CHAPTER 478
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
ELBERT N. CARVEL
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, An election was held in the State of Delaware, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four, 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 said counties respectively for such Electors, were cast as follows, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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John M. Conway
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91,752
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J. Allen Frear
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91,752
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Raymond V. West
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91,752
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Russell W. Peterson
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54,767
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James Rodimak
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54,767
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Frank Grier
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54,767
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Herbert B. Wood
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282
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Dorothy L. Hilyard
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282
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Raymond R. Green
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282
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Edward A. Breining
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92
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Lawrence C. Kemp
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92
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Floyd B. Smith
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92
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KENT COUNTY
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John M. Conway
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12,981
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J. Allen Frear
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12,981
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Raymond V. West
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12,981
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Russell W. Peterson
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9,006
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James Rodimak
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9,006
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Frank Grier
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9,006
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Edward A. Breining
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15
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Lawrence C. Kemp
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15
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Floyd B. Smith
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15
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Herbert B. Wood
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52
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Dorothy L. Hilyard
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52
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Raymond R. Green
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52
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SUSSEX COUNTY
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|
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John M. Conway
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17,971
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J. Allen Frear
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17,971
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Raymond V. West
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17,971
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Russell W. Peterson
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14,305
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James Rodimak
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14,305
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Frank Grier
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14,305
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Herbert B. Wood
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91
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Dorothy L. Hilyard
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91
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Raymond R. Green
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91
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Edward A. Breining
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6
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Lawrence C. Kemp
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6
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Floyd B. Smith
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6
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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
John M. Conway 122,704
Whole number of votes for
J. Allen Frear 122,704
Whole number of votes for
Raymond V. West 122,704
Whole number of votes for
Russell W. Peterson 78,078
Whole number of votes for
James Rodimak 78,078
Whole number of votes for
Frank Grier 78,078
Whole number of votes for
Herbert B. Wood 425
Whole number of votes for
Dorothy L. Hilyard 425
Whole number of votes for
Raymond R. Green 425
Whole number of votes for
Edward A. Breining 113
Whole number of votes for
Lawrence C. Kemp 113
Whole number of votes for
Floyd B. Smith 113
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELBERT N. CARVEL, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that John M. Conway, J. Allen Frear and Raymond V. West 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 sixty-four and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and eighty-ninth.
(GREAT SEAL)
ELBERT N. CARVEL
By the Governor:
ELISHA C. DUKES, Secretary of State