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...... Heyward, Thomas, Jr.... • Read, George ... Rhode Island....... Connecticut....... Indiana... .... Maine New Hampshire ....................... STATES. Braintree, Mass., 19 Oct. 1735 R. I. & Prov. Pl... •••• Connecticut, in 1731. Hopewell, N. J., in 1715. ..... Cecil Co., Md., in 1734. .... Ireland, Pennsylvania ..... ANTE-WAR DEBTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES. TABLE showing the Debts of the several States before the war (1860-61). Iowa Oregon Massachusetts.... .... ... Virginia........... .... 104,000 North Carolina...... 37,964,602 none. STATES. 14 November, 1832. 19 June, 1811. 23 Jan. 1813. 15 Feb. 1820. 4 Aug 1821. 17 April, 1790. 23 November, 1814. 27 May, 1777. Feb. 1790. 8 Oct 1793. April, 1791. 1880. March, 1809 4 July, 1828. 2 Oct. 1803. DIED. September, 1794. South Carolina........................................................................ Alabama.. Texas July, 1779. 8 June, 1806. • 1798. , 1789. In 1860-61. 200.000 24,734,000 150,000 4,729,234 55,372 33,248.143 9,129,505 3,691,574 2,670.750 383 000 5,048,000 none. 10,023,903 pub-kiem 3,092,622 16,643,66€ CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, 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. 1501-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. 121 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. 133-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. 1841–William H. Harrison and John Tyler*; beating Martin Van Buren and Littleton W. Tazewell.* NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO WHICH EACH STATE HAS BEEN ENTITLED AT EACH ELECTION, 1789-1876. 4 4 9 9 9! 9 3 3. 3 3 8 10 10 10 10 16 16 + 4 4 4 16 19 : 4 | * Candidates from Southern States. 6 1804 1808 1812 1818 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 9 3 7 8 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 3 | Harrison died one month after his inauguration and John Tyler* became President for the rest of the term. ***** ..... 8 12 12 12 14 3 3 3 3 5 3 1845 James K. Polk and George M. Dallas; beat-, ing 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 ani Vice President. ao : 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. 8 8 8 935 3 3 ww : 00 8 ..... ..... 100 ..... ..... ..... 4 4 6 8 8 ..... 8 7 7 7 7 12 21 21 21 24 24 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 ..... ..... 3 .... ···· ..... ..... ..... .... .. 10 15 15 15 20 20 25 25 25 28 28 30 30 30 .9 8 11 11 15 15 15 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 19 22 22 15 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 14 3 3 5 5 6 6 31 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 ..... 9, 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 11 11 12 9 9 11 11 11 16 16 21 21 22 9 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 3 5 5 5 51 9 9 41 4 4 4 8 11 11 13 LO 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 9 ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 13 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 16 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 93 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 12 12 12 19 19 29 29 29 36 36 42 42 42 36 36 35 35 35 33 33 35 35 36 7 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 11 3 3 8 8 8 16 16 21 21 21 23 23 23 23 23 21 21 22 22 23 26 4 3 3 744 ..4 67 67 79 6 3 3 5 8 5 8 5 లురా: 8 10 10 12 9 9 9 11 11 15 15 5 5 3 3 6 4 6 6 6 3 7 8 11 11 13 5 5 7 8 8 9 16 ..... ............. **** 3 3 3 3 3 3 26 27 27 27 26 26 29 29 30 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 8 8 8 7 7 9 13 12 12 12 10 10 12 12 12 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 813 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 23 17 17 15 15 15 10 10 11 11 12 5 5 5 6 8 10 10 11 3 3 4 7 8 3 6 5 3 4 Total 91 135 138 138 176 176 218 221 235 261 261 288 204 294 275 290 296 296 303 314 317 366 369 401 Number of States.... 13 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 24 24.24 24 26 26 26 30 31 31 33 36 37 37 38 38 |
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