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SUMMARY OF POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTES.-[Continued.]

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*Not voting-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Not voting-Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia.

↑ Seventeen votes rejected, viz.: 3 from Georgia for Horace Greeley (dead), and 8 from Louisiana, and 6 from Arkansas for U. S. Grant.

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CABINET OFFICERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, President.

I. and II.; 1789-1797.

Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, September 26th, 1789; Edmund Randolph, Virginia, January 2d, 1794; Timothy Pickering. Pennsylvania, December 10th, 1795. Secretary of Treasury, Alex ander Hamilton, New York, September 11th, 1789; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut, February 2d, 1795. Secretary of War, Henry Knox, Massachusetts, September 12th, 1789; Timothy Pickering, Penn sylvania, January 2d, 1795; James McHenry, Mary; land, January 27th, 1796. Attorney General, Edmund Randolph, Virginia, September 26th, 1789; William Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 27th, 1794: Charles Lee, Virginia, December 10th, 1795. PostmasterGeneral, Samuel Osgood, Massachusetts, September 26th, 1789; Timothy Pickering, Penn-ylvania, August 12th, 1791; Joseph Habersham, Georgia, February 25th, 1795.

JOHN ADAMS, President.

III.; 1797-1801.

Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, continued; John Marshall, Virginia. May 13th, 1800. Secretary of Treasury, Oliver Wolcote continued; Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts, January 1st, 1801. Secretary of War, James McHenry, continued; Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts, May 13th, 1800; Roger Griswold, Connecticut, February 3d, 1801. Secretary of Navy, George Cabot, Massachusetts, May 3d, 1798: Benjamin Stoddert, Maryland, May 21st, 1798. Attorney General, Charles Lee, continued: The philus sons, Massachusetts, February 20th, 1801. Postmaster-General, Joseph Habersham, continued.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, President.

IV. and V.; 1801-1809.

JAMES MONROE, President.

VIII. and IX.; 1817-1825.
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, Massachu
setts, March 5th, 1817. Secretary of Treasury, Wil-
liam H. Crawford, continued. Secretary of War,
George Graham, Virginia, April 7th, 1817; John C.
Calhoun, South Carolina, October 8th, 1817. Secretary
of Navy, B. W. Crowninshield, continued; Smith
Thompson, New York, November 9 h, 1818: John
Rogers, Massachusetts, September 1st, 1823; Samuel
L. Southard, New Jersey, September 16th, 1823.
Attorney-General, Richard Rush, continued; William
Wirt, Virginia, November 13th, 1817. Postmaster.
General, R. J. Meigs, continued; John McLean,
Ohio, June 26th, 1823.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, President.

X.; 1825-1829.

Secretary of State, Henry Clay, Kentucky, March
7th, 1825. Secretary of Treasury, Richard Rush,,
Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1825. Secretary of War,
James Barbour, Virginia, March 7th, 1825; Peter B..
Porter, New York, May 26th 1828. Secretary of Navy,
S. L. Southard, continued. Attorney-General, William
Wirt, continued. Postmaster-General, John McLean,
contínued.
ANDREW JACKSON, President.

XI. and XII.; 1829-1837.

Secretary of State, Martin Van Buren, New York,
March 6th, 1829; Edward Livingston, Louisiana,
May 24th, 1831; Louis McLane, Delaware, May 29th,
1833; John Forsyth, Georgia, June 27th, 1834. Score-
Par-tary of Treasury, Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania,
March 6th, 1829; Louis McLane, Delaware, August
8th, 1831; William J. Duane, Pennsylvania, May
29th, 1833; Roger B. Taney, Maryland, September
23d, 1833; Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire, June
27th, 1834. Secretary of War, John H. Eaton, Ten-
nessee, March 9th, 1829; Lewis Cass, Michigan,
August 1st, 1831; Benjamin F Butler, New York,
March 3d, 1837. Secretary of Navy, John Branch,
North Carolina, March 9th, 1829; Levi Woodbury,
New Hampshire, May 23d, 1831; Mahlon Dickerson,
New Jersey, June 30th, 1834. Attorney-General, John
M. Berrien, Georgia, March 9th, 1829; Roger B
Taney, Maryland, July 20th, 1831; Benjamin F.
Butler, New York, November 15th, 1833.
General, William T. Barry, Kentucky, March 9th,
1829; Amos Kendall, Kentucky, May 1st, 1835.

