The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-19
STATE ELECTIONS in 1856.
List Of states Which Hold Elections This
Year, and for What Purposes.
The following interesting compilation
taken from the New York Tl,naa.

The following interesting compilation is
taken from the New York Times:
Alabama elects congressman on November O.
Arkansas elects State officers and legislature
on September 6; Congressman on November2.
California elects State officers, Legislature
and Congressman on November g
Colorado elects State officers, Legislature and
Congressman on November 2.
Connecticut elects State officers, Legislature
and Congre ssmen on November 2.
Delaware elects Governor legislature and
Congressman on November 2.
Florida elects Legislature and Congressman
on November 2 and votes upon the proposed
new Constitution OF the State, which was
framed by the Convention which met in 1856.
Georgia elects State officers and Legislature
on October g. Congressman on November 2.
Illinois elects minor State officers, Legsla-
ture and Congressman on November 2, and
votes upon proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the State to abolish the contract
system in the prisons of the State.
Indiana elects minor State officers and Con-
gressmen on November q
Iowa elects minor State officers and Congress-
men on November 2.
Kansas elects State officers, Legislature. and
congressman On November 3.
Kentucky elects Congressman ON Novem-
Der 2.
Louisiana elects Congressman on Novem-
Der 2.
Maine elects Governor legislature and Con-
Maryland elects Congressman on Novem-
Der 2 t
ture, and Congressman on November 2.
Michigan elects State officers, Legislature,
and Congressman on November 2.
Minnesota elects State officers, Legislature,
and Congressman on November g and votes
upon proposed amendment to the Constitution
OF tie State 10 facilitate the erection of county
and school buildings.
Mississippi elects Congressman on Novem-
Der 2.
Missouri elects minor State officers and Con-
gressmen on November a. III
Nebraska elects State officers, Legislature,
and Congressman on November 2.
Nevada elects State officers, Legislature, and
Congressman on November 2
New Hampshire elects Governor, Legislature,
and Congressman on November 2. -. p. 4, !
New Jersey elects Governor, Legislature, and
congressman on November 2.
New York elects a Judge Of the Court OF Ap-
peals. Assemblymen, and Congressman on No
vember 2, and votes upon the question of hold
ing convention to revise the Constitution Of
North Carolina elects Justices OF the Supreme
Court Legislature and Congressman on No
vember 2.
Ohio elects minor State officers and Congress
men on November 2.
Oregon elected State officers, Legislature, and
Congressman on June z.
Pennsylvania elects State officers, Legisla-
ture, and Congressman on November 2.
Rhode Island elected State officers and Legis-
lature on April z, and ratified the proposed
amendments 10 the Constitution OF the State,
one of which prohibits the sale Of Intoxicating
liquor, and the other admits foreign-born Union
ex-soIdiers ana sailors 70 citizenship. Elects
Congressman on November
South Carolina elects State officers, Legisla-
ture and Congre ssmen on November 2
Tennessee elects Governor, Legislature, and
Congressman on November 2.
Texas elects State officers, Legislature and
Congressmen on November 2.
Vermont elects State officers, Legislature and
Congressman on September.
Virginia elects Congressman on November 2.
West Virginia eects Legislature and Con-
gressmen on November 2.
Wisconsin elects State officers, Legislature
and Congressmen on November g