96694 No. of Electors from each State. Election for the Fifteenth Term, commencing March 4, 1845, and terminating March 3, 1849. 12 6 Maine.... New Hampshire... 6 36 7 26 3 8 17 11 9 10 12 .... 13 23 .... 6 36.... ::*༠༠ 12 4 6 7 26 .... 3 8 17 11 9 .... 10 .... .... .... 12 13 22 .... 6 6 .... 6 6 .... 6 .... 12 9 9 ............ .... 7 7 3 3 3 James K. Polk took the oath of office, as President, and entered upon his duties March 4, 1845. George M. Dallas took the oath of office, as Vice President, and attended in the Senate, March 4, 1845. The most important incidents of Mr. Polk s administration were the admission of Texas and the consequent war with Mexico, the latter of which resulted in extending our territorial boundaries to the Pacific Ocean, embracing regions of incalculable value. Election for the Sixteenth Term, commencing March 4, 1849, and terminating March 3, 1851. Zachary Taylor took the oath of office, as President, and entered upon his duties March 4, 1849. He did not, however, long enjoy his honors-death suddenly closing his earthly career, July 9, 1850. Millard Fillmore took the oath of office, as Vice President, and entered upon his duties March 4, 1849. Congress being in session at the time President Taylor died, the Vice President sent a message to both houses on the 10th of July, in which he feelingly announced the melancholy event. On the same day he took the requisite oath, and entered on the execution of the office of President. Willie P. Mangum, of N. C., President pro tem of the Senate, acted as Vice President,ex officio, during the remainder of the term. Election for the Seventeenth Term, commencing March 4, 1853, and terminating March 3, 1857. Franklin Pierce took the oath of office, as President, and entered upon his duties March 4, 1853. The oath of office was administered to William R. King by a commission while he was on a visit to Cuba for the benefit of his health; but he died soon after his return home, and Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, then President of the Senate, acted as Vice President, ex officio, during the remainder of the term. John P. Hale, of N. H., and George W. Julian, of Ind., were nominated by the "Free Democracy" for President and Vice President, but they did not receive a single electoral vote. 4 4 4 .... 5 4 254 42 254 42 149 ...... Election for the Eighteenth Term, commencing March 4, 1857 and terminating March 3, 1861. James Buchanan took the oath of office, as President, and entered upon his duties, March 4, 1857. John C. Breckenridge took the oath of office, as Vice-President, and entered upon his duties, March 4, 1857. *When the Electosal votes were being counted, in Joint Convention of the Senate and House of Representatives, objections were made to including the votes of Wisconsin, because the electors did not meet until the day after that prescribed by law. The President of the Convention stated that he merely announced that James Buchanan had been elected President of the United States, without any reference to the contested votes, and declined expressing an opinion on the subject. Election for the Nineteenth Term, commencing March 4, 1861, and terminating March 3, 1865. Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as President, and entered upon his duties, March 4th, 1861. Hannibal Hamlin took the oath of office as Vice-President, and attended in the Senate as its President, on the 4th of March, 1861. The accession of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency was made the pretext for the great rebellion of 1861. |