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Dr. T.B. Hanna

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, April 6, 1884
pg. 1

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
There were only 1320 votes polled at the municipal elections.....The results are as follows:

First Ward
For Mayor
Hanna - 152
Cook - 66

Second Ward
For Mayor
Hanna - 246
Cook - 198

Third Ward
For Mayor
Hanna - 239
Cook - 163

Fourth Ward
For Mayor
Hanna - 130
Cook - 116

Dr. Hanna received 777 votes, and Esquire Cook 543; Hanna's majority, 234....Dr. Hanna was in every sense the people's candidate. He did not want the office, and only reluctantly gave his consent, when called on by a petition from over two hundred of the best citizens of Denison, including leading men of both parties, who assured him politices was to be entirely ignored in the campaign.




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