Presidential Elections FROM 1789 TO 1904. AGGREGATE POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL VOTE FOR CANDIDATES FOR PRESI DENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT AT EACH ELECTION. NOTE. There is, properly speaking, no popular vote for President and Vice-President; the people vote for electors, and those chosen in each State meet therein and vote for the candidates for President and Vice-President. The record of any popular vote for electors prior to 1824 is so meagre and imperfect that a compilation would be useless. In most of the States, for more than a quarter century following the establishment of the Government, the State Legislatures "appointed" the Presidential electors, and the people therefore voted only indirectly for them, their choice being expressed by their votes for members of the Legislature. In this tabulation only the aggregate electoral votes for candidates for President and Vice-President in the first nine quadrennial elections appear. ELECTORAL VOTES. 1789. Previous to 1801, each elector voted for two candidates for President. The one who received the largest number of votes was declared President, and the one who received the next largest number of votes was declared Vice-President. The electoral votes for the first President of the United States were: George Washington, 69; John Adams, of Massachusetts, 34; John Jay, of New York, 9; R. H. Harrison, of Maryland, 6; John Rutledge, of South Carolina, 6, John Hancock, of Massachusetts, 4; George Clinton, of New York, 3; Samuel Huntingdon, of Connecticut, 2; John Milton, of Georgia, 2; James Arm strong, of Georgia; Benjamin Lincoln, of Massachusetts, and Edward Telfair, of Georgia, 1 vote each. Vacancies (votes not cast), 4. George Washington was chosen President and John Adams Vice-President. 1792. George Washington, Federalist, received 132 votes; John Adams. Federalist, 77; George Clinton, of New York, Republican (a), 50; Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, Republican, 4; Aaron Burr, of New York, Republican, 1 vote. Vacancies, 3. George Washington was chosen President and John Adains Vice-President. 1796. John Adams, Federalist, 71; Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 68; Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist, 59; Aaron Burr, of New York, Republican, 30; Samuel Adams, of Massachusetts, Republican, 15; Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, Independent, 11, George Clinton, of New York, Republican, 7; John Jay, of New York, Federalist, 5; James Iredell, of North Carolina, Federalist, 3; George Washington, of Virginia; John Henry, of Maryland, and S. Johnson, of North Carolina, all Federalists, 2 votes each; Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist, 1 vote. John Adams was chosen President and Thomas Jefferson Vice-President. 1800. Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 73; Aaron Burr, Republican, 73, John Adams, Federalist, 65; Charles C. Pinckney, Federalist, 64; John Jay, Federalist, 1 vote. There being a tie vote for Jefferson and Burr, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. Jefferson received the votes of ten States, which, being the largest vote cast for a candidate, élected him President. Burr received the votes of four States, which, being the next largest vote, elected him Vice-President. There were 2 blank votes. 1804. The Constitution of the United States having been amended, the electors at this election voted for a President and a Vice-President, instead of for two candidates for President. The result was as follows: For President, Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 162; Charles C. Pinckney, Federalist, 14. For Vice-President, George Clinton, Republican, 162; Rufus King, of New York, Federalist, 14. Jefferson was chosen President and Clinton Vice-President. 1808. For President, James Madison, of Virginia, Republican, 122; Charles C. Pinckney, of South Carolina, Federalist, 47; George Clinton, of New York, Republican, 6. For Vice-President, George Clinton, Republican, 113; Rufus King, of New York, Federalist, 47; John Langdon, of New Hampshire, 9; James Madison, 3; James Monroe, 3. Vacancy, 1. Madison was chosen President and Clinton Vice-President. 1812. For President, James Madison, Republican, 128; De Witt Clinton, of New York, Federalist, 89. For Vice-President, Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, 131; Jared Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, Federalist, 86. Vacancy, 1. Madison was chosen President and Gerry Vice-President. 