Official Vote of Austin County — 1866.
The following persons are elected to the several County offices of Austin County :
County Judge, G. W. Johnson; County Clerk, Z. W. Matthers; District Clerk, John W. Goode; Sheriff, T. H. Luhn; Assessor and Collector, S. Brewer; County Treasurer, John G. Bell; County Surveyor, J. Machemehl; County Coimmissioners, J. Graf, K. Collins, C. H. Brossman, M. Amsler; Coroner, A. Cloud.
Governor — Throckmorton 690, Pease 534.
Lt. Governor — Jones 721, Lindsay 428.
Att'y-General — Walton 798, Binkley 291, Banton 47.
Comptroller — Rpbards 488. James Shaw 297/
Treasurer — Durham 634, Royston 262, Harris 280.
Supreme Court — G W Smith 1044, Cleveland 385, Willie 406, Donley 413, Coke 392, Moore 265, Jones 275, Bell 430, Caldwell 263.
Dis't Judge — Atkins 95, Shropshire 371, Harcourt 567.
Dis't-Attorney — Thompson 695, Timmons 336, williams 14, Jones 62.
State Senate — J. W. McDade 1050.
Legislature — N. Cochrane 1001.
For the Amendments 545, Against the Amendments 454.
"Official Vote of Austin County, 1866 - Cloud, McDade Elected.", The Texas Countryman (Bellville, TX), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1866, p. 2, col 2.
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