The first election was held at the house of Samuel St. John, about one mile below Janesville.

The evidence

• “The first election was held at the house of Samuel St. John, about one mile below Janesville, or below where Janesville was, in August, 1839.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 542 / book p. 546

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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