The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

own state OF North Carolina. which State
also gave one vote 20 Charles G. Pincl<ney.
of South Carolina. afterward the Federalist
candidate for President; Maryland gave
two votes 10 her favorite son. John Henry.
then United States senator; Massachusetts
gave two votes to Samuel Johnston. OF
North Carolina. a former Governor of that
state. and United States senator. Wash
iagton. who was in no sense a candidate.
received two votes, one I'm North Carolina
and one in Virginia. Sixteen States voted.
Tennessee being the new one, with three
votes. making the total number OF electors
1sS. Electors were chosen by the Lcgisla-
lures in Connecticut. Delaware, Georgia,
Kentucky. New Jersey. New York, Rhode
Island South Carolina and Vermont.
FOURTH ELECTION.
Party lines were strictly drawn at the
fourth election. II was at this time that
the plan OF nominating candidates by party
caucus was adopted. The Federalists held
their caucus early IN 1890. No account OF
the proceedings OF this caucus was pub
Ilshed, but the result showed that they
had decided upon Adams for second
term. and Charles c. Pinckney, or South
Carolina for Vice President The Demo
eratic-RepUbiican caucus named Thomas
jefferson and Aaron Burr. OF the 1SS cleo
toral votes jefferson and Burr received
eighty-th-ee each, Adams sixty-five, Pinck-
hey sixty-four, and John Jay one. The
vote OF Jefferson and Burr being major
ity and a tie, the House. under the Con-
stitution, was called upon 10 decide be-
tween them, the balloting being by States.
The balloting began Feb. IL and continued
until Feb IL. 1901. thirty-slx ballots being
cast. On the last ballot ten States voted
for Jefferson, four for Burr, two blank.
thus electing jefferson, who had a major
ity OF the States. Burr became Vice
President. Electors were chosen by the
Legislatures in Connecticut, Delaware,
New Jersey. New York, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Vermont.
FIFTH ELECTION.
Before the fifth election came the Con-
stitution had been amended so that cleo
tors vote on separate ballots for President
and Vice President. The congressional
caucus of the Democratic Republicans re-
nominated Jefferson. and with him, for Vice
President, George Clinton, OF New York
The Federalists named Charles c. Pickney.
of South Carolina, and Rufus King, OF
New York. Seventeen States voted, with
176 electoral votes. Ohio had been admit
ted with three votes. The rest of the in
crease came from the reapportionment OF
representatives I'm Congress, based upon
the census of 800. jefferson and Clinton
received 162 electoral votes. and Pinckney
and King II. The Federalists carried only
the States of Connecticut and Delaware
and two districts i'm Maryland, that State
for many years choosing those of its cleo
tors corresponding TO the representatives in
the congressional districts. This is I'M
doubtedly the most crushing defeat any
party ever received, unless that admins
tered to the Wings in 1852 may be deemed
proportioDately as disastrous. Electors
were chosen by the legislatures in Con-
necticut, Delaware, Georgia, New York,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont.
SIXTH ELECTION.
When the time for the sixth election ar
rived Jefferson decided to follow the ex-
ample set by Washington not to serve a
third term. His party thereupon nominated
James Madison, OF Virginia. for President
and renominated Clinton for Vice President.
The Federalists named the ticket of four
years before. Madison received 10 for
President and Clinton 113 for Vice Presi-
dent One elector in Kentucky failed TO
appear and vote. The six electors of Yer
mont and the three of Ohio voted for Mad
isop fo- President and for John Langdon,
lew Hampshire. the first president pro
Iempore of the Senate, for Vice President.
Clinton, however. had his feelings soothed
for falling behind his leader in the fact
that six Of the electors of New York voted
for him for President. These electors di-
vided their votes for Vice President equally
between Madison and Monroe. Pinckney
g. ,l,
Electors were chosen by the legislatures in
Connecticut. Delaware, Georgia, Massa-
chusetts. New York. South Carolina and
Vermont.
SEVENTH ELECTION.
Madison received the unanimous vote of
the caucus of his party for denomination
at the seventh election. Clinton being dead,
Elbridge Gerry, OF Massachusetts, from
whose surname the word ''gerrymander''
was formed. was nominated for Vice Presi-
dent. The Federalsts nominated De Witt
Clinton, of New York. one of the most emf
nent statesmen of his time, and Jared In
gersoll. of Pennsylvania. an eminent jurist.
Eighteen States voted. having DIS electoral
votes. Louisiana had been admitted with
three votes. and the rest of the increase
came from the new apportionment of rep
resentatives under the census of 1870 Mad
ison and Gerry received lbs electoral votes.
Clinton and Ingersoll eighty-nine. one cleo
tor in Ohio falling to appear and vote.
Electors were chosen by the legislatures
in Kentucky, Delaware. Georgia, Louis
lana, New Jersey. New York. North Caro-
Ina, South Carolina and Vermont.
EIGHTH ELECTION.
Madison being ineligible for reelection
under the unwritten law which limits the
President to two terms, If he can get the
second one, the Democratic Republican
caucus nominated for President James
Monroe. Of Virginia, over William H. Craw-
ford. OF Georgia, and Daniel Tompkins,
Governor of New York during the second
war with England over Simon Snyder.
Governor of Pennsylvania. The Federalists
made practically no fight. They supported
Rufus King, of New York, for President.
and had no candidate for Vice President
Monroe and Tompkins received 1S3 electoral
votes. King received "a. For Vice Presi-
dent John Eager Howard. Of Maryland,
one OF the heroes of the Revolution and a
Federalist leader, received the twenty-five
votes of Massachusetts. Connecticut d.
vided hers between James Ross of Penn