The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-09-09

QenCy. FOLK not seeking renOmlna-
ton in 184S, the Democratic party
nominated General Lewis Cass, the
Wings put up General Zachary Tay-
lor, and the newly organized Free
Soil party nominated former Presi-
dent Van Buren,. General Taylor was
elected by a large majority, and Mil
lard Fillmore was chosen vice presi-
dent. The death of President Taylor
on July 8, 1850, placed Fillmore in
the presidential chair.
The campaign of 1852 found three
candidates in the field-Frank,:n
Pierce for the Democrats, General
Winfield Scott for the Wings, and
John P. Hale for the Free-Soilers.
Pierce was elected. William R. King
was chosen vice president. In 1856
James Buchanan was the candidate
of the Democracy, and was elected
over John G. Fremont, Free-Soiler,
and former President Willard Fill
more, Know-Nothing candidate. John
G. Breckenridge became vice presi-
dent. The Free-Soil party had chang
ed it's name to the Peoples party and
eventually became the Republican
party, and Abraham Lincoln was
made its candidate in 1860 The Dem
ocratic party had become split up,
and Stephen A. Douglas was the can
didate of that branch of the party
which advocated the principle that
each state should declare for itself
whether slavery should be permitted
or abolished. Seeding members of
the party named Vice President John
G. Breckenridge as candidate for the
presidency. The Constitutional Union
lists chose John Bell as their standard
bearer. Lincoln was elected, and
Hannibal Hamlin became vice presi-
dent.
Lincoln was reelected with And
rev Johnson as the vice president in
1854, the opposing candidates Of the
Democratic party being General
George B. Mcclellan and George III.
Pendleton. The death of Lincoln on
April Is, 1866, placed Johnson in the
presidential office. The election in
1868 resulted in the choice of Ulysses
S. Grant for President and Schuyler
Colfax as vice president. Horatio
Seymour was the candidate of the
Democrats. Grant was reelected Pres
ident over Horace Greeley in 1872,
Henry Wilson becoming vice presi-
dent. Rutherford B. Hayes and Will
liam A. Wheeler were declared elect
ed by the joint high commission
which sat to decide between these
candidates Of the Republican party
and Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas
Hendricks, the candidates of the Dem
ocrats in 1876.
The elections of 1880, 'S4, Ss, '92,
'96, 19OO,' '04 and 'OS are too recent
to require recounting. In these years
Cleveland was the candidate of the
Democracy three times being twice
elected. Mr.. Bryan was candidate
three times, with no election. Gar
field was elected in 1880, Vice Presi-
dent Arthur having been called upon
to finish his term after Garfields
death. Cleveland came in 1884, Harri-
son in 1888, Cleveland again in 1892,
Mckinley in 1896 and 1900, Roosevelt
finishing McKinley's second term
after his assassination at the Buffalo
exposition, and setting new prece-
dent, the first vice president called
upon to finish an unexpired term to
be elcted to the office of President
Then came the election of Mr.. TAFT
A recapitulation shows that every
President except Polk, Pierce, Blu
chanan and Hayes who lived to serve
his first term was renominated,
though all were not reelected. Will
liam Henry Harrison, Taylor and
Garfield died in their first term, and
their vice presidents were not strong
enough to secure reelection, although
Willard Fillmore, Taylor's successor,
was nominated four years after his
! retirement as a candidate of the
Know-Nothing party. Lincoln died
in his second term, and Johnson was
unable to secure nomination for Presi-
dent. The same is true Of Arthur,
who succeeded Garfield. Mckinley
died in his second term, and Roose-
welt set a new precedent by being
nominated and elected in 1904
John Quincy Adams, Van Buren,
jackson, were three-time candidates.
Clay and Bryan We're three-time can
didates. Clay and Bryan failed Of
election; Jackson lost his first race;
John Quincy Adams and Van Buren,
lost their first and third races, while
Cleveland lost his second race.