Secretary of State, James Madison, Virginia, March 5th, 1801. Secretary of Treasury, Samuel Dexter, continued; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania, May 14th, 1801. Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn, Massachu setts. March 5th, 1801. Secretary of Navy, Benjamin Stoddart, con inued: Robert Smith, Maryland, July 15th, 1801; Jacob Crowninshield, Massachusetts, May, 3d, 1805. Attorney-General. Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1801; Robert Smith, Maryland, March 3d, 1805; John Breckinridge, Kentucky, Auzust 7th, 1805; Caesar A. Rodney, Pennsylvania, January 20th, 1807. Postmaster-General, Joseph Habersham, continued: Gideon Granger, Connecticut, November 28th, 1801.

JAMES MADISON, President.

VI. and VII.; 1809-1817.

Secretary of State, Robert Smith, Maryland, March 6th, 1809; James Monroe, Virginia, April 2d, 1811. Secretary of Treasury, Albert Gallatin, continued; George W. Campbell, Tennessee, February 9th, 1814; A. J. Dallas, Pennsylvania, October 6th, 1814; William H. Crawford, Georgia, October 22d, 1816. Secretary of War, William Eustis, Massachusetts, March 7th, 1809; John Armstrong, New York, January 13th, 1813; James Monroe, Virginia, September 27th, 1814; William H. Crawford, Georgia, August 1st, 1815. Secretary of Nwy, Paul Hamilton, South Carolin, March 7th, 1809; William Jones, Pennsylvania, January 12th, 1813; B. W. Croninshield, Massachusetts, December 19th, 1814. Attorney-Gen era, C. A. Rodney, continued: William Pinckney, Marvland, December 11th, 1811; Richard Rush, Pennsylvania, February 10th, 1814. Postmaster-General Gideon Granger, continued; Return J Meigs, Ohio, March 17th, 1814.

MARTIN VAN BUREN, President.
XIII.; 1837-1841.

Postmaster,

Secretary of State, John Forsyth, continued. Secre
tary of Treasury, Levi Woodbury, continued. Secre
tary of War, Joel R. Poinsett, South Carolina, March
7th, 1837. Secretary of Navy, Mahlon Dickerson,
continued; James K. Paulding, New York, June
25th, 1838. Attorney-General, Benjamin F Butler;
Felix Grundy, Tennessee, July 5th, 1838; Henry D.
Gilpin, Pennsylvania, January 11th, 1840. Pust
master General, Amos Kendall, continued; John M.
Niles, Connecticut, May 19th, 1840.

WM. H. HARRISON AND JOHN TYLER, Presidents.
XIV.; 1841-1845.

Secretary of State. Daniel Webster, Massachusetts,
March 5th, 1841; Hugh S. Legare, South Carolina,
May 9th, 1843; A. P Upshur, Virginia, July 24th,
1843; John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, March Ch,
1844. Secretary of Treasury, Thomas Ewing, Ohio,
March 5th, 1841; Walter Forward, Pennsylvania,
September 13th, 1841; John C. Spencer, New York,
March 3d, 1843; George M. Bibb, Kentucky, June
15th, 1844. Secretary of War, John Bell, Tennes-ee,
March 5th, 1841; John McLean, Ohio, September
13th, 1841; Jhn C. Spencer, New York, October
12th, 1841; James M. Porter, Pennsylvania, March
8th, 1843; William Wilkins, Pennsylvania, Feb

*Not a Cabinet officer, but a subordinate of the ruary 15th, 1844. Secretary of Navy, G. E. Badger, Treasury Department until 1829.

