Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-01-10
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

Ihere have been, since the formation of our Gov
eminent, sixteen Presidential Elections. The fol-
lowing is correct statement, compiled from an au-
hentic source, of the number of votes received by
each principal candidate. for President and Vice
President, in each of said Elections and will be
found not only useful for present information but fu
| ture reference.
| First Election, 1789.-Number of Electors 60.
George Washington received SO votes John Adams
a. and John Jay 9. Washington was elected Pres
ident and John Adams Vice President.
Second Election, 1792.-Number of Electors 1872.
George Washington received 1879 votes John Adams
II, and George Clinton SO. Washington and Adams
were both reelected.
Third Election, l796.-Number of Electors 13e
John Adams received II votes; Thomas Jefferson
6S; Thomas Pinckney SO, and Aaron Burr 80. Ad-
ans was elected President and Jefferson Vice Pres
ident.
Fourth Election, 1sOO.-Number of Electors 1885,
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received each 70
votes; John Adams IS and Charles G.. Pincknev Ga .
AS there was choice of President in the College
OF Electors, the Election devolved upon the House
OF Representatives, and after ballotting SO times,
Jefferson was elected by majority of one State
Burr was elected Vice President.
Fifth Election, 19O4.-Number of Electors I76
The present plan of voting separately for President
anu v Ice president was then adopted.
Thomas Jefferson received 162 votes for President,
and Charles G. Pnckney IA. George Clinton re-
ceived l62 votes for Vice President and Rufus King
IA. Jefferson and Clinton were elected.
Sirth Election, 1sO8.-Number of Electors IT'S.
James Madison received 122 votes for President and
Charles G. Pinckney AZ. George Clinton received
lib votes for Vice President, and Rufus King AZ.
Madison and Clinton elected.
nth NJ
James Madison received 1913 votes for President and
De Witt Clinton 80. Elbridge Gerry received 131
votes for VicePesdent, and Jarad Ingersoll &c. Mad
ison and Gerry elected.
Eighth Election 1S16.-Number of Electors 217.
James Monroe received 1873 votes for President, and
Rufus King 81. Daniel D. Tompkins received 1873
votes for Vice President, and John E. Howard %.
Monroe and Tompkins elected.
Ninth Election, 192O.-Number Of Electors 235.
Monroe received 23I votes for President, and Daniel
D. Tompkins 2l9 for Vice President
Tenth Election, I92t.-Number of Electors 26I.
Andrew Jackson received SO votes for President
John Quincy Adams 81 William H. Crawford Al,
and Henry Clay 81. AS neither candidate had ma.
GRITTY, the election carried into the House, where
ohm Quincy Adams having received the of 13
States out of %, elected President. John G.
Calhoun received 1872 votes Vice President; N.
Sanford 80, and Nathaniel Macon "a. Calhoun was
elected Vice President.
Eleventh. Election, 1s2S.-Number of Electors 261.
Andrew Jackson received l79 for President, and
John Quincy Adams 80. John c. Calhoun received
III votes for Vice Presid ent and Rush 80. Jackson
and Calhoun were elected.
ItreHfh Election, I932.-Number of Electors 299.
Andrew Jackson received 2l9 votes for President;
Henry Clay 40; John Floyd IL; and William Writ
9. Martin Van Buren, received 1S9 for Vice Presi-
dent; John Sergeant 40; William Wilkins 80; Hen
ry Lee IL, and El!maker7. Jackson and Van Buren,
were elected.
Thirteenth Election, 1S36.-Number of Electors
1914 Martin Van Buren, received ITO votes for Presi
dent; VIM. H. Harrison 10; Hugh L. White, &c !;
Daniel Webster IA and Willie P. Mangun IL {.
Richard NJ. Johnson received 147 votes for Vice Pre-
sident; Francis. Granger II; John Tyler At and
William Smith %. AS neither of the candidates for
the Vice Presidency received majority of the cleo
toral votes, and Richard NJ. Johnson and Francis
Granger received than any other two, the
Senate proceeded to elect of these candidates for
Vice President. In the Senate, Richard NJ. Johnson
received 33 votes, and Francis Granger l6 Van
Buren, and Johnson elected
fourteenth Election, I94O.-Number of Elect ors
1914. General Viii liam Henry Harrison, of Ohio,
received 234 votes for President, and Martin Van
Buren, 60. John Tyler received 234 votes for Vice
President, Richard NJ. Johnson 40 votes, and Little
ton w. Tazewell, IL votes. Harrison and Tyler
elected.
Fifteenth Election, 1944.-Number of Electors 275.
James K. Polk received ITO votes, and Henry Clay
los for President; and G. M. Dallas received ITO
and Theodore Frelinghuysen los for Vice President
Mr. Polk was elected President, and Mr.. Dallas Vice
President.
Sixteenth Election, Is4s.-Number of Electors 900.
Zachary Taylor received 163 votes, and Lewis Cass
1877 votes for President; and Millard Fillmore 1913
votes, and William o. Butler 1877 votes, for Vice
President.
The next and seUenteenM election, will take place
in November, 1852.
SPEECH OF JUDGE DOUGLAS.
We publish to-day the Speech of Judge Douglas,
of Illinois, delivered in the Senate in relation to his
course on the Slavery question, and especially the