Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-01-04

ANo VI TIC cicNcuas lOlta- VI llaTNlhuu
and one OF the nine votes OF Maine
these States then voting by. districtsl
and with them he carried the States
of Virginia, North Csrolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky. Teunes-
see, Ohio. Louisiana Mississippi, ln-
diana, Illinois, Alabama and Missouri.
John Quincy Adams received eight OF
the nine votes OF Maine, sixteen OF
the thirty.six votes OF New York and
six OF the eleven votes OF MARYLAND,
aud thei voteiientire Of New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
.CoDnecticut, Vermont, New Jersey
aud Delaware. The total Electoral
vote stood; Jackson, IT'S; Adams,
80; the latter being one vote less than
at the previous election, when he, was
chosen by the House of represent ta;s
ltives. --..:,.: ,i;,:g = ',iI y \
The election of 1882 in Ohio. as ia ia
other States, was bitterly contested,
the more so that the President haIiyo-
ted the bill extending the chariot of
the United States Bank, and utterl
hretrievable ruin to the interests Of
the country was predicted, and, .bys
many silly and well meaning voters
was believed. Mr.. Clay was the lead
ing opponent of General JacksoDgo but
after astrong contest the Jackson Elec-,
toral ticket carried the State The
Ohio Wings had made an. alliance
with the Anti Masons, giving them, the.
candidate for Governor on the pledge
of support to the Wing candidate for
President The Anti.Masonie candil
date for Governor was. defeated by q
decided majority, and Jackson the.
same fall carried Ohio by vote of
.8l,246 to;76,539 for Clay. II 'd'" Ia
sa At the election of 1896 General
Harrison. as the Wing candidate for
President beat Mr., Van Bure1,,o the,
Democratic nominee, by a vote of los; n
4O5 for Harrison to 96,9s4 in Ohio,
The electoral vote of the United States
was: Van Buren,, ,.l7O; Harrisonel573;
Hugh L.; White, of Tennessee, S926,
which, OF. course. elected Van Buren,.
y In the great contest Of IS40,, Chic
pulled her largest vote, and with IL
gave her largest majority. The cam
didates were General Harrison and
John Tyler for President and Vice
President, against Van Buren and Col
onel johnson for President and Vice.
President. The total vote was 26s,1
S42, for Harrison -,l4S, l57; Van Buren,.
l24,7s2;.Jas. G.. Birney (Abolitioh),t
903. General Harrison received I 234 |
Electoralvotes to but go for Y an Bnr-J
en-. General Harrison carried every |
State, except New Hampshire, aNir.
ginia, South Carolina, Illinois,g AlaI
bama, Missouri and Arkansas, The
on the popularvote for Har-
rison over Van Buren was but las, 1893.
So close was the vote in some of the
States that in Pennsylvania the Hafrl.
on Electors succeeded by majority
but 249, which gave the successful
, asideDt thirty Electoral votes.
Ii \ 1874 Ohio gave her twenty three
Iectt oral votes to Henry Clay, against
mes K. Polk. The votes stood ForI
Iay El 'ectors, I55, ,o57; Polk, I4s, III;
{ Birn ey, Abolitionist s.e50, Thel'
lectoral vote in all the States stood,
ok; ITO, Clay lO5,.".......'... ',-i z Il mn
Tie elect ion OF lS4S, with General \
ass ,s:as the Democratic and General
aaylor as the Wing candidate, gave Ohio,E
, tie Democratic nominee. The vote
,ood: Cass, l54, ,775; Taylor, I3S, ,36o; /
-ans Buren free Soil,) IL, 1858. Cass
vetss Taylor, GALS; over both Taylor
ndlVan Buren, 5,l52. General TAYLOR
nd General Cass each carried tfifteen
tates. The Electoral vote stood;
'aylor, l63, Cass, l27; which elected I
'aylor. sga
At the election Of 1852, a whent
franklin Pierce was elected over Gen
raj Scott, the latter. getting the votes
( but four States, Massachusetts,
Iermont, Kentucky and Tennessee
ortyttwo Electoral .yotes-Ohio was
gain Democratic. The vote for Elee-
ors stood: Pierce, Democrat, 169, ,220; I
scott, Whig, l52, 1896 Hale, Free soil, |
',ls2. , ]
This was the last Presidential cleo
ion that Ohio went Democratic.
! In 1855, when James Buchanan
vas elected President, the vote of Ohio
Itood: Fremont, Republican, 1877, ,466;.
Buchanan, ITO, ,S75; Fillmore, Ameri,.
IAN, 2S,l26. The Electoral vote ofl
he different States in the aggregate
stood; Buchanan, l74; Fremont; ll4:l
Fillmore, the 8 votes of Maryland. enI
III 1850, when, by division in the
ranks Mr.. Lincoln (, was
elected President, the vote of MOhio
stood; Abraham Lincoln, Republican,
222,sO9; Stephen A. Douglas, lS7,-
42l John Bell, Of Tennessee, 1913;
John G. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
1903, and Gerrit7 Smith, FreessS Soil,
ls0, Douglas and Breckenridge were
each supported as Democrats. ~
Four years otter Mr.. Lincoln was
re4elected,ss : with General George r.
Mcclellan as the opposing candidate.
The vote of Ohio stood; Lincoln, 1885,