The Switzerland County, Indiana, Republican Convention report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 12 Feb 1876 – Page 4, Column 1

Republican County Convention.

A Convention of Republican voters of Switzerland County was held in Vevay, at the Court House, last Saturday afternoon.

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John D. Works, Chairman of the County Central Committee
Dr. P. S. Sage, Cotton Township, President
W. J. Baird, Secretary

Delegates and members of the Central Committee:

Posey Township—Committee, Jas. Stevenson and Capt. B. C. Mead. Delegates, Hon. Jacob R. Harris and Capt. B. C. Mead; alternates, Geo. H. Keeney and Maj. Selar Mead.

York—Committee, Lemuel Bledsoe and John W. Howard. Delegates, W. J. Keeney and R. A. Harris; alternates, Simeon Beymer and John Cunningham.

Jefferson—Committee, Eli T. Ogle, J. C. Long and A. C. Weaver. Delegates, W. H. Adkinson and W. B. Owens; alternates, Esquire M. W. Tague and Charles Norisez.

Pleasant—Committee, R. L. Mercer and W. H. Voris. Delegates, James M. Scott and Jacob J. Goodner. Alternates, Esquire W. S. Towers and David C. Gardner.

Craig—Committee, Wm. Anderson and Fletcher Bellamy. Delegates, Augustus Hatton and Wm. Anderson; alternates, Wm. H. Lamb and John H. Cotton.

Cotton—Committee, Esquire James McHenry and Capt. Thomas F. Adams. Delegates, W. J. Gibbs and James McHenry; alternates, Esquire David Lee and Joseph G. Mellick.

Delegates for County at Large—David Scott, Charles O. Hastings and Thomas Works. Alternates, Walter S. Francis, John Dickason and R. O. Moore.

Wesley H. Adkinson, choice of this Convention as the Republican candidate for Congress for the 4th Congressional District.

Will M. Smith for Supreme Court Reporter.