The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-10-25
PAST AND FUTURE.

In 1874 Lnere WcIe loui
for the Presidency, Andrew jackson
and W. H. Crawford, Democrats,
John @. Adams, Federal, and Henry {
Clay, Republican. The popular vote
was so small that Jackson, who was
the highest on the poll, received only
1852, 500 and Adams l05,32l, the two
others forty seven thousand votes
and a fraction each. The whole vote
was 352,522. The election was
thrown into the House of Represen-
tatives by the failure Of the Electoral
College to select the President and
Mr.. Adams was chosen. The public
excitement was intensified by this re-
suit. General Jackson had received
the largest popular vote and the lar
gest electoral vote go against "a for
Adams, Al for Crawford and 81 for
Clay, but not majority. In 1928
all other candidates were brushed
aside and the track reserved for the
two chief competitors. Jackson re-
ceived 650,02S of the popular vote,
and Adams 512,l5S, more than three
times the vote polled at the previous
election. ..-
In 1882 there were four candidates
again. The Republican Party of
which Mr.. Clay was the leader, and
the Federal Party to which Mr..
Adams belonged, were dissolved and
at this election the Wing party made
it's first appearance, but not yet, So
lidifed it would seem, as it present
, ed three candidates for the Presiden-
| cy viz: Henry Clay, John Floyd and
+ VIM. Writ. The Democrats concen-
trated on Jackson and won, and it is
!. singular the increase over the last
/ election was only 75,505 votes.
n In 1886 the Democrats again con-
centrated on one man, Van Buren,,
and the Wings had four candidates
W. H. Harrison, Hugh White, Dan.
iel Webster and Willie P. Mangum, 8
blunder they did not repeat in 1s4(
:. when "Tippecanoe and Tyler too
= carried the. country after the mos
= extraordinary political CONFUSION il
has ever passed through. The strik
i, ing feature in this election is tina
the popular vote is
For Harrison Electors. ........ ,274 20
J For Van Buren, Electors. 80. 30
- showing the small majority Of. 1850
:, while in the Electoral College tn
:. vote was for
Harrison for President %
l. Van Buren, for President .......... 6
IN The election of 1860 exhibits thi
Of contrast in results between the popu
g. lar and the electoral vote more strik
tie ingly still. The Lincoln Electors re
is ceived 1,s57,6OO votes at the poll
ct and Mr.. Lincoln $50 in the Electors
is College. The Douglas Electors re
- ceived 1,365,976 of the popular vot'
as while he had only IL votes in tn
lg College. The Breckenridge Electo,
of received half a million votes les
m than those Of Douglass, but NJ
es Breckenridge had ~ votes in til
ut College.
he 1t is not embarrassing to compal
i'd the last three elections. In 1864 th
on result was ........-
POPULAR VOTE. ELECTORAL vo7
Ii Lincoln. 800. 2, 1923 ,035. .............2
,ir Nc Clellan. - ,S11 ,7A. ............
I'll, Iol
sr The vote of 1868 was:
III POPULAR VOTE. ELECTORAL vO1
ly Grant. .O12 1888. ..........2
~ Seymour. ....2 ,703, 249. .............
mt 309,5S4
of At the last election the popul
in. vote for the Grant Electors wa
in 3,597,O7O and for the Greeley Ele
EST tors 2,s34,079 and Grant receive
is 300 electoral votes. The votes
for the Democratic Electors, numberil
of 66 were cast for different persons.
ed Mr.. Greeley being dead was not v
of ted for, and some of the Electors Y
an ted for Gratz Brown for Preside
bo and a local favorite for Vice, viii
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