Our Presidents and how we make them - Alexander K. McClure

Section 2. That if any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods of procedure, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to the said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned.

Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the executive of each State, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of electors in such State, by the final ascertainment under and in pursuance of the laws of such State providing for such ascertainment, to communicate under the seal of the State, to the Secretary of State of the United States, a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed, setting forth the names of such electors and the canvass or other ascertainment, under the laws of such State, of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive of each State to deliver to the electors of such State, on or before the day on which they are required, by the preceding section, to meet, the same certificate, in triplicate, under the seal of the State; and such certificate shall be enclosed and transmitted by the electors at the same time and in the same manner as is provided by law for transmitting by such electors to the seat of government the lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President: and Section 136 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed; and if there shall have been any final determination in the State of a controversy or contest, as provided for in Section 2 of this act, it shall be the duty of the executive of such State, as soon as practicable after such determination, to communicate, under the seal of the State, to the Secretary of State of the United States, a certificate of such determination, in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and the Secretary of State of the United States, as soon as practicable after the receipt at the State Department of each of the certificates hereinbefore directed to be transmitted to the Secretary of State, shall publish, in such public newspaper as he shall designate, such certificates in full; and at the first meeting of Congress, thereafter, he shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress copies in full of each and every such certificate so received theretofore at the State Department.

Sec. 4. That Congress shall be in session on the second Wednesday in February succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of one o’clock in the afternoon, on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate, and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be the certificates of the electoral vote, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes, as they shall appear from the said certificates, and, the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice-President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall have been regularly given by electors, whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to Section 3 of this act, from which but one return has been received, shall be rejected; but the two Houses concurrently may reject the vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified. If more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a State shall have been received by the President of the Senate, those votes, and those only, shall be counted which shall have been regularly given by the electors who are shown by the determination mentioned in Section 2 of this act to have been appointed, if the determination in said section provided for shall have been made, or by such successors, or substitutes, in case of a vacancy in the board of electors so ascertained, as have been appointed to fill such vacancy in the mode provided by the laws of the State; but in case there shall arise a question which of two or more of such State authorities determining what electors have been appointed, as mentioned in Section 2 of this act, is the lawful tribunal of such State, the votes regularly given of those electors, and those only, of such State shall be counted whose title as electors the two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide is supported by the decision of such State so authorized by its laws; and in such case of more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a State, if there shall have been no such determination of the question in the State aforesaid, then those votes, and those only, shall be counted which the two Houses shall concurrently decide were cast by lawful electors appointed in accordance with the laws of the State, unless the two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide such votes not to be the lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such State. But if the two Houses shall disagree in respect of the counting of such votes, then and in that case the votes of the electors whose appointment shall have been certified by the executive of the State, under the seal thereof, shall be counted. When the two Houses have voted, they shall immediately again meet, and the presiding officer shall then announce the decision of the questions submitted. No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of.

Sec. 5. That while the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided in this act, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer, except to either House on a motion to withdraw.

Sec. 6. That when the two Houses separate to decide upon an objection that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter, each Senator and Representative may speak to such objection or question five minutes, and not more than once; but after such debate shall have lasted two hours, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of each House to put the main question without further debate.

Sec. 7. Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the count of electoral votes shall be completed and the result declared; and no recess shall be taken unless a question shall have arisen in regard to counting any such votes, or otherwise under this act, in which case it shall be competent for either House, acting separately, in the manner hereinbefore provided, to direct a recess of such House not beyond the next calendar day, Sunday excepted, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon. But if the counting of the electoral votes and the declaration of the result shall not have been completed before the fifth calendar day next after such first meeting of the two Houses, no further or other recess shall be taken by either House.

INDEX

Abolition party, birth of the, and its first candidates, [65];
its second nominations, [84], [85];
its platform in 1844, [85–88];
its leaders denounced by Greeley, [90].
Adams, Charles Francis, a candidate for the nomination of President by the Liberal Republicans, [229].
Adams, John, his first election to the Vice-Presidency, [2–4];
his second election to the Vice-Presidency, [4–6];
his election to the Presidency, [7–11];
supported by Washington as the Federalist candidate, [8];
the campaign the most defamatory in American politics, [9];
his vote in the third Electoral College, [10], [11];
defeated for the Presidency, [12–20];
his ungracious departure from the Executive Mansion, [20];
his after-life and death, [20].
