When the ballots had been counted and tabulated, the result was seventeen votes for Revels and sixteen votes for Jacobs.

The announcement was received by the Williams men with great applause.

The result was a victory for them because it was their sixteen votes together with the vote of Rev.Noah Buchanan that had nominated Revels.

The Jacobs men accepted their defeat gracefully.

A motion was offered by their leader to make the nomination unanimous and it was adopted without a dissenting vote.