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September 6, 1854

General Election

Clerk of the Supreme Court
Joseph R. Beard Whig 43.6% Win
Charles A. Leake Southern Democratic 41.8% Loss
Preston K. Woodside Northern Democratic 14.6% Loss
 
CD-AL
Calhoun Benham Whig 22.5% Loss
George W. Bowie Independent 22.8% Loss
James Churchman Northern Democratic 6.6% Loss
James W. Denver Independent 24.2% Win
Philemon T. Herbert Southern Democratic 23.9% Win
 
SD-02
Pablo De La Guerra Democratic Win
 
SD-04
Sherman Day Democratic Win
 
SD-05
Wilson Flint Democratic Win
William W. Hawks Whig Win
 
SD-06
A. D. McNeill Democratic Win
 
SD-07
Thomas Kendall Democratic Win
James W. Mandeville Democratic Win
 
SD-08
W. H. H. McCoun Whig Win
 
SD-09
A. S. Gove Democratic Win
 
SD-11
H. P. Heintzleman Democratic Win
 
SD-15
Charles E. Lippincott Democratic Win
P. C. Rust Democratic Win
 
SD-16
Edward F. Burton Whig Win
 
SD-17
J. C. Hawthorne Whig Win
 
SD-18
Alfred French Democratic Win
Gaven D. Hall Democratic Win
George W. Hook Democratic Win
Benjamin F. Keene Democratic Win
 
SD-19
Charles A. Leake Democratic Win
William B. Norman Democratic Win
 
SD-20
John D. Scellan Whig Win
 
AD-01
William C. Ferrell Whig Win
Jefferson Hunt Democratic Win
Wilson W. Jones Democratic Win
Francis Mellus Whig Win
 
AD-02
Jose M. Covarrubias Democratic Win
William J. Graves Democratic Win
 
AD-03
Delos R. Ashley Democratic Win
William W. Stow Whig Win
 
AD-04
William R. Gober Whig Win
Caius T. Ryland Democratic Win
Joseph S. Watkins Democratic Win
 
AD-05
E. Gould Buffum Independent Win
John Cammett Independent Win
William A. Dana Whig Win
Willard B. Farwell Whig Win
Horace B. Hosmer Whig Win
George Pen. Johnston Democratic Win
Robert C. Rodgers Independent Win
E. W. Taylor Whig Win
William Whitney Whig Win
 
AD-06
Thomas Baker Democratic Win
E. M. Burke Whig Win
T. C. Flournoy Democratic Win
 
AD-07
Fleming Amyx Democratic Win
John Cook Whig Win
E. R. Galvin Democratic Win
Thomas J. Oxley Whig Win
Isaac N. Quinn Democratic Win
 
AD-08
Warren Brown Whig Win
David F. Douglass Whig Win
Thomas J. Keyes Whig Win
 
AD-09
J. G. Brewton Democratic Win
Philip L. Edwards Whig Win
H. B. Meredith Whig Win
James R. Vineyard Democratic Win
 
AD-10
Nathan Coombs Democratic Win
John Doughty Whig Win
J. H. Updegraff Whig Win
 
AD-11
James Singley Democratic Win
H. P. A. Smith Democratic Win
James S. Stewart Democratic Win
 
AD-12
J. J. Arrington Whig Win
Edward J. Curtis Whig Win
A. H. Murdock Whig Win
E. A. Rowe Whig Win
 
AD-13
Henry Bates Whig Win
J. L. McCutcheon Democratic Win
 
AD-14
Asa Kinney Democratic Win
Charles G. Lincoln Whig Win
Thomas Wells Democratic Win
 
AD-15
D. O. Adkison Whig Win
Charles S. Chase Democratic Win
J. E. Clayton Democratic Win
E. S. Gaver Democratic Win
William Geller Democratic Win
Robert B. Sherrard Whig Win
 
AD-16
H. M. C. Brown Democratic Win
E. H. Gaylord Whig Win
William J. Knox Democratic Win
J. Phelps Democratic Win
Edwin G. Waite Whig Win
 
AD-17
Moses Andrews Whig Win
William Corey Whig Win
R. F. Gragg Whig Win
Thomas Moreland Whig Win
 
AD-18
Edgar Bogardus Democratic Win
John L. Boles Democratic Win
W. F. Cunningham Democratic Win
Theron Foster Democratic Win
John C. Johnson Democratic Win
William McConnell Democratic Win
N. T. Smith Democratic Win
Edward A. Stevenson Democratic Win
 
AD-19
Elwood T. Beatty Democratic Win
James T. Farley Whig Win
J. W. D. Palmer Democratic Win
S. B. Stevens Democratic Win
T. W. Taliaferro Democratic Win
 
AD-20
N. C. Cunningham Democratic Win
William T. Ferguson Whig Win