Adams, John Quincy, defeated for the Presidency, [35], [37];
his election to the Presidency by Congress, [39–46];
his popular vote, [42];
his vote in the tenth Electoral College, [43], [45];
the real author of the Monroe Doctrine, [46];
defeated for the Presidency, [47–51];
a model President, his after-life and death, [45], [46].
Adams, John Quincy, receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Democratic dissenters in 1872, [238];
offered the nomination of the Presidency by the same party, [238].
Adams, Samuel, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Alien and Sedition laws, passage of, and their purposes, [12], [13].
Allen, Philip, at a national Whig convention in 1848, [107].
American National party, its candidates and platform in 1876, [260];
its candidates and platform in 1880, [283];
its candidates and platform in 1888, [330–332];
splits on a question of voting, [331].
American Prohibition National party (a split from the Prohibition party), its candidates and platform in 1884, [304], [305].
Anti-Mason party, its birth and power, [52], [53];
calls the first political national convention ever held in the country, at Philadelphia, [52];
its nominations, [53];
its ticket adopted by the National Republicans in several States, [54].
Anti-Monopoly party, its candidates and platform in 1884, [299–301].
Armstrong, James, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Arthur, Chester A., his election to the Vice-Presidency, [274–284];
succeeds to the Presidency after the death of Garfield, [286];
his admirable administration, [286], [287];
the author meets him at a dinner given by Cameron, [287];
his life after his retirement from office, [287].
Ashman, George, permanent chairman of Republican National Convention of 1860, [157].
Banks, Nathaniel P., his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Barnburners, the, [98], [99], [107].
Bell, John, the nominee of the Constitutional Union party for the Presidency, [173], [174];
the author’s account of his debate with Johnson, [204].
Bentley, Rev. Charles E., the nominee for the Presidency of the “Broad-Gauge” Prohibitionists, [386];
his popular vote, [391].
Benton, Thomas H., at a national Whig convention in 1848, [107].
Bidwell, John, nominated for the Presidency by the Prohibition party, [351];
his popular vote, [259].
Birney, James G., the candidate of the Abolition party, his first defeat for the Presidency, [65], [71], [72];
his second defeat for the Presidency as the candidate of the Liberty party, [90], [91].
Black, James, nominated for the Presidency by the Prohibition party in 1872, [228];
at the Prohibition National Convention in 1888, [329].
Blaine, James G., compared with Henry Clay, [244–246];
at the Republican convention at Cincinnati in 1876, [247–249], [252];
his efforts to secure the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1880, [270], [274];
defeated for the Presidency, [288–315];
he favored the nominations of General Sherman and Robert T. Lincoln, [288];
his nomination, [289];
his popular and electoral vote, [308], [309];
why he was defeated in New York State and lost the election, [309–312];
how he treated the Cleveland scandal, [312];
he declines the Presidential nomination in 1888, [315];
his after-life, [315].
Blair, Francis P., shelters Johnson during his incapacity after his inauguration, [204];
nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Democrats in 1868, [216].
Booth, Newton, receives the “Greenback” nomination for the Presidency, [257].
Bramlette, Thomas E., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Breckenridge, John C., defeated for the Presidency, [166–176].
Brooks, John A., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibition party, [329].
Brown, B. Gratz, the nominee of the Liberal Republicans for the Presidency, [229–231];
nominated for the same office by the Democrats, [238];
his vote in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Bryan, William J., his defeat for the Presidency, [361–394];
his nomination by the Democratic party, [371–373];
his nomination by the People’s party, [378];
his remarkable campaign, [390];
his popular vote, [391];
his electoral vote, [392];
the remarkable political independence shown in the contest, [392–394].
Buchanan, James, his election to the Presidency, [130–153];
favored by the Southern Democrats, [130], [131];
his nomination at Cincinnati, [131], [132];
one of the most desperately fought conflicts in American politics, [145];
his popular and electoral vote, [148];
far-reaching effects of his quarrel with Forney, [149–151];
his political methods compared with those of the present day, [151], [152], and note;
his determination to end the slavery agitation, [152];
his reputation, character, and death, [153].
Buckner, Simon B., the nominee of the “Sound Money” Democrats for the Vice-Presidency, [383].
Burchard, Rev. Samuel D., his effort to restore public confidence in Blaine’s integrity jeopardizes his election to the Presidency, [310–312].
