Summary Information

Title: Crawford County (Wis.). Clerk: Election Records and Poll Lists
Inclusive Dates: 1829-1928

Creator:

• Crawford County (Wis.). Clerk

Call Number: Crawford Series 15

Quantity: 9.4 cubic feet (9 records center cartons and 1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the county clerk relating to local, state, judicial and special elections, primarily from 1879-1928. For the majority of the elections from 1855 to 1928 the records consist of inspectors' statements of results and tally sheets, usually at the precinct level. Poll lists giving the names of voters date from 1829 to 1906 and are continuous for 1856-1897. Election records of particular interest are the 1859 and 1861 referenda which sought to move the county seat from Prairie du Chien to a newly-created community and an 1857 referendum on African-American suffrage.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-craw0015

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