The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-29
MEN ONCE NAMED
FOR SECOND PLACE
Citizens Who Have Received Votes for
th. Vice.Presidency.
GLlMPSES AT OUR EARLY HISTORY
Some Of the Nominees Arc Yet Fam.
Gus and Some Are FOrgOtten..The
Scattering Of the Ballots Of Electors
on the Second Office. Earlier and
Modern Political Systems Com.
From the New York Sun.


From the New York Sun.
At Washington's first election he re-
ceived the entire sixty-nine electoral
votes; but under the provision re-
QuirinG the electors to vote by ballot
for two persons" in order that one
might be taken for vice president, no
fewer than eleven persons were thus
voted for. John Adams received thr-
ty-four votes and became vice-presi-
dent; but John Jay and George Clin-
ton had received nine and three votes
respectively; John Rutledgc of South
!. Carolina, and r. II. Harrison of Mary
land. six each: John Hancock four,
Huntington of Connecticut, and Milton
of Georgia, two each; and Armstrong
pnd Telfair. both also of Georgia, with
BENJAMIN Lincoln of Massachusetts,
one each.
There was less splitting up at Wash
ington's second term. He received the
whole 1872 electoral votes, while Adams
had - and Clinton 80 for the vice
presidency. jefferson received four
votes and Aaron Burr one. But at the
third election there was again multi
plicity of candidates. The number of
electors was l39, and Adams received
Il votes, or one over the majority re-
qured, while jefferson, with 6S, became
vice president.
The unsuccessful candidates included
Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina,
with 80 votes: G. c. Pnclincy of the
same state, with /: Burr. Clinton, and
Jay. all of New York. with 30, I. and b
respectively: Samuel Adams of Mas
saChuSetts. with Is votes. thrown not
by his own state but by Virginia.: ELS
worth of Connecticut. with IL votes.
from three different states, none Of
them his own two North Carolina
men. Iredel and Johnston, with and
respectively; Henry, Of Maryland. with
9: and. perhaps, most noteworthy or
all, George Washington, with votes,
one from Virginia ana the other from
North Carolina. in spite of his not being
candidate. AS in the previous elsc-
tion, the distinct chasing of parties as
Fedcralist and Republican accounted
for the throwing of the votes of states
in some cases to others than their own
citizens
NEW STYLE OF VOTING.
The fourth presidential election, in
1890, led to Il change i'm the mode of
voting jefferson and Burr the Re-
publican candidates, having concen-
trated all their party votes, had n each.
while Adams and c. G. Pinckney, the
Federalists, received Co for the former
and ca for the latter, John Jay getting
the odd vote. Nevertheless, the cleo
tion had to be carried into the house
to determine whether Jefferson or Burr
should be president. The former won
with a vote of ten states to four, two
states voting i'm blank, and Burr, of
course became vice-president.
To avoid repetition of such result.
the constitution was amended. and at
= the next presidential election the cleo
tors voted for president and vice
president. instead of for two persons
for president. The result was walk
over for Jefferson and George Clinton,
with 162 votes ach, since G. c. Pinckney
and Rufus King received but IA each.
And this election. too it is worth not
ing, yielded a result exactly like what
we are accustomed to in later days.
But for the following term, when
Madison won easily and George Clinton
was again elected vice president. the
latter in addition had six votes from
New York, his own state, for president,
while the remaining thirteen We're cast
for Madison. On the other hand Ner-
mont's six votes, though thrown for
Madison. did not go to Clinton for vice.
president, but to John Langdon. of New
Hampshire, while Ohio. which threw
three for Madison. voted a blank for
vlce-president. New York for vice.
president gave three each to Madison
and Monroe. c. c. Pinckney and Rufus
King were the Fedcralst candidates,
and received forty-seven electoral votes
each.
At Madson's second term. in 1912, Ell
bridge Gerry of Massachusetts, was his
companion for vice-president, and re-
ceived 13l votes to Madison's 12S The
Federalist candidates were De Witt
Clinton, of New York. and Jared In
gersoll. of Pennsylvania. and Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire trans
ferred two votes and one respectively
from Ingersoll to Gerry, through vot-
ing soldly for Clinton.
At Monroe's first election, in 1916,
Daniel ID. Tompkins. of New York, re-
ceived the full party electoral vote, 1873,
for vice-president. But on the Feder-
alist side, while Rufus King received
all the thirty-four votes for president
the votes for vice president were di-
vided between John +. Howard and r.
@. Harper. both of Maryland James
Ross, of Pennsylvania. and John Mar
shaN of Virginia
In 1S20 Monroe was reelected by the
tremendous majority of 231 electoral
votes, against one for John @. Adams.
this solitary unit being cast by New
Hampshire Tompkins' vote for vice.
president was nearly as strong, 21S. but
Delaware gave her four votes TO one of
her citizens. Daniel Rodney, while
Richard Stockton, of New Jersey. Sc
cured eight votes from Massachusetts
and Harper, of Maryland. and Richard
Ruth, of Pennsylvania, had one vote
each.
ANOTHER NOVELTY.
The tenth term brought in another
novelty. The vice president. John c..
Calhoun, was elected by an overwhelm-
Ing majority, but there was no choice
by the electors of president, Jackson
receiving so votes. John Q. Adams. 81:
Crawford, of Georgia. Al. and Henry
Clay, 81. Then Adams was chosen by
the house. But for vice president. CAL
noun had received. out of the 261 cleo
toral votes, no fewer than 1872. Nathan
Sanford. of New York. got 80; Nathan
lei Macon. of North Carolina. "a. while
jackson got 13 for vice president, and
Clay two. the remaining nine going
to Martin Van Buren,. of New York.
This singular vote for vice president
shows how the political system of that
day differed from ours. Calhoun got
all the votes of the electors who were
Tor Jackson, and. in addition. those of
Massachusetts. Maine, Vermont and
Delaware, which were for Adams, and
also seven out of eight of the Adams