Burr, Aaron, his vote for the Presidency in the second Electoral College, [6];
his character, [9];
his vote in the third Electoral College, [10], [11];
his election to the Vice-Presidency, [12–20];
his infamous attempt to defeat Jefferson in the Electoral College, [17], [18], [19].
Butler, Benjamin F., the nominee of the Anti-Monopoly party for the Presidency, [299];
receives the Presidential nomination of the National (“Greenback”) party, [301];
his popular vote, [308], [309].
Calhoun, John C., his first election to the Vice-Presidency, [39–45];
his second election to the same office, [49–51];
Jackson’s quarrel with, [52].
Cameron, Donald J., at the Republican convention of 1876, [248], [249];
the chief factor in securing the election of Hayes, [265];
his dinner given in honor of Arthur, [287];
his strained relations with Harrison, [337], [338];
his defeat of the Force bill and how it affected his political fortunes, [339], [340].
Campbell, Judge, his appointment as postmaster-general by Pierce revives Native Americanism, [128].
Cass, Lewis, how he came to be nominated and defeated for the Presidency, [98];
at a Whig national convention in 1848, [107];
popular and electoral vote cast for him, [112];
his popularity in the West, [113].
Chamberlain, Edward M., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Labor Reform party in 1872, [227].
Chambers, B. B., “Greenback” candidate for the Vice-Presidency, [281].
Chase, Salmon P., his anticipated nomination for the Presidency by the Democrats, [211], [212];
how his defeat by Tilden was avenged by Conkling, [268], [269].
Clay, Henry, his first defeat for the Presidency, [39–45];
his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the tenth Electoral College, [43];
his second defeat for the Presidency, [53–57];
his third defeat for the Presidency, [75–93];
his reply to the address of the Kentucky electors, [92], [93];
compared with Blaine, [244–246].
Cleveland, Grover, his first election to the Presidency, [288–315];
the spirited and earnest character of the campaign, [288];
his nomination, [294];
his popular and electoral vote, [308], [309];
how he gained the vote of New York State, [310–312];
Dana’s estrangement from, [312–315];
his treatment of the Blaine scandal, [312];
devoted to his official duties, [314];
his defeat for the Presidency, [316–336];
his unanimous nomination, [316];
character of the campaign, [332];
his popular and electoral vote, [333];
why he lost the election, [334];
governed by his convictions, [334];
his social and political character outlined in the author’s intercourse with him, [335];
his second election to the Presidency, [337–360];
his nomination, [343–345];
character of the campaign, [358];
his popular and electoral vote, [359];
his contests for the Presidency like those of Jackson, [360];
compared with Harrison, [361];
a review of his administration, [362–365];
his administration condemned at the Democratic National Convention of 1896, [371], [372].
Clinton, De Witt, defeated for the Presidency, [29–31].
Clinton, George, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4];
in the second, [6];
in the third, [10], [11];
his first election to the Vice-Presidency, [22–24];
his defeat for the Presidency and his second election to the Vice-Presidency, [25–27];
died in office, [28].
Cochrane, John, nominated for Vice-President by revolting Republicans in 1864, and his withdrawal, [192].
Cockran, Bourke, his speech against the nomination of Cleveland at the Democratic National Convention of 1892, [344].
Colfax, Schuyler, his election to the Vice-Presidency, [210–220].
Colquitt, Alfred H., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Conant, John A., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the American Prohibition National party, [304].
Conkling, Roscoe, his efforts to secure the nomination of Grant at the Republican convention of 1880, at Chicago, [270], [271], [274];
his breach with Garfield, [284], [285];
his strained relations with Arthur, [286];
his retirement from politics and his death, [285], [286].
Constitutional Union party, its convention at Baltimore in 1860, and its candidates and platform, [173], [174].
Contested Presidential elections, and the statute relating to, [401–404].
Cooper, Peter, receives the “Greenback” nomination for President, [257].
Corwin, Thomas, his illustration of the Taylor-Cass campaign in a speech in Ohio, [113], [114].
Cowdrey, Robert H., nominated for the Presidency by the United Labor party, [327].
Cranfill, J. P., the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Prohibition party, [351].
Crawford, William H., defeated for the Presidency, [39–45].
