Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Dawson” in chapter 6 of William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik:

...o a candidate on the legislative ticket. He encouraged Lincoln's canvas in every way, even at the risk of sacrificing his own chances. But both were elected. The four successful candidates were Dawson , who received 1390 votes, Lincoln 1376, Carpenter 1170, and Stuart 1164. At last Lincoln had been elected to the legislature, and by a very flattering majority. In order, as he himself said, ...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† John Dawson 31 10 3 0 0 user votes
Dawson 132 0 32 0 0 user votes
David Dawson 34 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. W. Dawson 31 0 5 0 0 user votes
B. F. Dawson 28 0 0 0 0 user votes
George O. Dawson 28 0 2 0 0 user votes
C. L. Dawson 25 0 3 0 0 user votes
James Dawson 22 0 0 0 0 user votes
William Dawson 22 0 2 0 0 user votes
George Dawson 20 0 0 0 0 user votes
John C. Dawson 18 0 0 0 0 user votes
Elizabeth Dawson 17 0 1 0 0 user votes
P. S. Dawson 16 0 2 0 0 user votes
Andrew H. H. Dawson 14 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. B. Dawson 14 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. L. Dawson 13 0 9 0 0 user votes
F. W. Dawson 12 0 4 0 0 user votes
Thomas R. Dawson 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
George W. Dawson 10 0 2 0 0 user votes
John W. Dawson 10 0 4 0 0 user votes
Stephen W. Dawson 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. A. Dawson 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
George M. Dawson 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
H. C. Dawson 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
John L. Dawson 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
R. W. Dawson 7 0 1 0 0 user votes
Anthony E. Dawson 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Henry Barton Dawson 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Howard Dawson 6 0 2 0 0 user votes
Samuel K. Dawson 6 0 2 0 0 user votes
Thomas F. Dawson 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Henry B. Dawson 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. H. Dawson 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
J. L. Dawson 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Jonathan Dawson 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
N. H. R. Dawson 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. R. Z. Dawson 4 0 2 0 0 user votes
Alice L. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
C. S. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Charles Carroll Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jack Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. M. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Robert D. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
T. H. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas W. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. C. Dawson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
William E. Dawson 4 0 4 0 0 user votes
E. J. Dawson 3 0 3 0 0 user votes
Jackson Dawson 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
L. H. Dawson 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Matthew M. Dawson 3 0 3 0 0 user votes
Oscar Dawson 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. J. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Arthur Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
C. P. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
F. H. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Francis W. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Greensboro Oscar Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
H. S. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Howrard Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. Russell Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. S. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Martin L. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Masgrove B. M. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Nicholas Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. G. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Reginald H. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Reuben Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. D. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas A. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas H. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thos Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. H. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. K. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William A. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William C. Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. A. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. H. H. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
A. W. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Benjamin Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Col C. L. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Dora Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
E. G. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Jonathan W. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Levi G. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Lewis Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Mathew M. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Morris Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Pleasant Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
R. S. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Robert M. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
S. A. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Samuel Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
T. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
W. Dawson 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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