North Carolina, March 5th, 1811; A. P. Upshur, Vir ginia, September 13th, 1841: David Henshaw, Mas Sec-sachusetts, July 24th, 1843; T. W. Gilmer, Virginia, February 15th, 1844; John Y. Mason, Virginia, March 14th, 1844. Attorney-General, John J. Critten den, Kentucky, March 5th, 1841; Hugh 8 Legare, South Carolina, September 13th. 1941; John Nelson, Maryland, July 1st, 1843. Postmaster-General, Francis Granger. New York, March 6th, 1841: Charles A Wickliffe, Kentucky, September 13th, 1841.

+Naval affairs were under the control of the retary of War until a separate Navy Department was organized by Act of April 30th, 1798. The Acts organizing the other Departments were of the following dates: State, September 15th, 1789; Treasury, September 2d, 1789; War, August 7th, 1789. The Attorney-General's duties were regulated by the Ju liciary Act of September 24th. 1789.

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ZACHARY TAYLOR AND MILLARD FILLMORE, Presidents XVI.; 1849-1853.

Secretary of State, John M. Clayton, Delaware, March 7th, 1840; Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, July 22d, 1850; Edward Everett, Massachusetts, December 6th, 52. Secretary of Treasury, W. M. Meredith, Pennsylvania, March 8th, 1849; Thomas Corwin, Ohio, July 234, 1850. Secretary of War, George W. Crawford, Georgia, March 8th, 1849; Winfield Scott (ad interim), July 23d, 1850; Charles M. Conrad, Louisiana, August 15th, 1850 Secretary of Navy, William B. Preston, Virginia, March 8th, 1849; William A. Graham, North Carolina, July 22d, | 1850; J. P. Kennedy, Maryland. July 22d, 1852. See retary of Interior, Thomas H. Ewing, Ohio, March 8th, 1849; A. H. H. Stuart, Virginia, September 12th, 1850. Attorney General, Reverdy Johnson, Maryland, March 8th, 1849; John J. Crittenden, Kentucky, July 22d, 1850. Postmaster-General, Jacob Collamer, Vermont, March 8th, 1849; Nathan K. Hall, New York. July 234, 1850; S. D Hubbard, Connecticut, August 31st, 1852.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, President.

XVII.; 1853-1857. Secretary of State, William L. Marcy, New York, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Treasury, James Guthrie, Ken ucky, March 7th, 1853. of War, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, March 7th, Secretary 1853 Secretary of Navy, James C. Dobbin, North Carolina, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Interior, Robert McClelland, Michigan, March 7th, 1833: Jacob Thompson, Mississippi, March 6th, 1856. Attorney-General, Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts, March 7th, 1853. Postmaster General, James Camp bell, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1853.

JAMES BUCHANAN, President.
XVIII.; 1857 1861.

Secretary of State, Lewis Cass, Michigan. March 6th, 1857; J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1860. Secretary of Treasury, Howell Cobb, Georgia, March 6th, 1857; Philip F. Thomas, Maryland, December 14th, 1860; John A. Dix, New York, January 11th. 1861. Secretary of War, John B. Floyd, Virginia, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt. Kentucky, January 18th, 1861. Secretary of Navy, Isaac Toucey, Connecticut. March 6th, 1857. Secretary of Interior Jacob Thompson, continued. Attorney-General, J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1857; E. M. Stantou, Pennsylvania, December 20th, 1860. Postmaster General, Auron V. Brown, Tenn ssee, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky. March 14th, 1859; Horati King, Maine, February 12th, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ANDREW JOHNSON, Presidents.

