Judicial election: John M. Keep was chosen by a majority reported as 6,483 votes; other passages state that a judge of the First Judicial Circuit was elected in the spring of 1856 without opposition (both readings reported).

The evidence

• “Judge Doolittle resigned, and Charles M. Baker was appointed, March 7, 1856, to fill the unexpired term. At the next election, held April 7, 1856, John M. Keep was chosen, by the overwhelming majority of 6,483 votes.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 419 / book p. 423

  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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