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Domestic News October 6, 1856

Daily American Organ

Washington, District Of Columbia

What is this article about?

Upcoming state elections on October 14, 1856, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana will elect members of Congress, state officials, and legislatures, influencing the presidential contest, particularly Mr. Buchanan's prospects.

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IMPORTANT STATE ELECTIONS.—State elections will take place in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, on next Tuesday week, the 14th instant, and their results will have a vastly important result upon the Presidential contest. In all these States members of Congress are to be elected—in Pennsylvania twenty-five, in Ohio twenty-one, and in Indiana eleven, making fifty-seven in all. In Pennsylvania, a Canal Commissioner, Auditor, and Surveyor are to be chosen by general vote. Two tickets are in the field—the Democratic, and the Union opposition. A State Legislature will also be chosen, which will have to select a United States Senator in the place of the Hon. Richard Brodhead, whose term expires in March, 1857.

In Ohio, Judges of the Supreme Court, an Attorney General, School Commissioner, and Commissioner of Public Works have to be chosen. There are three State tickets nominated—American, Democratic, and Republican.

In Indiana, a Governor and a full corps of State officers are to be chosen. The American party have made no nominations in this State.

The result in Pennsylvania will be looked for with the most intense interest, as the defeat of the Democratic party there will be decisive against Mr. Buchanan's prospects for the Presidency.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

State Elections Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Congressional Elections Presidential Contest Buchanan

What entities or persons were involved?

Richard Brodhead Buchanan

Where did it happen?

Pennsylvania, Ohio, And Indiana

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Pennsylvania, Ohio, And Indiana

Event Date

Next Tuesday Week, The 14th Instant

Key Persons

Richard Brodhead Buchanan

Outcome

results expected to influence presidential contest; defeat of democratic party in pennsylvania decisive against mr. buchanan's prospects

Event Details

State elections to elect members of Congress (25 in Pennsylvania, 21 in Ohio, 11 in Indiana), state officials including Canal Commissioner, Auditor, Surveyor in Pennsylvania; Supreme Court Judges, Attorney General, School Commissioner, Public Works Commissioner in Ohio; Governor and state officers in Indiana. Tickets: Democratic and Union opposition in Pennsylvania; American, Democratic, Republican in Ohio; no American nominations in Indiana. Pennsylvania legislature to select U.S. Senator replacing Hon. Richard Brodhead in March 1857.

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