Curtin, Andrew G., his visit to Johnson accompanied by the author, [205–207];
a candidate for the nomination of Vice-President in 1868, [210];
a cabinet position refused him by Grant, who appoints him minister to Russia, [222];
his courage in opposing pernicious pension legislation exposes the cowardice of Congressmen, [364], [365].
Curtis, James Langdon, nominated for the Presidency by the American party, [331].
Dallas, George M., his election to the Vice-Presidency in 1844, [75–93].
Dana, Charles A., the story of his bitter estrangement from Cleveland, [312–315];
his ability and character, [313].
Daniel, John W., elected chairman of the Democratic National Convention of 1896, [371].
Daniel, William, the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Prohibition party in 1884, [305].
Davis, David, works for the nomination of Lincoln, [157];
nominated for the Presidency by the Labor Reform party, [227], [228];
favored as the nominee of the Liberal Republicans in 1872, [229];
his vote for President in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241];
his declination of service on the Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission, and its results, [264].
Davis, Jefferson, his tribute to Lincoln, [200], [201];
Johnson puzzled how to dispose of him, [206], [207].
Dearborn, Henry A. S., nominated to the Vice-Presidency by the Native American party, [110].
Depew, Chauncey M., at the Republican National Convention of 1888, [319], [320].
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the American National Council, [142].
Dougherty, Daniel, his memorable speech before the Democratic National Convention of 1880, [278], [279].
Douglas, Stephen A., his defeat for the Presidency, [166–176].
Dow, Neal, the Presidential nominee of the Prohibition party in 1880, [282];
at the Prohibition convention of 1888, [329].
Electoral and popular votes for Presidents and Vice-Presidents, with their States and parties, [395–397].
Electoral College, vote of the first, [3], [4];
of the second, [6];
of the third, [10], [11];
of the fourth, [15], [16], [18];
of the fifth, [24];
of the sixth, [27];
of the seventh, [30];
of the eighth, [34], [35];
of the ninth, [36], [37];
of the tenth, [43], [45];
of the eleventh, [51];
of the twelfth, [56], [57];
of the thirteenth, [64];
of the fourteenth, [73];
of the fifteenth, [91];
of the sixteenth, [112];
of the seventeenth, [127];
of the eighteenth, [148];
of the nineteenth, [175], [176];
of the twentieth, [193], [194];
of the twenty-first, [217], [218];
of the twenty-second, [241];
of the twenty-third, [264];
of the twenty-fourth, [283], [284];
of the twenty-fifth, [308], [309];
of the twenty-sixth, [333];
of the twenty-seventh, [359];
of the twenty-eighth, [392].
Electors, how the functions of, were first exercised, [11], [16].
Ellmaker, Amos, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Anti-Mason party, [53];
his vote in the twelfth Electoral College, [56], [57].
Ellsworth, Oliver, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
English, William H., his defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [279–284].
Evans, Samuel, receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Union Labor party, [325].
Everett, Edward, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Constitutional Union party, [173].
Federal party, the, preferred by Washington, Adams, and Hamilton, [2], [5], [7], [8];
opposed by Jefferson, [5], [7];
its policy, [7], [8];
passes the Alien and Sedition laws, [12];
its bitter opposition to Jefferson, [21], [22], [23];
practically overthrown by the success of the war of 1812, [32];
perishes with the election of Monroe, [39].
Fenton, Reuben E., his reluctance to aid in the nomination of Greeley to the Presidency, [230].
Field, James G., receives the People’s party nomination for the Vice-Presidency, [353].
Fillmore, Millard, his election to the Vice-Presidency, [105–112];
he succeeds to the Presidency after the death of Taylor, [116];
he reverses the policy of the administration, [116];
his defeat for the Presidency, [130–153].
Fisk, Clinton B., nominated for the Presidency by the Prohibition party, [329];
his popular vote, [333].
Floyd, John, his defeat for the Presidency, [56], [57].
Foote, Rev. Charles E., candidate of the Liberty League for Vice-President in 1848, [111].
Forney, Colonel John W., obtains the consent of Grant to accept the Republican nomination to the Presidency, [203].
Franklin, Benjamin, solicited to become the competitor of Washington, [3].
Free-Silver party. See [People’s party].
Free-Soil Democratic party, its first convention and nominees, [107], [108];
its platform, [108–110];
its candidates and platform in 1852, [123–126].
