ELECTION FOR THE SIXTEENTH TERM, 1849-1853 Ala. Ark. Conn. Del. Fla. Ga. Ill. Ind. Iowa Ky. La. Maine Md. Mass. Mich. Miss. *Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States, died at Washington, July 9, 1850. The duties of the Presidential office devolving, in this event, upon the Vice President, Millard Fillmore, he accordingly took the oath of office July 10, 1850. 917 Name of candidate Ala. Ark. Calif. Conn. Del. Fla. Ga. Ill. Ind. Iowa Ky. La. Maine Md. Mass. Mich. ELECTION FOR THE SEVENTEENTH TERM, 1853-1857 FRANKLIN PIERCE, President; WILLIAM R. KING, Vice President 918 ELECTION FOR THE EIGHTEENTH TERM, 1857-1861 JAMES BUCHANAN, President; JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, Vice President 919 ELECTION FOR THE NINETEENTH TERM, 1861-1865 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President; HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Vice President ELECTION FOR THE TWENTIETH TERM, 1865–1869 ABRAHAM LINCOLN,* President; ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice President Name of candidate Mo. Nev. N.H. N.J. N.Y. N.C. | Ohio | Oreg. Pa. R.I. S.C. Tenn. Tex. Vt. Va. Wis. Total Va. 3383 11 2 George B. McClellan, of New Jersey 7 21 3 26 *Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was shot by an assassin on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. The duties of the Presidential office devolving, in this event, upon the Vice President, Andrew Johnson, he accordingly took the oath of office April 15, 1865. |