C. Rockett.....................1461 J. W. Burt........................1271 FOR JUDGE. Allen Barksdale...................1463 E. H. McClendon...................1073 J. B. Holstead.....................193 FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. J. D. Everett.....................1244 J. A. Richardson...................162 C. B. Roberts.....................1376 FOR REPRESENTATIVE. R. M. Gill........................1382 C. L. Gunby.......................1385 FOR CLERK. J. M. Smith.......................1441 J. M. Dawkins.....................1382 FOR SHERIFF. B. F. Pleasant....................1407 J. S. Cobb........................1407 FOR CORONER. C. H. Jameson.....................1388 A. R. Tarkington................. 1401 Total vote of the parish 2847. Full returns of the parish give J. M. Smith 59 majority, C. L. Gunby 3, A. R. Tarkington 13. B. F. Pleasant and J. S. Cobb made a tie. ================================================================================== ================================================================================== From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 29 April 1896, page 3, column 2 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Third Judicial District ---------- Judge Allen Barksdale and C. B. Roberts Esq. were elected judge and district attorney, respectively, in this district on the 21st inst. The following is the vote of each candidate: For Judge - Allen Barksdale 4112, E. H. McClendon, 3634; J. B. Holstead 605; Barksdale's plurality 478. For District Attorney - C. B. Roberts, 3370, J. D. Everett 2923, J. A. Richardson 2160; Roberts' plurality 447. ------------------------- R. B. Dawkins and S. T. Baird are the new senators from this district. They were both elected by good majorities over their Populist opponents, Rockett and Burt. The vote by parishes is as follows: Dawkins Baird Rockett Burt Union 1406 1220 1461 1271 Lincoln 1005 926 1197 1209 Morehouse 1156 1162 268 267 West Carroll 676 721 3 2 _____ _____ _____ _____ Total 4243 4029 2929 2749 ------------------------- Now that the election is over, let us lay aside all strife and feeling that was engendered in the campaign. Let us exert our best efforts and energies in the development of our section in all things that will make our people happier more prosperous and progressive. Farmerville's business and industries are on the wane, our citizens seem to be asleep. There are more vacant dwellings in Farmerville than we ever before knew. Our people must bestir themselves, wake up and do something for the betterment of themselves and the town, otherwise our once prosperous little city will dwindle away, people will move off, business will go elsewhere, and we will finally drift into a state of innocuous desusitude [sic - I'm not sure what this word is?]. ###############################################################################