CHAPTER 546
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
ELBERT N. CARVEL GOVERNOR OF THE SAID STATE
To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, An election was held in the State of Delaware, on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Fifty-two that being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and Laws of the State of Delaware, in that behalf, for the purpose of choosing by ballot three Electors for the election of a
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;
AND WHEREAS, The official certificates or returns, of the said election, held in the several counties of the said State, having been duly received and examined by the Governor, it appears from them that the votes in the said counties respectively for such Electors, were cast as follows, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
C. Edward Duffy
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62,658
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John F. McDonald
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62,658
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Caleb M. Wright
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62,658
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E. Ennalls Berl
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58,387
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Mrs. Belle Everett
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58,387
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Gilbert Jones
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58,387
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Martha Grabowski
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237
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Helen E. Jerominski
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237
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Walter J. Jerominski
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237
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Hamilton D. Ware
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78
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Sylvia Walton
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78
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Harriet Wealth 78
Samuel G. Camperson, Jr. 20
Herbert B. Wood 20
Thomas J. Sard 20
Miles Barber 16
John Wiskman 16
Dorothy Jones 16
KENT COUNTY
C. Edward Duffy 10,144
John F. McDonald 10,144
Caleb M. Wright 10,144
E. Ennalls Berl 9,874
Mrs. Belle Everett 9,874
Gilbert Jones 9,874
Martha Grabowski 1
Helen E. Jerominski 1
Walter J. Jerominski 1
Hamilton D. Ware 77
Sylvia Walton 77
Harriet Wealth 77
Samuel G. Camperson, Jr. 8
Herbert B. Wood 8
Thomas J. Sard 8
Miles Barber 4
John Wiskman 4
Dorothy Jones 4
SUSSEX COUNTY
C. Edward Duffy 17,257
John F. McDonald 17,257
Caleb M. Wright 17,257
E. Ennalls Berl 15,054
Mrs. Belle Everett 15,054
Gilbert Jones 15,054
Martha Grabowski 4
Helen E. Jerominski 4
Walter J. Jerominski 4
Hamilton D. Ware none
Sylvia Walton none
Harriet Wealth none
Samuel G. Camperson, Jr. 206
Herbert B. Wood 206
Thomas J. Sard 206
Miles Barber none
John Whiskman none
Dorothy Jones none
AND WHEREAS, The said returns of the election as aforesaid, duly made out, signed and executed, having been duly delivered to the Governor by the Superior Court of said counties, and the Governor having examined said returns as aforesaid, and enumerated and ascertained the number of votes for each and every candidate or person voted for, for such Electors, the result appears as follows, to wit:
Whole number of votes for C. Edward Duffy
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90,059
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Whole number of votes for John F. McDonald
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90,059
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Whole number of votes for Caleb M. Wright
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90,059
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Whole number of votes for E. Ennalls Berl
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83,315
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Whole number of votes for Mrs. Belle Everett
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83,315
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Whole number of votes for Gilbert Jones
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83,315
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Whole number of votes for Martha Grabowski
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242
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Whole number of votes for Helen E. Jerominski
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242
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Whole number of votes for Walter J. Jerominski
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242
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Whole number of votes for Hamilton D. Ware
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155
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Whole number of votes for Sylvia Walton
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155
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Whole number of votes for Harriet Wealth
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155
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Whole number of votes for Samuel G. Camperson, Jr.
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234
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Whole number of votes for Herbert B. Wood
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234
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Whole number of votes for Thomas J. Sard
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234
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Whole number of votes for Miles Barber
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20
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Whole number of votes for John Whiskman
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20
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Whole number of votes for Dorothy Jones
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20
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that C. Edward Duffy, John F. McDonald and Caleb M. Wright have received the highest vote at the election aforesaid, and therefore have been and are duly and legally elected Electors for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and the Great Seal of the said State, at Dover, the Thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Fifty-two and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and Seventy-seventh.
(GREAT SEAL)
By the Governor:
ELBERT N. CARVEL
HARRIS B. McDOWELL, JR., Secretary of State.