The New York herald., 1872-12-05
New York Unanimous 4 for
.,,.,s ',., Grant and Wilson llsa''oa :,
Electoral Records = Of .@.litths
'4 z 's Empire State. = Saa'aa
TIE RESULT NJ THE OTHER STATES.
1he Republican Candidates Receiv'
ing Full Votes. na as'a~
Hendricks, Of Indiana, and B. Gratis
I,,1 BROWN Running Together. -,
NEW WORK.


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-otns EeetorM College met this mornine and went
lnnsagh TIE form oG ossting the vote OF the State
~ President and Vice President 49,.
ne College was organized on Tuesday by the
election Of ex-Lieutenant Governor Stewart l.
WsoAford as President which VS. done on the mo
ton Of Frederick Douglass the nrst Of his race who
Has ever been entitled to anything more than Q
seck seat IN any dehberatiSs body organized in
10 On the nrst eau ofthe roll every eector answered
except Henry Spicer, 81 Jefferson county. A COM
mlttee was appointed = select person to Il this
Vacancy which, after dehberation, reported the
nsme OF senator Graham, OF Delaware. Before the
vote was declares M. Spicer turned up, and SO
sayed his seat and his name went upon the record
The College proceeded to vote for President by
ballot. sndi va found Ulysses g. Grant received
III Of the thirty-nve votes. vote for Vice Presi.
Gent Wa then had, and henry Wilson was found
% have go received all the tnirty-nve votes.
Hon. Andrew D. White, after alluding to the
death Of Horace Greeley and speaking OF his SER
vices his high character and the loss the country
experienced in his demise, proposed the follow.
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College orders that itssecretass make record Of this
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1r. E. Dodge, Of New York, and Barney r. John
SON, Of Binghamton, seconded the resolutions In
brief but feeling terms, when they were adopted.
The following messengers to convey the vote Of
tho College were then appointed TOW ashington
Frederick Douglass Of Monroe; to the District
Judge Of Bunal0, T. 81. Palmer, OF st. Lawrence.
IAe members were here called upon to sign the re.
suit Of the vote in duplicate, which occupied con-
siderable time.
journed sine dje
The old record book, in the once OF the Secretary
Of State. Of the meetings Of the Electoral Colleges
b curiosity in It's way. The nrst minutes are for
the year 1892. The state government was then To-
Gated at Poughkeepsie. whoever kept the record
evidently had little thought for the information OF
postertty. The supply OF stationery must have
been very limited, for the entire journal OF the
proceedings Of the College which met December s
lisa, is crowded on scrap OF paper not more than
half the size OF sheet OF f0olscap. II is signed,
sDe Witt Clinton, Clerk OF the Council.n 1t does
net state who were the electors nor for
whom they voted, only that they met and cast
the vote Of the State, "the said vote
being put in package, which was sealed by the
Secretary and directed to the President OF the
Senate, st the seat OF government at Phiad elpha,
and deposited in the Post once by the President
OF the College, in the presence OF the members,
The electors were at that time appointed by the
Senate and Assembly, the statute directing that
'they shall be taken as near as may be rom the
four great districts OF the State in the proportions
Of four from the southern, three from the middle,
three from the western and three from the east
ern." As it was subsequently found that the State
was entitled to but twelve votes the southern dis
trict was deprived Of It's preponderance.
The record OF 17s6 is less in detail than that OF
Ass1, sne 10 nOs Gwen dsteSscu ny fTebluenC OF
clerk.
On the sth Of November, 1900, Jshn Jay, as Cover
nor, certifes to the appointment Of twelve
electors, who met at Hudson and voted. The
minutes do not say for whom they voted, but the
vote was "duly enclosed In sealed package,
which was delivered to messenger In the pres
ence Of A. Spencer and De Witt Clinton"
In 1904 there appears to have been better sup
ply Of paper, as each eector signs the roll and the
given for Mr.. Thomas Jefferson, OF Virginia, for
President of these United States" The same vote
Was given for George Clinton for Vice President:
This is the first time that any mention is made OF
the names OF the persons for whom the vote OF the
State was given.
In 1905 John G. Spencer was Secretary but he re-
cords nothing more than that votes were sent to
she President OF the Senate at the seat OF govern
ment.
In 1872 the electors met at Albany for the nrst
cords that they gave twenty nine votes for De Witt
Cltnt0n for President and q like number for Jared
Ingersoll for Vice President
the proceedings Of 1916. The vote was James Mon
roe and Daniel D. Tompkins. The College met De-
cember 2 1916, and the roll was called. One men,
day without filing the vacancy. The next day the
question was raised as to the right OF the College
to elect In the place OF the absentee, and 1t was re-
solved TO ask the opinion OF the Attorney General,
which was promptly given, as folows:-
lam clearly Of opinion that II will season for the
electors the election President and Vice President
on Ss At
@s the sfs gss sseado Is sxsn De-
pew win recognize that sicnatnre as the name
Of the man that succeeded Old Hickory as Presi-
dent. This opinion is written on q small scrap OF
paper which Is pasted on the ny leaf OF a letter
kept Our modern lawyers would be puzzled TO
compress an opinion into SO few words.
In 1920, Mr.. William Floyd not answering to his