XIX. and XX.: 1861-1869.

Secretary of State, William H. Seward, New York, March 5th, 1861. Secretary of Treasury, S. P. Chase, Ohio, March 5th, 181: W. P. Fessenden, Maine, July 1st, 1864: Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, March 7th, 1865. Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1861; Edwin M. Stanton, Penn

sylvania, January 15th, 1862; U.S Gant (ad interim), August 12th, 1867; Edwin M. Stanton (reinstated), January 14th, 1868; J. M. Schofield; Illinois, May necticut, March 5th. 1861. Secretary of Interior, 28th, 1868. Secretary of Namy, Gideon Welles, ConCaleb P. Smith, March 5th, 1861; John P. Usher. Indiana, January 8th, 1863; James Harlan, Iowa, May 15th, 1865: O. H. Browning, Illinois, July 27th, 1866. Attorney-General, Edward Bates, Missouri, March 5th, 1861; Titian J. Coffee, June 22, 1863; James Speed, Kentucky, December 2d. 1864; Henry Stan hery, Ohio, July 23d, 1866; William M. Evarts, New York, July 15th, 1868. Postmaster-Ge eral, Montgomery Blair, Maryland, March 5th, 1861; William Dennison, Ohio, September 24th, 1864; Alexander W. Randall, Wisconsin, July 25th, 1836.

ULYSSES S. GRANT, President.

XXI. and XXII.; 1869-1877.

Secretary of State. E. B. Washburne, Illinois, March 5th, 1869; Hamilton Fish, New York, March 11th, 1869. Secretary of Treasury, George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts, March 14th, 1869; William A. Rich ardson, Massachusetts, March 17th, 1873; Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky, June 2d, 1974; Lot M. Morrill, Maine, June 21st, 1876 A. Rawlins, Illinois. March 11th, 1869; William T. Secretary of War, John Sherman, Ohio, September 9th, 1869; William W. Belknap, Iowa, October 25th, 1869; Alphonso Taft, Ohio, March 8th, 1876; J. D. Cameron, Pennsylvania, May 22d, 1876. Secretary of Navy, Adolph E. Borie, Pennsylvania March 5th, 1869; George M. Robeson, New Jersey, June 25th, 1869. Secretary of Interior, Jacob D. Cox, Ohio, March 5th, 1869; Columbus Delano. Ohio, November 1st, 1870; Zachariah Chandler, Michigan,October 19th, 1875. Attorney General, E. R. Hoar, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1869; Amos T. Akerman, Georgia, June 23d, 1870; George H. Williams, Oregon, December, 14th, 1871; Edwards Taft. Ohio, May 22, 1876. Postmaster-General, J. A. Pierrepont, New York, April 26th, 1875; Alphonso J. Creswell, Maryland, March 5th, 1869; Mar hall Tyner, Indiana, July 12th, 1876. Jewell, Connecticut, August 24th, 1874; James M.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, President.

XXIII.; 1877-1881.

Secretary of State, William M. Evarts, New York,
March 12th, 1877. Secretary of Treasury, John Sher-
man, Ohio, March 8th, 1877. Secretary of War, Georga
W. McCrary, Iowa, March 12th, 1877; Alexander
Ramsey, Minnesota. December 12th, 1879. Secretary
of Navi, Richard W. Thompson, Indiana, March
12th, 1877; Nathan Goff, Jr., West Virginia, January
6th, 1881. Secretary of Interior, Carl Schurz. Mis-
souri, March 12th, 1877. Attorney-General, Charla
Devens, Massachusetts, March 12th, 1877.
master-General, David M. Key, Tennessee, March
12th, 1877; Horace Maynard, Tennessee, August
25th, 1880.

JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
Presidents.

XXIV.; 1881-1885.

Post

5th, 1881; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, Maine, March December 12th, 1881. Secretary of Treasury, William H. Windom, Minnesota, March 5th, 1881; Charles J. Folger. New York, October 27th, 1881. Secretary of War, Robert T. Lincoln, Illinois, March 5th, 1881. Secretary of Navy, W. H. Hunt, Louisiana. March 5th, 1881. Secretary of Interior, 8. J. Kirkwood, lowa, March 5th, 1881. Attorney-General, Wayne MacVeagh, Pennsylvania. March 5th, 1881; Benja min H. Brewster. Pennsylvania, December 16th, 1881. Postmaster-General, Thomas L. James, New York, March 5th, 1881; Timothy O. Howe, Wisconsin, December 20th, 1881,

FOREIGN IMMIGRATION SINCE 1870, BY FISCAL YEARS.-Official.

