The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-06-15
Former Conventions.
BRIEF HISTORY OF now DEMOCRATIC CAN.
pIpATEs WERE NOMINATED.

and vice.president were not placed il
nomination by national conventions
Until 1900 the two candidates who re
ceived the highest number of electora
votes were declared president and vice
president respectively. In the yea
1900 two candidates were named by
the congressional caucuses with tht
understanding that the one reoeivi M
the most votes should be president and
the other one vice-president. From
this time until 1882 the candidates
were named by congressional, legisla
tive and other caucusses of leading men
in the party.
In 1906 the democratic party sup
ported Jeffersoa and Aaron Burr; in
1900, the same oandidases; in 1904
jefferson and George Clinton; of New
York; in 1908, James Madison and
George Clinton; IN 1912, Madison and
Gerry; in 1916, Jam,s M nroe and
Daniel ID. Tompkins; in 1920, same
candidates; in 1924, the party was di-
vided in support of William Ii. Craw.
ford, Of Georgia, and Andrew Jackson
for president, John G. Calhoun receiv-
ing the united support for vice presi.
dent; in 1928, jackson and Calhoun.
The first democratic national conven
tion was held in Baltimore, May ~,
1882. On the first ballot, for vice.
president, Martin Van Buren, received
20S votes, b ,rbour 40 aud Il. M. John
son 26 Jackson was nominated for pre-
sident by acclamation. Simon Cameron
was one of the delegates to this conVen.
ton from Pennsylvania. d
In 1886 the convention was again
held in Baltimore For presi lent on
the first ballot all the delegates (265)
voted for Martin Van Buren. For
vice. president r. M. johnson received
l79 votes and w. G. Rives, Of Virgi-
MIA, So. s....... t..
May 5, 1910 the convention again
met in Baltimore. Delegates we're
present from twenty-one states. The
next day a resolution was unanimously
adopted declaring M.rtin Van Buren
to be the candidate for president. No
nomination was made for vicc-presi-
dent, each state being left to nominate
its own candidate.
May 27, 1874, the convention was
called to order 10 Baltimore. On the
first ballot Van Buren, received LAG,
johnson "a, Buchanan 4, Case 81; ITS
votes we're required to nominate.
Nine ballots were taken. On the
eighth Van Buren received 104. Case
ia, Polk Al, Buchanan 2, Calhoun 2.
On the nin.h ballot James X. Polk re-
ceived every vote. Silas Wright; Of
New. York, was nominated for vice
president, but declined. On the third
ballot George NJ Dallas, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, was nominated by vote of 22O,
80 votes being cast for Fairfield, of
Maine, and 6 for Levi Woodbury. of
of New Hampshire.
May 22, l94S, the convention again
met at Baltimore. Among the dele
gates we're Samuel J. T,lden, of N, "
York, aud Simon Cameron, of Pennsy-
lvania. There were three names pre-
sented for the presidential nomination
Buchanan,' Woodbury. and Cass. On
the fourth ballot Cass was nominated,
receiving l70 votes to 33 for Buchanan
and 38 for Woodbury.. William O.
Butler, of Kentucky, was nominated
for vice, president.
At the convention which met in Bal
timore June l, 1852, forty-nine ballots
we're taken for the presidential candi'
date. On the forty-eighth Cass recevi.
ed 70, Buchanan 20, Dougla, 33
Marcy 80, Pierce 55. On the last bal
lot Pierce received 283 votes, to 2 for
Cas- and 2 for Dougla For vioe-pr,s
ident William r. King, of Alabama,
was nominated on the second ballot.
The convention of 1856 was held in
Ciucinatti on the second of June. Fol
president there were II ballots, the
candidates being Buchanan, Pierce
Douglas and Cass. Buchanan was
nominated on the seventeenth ballot
receiving 296 votes. Breckenridge
was nominated for vioe-president or
the second ballot.
| April 23, 1860, the convention met
at Charleston, South Carolina. After
being in session for some time the de
legates from the southern states with
drew, and after they had left fifty
four ballots were taken but no clnii-
date named and the convention adjour
ned to meet Ia Baltimore June 1S
The seeding delegates held a meeting
and adjourned to meet in Richmond
June IL, at which time they met an(
adjourned to await the action of th'
Baltimore convention. When the lat
ter convention met John @. Brecken
ridge was unanimously nominated fol
president, and Joseph Lane, of Oregon
for vice-president On the same day
the seeding delegates held conven
ton in Baltimore and nominated Ste
phen A. Douglas for president, AM
Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama TO
vice. president. H0T .'
Inl864 the democratic convention
mt in Chicago on August 20 On tn
first ballot General George b. McClel
Ian was nominated, receiving POP
votes to 234 votes for Horatio Sey
mour. On the second ballot, for vice
p' esdent, George ii. Pendleton receiv
ed the nomination. aa
| July A, 1868, the convention met a
New York. On the twenly-fourth ba
Seymour received the unanimous vot
of the convention (3l7) for presideu
and Francis p. Blair was uuanimousl
nominated for vice president.
| The convention which met in Bait
more, July 8, 1872, endorsed the nom
nations of Greeley and Brown, th
candidates nominated by the liberal n
publican convention. ........
June 27, 1876, the convention mt
at ST. LOUIS. On the second ballo
Samuel j. Tilden was nominated fo
president. For Thomas A. Hendrick
for vice-prcsident, on the first ballc
378 votes were cast and 8 blank one'
At CINCINNATI in 1880 General "
S. Hancock was nominated on the sec
ond ballot for president, and for vic'
PR sident w. II. Eoglish was nomins
ted by acclamation.
July 8, 1884, the oonyention met i
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