Fremont, John C., his defeat for the Presidency, [130–153];
his nomination by the first Republican National Convention, at Philadelphia, [136–138];
his nomination endorsed by the anti-slavery seceders from the American National Council, [143];
visited by the author, [147];
his nomination for President by revolting Republicans to defeat Lincoln, and his final rejection of it, [192].
Garfield, James A., his election to the Presidency, [270–287];
his nomination, [271–274];
character of the campaign, [283];
his popular and electoral vote, [283], [284];
his character, [284];
his disagreement with Conkling, [284], [285].
Gerry, Elbridge, his election to the Vice-Presidency, [28–31].
Gould, Jay, what a dinner with, cost Blaine, [310].
Graham, William A., receives the Whig nomination to the Vice-Presidency in 1852, [121].
Granger, Francis, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [63], [64].
Grant, General Ulysses S., his first election to the Presidency, [202–220];
the obstacles to his nomination, [202], [203];
his dispute with Johnson, [204];
refuses to ride with Johnson to the inauguration ceremonies, [204];
his nomination at Chicago, [209–211];
his popular and electoral vote, [217], [218];
his second election to the Presidency, [221–243];
his unfitness for civil affairs, [221–223];
the author’s well-intended suggestions to him, [222], [223];
his re-election opposed by the author, [223];
his discussion of public affairs with the author, [223–225];
his despotic control of the party machinery, [225];
how his name was changed, [235];
at the grave of Greeley, [243];
scandals which disgraced his administration, [246];
his discussion of the question of a third term, [246];
Conkling presents his name as a candidate for a third term of the Presidency before the Republican National Convention of 1880, [270], [271];
his disappointment at not securing a nomination to a third term, [277].
Greeley, Horace, denounces the leaders of the Abolition party for defeating Clay, [90];
disgruntled at the nomination of Taylor, [105];
finally decides to support Taylor, and is sent to Congress by the Whigs of New York, [105];
opposes the nomination of Seward to the Presidency, [155];
opposes the renomination of Lincoln, [183];
his defeat for the Presidency, [221–243];
his nomination at Cincinnati, [228–234];
nominated by the Democrats at Baltimore, [238];
his popular vote, [239], [240];
his electoral vote, [241];
cause of his defeat, [242];
incidents of his campaign, [242], [243];
his sad death, [240], [243].
“Greenback” (or Independent National) party, under the leadership of George H. Pendleton, [219], [220];
its candidates and platform in 1876, [257], [258];
its candidates and platform in 1880, [281], [282].
Greer, James R., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the American party, [331].
Groesbeck, William S., his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Hale, John P., nominated for the Presidency by the Liberty party, [111];
nominated for the Presidency by the Free-Soil Democrats, [123].
Hamilton, Alexander, in sympathy with Washington and Adams, and opposed to Jefferson, [7], [8].
Hamlin, Hannibal, his election to the Vice-Presidency in 1860, [154–169].
Hancock, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Hancock, Winfield S., defeated for the Presidency, [278–284];
his popular and electoral vote, [283–284].
Hanna, Mark A., his mistake in making McKinley straddle the money question, [365], [366].
Harper, Robert G., his first defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [34], [35];
his second defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [36], [37].
Harrison, Benjamin, his election to the Presidency, [316–336];
his nomination, [319], [320];
character of the campaign, [332];
his popular and electoral vote, [333];
his administration not a tranquil one, [337–340];
defeated for the Presidency, [337–360];
his nomination, [340], [341];
character of the campaign, [358];
his popular and electoral vote, [359].
Harrison, Robert H., his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Harrison, William Henry, defeated for the Presidency, [59–64];
character of the campaign, [161];
his election to the Presidency, [65–74];
birth of the Abolition party during the campaign, [65];
how his nomination was secured, [67], [68];
a national party platform presented for the first time during this election, [70];
the campaign one of great popular interest, [71];
his popular and electoral vote, [71], [72], [73];
his death shortly after his inauguration, [73].
Hayes, Rutherford B., his election to the Presidency, [244–267];
his nomination, [249];
his popular vote, [262];
his election decided by the Electoral Commission appointed by Congress, [263];
his electoral vote as determined by the Electoral Commission, [264].
Hendricks, Thomas A., nominated for the Vice-Presidency, [253];
his election to the Vice-Presidency, [294–309].
Henry, John, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Hill, David B., at the Democratic National Convention of 1896, [371], [372].
