UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN. (ALABAMA, ARKANSAS.) 799 



UMTED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 



I\. The following tables, referring to presi- 

 dential contests, include every county in each 

 State of the Union, and reveal the political 

 history of all sections during the past twenty 

 years. Results are shown from 1872 to the 

 election of 18^8. the year in which each con- 

 test took place being indicated at the top of 

 the column. The figures opposite each county 

 represent the total vote and the plurality, and 

 the capital letter E or D denotes whether the 

 county plurality was Republican or Demo- 

 cratic. By this arrangement not only can the 

 political history of every county be ascertained 

 without difficulty, but increases and decreases 

 can be readily observed and easily noted. Those 

 interested in the political affairs of each State 

 can ascertain, by running the eye down, the 

 columns or across the lines, how many coun- 

 ties were carried at each election during the 

 past twenty years by each of the great politi- 

 cal parties, and also how many counties have 

 recorded an unwavering allegiance to one 

 party or the other : 



ALABAMA. 



Arkansas. . . 



Ashley 



Baxter . . . 



ARKANSAS. 

 1,271 1,666 1,577 



19R 



192D 



145D 



1,544 1,572 1,399 ' 

 42o 242r 



4510 



242D 



302o 



1.375 



65R 

 1.540 



100R 



741 



3790 



1.997 

 40B 



1,889 

 B80D 



1.072 

 399o 



