The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-25

electoral vote of ies to Il. Four years
later James Madison and George Cln-
ton defeated the same two Feds ralist
candidates by 122 tn AZ. In 1872 James
Madison had Elbridge Gerry for his
running mate. and they won over De
Witt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll. but
Madison had ) votes less than Gerry
and Clinton as many more than lnger-
soil. Rufus King was James Monroe's
opponent IN 1916 and ID. u. Tompkins
was Monroe's colleague on the ticket.
They won by a vote of 1SS TO "a.
When Monroe ran the second time. in
1879. he had practically no opposition,
receiving 2al electoral votes to : for
John Quincy Adams. Vice President
Tompkins was reelected almost as un-
animously. In 1921 John c. Calhoun
was elected vice president. but there
was no choice for president. Andrew
Jackson had % votes. John Quincy
Adams 81, William Fl. Crawford IL. and
Henry Clay 81. Tho election went, for
the second time. to the house of repre-
sentatives, and Adams won. receiving
the votes of 1S states, while Jackson
had seven and Crawford four. Four
years after Jackson and Calhoun de-
feated Adams and Richard Rush. For
president the vote stood: Jackson, us;
Adams. So For vice president, Cal
houn, III; Rush, SO; William Smith, Z.
Jackson got square with Clay, too.
four years later, for the deal which
elected Adams in 1924. He had 2l9
electoral votes to - for the Eentuckian.
while the anti-Masonic vote was II for
John Floyd and for William Writ In
1896 Martin Van Buren, received 40
electora, votes. The Wings divided
their strength, William Henry Harri-
son having 13 votes; Hugh L. White.
26; Daniel Webster, IA. and w. +. Man
gun, IL. For vice president, Richard
NJ. johnson had III votes. Francis
Granger. Il: John Tyler. Il and William
Smith. 90 No candidate had a ma
Jority. and the senate elected Johnson.
He received 33 votes to 10 for Granger
In 1870 "Old Tippecanoe. and Tyler
too beat Van Buren, and Johnson by
1874 to 60 for Van Buren and As for
Johnson, l.. w. TaZewcll receiving II
votes and James X. Polk one vote for
vice president. But i'm 1914 the Demo-
Gratis elected Polk ana Dallas over Clay
and F'relinghuysen, by 40 to los. There
was another swing of the pendlum in
1913, and Zachary Taylor and Miilard
Fillmore, Wings. beat Lewis Case and
w. o. Butler. Democrats. by 163 to 1911
Martin Van Buren, and Charles Francis
Adams. Free Sellers, like James G.
Birney, the Liberty candidate in 1910
and 1874. did not break into the cleo
toral college.
Franklin Pierce and William r.
King, Democrats. defeated General
Winfield Scott and William a. Graham.
Wings, in 1852. Ivy 25i to IA regular
landslide. John p. Hale and George
w. Julian, Free Democrats, carried no
states. Millard Fillmore and A. j. Don
elson. Americans, We're more FORUM
ate as third party candidates in 1855,
ix-in atprl, oil Dat
James Buchanan and John 9. Breckin-
ridge defeated John G. Fremont. the
Pathfinder" and William l.. Dayton,
by la to ia.
IN LINCOLN'S TIME.
In 1860 came the memorable contest
between Lincoln and Hamlin, Douglas
and johnson. Breckinridge and Lane,
and Bell and Everett. Lincoln received
$50 votes; Breckinri1ge 70: Bell. 49, and
the Little Giant only T. Abraham
Lincoln and AndrewLincoln and An
drew Johnson, in 1864. had 212 votes to
p for George b. Mcclellan and George
u. Pendleton, buS states entitled to 81
electoral votes were in rebellion and
were not represented in the result. In
1868 General Ulysses S. Grant and
Schuyler Colfax were elected over Ho-
ratio Seymour and Francis p. Blair,
jr.. by vote of PA to 20. States en-
titled to 23 votes did not participate
in the election.
The elections Of 1872 and 1876 were
both memorable, the first by it's great
electoral majority for Grant and the
latter !,y the closeness of the vote be-
tween Rutherford r. Hayes and Sam
uel J. Tilden. In 1872 Grant and Will
son had 2S6 electoral votes. The states
carried by Horace Greeley and b.
Gratz Brown. Is: Charles J. Jenkins, 2,
and David Davis, |. Seventeen votes
We're cast blank. For vice president b.
Gratz Brown received AZ votes, George
W. Julian and a. II. Colquitt. ; each:
John M. Palmer. sound money Demo-
cratic candidate for president this year.
and Thomas f.. Bramlette, 3 each and
". 5. Groesbecl;, Willis B. Machen and
Nathaniel p. Banks, each. This year
marked the first appearance of the Pro-
hibition party in National politics. 1t
was named Temperance and James
Black was its candidate.
The great troubles consequent upon
the election In 1876 need no recital.
They were ended by the decision of the
electoral commission, which gave
Rutherford y. Hayes and William A.
wheeler 1S3 electoral votes TO 1874 for
samuel j. Tilden and Thomas A. Hem |
bricks. Peter Cooper and Samuel F..
cary were the Greenback candidates.
and Green Clay Smith and G. r. Stew |
art bore the Prohibition banner
LATER ELECTIONS.
In 1880 James y. Garfield and Chester
a. Arthur had PA and Gen. Winfield $. |
Hancock and w. II. English l55. There
were three other tickets in the field |
James B. Weaver and Il. ]. Chambers.
Neal Dow and II. \. Thomp- /.
son, Prohibition, and John W. Phelps |
ana ;. c. Pomeroy. American. -Four
years later Grover Cleveland and Tnom-
US y. Hendricks had 2l9 votes and
James G. Blaine and John a. Logan ls2. /
John i. 81. John and William Daniel. !
i'rohibition, and Gen, i. T. Batter ard .
a. NJ. West. Grecnback, carried no !
States. Benjamin Harrison and Levi /.
=. Morton. in 1885 had 233 electoral
votes to lGS for Grover Cleveland and
Allan G.. Thurman. There were no less .
than six other tickets. but only Clinton .
r. Fisk and John y. Brooks. prohlbi- ,
tion, and A. j. Strcetor and Il. T.. Cum (
ilin%ham, Union Labor. received any
popular vote worth mentioning. OF .
course. ale had electoral votes. /
In 1892 for the first time since 1850, |
moro ;han two parties Were represented .
in the electoral college. Grover Cleye- !
land and Adlai +. stevenson had 217 .
votes: Benjam min Harrison and White (
law Reid. li5, and James Il. Weaver
md James G. Field, Populist. -. these
last being the result Of Democratic and !
l'opulist fusions. John Eidwell ana
James +. Cranfll were the Prohibition
and Simon Wing and C. Il.
Nlatchett. Social Labor. The vote for
the latter was only 21.191
Major Mckinley will be the twenty
fourth President of the United States.
lie is the nineteenth elected directly to
that Office. John Quincy Adams was
chosen by the House of Representa-
lives. and John Tyler. Miliard Fillmore.
Andrew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur
went from the Yice-Presidency to