Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-26
NORTHERN TRIBUNE
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1885.
Presidential Campaigns and Candidates.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

and unrIccessfal, from the time of
Washington. would be appreciated.
l.. DILLON.
Arseer.-1. There have been twenty
five Presidential campaigns In our coun-
trv,s history, as follows: The arst cleo
tion of electors in the United States was
held the first Wednesday in January,
1889. They We're not chosen as the rep
resentatiyes of party candidates, as be-
came the custom later, but were select
ed, according to the constitutional plan,
to vote for two persons for President and
Vice President. On tho first Wednesday
of February, 1889, the electoral college
met, and chose George Washington Pres
ident, and John Adams Vice President,
OF the United Ltates. No votes we're
cast for President and Vice President
distinctiyely, but each electOr voted for
two persons, and in the final count the
person who had received the highest
vote of all was pronounced President,
and the ONE who had received the next
highest vote, Vice President. Each elect
or that time east one vote for George
Washington, giving him 90 votes in ALL
an unanimous election as President. OF
the other electoral votes John Adams re-
ceived 81, the next highest number, and
was elected Vice President. The remain
ing 80 votes were CASTOR John Jay. John
Hancock and others. 2. In 1892, at the
second Presidential election, the choice
was made on the same plan, and Wash
ington was again unanimously chosen,
receiving one vote from each elector;
John Adams was again elected Vice
President. having received n votes out
of 1872. The chief opposing candidates
for the Vice Presidency were George
Citation, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
Burr, The two parties known as FEEDER
'alists and Anti-Federallsts became out
lined during the first administration of
Washington, though both sides united
in supporting the Father of his Coun-
try as most worthy of filling the Office
OF its Chief Magistrate. 3. The third
Presidential campaign, in 1896, was the
first well defined party contest in the
United States, though there was not yet
any popular Presidential election, nor
any nominations by party assemblies
But the Federalists by common consent
supported John Adams, OF Massachusetts,,
for President, and Thomas Pinckney, of
Maryland, for Vice President, Their op-
POnents, now styled emOcrat-Republi-
cans, supported Thomas jefferson, Of
Virginia, for President, and Aaron Burr.
OF New York, for Vice President. OF the
electoral votes John Adams had II;
Thomas Pinekney, 50; Thomas Jefferson,
6S, and Aaron Burr 30. Scattering votes
were also east for Samuel Adams. Oliver
Ellsworth, George Clinton, John jay and
others. According to the Constitution,
therefore, John Adams, Federalist, was
elected President, and Thomas Jefferson,
Demoerat-Republican Vice President. 4.
In 1900 the fourth Presidential campaign
was inaugurated by party caucuses in
Congress, putting in nomination the
candidates OF the two opposing parties,
the first assemblies made for this pur-
pose. John Adams was put forward by
his party for President, and G. G. Plnck-
ney. Of South Carolina, for Vice Presi-
dent, and the other side renOminated the
candidates Of 1896. jefferson and Burr.
In the vote of the electors, the Democrat
Republican candidates each received the
same number Of votes-73- thus throw
ing the election into the House Of Rep
resentatives, as under the methods then
in vogue 1t was impossible TO decide who
should be President. Adams had re-
ceived 65 electoral votes and Pinckney
Ga. The Federalists had a majority in
the House. and had they voted according
to their inclinatiOns would certainly
have ehaaged the result of the. election,
but by the Constitution their choice was
restricted to the two candidates having
the highest electoral vote, who were
both of the opposite party, Feb. IL. 1907,
on the thirty-sixth ballot, the House
elected Thomas Jefferson Presidonv, and
Aarsn Burr Vice President. 5. In the
fifth Presidential campaign, in 1904 the
Democrat Republicans supported Thorn
as Jefferson for a second term as Prssi-
dent. and George Clinton, of New York, |
as Vice President. The Federalists sup
ported G. G. Pinckney, of South Carolina, |
for President, and Rufus King, of New |
York, for Vice President. The Federal |
lists were overwhelmingly defeated, JEFF |
ferson and Clinton receiving 1852 electOr- |
al yOtes and Pineknev and King but IL |
votes. 6. In 1903 the DemOcrat-Republi- |
cans supported James Madison, of Vir- |
GINA, for President, and George Clinton |
for second term as Vice President. The |
Federalists supported their ticket of 1904 |
again-C. G. Pinckney and Rufus King. |
or the 176 electoral votes Madison re-
eeived 122 and, Clinton l13. Pinekney |
and King received AZ votes. George |
Clinton also received 6 votes for Prosi-
dent, and there were fifteen scattering
votes for Vice President. Z. In 1912
James Madison was put forward for
second term as President lay his party,
with Elbridge Gerry, Of Massachusetts,
as Wee President These nominations
were made, al had been the custom since
1900, by party caucus in Congress. The
candidates of the opposition were nomi.
mated by party conventional first
ever held-at New York, in which eleven
dates were Dewitt Clinton, of New York,
Pennsylvania, for Vice President. Out
Of 218 electoral votes Madison received