Ellsworth American., 1917-01-10
CLOSE ELECTIONS.
Many Great Events Decided by q
Marrow Margin.
HISTORY MADE BY ONE VOTE.

In several Instances In the Life Of Our
Nation, Notably In the Hayes Tildsn
Presidential Contest, single Ballot
Turned the Scales.
There hsve been many close elections
IN the cities, counties and states OF this
great nation, as well as in the nation
at large itself. In the latter class the
Tilden-H Hayes contest was the most
sensational In that memorable elec-
tion the result turned upon the single
vote Of the fifteenth member Of the
electoral commission, who was chosen
by four judges Of the supreme court.
Our history abounds with instances
In which the course Of events has turn
cd upon single votes, and some Of
them may be conveniently selected
from the compilation made by Speaker
Clark for one Of his Chautauqua lee
lures.
General jackson was elected major
general Of Tennessee militia by one
majority. without that one vote he
could not have fought the battle Of
New Orleans, and politics would have
been different for quarter of GEN.
tury.
Martin Van Buren, won the presi-
dency through his defeat by one vote
on the confirmation Of his nomination
as minister to England.
John C. Calhoun, as vice president,
cast the deciding vote which gave to
Van Buren what Calhoun never got
for himself, although his claims were
not inferior
Edward Everett lost the governor
ship Of Massachusetts, by one vote, and
that took him out of the list of avail
ables for the presidency.
Thomas H. Benton was elected to
the senate by single vote. The loss
Of that one vote not only would have
cost him his career Of thirty years,
but would have meant the loss to the
senate Of one of its. strongest and most
One of the great characters of Ameri-
can history might never have emerged
from obscurity.
Henry Clay cast the deciding vote in
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done the same, and 1t is conceivable
that there might have been no Mis-
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WI oe.ween 'ne s.a.e
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'fur u Tue s.ale
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'ne p limai 'ss .o' .le l,o.on nomF
M na.iol ior Juuse ih oenuS ,nli COUNTY
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=, Nosn was unanimously cnn
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elai eie'c'ion ~ 4.ovemDe,' wv, !. plo-
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semDiy snail Dy law prescripe Wnat
qualifications shall be necessary for
admission TO practice law to all courts
~ tr.t,co,, NO. srhr,,tt.d =, tha &C.,
- ~ sA'e e,eS
torS.
Nearly 100000 more votes were cast
for the amendment than apainst II.
mt 4, d,a not roco,va . re,o-,tv ~
- N.u ~. ~
tne voteS cast Ior presiuehtiai eiectorS
and governor. The supreme court held
that II had not been carried nv the con.
.titrnonoI ,no tor,t, r.c,,,rad for ~,
A,a".,
ratlncauon oI proposed amendment.
That was a case where an actual ma
iorftv at the polls lost in the courts.
T,haro uoula no NO ond to tho nroco-
S.s- -
uents Ieearuins the Vaiue OF rev
votes Ii the search were extended to
foreign history One examnlo will suf