Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-26

8. The Federal party was now in the
throes of dissolution, and in the next
campaign, in 1920, no nominations what
ever were made. Monroe and T0mpkins
were accepted as the only candidates in
the Ged, ard no general opposition
whatever was made to their reelection.
Monroe had 23l out of 235 electoral
votes. Three electors had died between
their election and the meeting Of tho
college, and one electOr voted for John
| Quincy Adams al President. TOmpkins
received 2l8 votes for Vice President, and
the rest were scattering. 10. In 1924 o.
Cured the famous scrub race" for the
Presidency. There were four candidates
| in the field, namely, William H. Craw-
ford, of Georgia.; John Quincy Adams, of
Massachusetts,; Henry Clay, Of Kentucky,
and Andrew Jackson, Of Tennessee, all
belonging to the same political party.
There was no party issues involved and
it was purely a personal contest. Craw-
ford was the candidate Of the party eau
Gus in Congress the others were nomi-
mated by their especial followers. The
result was that no choice was made. In
that campaign the popular vote was for
the first time recorded, and it, with the
electoral vote, stood as follows: Andrew
jackson. 155,S72 popular and 80 electoral
votes; John Q. Adams, 105,321 popular
votes and 81 electoral; William II. Craw-
ford. "A ,2S2 popular votes and Al electOr-
al; Henry Clay, 1851 popular and 81
electoral votes. AS NO one of the candi-
dates had majority of the entire vote,
the election went to the House of Repre-
sentatives, which, voting by states, elect
cd Mr.. Adams on the first ba Hot. He had
the vote of thirteen states, Mr.. Jackson
seven and Mr.. Crawford four states.
John G. Calhoun had already been elect
cd as Vice President, having received 1872
electoral votes. The remainder of the
votes for Vice President were scattering.
IL. In 1928 there were two we'll defined
parties, the adherents of Clay and Ad-
ans, calling themselves the National
Republicans, and constituting the fOun-
datiOA of the great Wing party, and the
party of the Jackson man, now styled
Democrats. This latter supported An.
drew Jackson for President, with John
q. Calhoun for second term as Vice
President. Nominations in this cam
paign were made by party conventions,
as they have been made ever since. The
National Republicans nominated John
Q. Adams for second term as President,
and Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania. for
Vice President. OF 261 electoral votes,
Jackson received 178 for President, and
Calhoun III for Vice President Adams
and Rush each had 83 electoral votes.
Seven votes were also cast for William
Smith, OF South Carolina, for Vice Pres
ident. The popular vote of General Jack
son was 647,23l. That for Adams was
509,097. IL. In 1882 two minor parties
had sprung up, the Anti-Masonic, which
was the sutgrOwth of the popular excite
ment in New York state over the disap-
pearance Of William Morgan, and the In
dependent Democrats, a Southern clique
unfolding the notification acts of South
Carolina. There were therefore four
tickets in the field: Andrew jackson, Of
Tennessee, and Martin Van Buren, OF
New York, Democratic; Henry Clay, of
Kentucky, and John Sergeant, of Penn
sylyania, National Republican,; William
Writ, of Maryland, and Amos Ellmaker,
of Pennsylvania, Anti-Masonie; John
Floyd, of Virginia, and Henry Lee, OF
Massachusetts,, Independent. The result
OF the election gave jackson 21S out Of
2SS electoral votes, and Van Buren, 1879.
Their popular vote was 687,502. Clay
and Sergeant had 40 electoral votes each,
AID a popular vote Of 530,l89. Eleven |
electoral votes were cast for Floyd AMI |
Leo by South Carolina, and 7by Vermont |
for Writ and Ellmaksr, the combined |
popular vote OF these two being 80, 1O8. |
Pennnsylvania being violently opposed
to Mr.. Van Buren,, cast her electoral |
state, for Vice President. -. In 1886 the |
Democratic candidates were Martin Van
Buren,, of New York, for President, and |
Richard nf fnr
Vice President. The regular ticket of |
the opposition party, now called Wings,
was William Henry Harrison, OF Ohio,
President, and Francis Granger, of New
York, Vice President, bat various states
gave especial preference to other candi-
dates, and votes were east for Hugh l..
White, of Tennessee, Daniel Webster, of
and w. P. Mangum, of
North Carolina, for President, and for
Joha Tyler. of Virginia, and William
Smith. of South Carolina, for Vice Presi-
dent. OF the 294 electoral votes. ITO
were for Van Buren,, and 147 for John
son, with popular vote of 761, $40. The
Wing vote was az follows: For Presi-
dent, Harrison, % electoral votes, White
26, WEBSTER ID, and Mangum II, and for
the candidates for Vice President, Gran
ger u, Tyler AZ, and Smith %. The
popular vote of the Wings for
all their candidates was 736,656. Mr..
Van Barren was therefore elected as
President, but as no candidate for Vica
President had enough electoral votes,
the choice was thrown into Congress,
which elected Mr.. johnson. IA. In 1910
the candidates were not quite 80 numer-
Gus. The Wings supported General Har-
rison and John Tyler; the Democrats
nominated Van Buren, and Johnson for
second term. and there was also the tick
Of OF new party in the Geld, the Adolf |
lion, or Liberty Party" whose candi- {
iates were James IT, BirneY. of New York.