The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-07
How John Quincy Adams Was Elected
President,

John Quincy Adams was chosen Presi-
dent of the United States on the 9th day
OF February, 1925, by the United States
House of Representatives, he receiving
thirteen votes, while seven. were given
for Andrew jackson, and four for VII
liam Harris Crawford When the votes
were opened, and counted, in Congress.
Mr. Littleton W. Tazewell, of Virginia.
was Teller for the Senate, and Mr.. John
w. Taylor, of New York, and Mr.. Philip
B. Barbour, Of Virginia, were Tellers for
the House of Representatives. It APP
pearing that no one had been chosen to
the Presidency, the President of the
Senate Mr.. Gaillard, of South Carolina),
stated the fact, adding that the remaining
duties in the choice of President now
.devolved on the House of Representa-
tives. He further declared that John g.
Calhoun, of South Carolina, having re-
ceived 1S2 votes, was duly elected Vice
President of the United States, to serve
for fouryears from the 4th Of Marchnext.
The Senate then retired from the Repre-
sentatives' chamber; and the House of
REPRESENTATIVES., resuming, proceeded to
the choice of President, every member
being present, except Mr.. Garnet, OF
Virginia, who was in Washington, but
too i'll to attend the sitting. The delega-
tons voted by States, and twenty-four
Telers were appointed, or one for each
State. They were seated at two tables,
and those at one table appointed Mr..
Webster, of Massachusetts, to announce
the result, and those at the other table
appointed MIR. John Randolph, of Vir-
ginia, to perform the same office. Mr..
Webster rose and said: "AIr. Speaker,
the Tellers of the votes at this table have
proceeded to count the ballots contained
in the box set before them. The result
they find to be, that there are-For
John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts,,
thirteen votes; for Andrew jackson, of
Tennessee, seven votes; fol William H
Crawford, of Georgia, four votes" Mr..
Randolph, from the other table, made
statement corresponding with that of
Mr.. Webster, in the facts, but varying
in the phraseology, SO as to say that
Mr.. Adams, Mr. jackson, and Mr.. Craw-
ford had received the UOteS of so many
States, instead of so nadny UoteS. Mr..
Randolph was q State Rights man
of the school of john Tayler, of one of
the Carolinas, and so he could not ac-
cept the form of annunciation adopted by
Mr.. Webster The Speaker then stated
this result to the House, and announced
the election of Mr.. Adams to the Presi-
dency The usual committee to notify
the President. and the President-elect, of
what had been done, was ordered to be
appointed; and then the House adj
iourned.
Of the eminent men who took part
in these proceedings as being
something out Of the observation of the
existing generation, We have given at
some length-all long since departed
from the scene on which they were lead
ing actors. Adams and Calhoun. Web
ster and Randolph, Gaillard and TazewelI,
Taylor and Barbour, Jackson and Craw-
ford, McLane and Livingston, Trimble
and Ingham, and others, died years
since, and most of them are forgotten,
or are but dimly remembered; and the
America Of 1881 bears no more resem-
blance to the America of 1926 than the
America of 1925 bore to the America of
ITO. Yet a few years, and the actors of
to-day, now so eager and so full of life,
will be swept away, and will be moulder-
ing in obscure cemeteries or in nameless
church-yards. But they care as little for
the future as they care for the past, being
devoted to the vital though fast-feeting
present, which is ever with men, yet
dies to them, not day by day, or hour by
hour, or even minute by minute, but
second by second. Boston Traveller.