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I'M" votes Harrison, Of Indiana, received one
vote on the third ballot; T., B. Hayes, OF Ohio.
one on the tent.l, eleventh and twelfth bal
lots; McCary, OF Iowa, one on tho thir-
teenth; Gen. Davis, o! Texas, one on the sew
enteenth, and Con. Hartrantt, OF Pennsylva-
nia, one on the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty.
FIST and twenty-second ballots.
When the convention was called to order
on the sixth day the twenty ninth ballot was
taken with this result: Grant, 305, Blaine,
Pts; Sherman, l!6; Edmunds, IL; Wash
burne, IS; Window, 7: Garfield, 2. On this
ballot Massachusetts changed nineteen votes
from Edmunds to Sherman. On the thirtieth
ballot there was but little change from the
preceding one, General Sheridan getting one
vote. On the thirty-io nth ballot Garfield,
whose highest vote heretofore had been
two, received seventeen votes. <n the
thirty. NTH ballot Garfeld's vote was agnin
increased, and on the thirty-si1th ballot,
amid tremendous excitement, General James
a. GARFIELD was declared the candidate OF the
Republican party tor President OF tho United
Ststea. The last ballot stood: Garfield, 399;
Grant, BOG; Blaine, 40; Washburne, 9;
Sherman, 3.
After the nomination of Garfield a recess
was taken until 5 p. m. After the recess Mr..
Pi1ley, from California, nominated Elihu B.
Washburne, OF Illinois, Tor candidate Tor Vice.
President. Mr.. Robinson, OF Connecticut,
nominated Marshall Jewell; Mr.. Hicks, OF
Florida, presented the name OF Thomas Settle;
Mr.. Houck, of Tennessee, nominated Horace
Maynard. and Mr.. Woodiord. OF New York,
nominated Chester a. Arthur, OF that State
Only one ballot was taken. with the following
result: Whole number OF votes, 743. Neces
% oh0,on 0fo XUDl1-n 100
Jewell, A; Maynard, 30; Arthur, 46S; Bruce,
s. The nomination of Mr.. Arthur was made
unanimous, and at 7:25 P. n. the convention
adjourned sine die.
James A. Garfield, OF Mentor, Ohio, was
born in Orange, C~uyahoga county, Ohio, Nov.
10, 1881. Ho graduated at Williams college,
Massachusetts, in 1850, and was president OF
a literary institution for several years. He
studied and piacticed law, and was a member
of the State senate OF Ohio in lS59-60. In
1861 he entered the Union army as colonel OF
the Forty-sscond Ohio volunteers, and was
promoted to the rank OF bri~gadier-general
January 10, 1862. He was appointed chief Of
staff OF the Army OF the Cumberland. and was
promoted to the rank OF major-general Sep.
tember %, 1868. General Garfield was elected
to the thirty -eighth, Thirty ninth, Fortieth,
Forty-hrst Forty-second. Forty-third and
Forty-!ourth Congresses, n was reelected
to the Forty-ntth Congr. s. as a Republican,
receiving 20,0l2 votes against ll,349 votes
for j. S. Easement, Democratic nominee. He
was a member of the electoral commission OF
1876, and was reelected to the Forty-sixth
Congress. A short time ago he was elected
by the Ohio legislature a United States Sena-
tor, to succeed Senator Thurman in 1881.
Chester A. Arthur was born in Albany in
1881, and was educated at Union college,
Schenectady. He studied law and practiced
in New York city. During the war Mr..
Arthur became qu~artermaster general OF Now