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Of the arrivals in 1881, 410,729 were males and 258,702 females. There were 153.718 from Great Britain and Ireland: 210,485 from Germany; 21.109 from Austria; 11,890 from China: 102,922 from Quebec and Ontario: 14,437 from Nova Scotis: 49.760 from Sweden; 22,705 from Norway; 15,387 from Italy; 5,227 from France; 9,117 from Denmark, and 11,293 from Switzerland.

SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED JULY 4th, 1776.

The following list of members of the Continental Congress, who signed the Declaration of Independence (although the names are included in the general list of that Congress, from 1774 to 1778), is given separately for the purpose of showing the places and dates of their birth, and the times of their respective deaths, for convenient reference:

NAMES OF THE SIGNERS.

Adams, John..........

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Bartlett, Josiah

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Carroll, Chas of Carrollton..
Chase, Samuel

Clark, Abraham ...............................
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Franklin, Benjamin
Gerry, Elbridge
Gwinnet, Button..
Hall, Lyman
Hancock, John

Harrison, Benjamin.
Hart, John...

Heyward, Thomas, Jr..
Hewes, Joseph.......
Hooper, Williata
Hopkins, Stephen
Huntington, Samuel..
Hookinson, Francis.
Jefferson, Thomas
Lee, Richard Henry
Lee, Francis Lightfoot.
Lewis, Francis F
Livingston, Philip.
Lynch, Thomas, Jr.
McKean, Thomas...
Middleton, Arthur.
Morris, Lewis.........
Morris, Robert..
Morton, John.....
Nelson, Thomas, Jr..
Paca, Wm.

Paine, Robert Treat
Penn, John

Read, George.

Rodney, Cæsar .............................
Ross, George.........
Rush, Benjamin, M. D.
Rutledge, Edward
Sherman, Roger........
Smith, James..
Stockton, Richard

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Connecticut, in 1731....

Braintree, Mass., in 1737.

Berkley, Va.,

Hopewell, N.J., in 1715..

St. Luke's, S, C., in 1746.........
Kingston, N. J., in 1730...
Boston, Mass., 17 June, 1742....
Scituate, Mass., 7 Mar., 1707..
Windham, Conn., 3 July 1732
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1737..
Shadwell, Va., 13 Apr. 1734.
Stratford, Va., 20 Jan. 1732
Stratford, Va., 14 Oct. 1734....
Landaff, Wales, in Mar. 1713....
Albany, N. Y., 15 Jan. 1716...
St. George's, S. C., 5 Aug. 1749..
Chester Co., Pa., 19 Mar 1734
Middleton Place, S. C., in 1743..
Morrissianna, N. Y., in 1726...
Lancashire, Eng., Jan. 1733 -4.
Ridley, Pa., u 1724......
York, Va., 26 Dec. 1738...
Wye-Hill, Md., 31 Oct. 1740
Boston, Mass., in 1731..
Caroline Co, Va., 17 May 1741.
Cecil Co., Md., in 1734.........
Dover, Del., in 1730....
New Castle, Del. in 1730.
Byberry, Pa., 24 Dec. 1745.
Charleston, S. C., in Nov. 1749...
Newton, Mass., 19 Apr. 1721.
—, Ireland,

Princeton, N. J., 1 Oct. 1730
Charles Co., Md., in 1742..
-, Ireland, in 1716
Ireland, in 1714.
Frederick Co., Va., in 1740.
Kittery, Maine, in 1730..
Lebanon, Conn., 8 Apr. 1731.
Scotland, about (742

Yester, Scotland, 5 Feb. 1722.
Windsor, Conn., 26 Nov. 1726.
Elizabeth City Co., Va., in 1726...

