PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND Electoral AND POPULAR VOTES-Continued. NOTES-The name of the successful candidate for President is placed first in each campaign list, except in that of 1896. In this list the names of the candidates are arranged in the order of their nomination. Prior to 1804, electors cast their votes for two candidates for President; the one receiving the highest number of votes was declared elected President, and the one next highest Vice-President. In 1800 there was a tie between Jefferson and Burr, and the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives, which elected the former President and the latter Vice-President. Beginning with 1804, the Constitution of the United States having been amended, electors voted for candidates for President and Vice-President separately. The record of the popular vote prior to 1824 is very meagre. In 1824, no candidate for President having a majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams. In 1836 the electoral vote for Vice-President was so divided that no candidate had a majority, and the Senate of the United States chose R. M. Johnson. In 1864, eleven States being in Confederate territory, did not vote. In 1868, three Southern States were disfranchised. Horace Greeley died after the election of 1872 and electors chosen for him scattered their vote. The election of 1876 was decided by an electoral commission of fifteen, seven Democrats and eight Republicans. In 1892 the Democrats endorsed the People's party national ticket in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, North Dakota and Wyoming; and the Republicans of Louisiana endorsed the same ticket. Electoral Vote. |