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OfficeSpeaker
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 1883 - 12:00pm
Polls Open December 03, 1883 - 12:05pm
Polls Close December 03, 1883 - 12:10pm
Term Start December 03, 1883 - 12:15pm
Term End March 04, 1885 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedRBH January 28, 2011 01:45am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionCarlisle was nominated at the Democratic caucus on the first ballot with 104 votes to 52 for Randall and 32 for Cox (New York Times 12/2/1883).
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won12/05/1881
NameJoseph Warren Keifer Votes148 (51.93%)
Term12/05/1881 - 03/04/1883 Margin19 (+6.67%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name Rep. John Griffin Carlisle (I) Rep. Joseph Warren Keifer George D. Robinson Rep. Edward S. Lacey James W. Wadsworth, Sr. Rep. John S. Wise
PartyDemocratic Republican Republican Republican Republican Readjuster
Votes190 (61.69%) 113 (36.69%) 2 (0.65%) 1 (0.33%) 1 (0.33%) 1 (0.33%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -77 (-25.00%) -188 (-61.04%) -189 (-61.36%) -189 (-61.36%) -189 (-61.36%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R John S. Wise [L]
R Darwin R. James [L]
IR Theodore Lyman [L]
R John D. White [L]
I Thomas P. Ochiltree [L]
R Tyre York

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