1816. For President, James Monroe, of Virginia, Republican, 183; Rufus King, of New York, Federalist, 34. For VicePresident, Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, Republican, 183; John Eager Howard, of Maryland, Federalist, 22; James Ross, of Pennsylvania, 5; John Marshall, of Virginia, 4; Robert G. Harper, of Maryland, 3. Vacancies, 4. Monroe was chosen President and Tompkins Vice-President. 1820. For President, James Monroe, of Virginia, Republican, 231; John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts, Republican, 1. For Vice-President, Daniel D. Tompkins, Republican, 218; Richard Stockton, of New Jersey. 8; Daniel Rodney, of Delaware, 4; Robert G. Harper, of Maryland, and Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, 1 vote each. Vacancies, 3. James Monroe was chosen President and Daniel D. Tompkins Vice-President. Ill .... 174 J. C. Breckinridge*. 114 William L, Dayton. 8 A. J. Donelson.. 180 Hannibal Hamlin*. 12 H. V. Johnson.. 72 Joseph Lane....... 39 Edward Everett. Ky.. Dem 845,763 Tenn.. Union. 389,581 Horatio Seymour.. N, Y.. D.& L. Charles O'Conor. Thomas A. Hendricks.. B. Gratz Brown.. N. Y.. Dem .. Pa Temp. Ind.... Dem.. Mo Dem.. Ga Dem.. Ind.... Rep... 3,597,070 2,834,079 29,408 5,608 762,991 Ky. Dem.. 174 N.J... Rep 114 Tenn.. Amer.. 8 James A. Garfield*. William McKinley*.. Theodore Roosevelt*. N, Y.. Dein.. 4,911,017 U. L.. 148,105 U'd L. 2,808 1,591 N. Y.. Amer.. 98,017 N. Y.. Dem.. 5,556,918 380,810 O.. Rep... 7,104,779, Neb... Peop 6,502,925 Md Pro.... 132,007 ... Ill N. Dem N. Y.. Soc, L. Neb... Nat. (j) 133,148 36,274 601,854 13,969 O...... Rep... 7,207,923 849,790 Neb... Dem. P 6,358,133 III Pro.... 208,914 Pa... MP(m) 50,373 Ind.... Soc. D. 87,814 Mass.. Soc. L. 39,739 Ia... UC(n) 1,059 0. UR (0) 5,698 21 George H. Pendleton...O...... Dem.. 21 80 F. P. Blair, Jr.... 286 Henry Wilson*. g.. B. Gratz Brown.. John Q. Adams.. John Russell.. 42 George W. Julian 18 A. H. Colquitt.. 2 John M. Palmer.. 1 T. E. Bramlette. W. S. Groesbeck.. 184 T. A. Hendricks. h 185 William A. Wheeler*.. Samuel F. Cary. Gideon T. Stewart S. C. Pomeroy. Samuel T. Nicholson... Pa UR(0) 292 155 336 Charles W. Fairbanks* Ind.... Rep... 336 140 Henry G. Davis........ W.Va.. Dem. Benjamin Hanford.. N. Y.. Soc.... George W. Carroll.... Tex.... Pro.... Neb... Peop.. Thomas H. Tibbles William W. Cox.. 140 *The candidates starred were elected. For Reference Notes to these Tables see page 119. For popular and electoral votes by States in 1900 and 1904 consult Index. * Jackson called himself a South Carolinian and his biographer, Kendall, recorded his birthplace in Lancaster County, S. C., but Parton has published documentary evidence to show that Jackson was born in Union County, N. C., less than a quarter mile from the South Carolina line. The Democratic party of to-day claims lineal descent from the first Republican party and President Jefferson as its founder. Political parties were disorganized at the time of the election of John Quincy Adams. He claimed to be a Republican, but his doctrines were decidedly Federalistic. The opposition to his Administration took the name of Democrats and elected Jackson President. More details of the lives of the Presidents were given in THE WORLD ALMANAC for 1902, pages 118 and 119. The Presidential Succession. THE Presidential succession is fixed by chapter 4 of the acts of the Forty-ninth Congress, first session. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice-President, then the Secretary of State shall act as President until the disability of the President or Vice-President is removed or a President is elected. If there be no Secretary of State, then the Secretary of the Treasury will act; and the remainder of the order of succession is as follows: The Secretary of War, Attorney-General, Postmaster-General, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were added by subsequent enactment. The acting President must, upon taking office, convene Congress, if not at the time in session, in extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice. This act applies only to such Cabinet officers as shall have been confirmed by the Senate, and are eligible under the Constitution to the Presidency. Justices of the United States Supreme Court. John Jay, N. Y. 1795-1795 1739 1800 NAME. 1862-1877 15 1815 1886 1863-1897 34 1816 1899 1864-1873 91808 1873 1870-1880 10 1808 1895 1870-1892 22 1813 1892 1872-1882 10 1811 1886 1874-1888 14 1816 1888 1833 Levi Woodbury, N. H...... 1845-1851 6 1789 1851 ... 1833 1837 1845 1838 1843 1841 1849 1853 |