Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-01
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

RGSipi-'Nt M fJLcC lion.
The election campaign " nearly over. II
North Carolina has gon. Tor Van Buren, Of which,
there can be No longer any doubt, he only wants
seven votes 10 rlect hin, by means Of the e..
.e,ornl College. These no will Obtain wi,hou,
an, difficulty. Arkansas is certain for him :; Mis-
sour and Illinois mghl. Probable and hs has Al
least an even chance IN Alabama, Louisiana and
Mississippi. There " Ill however BE- a very respor-
tablo minority, representing among others, tho
great States Of Ohio, kentucky. Massac husetts.
South Carolina. Tennessee, and t;sorgis, together
with n nu'mbor OF smaller States.
The whole number Of Electors will be 29l e.
quail TO the nuuberS Of members in both Houses Of
Congress. One hundred aud fort, ii, ire nsces.
sarv Ia n choice.
1t was originally provided by III. Cons,;,v,ioo
that each mcmher Of thu Electoral College should
vote for two persons for President and Vice Pre-
sden,, ~',I"'u, designating the particular oli,.
OF either. Tho onr having the highest number
OF votes was declared To b~ President, and the
one having the mex, highest number, Vice prc.i-
dent. THIS howover WIS found announcement in
practice, and IN 1901 was Abandoned for thu bet,
ter system now in operation. by which the Elec-
tors name IN their ballots tho person vo,cd for AS
Prcsdcnl, and IN distinct ballots the person voted
for rs Vice President.
Since III" Declaration Of Independence there
have been twelve Prcs'dental elections, exclusive
Of the present. and in only two cases In, ,, cboic
dcvolvcd upon Congress. The first WAS 1901.
when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had an
equal number Of votes in the Electoral College.
and tho second in 1925, when the Electoral yo,.s
were 80 divided between Andrew jackson. J,bn
Quincy Adams, VIM. II. Crawford, and Henry
Clay, that neither had MAJORITY The G,i
loving schedule will show the number of VOTE ro-
csHcd by the principal candidates ut each cleo.
ton from the origin OF tho governn,cn, 10 the pre-
sent time
First Ts,m. 1880. Electors 60 George Wash
ing'on received % votes, and John Adams 81.
The next highest candnlate VI. John Law. who
received nno votes. George Washington WAS
therefore declared elected To the Presidency. and
John Adams to III. ' ice Presidency
Second Term, 1893. Electors 1876 Cco,,e
Washington had l2j votes, and was elected Prcsi-
dent John Adams II, and was elected Nico
President. The next highest candidate was George
Gin, on, who received 50 votes
Third Term, 1877. Electors 1873. John Adams
received II ,otos and VAS elected President:
Thomas Jefferson CD. and was elected Vice Pre-
s'dcn'. The nes, h'g hest candidate was Thomas
Pincknc,, who received 80 votes, and after hun
Aaron Burr, wbo received 30
Fourth Term lS0l.-EIsc,ors 1873 Thoma.
jefferson and Aaron Burr had each ~ voter.
John Adams G5, AND Charles C. Pincknsy o.
There being no choice Of Pnsd mt, the election,
was carried into the House Of Representatives :
and on the 3bl ballot Thomas Jefferson received
the votes OF nine States out of l6 and was declar-
ed elected. Aaron Burr was declared elected Vice
President.
FDh Term, lSO5--Eleetors l76. The new
sysiem OF voting introduced Thunns jefferson
received l62 votes for President George Ciin-
ton 1862 votes Tor Vice President and were o.
lcrtpI Charlps p,,,l ua.
candidate for the Presd. ncy, received Ii votes.
and Rufus King II votes Tor tho Vice Prcsiden-
cy. .-s.u
SiIth Terra, 1900. -Elector. l76. James Ma
olson received l22 votes for President, and
Charles &. PmckDey AZ. George Clinton ll3
votes for Vice President and Rufus Ming A.
Madison and Clinton were accordingly elected.
Seuenh Term, lol3.-Electors 2i7. James
Madison received 1913 votes for President. and
Dc Win Clinton So EIbridge Curry lal votes
for Vice President, and Jared lngersoil &c. Ma
olson and Gerry elected.
Eighth Term, l8i7.-Elccto.s 2l7. Jane.
Monroe received 1873 votes for President. and
Ruff. King "a; Daniel D. Tompkin. 1888 votes
for Vice President, and John Z. Howard 22.-
Monroe and Tompkins elected.
Ninth Term, l82l.-Elcctors 2l2 James Mon
roe received 23l votes for President, and Daniel
d. Tompkins 2lS for Vice President.
Tenth Term, l825.-Electors 26i. Andrew
Jackson received 80 votes for President John
Q ,incy Adams 81 WIN. II. Crawford Al; Hen
ry Clay 81. Neither candidate having a major
n,, the election was carried into the House.
where on the first balloi, John Quincy Adams
received tho votes Of Is States ont of "a, and
WAS declared elected Seven States voted for
Jackson, and for Crawford. John &. Calhoun
was chosen Vice Press!-n by the Electoral
College, having received fS2 votes. The next
highest candidates y. Sanford, who re-
ccved 80 votes, and Nathaniel Macon, who re-
ccved "a.
EleDentA Tsr~. l829.-Elcetors 26l. Andrew
Jackson received 17S votes for President, and
John Quincy Adams 81. John c. Calhoun III
votes for Vice President, aud Richard Rush 81.
Jackson a1d Calhoun elected.
7ioeJth Term. 1833.-EIeetors oaS. nirsw
Jackson received PIG votes for President; lIeH-
ry Clay 80 John Floyd IL William Writ T.
Martin Van Buren, received -189 vor for Vice
Presiden, John Sergesnt ~; Wiliian' Wilkins
80; Henry Lee 81; Amos Ellmakes 2 Jack
SON snd Van Buren, elected.