Evening star., 1909-03-03

ular vote was over 100. 900, which chose
261 electors, and the contest was DC :
tween the democrats as successors OK
the anti-federalS or republicans ana
the national republicans who had sue
ceeded the coalition party following the
federalists. Jackson and Calhoun led
the former and Adams and Rush the
latter. The Jackson ticket polled near.
ly $4,000 votes and had 11S electoral
votes to over 100000 for the Adams
ticket and SO electoral votes. New
Englands votes, less 1 from Maine,
those of New Jersey and Delaware,
with some from New York and Mary
land, were counted for Adams and
Rush, and those from Pennsylvania,
some from New York and Maryland
and all south and west for Jackson and
Calhoun. In 1893 four tickets were
voted: Jackson and Martin Van Bu1el
of New York, democrats; Henry Clay
and John Sergeant of Pennsylvania,
national republicans: John Floyd of Vfr-
ginia and Henry Lee of Massachusetts;
William Writ of Maryland and Amos
Ellmaker, anti-Masonic. In the pop
ular vote the Jackson ticket had 6S7, 900
in sixteen states and 219 of the 2SS
electoral votes; MI. Van Buren. 1S3
(Pensylvanias 80 votes going to w.
Wilkins). The Clay ticket secured
over 100000 popular and 40 electoral
Rhode Island. Connecticut. Delaware
and Kentucky, and , from Maryland.
Harrison Defeated.
In 1896 294 electors were chosen in the
twenty-siX states, nearly 100000 voting
and less than 5000 was the plurality.
Van Buren and r. M. Johnson Of Ken
lucky were the democratic candidates,
and the wings put up William Henry
Harrison of Ohio. Hugh L. White Of
Tennessee Daniel Webster of Massachu-
Carolina for President; Francis Granger
of New York. John Tyler of Virginia and
William Smith of Alabama. On opening
the votes it was found that Mr. Van
Buren had 10 votes from fifteen states,
Gen. Harrison 73 from seven, Mr.. White
% from two. and Webster II and Man.
gum IL from one state each. Mr.. Van
Buren, was elected, but Mr.. Johnson had
but 147, Mr.. Granger a. Mr.. Tyler Al
and Mr. Smith 23. The election of Vice
President being with the Senate, Mr..
Johnson was chosen.
A Notable Campaign.
Over =, 100000 voters participated in the
election of 1910, when Gen. Harrison and
John Tyler. wings, received over ,275.O0O
votes, Van Buren, and Johnson. demo-
Gratis, 1,12s,OO0 and James G. .Birney, as
liberal, over 1000. The first named
were elected. receiving 234 electoral votes
to 90 for Van Buren, and Johnson. New
Hampshire. Virginia, South Carolina,
Illinois Alabama, Missouri and Arkansas
going for the latter.
For the fifteenth term. in 1S44. when
James X. Polk of Tennessee and George
NJ. Dallas of Pennsylvania headed the
democratic ticket, Henry Clay of Ken
lucky and Theo Frelinghuysen of New
York the whig ticket. and James g. Bir-
ney was again voted for as a liberal, over
100000 votes We're polled, the first named
receiving over .;37, 900. the second nearly
100000 and Mr.. Birney 10000. In the
electoral college of c15 votes. 10 elected
Polk and Dallas over Clay and Freling-
huySen with 1Oo.
Hero of Mexican War Wins.
In 1S4S the contest was between Gen. Il.
Taylor of Louisiana, Il hero of the Mexi-
can war, and Millard Fillmore of New
York on the whig ticket, and Gen. Lewis
Cass of Michigan of the war of l. and
Indian wars and Gen. W. o. Butler of
Kentucky, who had distinguished himself
in Mexico democrats. EX-President Van
Buren and Mr.. Adams were voted for by
the free-soilers. The popular vote of the
thirty states was over $500 600, and in
round numbers Taylor received 1,3GO 900;
Cass, 1.220.O00, and the free-soil ticket
nearly 100000. There was an absence of
sectonalism. if the vote of Van Buren, is
excepted, and the soldier vote was divided
With the exception of Maine and New
Hampshire, Gen. Taylor carried all the
states down to the Potomac and a few
others, fifteen in all, and Gen. Cass the
same number. But those in the Taylor
column had 163 electoral votes, and for
Cass there were 127, and Taylor and Fill
more were declared elected.
Up to this time sixteen times had the
presidential machinery been set in mo-
ton, and but twice had the contest gone
so far as to require settlement by the
votes of the states: 1901 and 1925.
Pierce and Buchanan Campaigns.
For the seventeenth term, 1857, nearly
three million votes were polled by the
people in thirty-one states for 236 electors
There were three tickets, Franklin Pierce
of New Hampshire and William r. King
of Alabama on the democratic ticket;
Winfield Scott of New Jersey and w. A.
Graham of North Carolina, wings. and
John P. Hale of New Hampshire and
George w. Julian of Indiana, free soilers
In the popular vote over 100000 votes
were cast for the first named, nearly
10000 for the second and 10000 for the
last named. The Pierce ticket carried all
but four states. with 234 electors. and was
therefore elected. The wings carried
Rhode Island. Vermont, Kentucky and
Tennessee only.
James Buchanan of Pennsylvania and
John c. Breckenridge of Kentucky were
the democratic candidates: John e. Ere
mont of California and w. l.. Dayton of
New Jersey the republican and Millard
Fillmore of New York and a. j. Donel-
son of Tennessee, American, in the con-
test for eighteenth term. 1S57-6l. The
first named carried 10 states. with ia
electoral votes; the second II. with la
votes the six New England states and
New York. Ohio. Michigan. Iowa and
wisconsin,. and the last named one
Maryland. In the popular vote of over
three millions over 10000 votes were
given to the democratic ticket. over $780,
OOO to the republican and to the Ameri
can over $1,000.
Election of Lincoln.
For the memorable nineteenth term,
1S61-5, there were 303 electors chosen in
the thirty-three states. when over 4676.-
600 votes were poled for four tickets:
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal
Hamlin of Maine, republicans; j. c.
Breckenridge of Kentucky and Joseph
Tennessee and Edward Everett of Mas
sachusetts, and Stephen A Douglas OF
Illinois and Hershel V. Johnson OF Gcor-
gia At the polls the first named poiiad
over 1SJ0,o00 votes, the second eleven
states and nearly $4,000 votes, the third
three states and over 10000 votes. and
the fourth two states and over 1915. COO
votes Mr. Lincoln had less than ma
jority of the popular vote, but a plurality