Posey Township, Switzerland County Democratic Meeting – April 1840

Details of the Posey Township, Switzerland County, Indiana Democratic meeting for April 1840 appeared in:
Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat – 11 April 1840 – Page 3, Column 1.
Consult the newspaper for full details.

POSEY TOWNSHIP
Democratic Meeting.

Agreeably to previous notice, a large portion of the Democratic citizens of Posey township assembled at Weist’s meeting house, on Thursday the 2d day of April, 1840.

The meeting was organized by the appointment of JOHN WOODS as President; R. J. RABB, and GEORGE HICKMAN, Vice Presidents; and SAMUEL BONNELL, Secretary.

The object of the meeting was then stated by the President, and ELLWOOD FISHER being called on to address the meeting, arose and made a very able and forcible speech, after which the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting:

[Various resolutions]

Resolved, That twenty-five delegates be appointed to represent Posey township in the County Convention to be held in Vevay on the 25th inst., and that the President and Vice Presidents be appointed to select said delegation. Whereupon the committee announced the following persons:

  • Tobias Bradley,
  • John Powell,
  • Samuel Bonnell,
  • Samuel Hickman,
  • Samuel Foster,
  • Sylvanus Howe,
  • Ellwood Fisher,
  • Henry Bain,
  • Andrew Stewart,
  • William Stewart,
  • Hugh Maple,
  • Elijah H. Johnson,
  • Harman Butts,
  • William Roberts,
  • Hugh L. Norris,
  • William Newbold,
  • Thomas Newbold,
  • Peter Britt,
  • Moses Green,
  • Jackson Douglas,
  • Harvey Driver,
  • John Taylor, Sen.,
  • Ingersoll Dibble,
  • R. J. Rabb,
  • John Woods,
  • Lemuel Johns,
  • George Hickman,