Daily Republican., 1880-09-02

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ZIONIST. For Vice President the candi
; dates were George M. Dallas, Demo
orat and Theodore Frelinghuysen
Wing. The popular vote of Delawar
was 1906 for Polk and 6,37S for Clay
Majority for the latter 2S2.
Polk and Dallas were elected receiv
ing ITO electoral votes, los for Clay and
Frelinghyusen. The electoral vote o
Delaware was cast for the unsuccessful
side.
In 1s47, Zachary Taylor, Wing, ant
Lewis Cass, Democrat, were the mair
opposing candidates though Martin
Van Buren ran as q Free-soiler. Mil
lard Fillmore whig and W. 0. Butler
Democrat were the opposing candidates
for Vice President.
Delaware in this contest gave Taylor
6, AL votes and Cass 5,S9S votes. 81
votes we're cast for Van Buren,.
Taylor and Fillmore were elected by
a vote of 163 TO 127 for Cass and
Butler. Delaware cast her three cleo
toral votes for Taylor and Fillmore.
In 1852 Franklin Pierce, Democrat
Winfield Scott, Whig, and John P
Hale, Free-soiler, were the candidates
for President. W. R. King, Democrat.
and W. A. Graham, Wing, were candi.
dates for Vice President. Delaware
voted 63lS for Pierce, 6293 for Scott
and 81 for Hale. The majority against
Pierce in the State was 81, but between
Pierce and Scott the former had rs ma
jcrity, and carried with him the electo-
raj vote of the State.
Pierce and King had 254 electoral
votes, and Scott and Graham had AZ.
In 1856 the opposing candidstes
were James Buchanan, Democrat; John
C. Fremont, Republican; and M. Fill.
more, American. The candidates for
Vice President, were JohA c. Brecken-
ridge, Democrat William L. Dayton,
Repu blican and Andrew Donelson,
American. Delaware devided her vote
between them as follows Buchanan,
s, S,0O4; Fremont, 30S Fillmore, 6,l75.
The electoral vote of the State was cast
for Buchanan and Breckenridge who
we're elected by vote of TIA for Buch-
anan; ia for Fremont and s for Fill
more.
In 1860, the opposing candidates
were: Abraham Lincoln, Republican; S.
A. Douglass, Independent Democrat; j..
C. Breckenridge, Democrat, and John
Bell. Constitutional Union.
The candidates for Vice President
we're: Hannibal Hamlin, Republican;
Joseph Lane, Democrat; Edward Everett,
Constitutional Union, and H. V, John
son, Independent Democrat.
The vote of Delaware was as follows:
Lincoln, 8, ,S15; Douglass. l,O23; Breck.
enridge, 7,347; Bell, 1854.
The electoral vote Of the State was
cast for Breckenridge, but Lincoln was
elected by an electoral vote OF $50 to
u for Breckenridge, 80 for Bell and Il
for Douglass.
In 1864 Abraham Lincoln, Republi-
can, was a candidate for reelection and
his opponent was George B. Mcclellan,
Democrat.
The candidates for Vice President
were Andrew Johnson, pretended Re-
publican ana George H. Pendleton,
Democrat.
Delaware voted S155 for Lincoln and
S767 for Mcclellan who got the electo.
raj vote OF the State, though Lincoln
was elected President receiving 22l
electoral votes to 81 for Mcclellan.
In 1868, Ulysses s. Grant, was the
Republican candidate and Horatio Sey-
mour was the Democratic candidate,
Schuyler CoIfax was the Republican
candidate for Vice President and F. P.
Blain the Democratic. Delaware cast
10, $50 votes for Seymour and 1923
votes for Grant. The electoral vote Of
the State was given to Seymour, but
Grant was elected President by a vote
2l4 to so.
In 1872, the Republican candidate
was Ulysses s. Grant for reelection
and ths Democratic and liberal candi- |
date was Horace Greeley.
Charles 0'Connor was the straight
out Democratic candidate. The candi-
dates for Vice President were Henry
Wilson, Republican, and B. Gratz
Brown, Democrat. Delaware cast II, 1l5
votes for Grant, 10, ,206 for Greeley, and
4S7 for O'Connor. The electoral vote of
The State was cast for Grant, he being
elected by a vote Of 2S6 to so for all op-
position. In 1876 the candidates were
Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat, and R. B.
Hayes, Republican. /
Thomas A. Hendricks, Democrat, and
A. Wheeler, Republican, were
candidates for the Vice Presidency.
Delaware voted Is, 3S1 votes for Tilden,
and 1872 for Hayes. The electoral
vote of the State was cast for Tilden,
but Hayes was elected President by an
electoral vote of 1SS to lS4 for Tilden.
ThesLattu, Greek and German.
Porf. P. W. Hochkeppel gives notice
that he will again resume teaching
Latin, Greek and German, in this city,
on the 18th of September. The Pro-