Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1881 — THE OFFICIAL FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

THE OFFICIAL FIGURES.

Hancock’* Popular Majority Over Ciarfteld 8,106. [From the Cincinnati Enquirer.] The exact popular result of the Presidential election has been long in dispute, our system of electing President and Vice President not requiring official consolidation of the popular vote. The Enquirer has placed itself in communication with the proper officials of every State in the Union, and has obtained from the Secretaries of State or Returning Boards the full official returns of the whole vote. The following table has been prepared with great caro, and tho proof diligently compared with the letters of the officials above indicated. It will be noted that Gen. Hanoock’s popular majority over Gen. Garfield is 8,1 (X>, and that, in a total vote of 9,169,213, Gen. Garfield is in a minority of 336,045. Following is the table, which is official :

STATES.

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Alabama 5T..H09 89.778 4,554 Arkansas 41.661 60,481) 4,079 California 80,273 80.836 8,374 72 Colorado 27.460 24,647 1,436 74 Connecticut 67,<-67 64,407 830 2 861 Delaware 14.188 15,172 121 Florida 23,686 27,1)26 16 Georgia 64,086 102,470 1)68 Illinms 818,087 277,821 2f1,8.'>8 163 448 Indiana 212,146 208.876 10,828 lowa 183,904 106,816 82,827 488 162 l 878 Kansas 121,649 59,801 19,861 10 25‘ Kentucky 106,069 149,068 11,499 260 Louisiana 28,297 86,067 10,840 442 218 Maine 74,089 66,171 4.408 9.1 142 Maryland 78,516 98,706 TOl5 Massachusetts.. 166.301 112,010 4,644 712 407 Michigan 186,190 181,801 84,895 820 942 Minnesota 88,903 632)16 3,267 286..... Mississippi 84,854 76,750 5,797 6*7 Missouri. 153 667 208,609 86,045 -t* l -- Nebraska 64,979 28,523 8,960 8 Nevada 8,732 9,618. New Hampshire 44,81.2 40,794 628 180 New Jersey.... 12n,666 122,565 2,617 191 Now York 556,644 584,511 12,378 76 1,517 North Carolina. 115,616 124,204 1,184 Ohio 876,048 840,( 81 6,466 2 616 Oregon 20,619 19,966 266 1 Pennsylvania.... 444,704 4)17,428 20,668 44 1,939..... Rhode Island... 18,196 10,779 238 4 20 1 South Carolina., 67,966 112,848 664 Tennessee 107,677 128,191 6.910 43 Texas 63,200 166,000 26,20(1 Vermont 45,091 18,192 1,212 1 1(31 Virginia 88,634 128,158 6 West Virginia.. 46,243 67,891 8,097 ! Wisconsin 144,398 114.644 7,988 91 68; Total 4,416,684 4,424,690 818.998 1.188 10,791 11, 122 Whole vote 9,169 218 Hancock over Garfield 9,106 Garfield's minority 886/'46