The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-07-29
The Political Field.

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coin and johnson received 2l2, and Nc.
Clellan and Pendle.on 81
The electoral votes during the contest
Of 1872 numbered 366, of which Grant
and Wilson received 800. aud Greeley
and Brown &C.
The result Of the election of 1874 vas
q signal victory for Polk. The number
of electoral votes in 1874 was 275, Of
which Polk and Dallas received TO and
Clay and Frelinghuysen 1906.
The first regular national convention of
which any record exists met in Philadel.
phia in September, 1880 1t was called
the United States Anti. Masonic Cony On.
tion. and was composed Of ninety six
delegates.
Three presidential aspirants aud their
vices entered the lists in 1856. At this
election there were 296 electoral votes.
Of these Buchanan and Breckenridge re-
ceivcd l74 Fremont and Dayton got IA
and Fillmore aud Donelson received eight.
In the election of 1910 tho number Of
electoral votes was 294. Van Buron re.
ceived Co. Harrison 234 There we're
four candidates for vice president. Folk
received one vote Tazewell, Of Virginia,
eleven; johnson, 4S and Tyler 234.
The electoral vote in l848 was 900
The contestants we're two for each posi-.
tion. For president, Zachary Taylor, of
Louisiana, received 163 votes. and Cass,
of Michigan, 1877. For vice-president,
Nlillard Fillmore received 1G3 votes, and
Butler 1877.
The number OF electoral votes in the
contest of 1852 was 296. or these
Pierce and King received 2S4, and Scott
and Graham but AZ, In this contest
Pierce and King carried all the States,
except Tennessee, Kentucky Massachu.
setts and Vermont
Tho contest in 1928 was very lively,
and resulted in tho election of Jackson
BY a very large majority. There were,
in l72S, 26l electoral votes. Of which
jackson received 178 and Adams SO.
For vicc-president, Calhoun received l51
votes Rush, SO, and Smith, seven.
Madison for second term in 1912. This
year ushcrcd in the first attempt at e
nominating convention The electoral
vote was 2l7, of which, for president,
Madison received 128 and Clinton 80.
Gerry, of Massachusetts,, was selected for
vice president over Ingcrsoll, OF Penn.
sylvania.
The whole number Of electoral votes in
the election Of 1860 was 315. The con.
testants were Lincoln and Hamln, Breck.
cnridgo and Lane, Bell and Everett. and
Douglass and johnson. Lincoln and
HamIn received 180 votes; Breckon.
ridge and Lane. 70; Bell and Everett,
80; aad Douglass and johnson, H.
In 1904 the contest lay between JEFF
ferson and Pinckney for president, and
George Clinton and Rufus King, both of
New York, for vice.president The lee.
toral vote was this time 176. Jefferson
and Clinton each received 1862 v,tes.
The electoral vote in 1908 was l75, OF
which, for president, Madison rec, ved
l22 ballots. Pinckney was elected ice-
president
In 1920 the electoral votes numl red
295, Of which Mouroe received 23l, and
John Quiucy Adams got single vote.
AS before, five men entered tho list for
vice.presidential houors - Harper. Of
Maryland, and Rush, of Pennsylva MIA,
received one vote each Rodney, Of Del.
aware, got four; Stockton, Of New Ter.
sey, eight; anil Tcmpkins, Of New Y ork
2l8
la the election 10 1882, the clec,ora
votes numbered 2SS For president
Writ received seven votes John Floyd,
Of Virginia, eleven Henry Clay, 40 and
Andrew Jackson, 2l9 For vicc.l esi.
dent, Ellmaker received seven votes
Lee. Of Massachusetts,, eleven Wilkins
Of Pennsylvania, 80; Sergeant. OF alnc
state, 10, aud Van Buren,, l89.
There were, in all in 1886, five c4udi.
dates for president, and in the election
Mausum received eleven electoral Y. es
Webster, II; White. Of Tennessee 2G
J Harrison, 10, aud Van Buen. 10. For
vice.prcsidcnt there we're four condidates;
Smith, Of Alabama received % votes
} Tyler, II ; Granger, 70. and johnson, OF
Kentucky, l47.
! Tho number Of electoral votes 10 The
contest of 1924 was 26l, Of which } lck.
son received 90; Adams, 81 Craw ord,
II, and Henry Clay, 81. For vice cpresi.
dent, Calhoun received 1872 votes Slpd.
ford, of New York, 80; Macon, of North
Carolina, 24; jackson, l3; Clay zine,
and Van Buren, two, No election hav.
ing been made, the contest went into the
House of Representatives, and John
Quincy Adams was chosen
There wcro thitteen competitors for
presidential honors to begin with March
!, 1897, the struggle having been trans.
ierred from the presidency to the
first Office Tho number of electoi- at
this time had increased to l39. John
Adams secured II and Thomas Jefferson
6S. The other candidates were Pincl ney
of South Carolina; Burr, of New Yark
Samuel Adams of Massachusetts, Ellis,
, worth, OF Connecticut; Jay, of New
Yors Clinton, of the same state John
stone and Ircdcll, of North Carolina and
Henry, OF Maryland,
| There was large increase in the elec
toral votes during the next four years
/. in 1888 New Hampshire had {; ; N ,ssa
chusctts, lG; .hode Island, i A; Cos nec
ticut. y Vermont, 3 New York. IL
New jersey, I; Pennsylvania, Is; pela
r ware, 3 Maryland, $ Virginia, 2l
Kentucky, / North Carolina, IL South
Carolina, s, aud Georgia 4 the tota
number being lS2, and oil, as b, fore
were cast for Washington. John a iami
| received majority for vicc.prcsideut.
g Nominating conventions by pol tica
4 parties were unknown iu the early days
Of tho United States. The candidates
we're selected by caucrsses Of congress
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