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Result of Election
[General Orders No. 5.]
Headquarters Fifth Military District,
State Of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 11, 1870.
In compliance with the third section of the act of Congress of April In. and the proclamation of the President of July 15, 1809, an election was held in the State of Texas on the 30th of November, and 1st, 2d, .and 3d of December, 1869. The result of said election, excepting local officers, is hereby announced as follows :
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.
Number of votes " For" 72,366
Number of votes "Against" 4,928
Majority for constitution 67,438
The constitution for the State of Texas, adopted by the convention which assembled at Austin on the 15th of June, 1868. in compliance with the reconstruction laws of Congress, has therefore been ratified.
The following named persons, having received a plurality of the votes east, are declared elected to the positions designated, viz :
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
First district, G. W. Whitmore; second district, J. C. Conner; third district, W. T. Clark ; fourth district, E. Degener.
STATE OFFICERS.
Governor, Edmund J. Davis ; lieutenant governor, J. W. Flanagan ; Comptroller, A. Bledsoe ; treasurer, G. W. Honey ; land office commissioner, Jacob Kuechler.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
First district.—Senator, E. B. Pickett. Representatives, W. T. Simons, Т. J.. Chambers, J. G. Smyth.
Second district.—Senator, Amos Clark. Representatives, J. A. Abney, K. L. Hobb, E. L. Smith.
Third district.—Senator, M. Priest. Representatives, L. W. Cooper, M. A. Gaston, A. D. Elam.
Fourth district.—Senator, E. Pettit. Representatives, W. B. Stirman, M. Manning, J. H. Morrison.
Fifth district.—Senator, Webster Flanagan. Representatives, A. J. Booty, C. C. Doyle, В. В. Lacy.
Sixth district.—Senator, J. P. Douglas. Representatives, W. C. Pierson, I. N. Browning, G. H. Slaughter.
Seventh district.—Senator, Henry Rawson. Representatives, Henгу Moore, Mitchel Kendall.
Eighth district.—Senator, Don Campbell. Representatives, С D. Morris, W. D. Robinson, J. W. Johnson.
Ninth district.—Senator, II. R. Latimer. Representatives, John P. Hill, R. L. Moore, W. P. McLean.
Tenth district.—Senator D. W. Cole. Representatives, E. P. Becton, H. C. Ellis, S. S. Weaver.
Eleventh district.—Senator, E. L. Dohoney. Representatives, J 0. Austin, J. R. McKee, M. L. Armstrong.
Twelfth district.—Senator, G. T. Ruby. Representatives, B. R. Plumly. William Prissick, William H. Sinclair.
Thirteenth district.—Senator, John G. Bell. Representatives, Г. G. Franks, W. Sheriff, C. L. Abbott.
Fourteenth district.—Senator, W. H. Parsons. Representatives, Henry R. Allen, Richard A. Allen, Goldsteen DuPree.
Fifteenth district.—Senator, J. S. Mills. Representatives, Richard Williams, C. T. D. Harn, James P. Butler.
Sixteenth district.—Senator, Matthew Gaines. Representatives, C. J. Stockbridge, Win. Schotman.
Seventeenth district.—Senator, W. A. Saylor. Representatives, John Mitchell, G. T. Haswell, C. W. Gardiner.
Eighteenth district.—Senator, P. W. Hall. Representatives, D. W. Burley, S. Cotton, S. J. Adams.
Nineteenth district.—Senator, A. J. Evans. Representatives, S. Mullins, Robert Crudup, David Medlock.
Twentieth district.—Senator, W. H. Pyle. Representatives, J. Abbott, J. E. Hawkins, II. W. Young.
Twenty-first district—Senator, Samuel Evans. Representatives, John Lane, B. S. Shelburne, A. F. Leonard.
Twenty-second district.—Senator, E. T. Broughton. Representatives, M. A. Elliott, A. C. Warren, J. R. Cole.
Twenty-third district.—Senator, G. R. Shannon. Representatives, W. E. Hughes, J. C. Weaver, T. E. Ross.
Twenty-fourth district.—Senator, B. J. Prigden. Representatives, L. B. Camp, F. E. Grothaus, J. B. York.
Twenty-fifth district.—Senator, A. K. Foster. Representatives, W. T. Wilkerson, H. C. Youngkiu, B. F. Williams.
Twenty-sixth district.—Senator, E. L. Alford. Representatives, B. Zapp, J. Schütze, J. J. Hamilton.
Twenty-seventh district.—Senator, Thomas H. Baker. Representatives, James F. McKee, W. W. Davis, A. Dorris.
Twenty-eighth district.—Senator, M. H. Bowers. Representatives, F. Kyle, J. W. Posey, J. H. Miller, C. Jenkins.
Twenty-ninth district.—Senator, Theodore Hertzberg. Representatives. A. M. Cox, F. Tegener, A. Zoller, W. J. Locke.
Thirtieth district.—Senator, A. J. Fountain. Representatives, Ira H. Evans, George Spencer, Nelson Plato.
II. In compliance with the fifth section of act of Congress approved April 10, 1869, the legislature of the State of Texas will assemble at the State Capitol, Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, the 8th day of February next, at 12 o'clock, m.
An official copy of this order will be considered a certificate of election. By command of Brevet Major General Reynolds :
H. CLAY WOOD,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
W. P. BAINBRIDGE,
Aide-de-Camp.