Digest of Election Cases: 
Cases of contested elections in the House of Representatives
from 1871 to 1876 inclusive

by J. Massie Smith, United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Elections 

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1878.

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  "...
  
  In the counties of Limestone and Freestone the whole vote is rejected upon 
the grounds of violence, intimidation, and armed disturbance, to the extent of
materially interfering with and affecting the result of the election, and the 
additional reason that, in the county of Freestone, 163 persons who voted had
been permitted to register by proxyy, contrary to law.  In the county of 
Freestone Mr. Clarke received 780 votes, Mr. Giddings 1,147.  In Limestone Mr.
Clarke received 28 votes, Mr. Giddings 1,153 votes.
..."