The town's territory was thoroughly canvassed; a tie vote resulted for every office.

The evidence

• “My first visit to this town was in the spring of 1843, At this early day political excitement ran high. In the spring of 1844 the whole territory within the town was thoroughly canvassed and every voter brought on the ground, except one; thirty-two in all. It being known how every man had voted, there was found to be a tie vote for every office intown.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/08-center.md, PDF p. 96 / book p. 78

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “At this early day political excitement ran high. In the spring of 1844 the whole territory within the town was thoroughly canvassed and every voter brought to the ground except one (thirty-two in all). It being known how every man had voted, there was found to be a tie vote for every office in town.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 176 / book p. 682

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent