Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14587524098)

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Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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its issue of May 3, •announcing the election, the Vincennes Smi announced the followingnamed persons as candidates: G. W. Johnston, J. Ewing, AV. Wilson,G. R. C. Sullivan, S. T. Scott, John Badollet, William Polke, John John-son, Benjamin Parke, and Elias McNamee. It ingenuously stated that ithad not consulted these gentlemen, but that it considered them desirables.It was more probably announcing agreed-on names of strong men inits own party, and weak ones of the opposition party. Benjamin Parke,John Badollet, William Polke and John Johnson were strong men of theHarrison party, and were elected. General W. Johnston was as ablea man as there was in the Territory, and might have been elected in anyanti-slavery county, but he had killed himself with the Knox Countyvoters by his stand against slavery. John Ewing was an able man, but hewas then a comparative new comer at Vincennes, was of Irish birth, and Recollections of the Last Ten Years, p. 57.^ Quoted in Liberty Hall, May 27, 1816.
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First State House op Indiana, Located at Coeydon INDIAXA AND INDIANANS 295 was charged in the campaign with being pro-British, which was about aspopular then as being pro-German is at present. G. R. C. Sullivan wasan active young lawyer, but was a new comer, not well known and notpopular. Dr. William Wilson was a new comer, and not popular. Dr.Elias McNamee had long been known as an anti-Harrison man, was veryunpopular politically at Vincenues, and could not have been elected toanything. On May 11, two days before the election, the Sun announced four more names—Moses Hoggett, John Benefield, Posey, and Ebenezer Jones. Benefiel had some personal popularity, and waselected, chiefly, no doubt, on account of the weakness of the Suns othercandidates. He was the only anti-slavery man that was elected fiomKnox County.* On June 10, as provided by the enabling act, the convention assembledat Corydon, all of the members being present except Benjamin Parke,who did not appear until tlie 14th. C