Daily Republican., 1880-05-05
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
HOW Delaware Voted for Presf-
dent In. the rast-sOmo Interest
ing Facts.

The f0ll0WiOg account Oh ln0 NOtoS
cast by this State for the different
Presidents sinoe the adoption OF the
constitution, has been handed to us by
Ex-City Treasurer Francis Vincent. He
says: .-......
The first election for President was
held in T7S9.. George Washington was
unanimously elected. The Presiden-
tial Electors. we're Cunning Bedford,
George MitoheM and George Banning.
The second election was held In 1893.
George Washington was again elected
unaEimously. The Electors from this
State wore Jsmes Sykes, Cunning Bed
ford and William Hill Wells.
The third Presidential Election took
place in 1877. TIE candidates were
John Adams Fsderalist and Thomas
jefferson Republican. The Federalists
desired power in the Central Govern
mem ,the Democrats wished it 10 remain
in the States. In some respects it was
an English and French party. The
Federalists sympathizing more with
the English, the Republicans with the
French. The state cast her vote for
Adams. The electors were Thomas
Robinson, Isaac Cooper and Richard
Bassett John Adams was chosen
| President.
The ,fourht Presidential election took
place in 1901. TIE candidates were
Thomas jefferson, and Aaron Burr.
There not being majority Of votes for
either candidate the election went to
the House Of Representatives. There
wera SO ballots taken. The House was
in session seven days and nights with
out adjournment. On the first ballot
Delaware voted for Burr. On the 3v.h
ballot she voted blank. This caused
Jetferson's election. The electors we're
Kensey Johns, Nathaniel Mitchell and
Samuel White.
The fifth Presidential election took
place in 1906. The candidates were
Thomas Jefferson and amongst others
Charles ColesvOrtk Pincknsy. Jefier-
son received all bat II of the votes cast
viz, 1G2 out Of 176. The electors were
Maxwell BiDes, Thomas Fisher and
George Ksnnard.
The sixth Presidential election was
held in 1909. The candidates were
James Madison and Charles Colesworth
Pincknsy. Delaware voted for Pinck-
uey the Federal candidate. The cleo
tors were.James Booth, Daniel Rodney
and Nicholas Ridgely. MADISON the
candidate was elected.
The seventh Presidential election
took place in 1873. The candidates
were James Madison and Dewitt Clin>
ton. The State gave her vote for
the Federal candidate Clinton
Again Madison was elected. The cleo
tors of the State were James L. Clayton,
James Sykes, Benjamin Blackiston and
Thomas Fisher. Delaware then had
two representatives in Congress and as
a consequence four Presidential cleo
tors.
The eighth Presidential election took
place in 1917. The candidates were
James Monroe, Democrat, and Rufus
King, federal. Monroe got all the votes
but those of Delaware, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut which were cast for
King. The Presidential electors we're
Thomas Robinson, Andrew Barrett,
Isaac Tunnel and Nicholas Ridgely.
The ninth Presidential election came
of in 1921. The candidates were James
Monroe and John Quincy Adams, son
of John Adams, the former President.
The vote of the State was cast for Mon.
roe. He received the vote of all the
States but New Hampshire. The cleo
tors of the State were Peter Robinson,
Nicholas Ridgely, john Clark and An
drew Barrett.
The tenth Presidential election took
place in 1895. The candidates were
John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson,
Henry Clay and William H. Crawford,
Two Of the votes of our State were
given for Crawford and one for Clay.
Neither candidate receiving sufficient
votes, the election was carried to the
House of representatives wsere Della
ware voted for Crawford.
Adams was elected. The Presidential
electors were Isaac Tunnel, John Cald-
we'll and Joseph G.. Rowland. The
State had now again but one member
of Congress, and therefore but three
Presidential electors.
The eleventh Presidential election
took place in 1929. The candidates
were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy
Adams. The parties now took the
names Of Wing and Democrat, or rsth-
ar at first Jackson and Adams men.
The old Federal party had gone to
pieces Through opposing the war with
Great Britain, and the opposition took
The name Of Wings. The State gave
her vote for Adams. Jackson was cleo.
ted. The electors were James Candy, |,
David Hazard and John Adams.
The twelfth Presidential election took
place in 1888. The candidates were /
Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. The F,
principle question that nov divided I
he Union was whether we should have
! United States Bank and a Protective
Tariff. Jackson had vetoed the charter
If the hank and South Carolina had q
passed a law nulifying the Tariff bill. /
Henry Clay was the father OF the tariff {
Ict and also favored the bank. jack kson s
\ as elected. The State cast her vote |
or Clay. The electors were George I
rruitt, Cornelius P. Comegys (after- /
Yards Governor and father of Chief Jus q
ice Comegys) and II. F. Hall. jack i
on was elected. y
The thirteenth Presidential election 4
ook place in 1887. The candidates i
we're Martin VanBuren, (who had been o
elected as Minister to England by the
'snate,) the Democrat, and William
Ienry Harrison, Hugh L. White, Daniel
Webster and Willie P. Magnum. Van a
'uren was els cted. The State cast her '
ote for Harrison. The Presidential v