The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-15
THE PRESIDENCY.
Candidates at the National Conventions
The Ballotings.

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Candidates at the National Conventions
The Ballotings.
rFrom the New York Tribune.l
In the Democratic convention of 1848
the number of votes necessary to choice
was ITO, and the first ballot stood, Cass,
1875; Woodbury., SO Buchanan, 55. On
the second Mr.. Cass had 1873; on the
third he had 1876 {; and on the fourth he
was nominated with 179. In 1852 Mr..
Cass led the list with lit, Mr.. Buchanan
coming next with SO, and the contest
continued with no material change until
the 18th ballot, when Franklin Pierce
appeared for the first time, having ID
votes. The whole number of votes was
288. On the 48th ballot Pierce had 55
Cass, IS !; Buchanan, % Douglas (who
started with 20), 33, and Marcy (who
started with %, 80. Pierce was NOM
mated on the 49th ballot, getting all the
votes except 6. In 1856 Mr.. Buchanan
led at the opening with 1876 votes, against
Pierce's 122, Douglas 80, and Cass' 5,
the whole number cast being 296. There
were II ballots on this occasion, in the
course of which Mr.. Pierce's strength
soon ran itself out, while Buchanan and
Douglas almost steadily gained. Mr..
Douglas at last withdrew, the figures on
the 18th ballot standing, Buchanan 1913,
Douglas 121, Oass 6. In 1860 the posi-
ton of the Democracy was peculiar.
The first meeting of the convention held
at Charleston was failure, and after 81
fruitless ballots, in which Mr.. Douglas
distanced all his competitors, his vote
starting at 1454 and running up to l52
(Which was so less than the requisite
number), the convention adjourned to
Baltimore. When it reassembled Mr..
Douglas had 1733 votes on the first bal
lot and 1914 on the second, and was
then declared nominated, the secession
of many of the Southern delegates rem
dering it impossible for any one to OBJ
tain two thirds of all the delegates au-
thorized to vote. In the Democratic
convention of 1864 Gen. Mcclellan be-
gan with ia votes, u. FL. Seymour hay
ing 38 and Horatio Seymour II, but be-
fore the result was declared enough OF
the delegates changed their votes to give
Mcclellan 2023 and SO nominate him.
In 1868 Mr.. Seymour got no votes at all
until the fourth ballot, and then had only
9, after which he was dropped until the
last, the convention finally going for
him on the 22d ballot in the manner of
stampede. The fortunes of the other
candidates were curious. At the begin
ming the count was, Pendleton, l05;
Andrew Johnson, IS Hancock, 333
Hendricks, q whole number OF votes,
317. Mr.. Pendleton ran up slowly to
1864, and on the 18th ballot had gone
down again to So, where he was drop
ped. Hancock began to gain after the
18th, and eliminated in the 18th with
1441. Hendricks gained fast and unin-
terruptedly, and Andrew Johnson lost
with almost equal rapidity. The figures
on the Dist ballot were, Hancock, 1861
Hendricks, 1872. In 1872 the Democracy
had only to accept the nomination OF the
Liberal Republicans. In the Wing con-
vention of 1913 the competitors were
TAYLOR, with Ill votes on the first ballot,
Clay with 81, Scott with 43, and Web
ster with %. Their relative positions
remained the same until the fourth bal
lot, when Clay fell below Scott, and lay
lor was nominated by III votes. At the
opening of the Wing convention of 1852
Fillmore had 1873 delegates, Scott 131,
and Webster 80. At the second ballot
two of Fillmore's men went over to
Scott, and the leaders ran neck and neck
for long time. Scott secured decided
advantage, however, on the seth ballot,
and was nominated on the SD by 159
votes to Fillmore's 112. At the first ma
tional convention of the Republican
party 1855 Fremont was nominated
with only one ballot. At the convention
of 1860, when the total number of votes
was 466, the first ballot stood: Seward,
1871 Lincoln, 1902; Cameron, 50z !;
Chase, 40 Bates, 48; the second was,
Seward, 184l Lincoln, ISL Cameron
withdrawn Chase, 423 Bates, 35 the
third, Seward, 1870; Lincoln, 2313 !;
Chase, 24B !; Bates, %. Mr.. Lincoln's
vote was then increased to 354. In 1864
Mr.. Lincoln was renominated unani-
mously after one ballot and there was
no contest over Gen. Grant In 1868 or in
1872. At the Liberal convention of 1872
the result of the first trial of strength
gave Adams 203 votes, Greeley lat, and
Trumbull 100. On the 9Th Mr.. Adams
counted 324, Mr.. Greeley 1872, and Mr..
Trumbull 10. The final figures were
Greeley 1872, Adams 1877.
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