The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-22

election OF Monroe to the first cleo
ton OF Jackson, ending in 1928.
4. The stormy Democratic period
of thirty.two years, from Jackson to
Lincoln, ending in 1860.
5. The period of the Republican
party of twelve years, from Lincoln
to the present day.
WAsHINGTON-EIGHT YEARS.
l796-THE FIRST PARTY CONTEST.
The total electoral vote cast was
1877 Adams received II /; Jefferson
received 81.
A narrow escape for Adams not.
outstanding the support he received
from Washington's administration.
The results were the election of Ad-
ans as President and Jefferson as
Vice President.
18OO-sECoND CoNTEsT-ADAAIs AND
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, rs Burr, IS; Adams,
IS Pinckney, 81 John Jay, l.
There being tie between Jeffer-
son and Burr, the election was car.
ried into the house. Jefferson be.
came President and Burr Vice Pres.
ident.
lSO4-THE CHANGE IN THE CONsTITU.
TON.
In this contest the Republican can
didates were Jefferson and George
Clinton, of New York. The FEEDER
alists nominated Charles G. Pinck'
ney, of South Carolina, for Presi.
dent, and Rufus King, of New York.
for Vice President. The vote was
as follows: For the Republican tick.
ct, 1872 for the Federal ticket, "a.
lS08-FIRsT ELECTION OF MADISON.
For Madison, 1872 /; for Pinckney
AZ. Geo. Clinton, Q13 votes) was,
with Madison, elected Vice Presi
dent.
lSl2-MADIsoN's SECOND ELECTION.
President-Republican ticket
Madison, 1913; Federal ticket, De
Witt Clinton, 80.
Vice President-Republican ticke'
Gerry, l3l /; Federal ticket, Inger
soil, SO.
1Sl6-EIRsT ELECTION OF MONROE
James Monroe, for President, anG
Daniel ID. Tompkins, of New York
for Vice President, were elected by
1873 electoral votes, against "a 70,
Rufus King, the Federal candidate
for President, these "a votes being
distributed among several candi
dates.
l820-MoNRoE's SECOND ELECTION
MMonroe was re. elected Presiden
by every electoral vote save one, and
Tompkins was reelected Vice Pres.
ident by 2ls against IA.
1924. The last Congresslona
Presidential nominating caucus was
held this year, and it was in favor o.
Crawford, but it was signal failure
The Presidential candidates were
Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adj
ans, and Henry Clay, and the votes
were thus divided Jackson, 90
Adams, 81: Crawford, Al 4; Clay
81.
The election was thrown into the
house. On the first ballot Adams
elected, having received the votes o.
thirteen States against Jackson sever
and Crawford four.
1S2S-JACKsoN AGAINST ADAMS.
Jackson in this election was tri-
umphantly elected, his electoral vote
being l7S to SO for Adams.
1832-JACKsoN's SECOND ELECTION
For President-Andrew Jackson
Democratic, ZIG Henry Clay, Ma
tional Republican, 40; John Floyd
South Carolina vote, IL; William
Writ, anti-mason, l.
1836-vAN BUREN's ELECTION.
Martin Van Buren,, Democrat, ITO
w. H. Harrison, Opposition, 70
Hugh L. White, Opposition, 26
Daniel Webster, Massachusetts
vote) IA; w. P. Mangum, Is. Caro-
lima vote) II.
Col. Richard M. johnson, of Ky.
with Van Buren,, was run for Vic,
President, as the regular Democrat.
nominee. The election of Vice Pres
ident was carried to the Senate
where johnson Yves chosen-John
son, 33 votes; Francis Granger, O
New York, 16.
l840-The result of the electora
vote was For Harrison, 234 fol
Van Buren,, 60.
1844-DEFEAT OF HENRY CLAY.
For Polk and Dallas, 10; fol
Clay and Frelinghuysen, los.
With the SO electoral votes of New
York, given Clay, land the $4,000
Abolition Wings, could have giver
him the State by 10000 majority, J
Clay would have been President.
lS48-ELEcTIoN OF GEN. TAYLOR.
For Taylor and Fillmore, 1853 fol-
Cass and Butler, of KY, 1877.
Here, with the transfer of the 81
votes of New York from Taylor tc
Cass, the result would have been the
opposite.
1652-ELECTION OF PIERCE.
1852 resulted in giving Pierce the
electoral vote of all the States, ex
cept Vermont and Massachusetts in
the north, and Kentucky and Tennes.
see in the south.
lS56-ELECTIoN OF BUCHANAN.
Buchanan and Breckenridge, Dem
ocrats, 10; Fremont and Dayton
Republicans, 112: Fillmore and Don
elson, 8.
Fremont carried all the northern
States, except California, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Iii
nois Buchanan all the southern
States, except Maryland, which was
carried by Fillmore. 1t was Fill
more, however, as q third candidate
in the north, who carried off the bal
auce of power from Fremont and
elected Buchanan.
1860-ELEcTIoN OF LINCOLN.
In this election all the northern O,
free States were carried by Lincoln
except New Jersey, which was car
ried by a fusion. Of the southern O
slave States Douglass carried Mis-