The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-14
ELECTIONS HELD
IN YEARS PAST.
Interesting Facts COllated From
the Official Report.
SOME PROMINENT MEN NOW
Served the City In an OniciaI Capacity In
Years Gone Blythe Solicitors and
the Mayors and the Date of
Their Election.

one OI Ine TnOSC interesting DOCKS
containing statistical information is on |
file in the city clerks Office. 1t con-
tains complete record of the city cleo
tions, municipal and special, which |
have been held since 1859. The volume |
is filled with the names Of older resi- |
dents many Of whom have passed away, |
and some who are in their declining |
years, but who have gained prominence
in the legal or commercial world.
One Of the first of the municipal cleo
tions Of the town of Canton was held
in 1859, for mayor, resulted in a tie be-
tween two candidates, Samuel Slanker
and Horace p. Dunbar, each receiving
2S5 votes, showing the total vote at that
time as $40. The election was held
April 4th, and on April 20 special cleo
tion was held, the successful candidate
being Dunbar, who received 1854 votes.
The proclamation issued at that time
did not contain the name Of the city
clerk. and a reelection resulted in
placing Ed NJ. Grimes in the Office with
347 votes, as against Isaac Stadden.
That year the First ward carried las
votes, Second ward 152, Third 125, and
the Fourth las.
April Sd, 1866, at the election for may
Joseph Crevoisie, Jr., and William w.
Clark receiving 349 votes each, a total
of 69s votes being polled. Later, on
April 90, William w. Clark was duly
elected with a vote of 407, the total vote
cast being 101 more than in 1859.
In 1876 the votes for mayor numbered
1853, A. d. Braden receiving 94S and
T. C. Meyer 915. A special election was
ha1 r1ri1 ttrha 7
Piero was elected mayor. The question
of permitting hogs to be raised in the
city was at issue, as we'll as vacating
the old graveyard in Mckinley avenue
There were 1,22S votes in favor of keep
ing hogs and $50 against the issue. AS
to the graveyard, it was abandoned by
a vote of 1,215 as against AIS. The sre-
cial election for the erection of a build
ing for the market house and city hall
consisted of 1,4s6 votes in favor of
them and III unfavorable. The total
vote cast at the election in 1885 was
1886. In November 1887 an extension
of waterworks was decided upon by
2,749 votes in favor of it and 1G5 against
the issue. In December, 1896, the
sewering of Schriver's run brought
forth 1,512 votes favorable to the issue
Of $4,000 bonds, and 1850 against the
question, resulting in the defeat of
the project.
Hon. Charles F. Manderson, now Uni
ted States senator from Nebraska, was
solicitor of the town of Canton in 1859
He received 304 votes over his opponent
Joseph Pool, who received 266 Louis
Schaefer, now deceased. served as So
licitor during 1865. In 1867 Hon. Wn
A. Lynch was elected to the office, he
receiving AGA votes, and William w.
Clark, his opponent, received 442 votes
Lynch was reelected to Office in 1869,
and in 1871 he defeated Seraphim N.Y.
ers, formerly common pleas judge in
this city, now deceased, by receiving
S5S votes and Myers 1885, Again Lynch
came out victorious in 1873 when Judge
Henry A. Wise was his opponent for Of
fice. Lynch received Ss2 votes and
Wise 765. In 1875 Lynch was defeated
by Wise, who received 973 votes and
Lynch S9s. In 1877 John C. Welty re-
ceived 1,074 votes and Judge Wise 901,
thus defeating Mr.. Wise, and he was
reelected to Office twice In succession,
in 1879 and 1881, defeating Anthony
Housel, in 1879, and T. Il. McCarty,
in 1881. John NJ. Myers was
the candidate for the Democrats in 1883,
and he received 1,493 votes, C. C. Up
ham 1,479, and Judge Joseph Frease SO
votes. Myers was reelected in 1885
with ISIS votes, c. c. Bow receiving
1850, and J. w. Vankirk 15 Atlee
Pomerene succeeded Myers in 1887 with
1888 votes, John c. F. Roger receiving
1926, and j. S. Hudson 451. Pomerene
was reelected in 1889 with 2,573 votes, |
and Thomas F. Turner, the Republican |
candidate receiving 1886 votes. Tur-
ner was elected to office in 1891, he re-
ceiving 2,S41 votes, Peter j. Collins g.
40S, and James Sterling 80.
In 1898 Peter ]. Collins was elected |
by the Democrats with 1888 votes, |
Turner receiving 2,625 and Sterling 1875. |
H. B. Webber defeated Peter ]. Col |
Inns for reelection in 1895, with 2,620 |
votes and Collins 1888. Allen Cook, |
also a candidate, received 1,201 votes. |
Ed. L. Smith was elected to the Office of |
solicitor in 1897, receiving 1851 votes, |
Weber 2,873 votes. In 1899 he was re-
elected to Office, receiving 3,645 votes, |
and G. Newton Shaver, the Republi- |
can candidate receiving 1850 votes.
The following is a list of the mayors |
who served from the year 1888 to the |
present time, with their terms of Of
flee:
John Myers, '3S to '3s; Jacob Rex, |
'39 to 40; John Myers 40 to Al; William |
Bryce Al to AZ; Lewis Vail AZ to ~; |
George Dunbar "A to 49, z. Snow, as
to '46; c. c. A. Whiting, '46 to AZ; Dan
iel Gottshall, Al to 4s; C. C. A. Whiting, |
AS to 40; D. H. Harman, 40 to so; ]. G.. |
Lester, 80 to So; B. F. Letter, '52 to '53; |
John Lahm '53 to 54 B. F. Letter, "a
to SO; Peter Chance, '55 to March, '59; |
j. c. Bockius, March, 1853 to April SO; |
III. p. Dunbar, April SO to May 81; s. |
Meyer, May 81 to September, '62; S. |
Crevoisie, Jr., September '62 to '65; Will
liam w. Clark, '65 to 81; Daniel Sayler.
81 to July 20; S. Slanker. July 10 to
September, 10; II. s. Belden, September |
10 to III; r. s. Shields, II to rs; A. u. |
Braden, '75 to II; John Shimp, IT to
20; James Valley 70 to 81; w. ]. Piero, |
81 to 'S5; George Rex, 'S5 to '87; John