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Description and Holding Information
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Senate. Comm. on Senatorial Votes. Reports, 1863
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Forty-second Legislature. Senate. No. 3. Report of Committee on Senatorial Votes. Majority report: This was the last report for who would be
seated. The Constitution required that all votes be made, counted and certified in open meeting, but in the town of Cutler in Washington County, the
vote went well, but recording and certifying was done much after the fact and there were fraudulent signatures on the certifying documents. The majority
members voted to have Cutler's votes thrown out and all the District's other communities' votes counted. That meant John Plummer was seated.
Minority report: Mr. Wiggin said the hearing on the topic showed that Cutler's votes were fine, with no intention of fraud, so the vote should stand and the
people who deliberately flouted the reporting rules should be punished, not the voters. There was a discussion about the definition of "ballot" and
"vote." By Wiggin's count, two other men should be seated, not Plummer. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Library
of Congress).
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Title:
Reports of committee on senatorial votes.
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OCLC Number:
1424454859
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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