From Geneva Courier 6 August 1856
At an informal meeting of the Republicans of Gorham and vicinity,
convened at the office of
George B. Cook at Gorham village on
Saturday evening, August 2d, 1856,
David Pickett was
called to the chair, and
J. Bloomingdale chosen Sec'y.
On motion, resolved that an association be formed under the title of
the Gorham Fremont Club.
The following persons were chosen as its officers:
President - David Pickett
Vice Presidents - George B. Cook, J. Bloomingdale, O. J. Rice
Sec'y - Isaac Moor
Treasurer - O. J. Rice
Executive Committee - J. W. Vanarsdale, Jr.; Isaac Moor; A. Brown,
Robert Moody, Henry Douglass; William Squires; Jonathan Phillips; E.
Darwin Bainbridge; Henry Mapes.
On motion, resolved, that the proceedings be published in the County
papers, friendly to the election of Fremont and Dayton.
From Ontario County Times 21 October 1885
The colored Republicans of Geneva have organized a Davenport club
with
B. F. Cleggett, president;
Joseph Binks, vice-president;
G. W. Richardson, treasurer; and
John Bland, secretary.
From Ontario County Journal 24 June
1892
The Shortsville Republican club have elected
James L. Wisner, Eugene E. Warfield and
Clinton L. Ballard as
delegates and
H. E. Knapp, Charles
VanBuren and
Fred A. Titus as
alternates
to the Rochester convention.
From Ontario County Journal 1 July 1892
Chapinville, N. Y. - The Republicans have organized a Club here
with the following officers: president,
Frank Marks; first
vice-president,
Charles Ballard; second vice-president,
Freeland
Smith; secretary,
Chas. Hathaway; executive committee,
Henry
Foster,
John Trickey, Geo. Henry, B. E. VanGelder, Walter Bronson; delegates
to
Rochester,
Charles Ballard, Henry Foster, Chas.
Hathaway; alternates,
Frank Marks, John Trickey, W. H. Riker. There
are
over thirty members of the club at present.
Farmington, N. Y. - Last Saturday evening a Republican League
was organized in Grange Hall.
Ellery G. Allen was elected
president;
A. B. Katkamier, secretary; and
Henry Greene, treasurer.
Ellery G. Allen, John F. Sadler, and
A. B. Katkamier were
appointed
regular delegates to attend the State Republican League at
Rochester. The prospect is good for a large membership in the
Farmington League.
From Ontario County Journal 8 July 1892
Bristol, N. Y. - On Saturday evening, July 2, the Bristol
Republican Club was organized with the following officers: President -
Geo.
W.
Ingraham; 1st vice-president,
Geo. S. Wilder; 2d
vice-president,
J. M. Hathaway; secretary,
Geo. L. Hicks; treasurer,
L. C. Reed. The following were elected as canvassing committee
in the several school districts: No. 1,
W. S. Hicks; No. 2,
R. W. Travis; No. 3,
Curtis Hitchcock; No. 4,
C. A.
Waldron; No. 5,
G. W. Tilton; No. 6,
Edson Tiffany; No.
7,
Wm. S. Simmons; No. 8,
William Masters; No. 9,
Mark
A.
Francis; No. 10,
Henry Olmstead; No. 11,
Wilmarth
S. Ketchum; No. 12,
Gooding Packard.
From Ontario County Journal 15 July 1892
Rushville, N. Y. - The Republican club of Rushville has elected
officers as follows: President,
George Goodrich; vice-presidents,
D. J. Harkness, E. G. Chapman, Gorham,
William Cole, D.
McMaster, Potter,
W. H. Savage, Middlesex; executive
committee,
Daniel Paddock, George Chapman, for the town of
Gorham,
James Loomis for the town of Middlesex,
L. F.
Fowler, M. J. Wilson, for the town of Potter;
W. H. Reddout,
corresponding secretary;
F. P. Harkness, recording secretary.
From Ontario County Journal 19 August 1892
The Republicans of Canadice organized a Harrison and Reid club on
the evening of the 15th, and elected the following officers:
A. H. Tibbals, president;
Thomas Murray and
Lewis
J. Hyde, vice-presidents;
M. J. Becker, secretary;
F.
H Ingraham, treasurer; executive committee, to act with the
president and secretary,
F. A. Slingerland, E. C. Huff and
George
Rix;
campaign glee club,
L. J. Hyde, F. H. Ingraham and
Wm.
Cronin.
From Geneva Gazette 23 August 1895
The Canandaigua
Times gives a formidable array of
patriotic
republicans anxious to serve the Ontario constituency in the next
Assembly.
Here is the list:
Lemuel Herendeen, Sam'l D. Willard, Chas. A. Steele and
M. F. Blaine of Geneva.
John C. Parker and Capt. F. L. Brown of Manchester.
W. T. Case, Homer B. Webb and R. M. Peck of West
Bloomfield.
Harry G. Chapin and R. C. Munson of East Bloomfield.
E. G. Chapman of Gorham.
W. H. Edmonston of Phelps.
Ira N. Deyo and A. J. Gilbert of Richmond.
Chas. G. Sackett and Jean L. Burnett of Canandaigua.
It is not exactly "you pay your money and take your choice," but who
will
give the most money to be made their choice.