The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-12-22


. barrassing to the executive The ne1
: defeated candidate was Aaron Burr, who
e in 1901, really expected election, bu
d after thirty-six ballotings the tie between
r him and Jefferson was broken, and the
o latter obtained a majority of two. Bur-
became vice president, but before his
! Office had expired he killed Hamilton
!. and that blasted his prospects, boLh
l social and political -Four years after.
5 wards Jefferson WAS reelected almost
5 unanimously, the federalists having
: carried but two states, whose votes went
for Charles G. Pinckney. With 80 small
, chance for success, the latter could
hardly be called disappointed candi-
, date.
1909.
Charles G.. Pinckney was put on the
course by the federalists, but James
Madison was the successful man, having
one hundred and twenty-five votes to
Pinckney's forty-seven. This made the
third time Pinckney had appeared OH
the presidential course, and his name
soon dropped out of the political world.
Dewitt Clinton was the next disappointed
candidate. Like Aaron Burr and Samuel
!. Tilden, he was from this city. md hsdis-
tinguished himself in lS43 by obtaining q
vote of eighty.Dine against one hun
dred and twenty-eight TOR Madison. This
shows that the unpopularity Of the war
with England strengthened the oppOsi-
tiOn. The return of peace finished upwhat
was left of the federalists, and Monroe at
his first election. in 1917, had one hun
dred and eisbty-three out of two hundred
and twenty.one. Four years afterward
he received two hundred and thirty-one
out of two hundred and thirty-two. On
both of these occasions Daniel ID.
| Thompkins was chosen vice president.
| 1t is said that he had an eye 10 the presi
dency, but he died soon after the close
of his office. 1t is a curious coincidence
that Monroe and TomPkins (president
and vice-president) both died and were
buried in this city, and what renders it
the more noticeable is the fact that they
are the only officers of this rank that
died here. The remains of Monroe were
removed to Richmond a few years ago,
but the grave of Tompkins may be seen
in st. Marks churchyard. He and A.
I. Stewart, are the only persons of note
buried there in addition to old Peter
Stuyvesant.
CRAWFORD AND CLAY.
The election of John Quincy Adams
was accomplished in the house of repre-
sentatives. The disappointed candidates
were Andrew Jackson, William III. Craw-
ford and Henry Clay. Jackson became
Adams successor, while Crawford soon
sank into obscurity, but Clay was re-
served to protracted disappointment. 1t
was his first appearance as presidential
candidate, but he had previously been
five times elected speaker Of the house
of representatives, and served the usual
two-year terms. Crawford is now seldom
mentioned, but he then had forty-Ono
votes for president, being more than
Clay. He had long been a man OF note,
having served as foreign minister and
secretary of the treasury. He was also
presidential candidate at the time OF
Monroe's second election, and would no
doubt have been successful in 1925 had
not coalition been formed against him.
Another disappointed candidate was
John G. Calhoun, who was for eight
years vice-president, but his ambition
never made any higher attainment.
CLAY's ILL LUCK.
Henry Clay's resplendent gerius was
set of by remarkable i'll success in the
operations Of his presidential ambition.
! He was six times elected speaker of
congress, and was also q foreign minister,
| besides holding the Office of secretary of
state under Quincy Adams, but when
| his grasp was directeditO the chief Office
! in the nations gift it was n failure. In
/ 1925 he had thirty-seven votes. In 1882,
when he ran against Jackson, he had
forty-nine. If he had been nominated
in 1910 he would have been easily elected,
but Harrison was placed on the course,
ol, 10 ha mo Of hot
his friends. In 1914 a prodigiOus effort
was made to elect him, but failed. There
is no doubt that the next canvass would
have given him the Office, but Gen.
Taylor was nominated, and that ended
the hopes of the unsuccessful but bril-
liant statesman.
WEBSTER.
He was a presidential candidate in
1886, and received the vote of Mas
sachusetts. After this New England
continually maintained its claims TO
that high office, and his ambition was
continually hattered by the hope of sue
cess. A strenuous effort was made at the
last whig national convention (1S52) TO
secure his nomination, but it failed.
Gen. Scott was placed on the course, and
Webster was terribly disappointed. Had
he lived n month longer he would have
seen the defeat of Scott and the utter
ruin OF the whig party, but he lied be-
fore election. Webster and Clay were
no doubt the chief sufferers by presi-
dental disappointment, and the defeat
of the latter was not only crushing blow
to himself, but was keenly felt by his
friends who were linked with him with
bones Of peculiar affection.
CAsS AND OTHERS.
Lewis Cass for many years aspired TO
the presidency, and in l848 got the dem
ocratic nomination, but was beaten by
Taylor, whose majority, however, was
only thirty-six votes. Thomas II. Ben
ton was another aspirant, but never
reached the dignity of a nomination.
Stephen A. Douglass pursued the presi-
Dental bubble for many years. He
sacrificed to this the peace Of the nation
by destroying the Missouri compromise,
and the result was a cruel war. Seldom
has greater misery followed ambition.
John G.. Fremont, although defeated by
Buchanan, can hardly be viewed ~ a dis
appointed man, for his nomination was
totally unexpected, and his election be-
yOnd hope Winfield Scott, however,
was a greater sufferer, having the exam
pie of Jackson and Taylor before him, be
supposed his military achieve
ments would insure him an election. In
this he was grievously mistaken, for he
mad only forty-two votes, while Pierce
lad two hundred aud fHy-four. Scott,
indeed only carried four states, and his
iefeat terminated the whig party-as
noble an element in the American poll
Tics as it ever contained.
SEWARD.
One of the most I'm portant of our dis
appointed candidates was William II.
Seward. He was one Of the founders of
he republican party, and was its strong
st advocate in the senate. Under these
both he and his friends
ensidered his claims TO party support
,aramount to all others
The New York delegation at the Chi
ago convention i'm 1860 made a prodig-
Dus effort TO procure his nomination. So
onfdently did they expect success that
large portrait in oil of Mr.. Seward was
D readiness 10 float before the conven-
ion as soon as his nomination should
e announced. The portrait was never
Exhibited. MIR. Stewards nephew, who
rougbt il to the convention, took il back