The native American., 1838-02-10
From the Cincinnati Wing.
POLITICAL STATISTICS.

y From the Cincinnati Wing.
81 POLITICAL STATISTICS.
!, we copy the following names of the electors
OF President and Vice President. at the first cleo
ton under the Constitution of the United States,
i rom new work now in the course Of publica-
9 ton, entitled "PoLITIcAL STATISTICS, for the
! People"
The first Presidential election was held in
II 1888, at which time GEORGE WAsHINsToN was
! unanimously chosen President and john Ap-
: ANS, Vice President, by plurality, amounting
to nearly majority. The whole number Of
votes stood thus: George Washington, SO; John
Adams, 81; Samuel Huntingdon, 2; John jaw.
o; John Hancock, 4; Robert ii. Harrison, 6;
George Clinton, 3; John Rutledge, 6; John
Milton, Q; James Armstrong, L; Edward Telfair,
/; and Benjamin Lincoln, i.
i Under the Constitution of the United States,
as adopted, the person having the "greafest mum
Der Of votes shall be the President if such number
he majority Of the whole number of electors
'Iappointed; and if there be more than one who
have such majority, and have an equal number
of votes, then the House Of Representatives shall
Immediately choose, by ballot, one Of them for
i President; and if no person have majority, then
from the highest the list, the said House shall
in like manner choose the President. But in
choosing the President the votes shall be taken
/ by States, the representation from each State
having one vote. A quorum for this purpose
shall consist of member members from two
thirds of the States, and majority Of all the States
shall be necessary to choice. In every case
| after the choice of the President, the person
having the greatest number of votes Of the cleo
tors shall be Vice President. But if there
should remain two or more who have equal votes,
the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the
j Vice President
| The contest which grew out Of the Presidential
canvass of 1901, when Thomas jefferson had
10 votes, and .Raron Barr 73, in the electoral
colleges, caused Congress to amend this part Of
| the, Constitution Of the United States, as to
prevent similar difficulty.
] This section was repealed, or rather it was so
altered, that in all elections that occurred from
the passage of the amendment, sthe electors were
to meet in their respective States, and vote by
ballot for President and Vice President,
of whom, at least, should not be an inhabitant Of
the same State with themselves; they were 10
name in their ballots the person yoted for as
/ President and in distinct ballots the person r0-
ted for as Iicc President, and make disct lists Of
all persons voted for as President and Of all persons
voted for as Vice President, and Of the number Of
votes for each.'
| NAMES OF ELECTIONS, IN 1889.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Benjamin Bellows, Ebenezer Thompson,
John Pickering, John Parker.
| John Sullivan, {.
. MASSACHUSETTS,
Caleb Davis, David Serial,
Samuel Phillips, jr. Walter Spooner,
Francis Dana, Moses Gill,
Samuel Hersham, William Gushing,
William Sever, William Shepard.
CONNECTICUT.
Samuel Huntington, Erastus Wocott,
Oliver Wolcott, Thaddeus Burr,
Richard law, Jeddediah Huntington.
Matthew Griswold,
NEW JERSEY.
David Brearley, David Moore,
James Kinscy, John Rutherford,
John Nelson, Matthias Ogden.
PENNSYLVANIA.
, Edward Hand, James Wilson,
George Gibson, James O'IIarra,
John Arnott, David Grier,
/ Conson Read, Samuel Potts,
Lawrence Read, Alexander Graydon.
DELAWARE.
drumming Bedford, George Mitchell.
John Barcing,
| MARYLAND
John Rogers, Phillip Thomas,
George Platter, Robert Smith,
William Iilghman, William Richardson,
Alexander c.. Hanson, William Matthews.
VIRGINIA.
Patrick Henry, w. Tikburgh,
John Pride, Edward Stevens,
Zachariah Johnston, Anthony Walker,
James Wood, David Stuart,
John Harvie, John Roane.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Christopher Gadsden, Edward Rutledge,
Henry Laurens, Arthur Simpkins,
Charles &. Pinckney, Thomas Hayward, jr.
John f. Grimke,
GEORGIA..
George Handley, John Wilson,
George Walton, ii. Osborne.
John King,
! Horrible of Horribles.-The Philadelphia Ga
zette says:
We have often rebuked the component blood,
crime and thunder which modern play wrighters