City of Seattle Records

232 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 15 1887 Canvass of Election Returns And now the Council proceeds to canvass the returns from the several wards of the election for City Officers for the City of Seattle held on the 11th day of July 1887 and upon the said canvass finds as follows to wit: Whole number of votes cast: 1329 For Mayor Dr. Thos T Minor received 705 votes For Mayor W H Shoudy received 623 votes

For Chief of Police Wm Murphy received 651 votes For Chief of Police Jas C Mitchell received 581 votes For Chief of Police J H Woolery received 95 votes For Chief of Police D McDaniels received 2 votes

For City Attorney L C Gilman received 701 votes For City Attorney Fred H Peterson received 617 votes For City Attorney H McFarland received 1 vote For City Attorney T J Humes received 2 votes

For Councilmen for the First Ward: Charles F Reitze received 187 votes O N Morse received 171 votes J F McDonald received 15 votes Scattering 5 votes

For Councilmen for the Second Ward: Uriah R Niesz received 216 votes Chas McDonald received 146 votes Chas Von Dungen received 1 vote R H Calligan received 4 votes

For Councilmen for the Third Ward: Joseph Green received 184 votes Geo Misener received 169 votes