Georgia

Georgia

Massachusetts.
Virginia.....
New Jersey.
South Carolina..
North Carolina
North Carolina..
R. I. & Prov. Pl....
Connecticut....
New Jersey
Virginia.
Virginia.
Virginia.

New York.........
New York.....
South Carolina.
Delaware..
South Carolina.
New York..
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania.
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts..
North Carolina...
Delaware
Delaware
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
South Carolina.
Connecticut
Pennsylvania.
New Jersey
Maryland.
Pennsylvania...
New Hampshire
Georgia..
New Hampshire
Connecticut..
Pennsylvania.
New Jersey..
Conneticut...
Virginia...

DIED.

4 July, 1826.

2 Oct. 18035.

19 May 1795. 10 Oct. 1797.

14 November, 1832

19 June, 1811.

- September, 1794.

23 Jan. 1813.

15 Feb. 18:20.

4 Aug 1821.

17 April, 1790.

23 November, 1814 127 May, 1777. Feb. 1790.

ANTE-WAR DEBTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES.

TABLE showing the Debts of the several States before the war (1860-61).

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CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,

Since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, March 1st, 1789.

The following is a list of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, as well as those who were candidates for each office, since the organization of the Government: (vide pp. 21-25, 62.)

1789-George Washington* and John Adams, two terms, no opposition.

1797-John Adams, opposed by Thomas Jefferson, who, having the next highest electoral vote, became Vice President.

1801-Thomas Jefferson* and Aaron Burr; beating John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney.*

1805-Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton; beating Charles C. Pinckney* and Rufus King. 1809-James Madison* and George Clinton; beating Charles C. Pinckney.*

1813-Janies Madison* and Eldridge Gerry; beating De Witt Clinton.

1817-James Monroe* and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating Rufus King.

1821-James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating John Quincy Adams.

1825-John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun:* beating Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford * there being four candidates for President, and Albert Gallatin for Vice President. 1829-Andrew Jackson* and John C. Calhoun*; beating John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush.

1833-Andrew Jackson* and Martin Van Buren; beating Henry Clay, John Floyd, and William Wirt for President; and William Wilkins, John Sergeant, and Henry Lee* for Vice President.

1837-Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson*; beating William H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, and Daniel Webster for President, and John Tyler for Vice President.

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Harrison died one month after his inauguration and John Tyler* became President for the rest of the term.

1845-James K. Polk* and George M. Dallas; beating Henry Clay* and Theodore Frelinghuy-en.

1849-Zachary Taylor* and Millard Fillmore; beating Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren for President, and William O. Butler* and C. F. Adams, for Vice Pres dent.

1853-ranklin Pierce and William R. King"; beating Winfield Scott and William A. Graham.*

1857- James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge*: beating John C. Fremont and Millard Fillmore for President, and William L. Dayton and A. J. Donaldson* for Vice President.

1861-Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin; heating John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and J. C. Breckinridge for President.

1865-Abraham Lincoln and ndrew Johnson,* Union candidates; beating G. B. McClellan and G. H. Pendleton.

1869-Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax; beating Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, jr.

1873-Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson; beating Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, for President and Vice President.

1877-Rutherford B. Hayes and Wm. A. Wheeler; beating Samuel Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks. 1881-James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur; beating General W. S. Hancock and W. H. English. Arthur succeeded Garfield, after his death from assassination, Sept. 19, 1881, and David Davis is now Acting Vice President.

1841-William H. Harrison and John Tyler*; beating Martin Van Buren and Littleton W. Tazewell.* * Candidates from Southern States.

NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO WHICH EACH STATE HAS BEEN ENTITLED AT EACH ELECTION, 1789-1876.

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North Carolina

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Virginia

West Virginia...

Wisconsin

8 12 12 12 19 19 29 29 29 36 36 42 42 42 36 36 35 35 35 33 33 35 35 36
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91 135 138 138 176 176 218 221 235 261 261 288 294 294 275 290 296 296 303 314 317 366 369 401

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