Hobart, Garret A., his election to the Vice-Presidency, [367–394];
his electoral vote, [392].
Houston, General Samuel, at a national Whig convention in 1848, [107].
Howard, John Eager, his vote for Vice-President in the eighth Electoral College, [34], [35].
Hughes, Archbishop, how Seward’s friendship for, deprived him of the nomination for the Presidency, [156].
Hunkers, the, [98], [99].
Huntington, Samuel, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Industrial Congress party and their candidates in 1848, [111].
Ingersoll, Jared, Federalist nominee for Vice-President in 1804, [29];
his electoral vote, [30].
Ingersoll, Robert G., his speech nominating Blaine before the Republican convention of 1876, [247], [248].
Iredell, James, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Jackson, Andrew, defeated for the Presidency, [39–45];
though receiving the largest popular and electoral vote, [42], [43];
his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the tenth Electoral College, [43];
his first election to the Presidency, [47–51];
his initiation of the spoils system, [47];
character of his campaign and to what his popularity was due, [47–49];
his popular and electoral vote, [50], [51];
his second election to the Presidency, [51–58];
confused condition of politics during his second campaign, [51], [52];
his popular and electoral vote, [55], [56], [57];
his after-life and death, [58].
Jay, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4];
in the third, [10], [11];
in the fourth, [15], [16].
Jefferson, Thomas, his vote for the Presidency in the second Electoral College, [6];
his election to the Vice-Presidency, [7–11];
his election to the Presidency defeated by the influence of Washington, [9];
defamatory character of the campaign, [9];
his first election to the Presidency, [12–16];
the revolutionary character of the campaign, [12], [13];
his vote in the fourth Electoral College, [15], [16], [18];
Burr’s infamous attempt to deprive him of his election, [17], [18], [19];
his honorable refusal to effect his election by making a deal with the Federalists, [17], [18];
his opposition to pomp and ceremony, [20];
his second election to the Presidency, [21–24];
bitterly opposed by the Federalists, [21];
his purchase of Louisiana, [22];
his popular vote, [23];
his vote in the fifth Electoral College, [24];
his after-life and death, [20].
Jenkins, Charles J., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Johnson, Andrew, his election to the Vice-Presidency desired by Lincoln, [185], [186];
responsible for the nomination of Grant by the Republicans, [203];
intoxicated at his inauguration into office, [203], [205];
his erratic conduct as President, [204], [205], [207], [218], [219];
the author’s opinion of him, [204], [205];
visited by Governor Curtin accompanied by the author, [205–207];
his uncertainty regarding the cases of Wurz and Jefferson Davis, [206], [207].
Johnson, Hale, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the “Narrow-Gauge” Prohibition Party, [386].
Johnson, Herschel V., nominated for the Vice-Presidency, [170].
Johnson, Richard M., elected to the Vice-Presidency, [59–64];
defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [69], [73].
Johnston, Samuel, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Judd, Norman B., works for Lincoln’s nomination, [157].
Julian, George W., nominated by the Free-Soil Democrats for the Vice-Presidency, [123];
his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
King, Leicester, nominated as Vice-President by the Liberty party, [111].
King, Rufus, his first defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [23], [24];
his second defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [26], [27];
his defeat for the Presidency, [34], [35].
King, William R., his election to the Vice-Presidency in 1852, [115–129].
Kirkpatrick, Donald, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the American National party, [260].
Labor Reform party, their platform of 1872, [225–227];
their candidates, [227], [228].
Langdon, John, his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the sixth Electoral College, [27].
Lee, Henry, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [56], [57].
Lemoyne, Francis G., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Abolition party, [65].
Levering, Joshua, nominated for the Presidency by the “Narrow-Gauge” Prohibition party, [386];
his popular vote, [391].
Liberal Republican party, its organization and character, [228], [229];
its platform, [231–234].
Liberty (or Birney) party, [91];
its candidates in 1847, [111].
See [Abolition party].
Lincoln, Abraham, his first election to the Presidency, [154–182];
the story of his nomination, [154–162];
the character of the campaign, [174–175];
his popular and electoral vote, [175], [176];
the revolutionary character of his election, [176], [177];
an interesting episode of the campaign, [177];
the author’s correspondence with, destroyed by fire, [177], [178];
a practical politician, [178];
the grandeur of his character, [178], [180];
his midnight journey from Harrisburg to Washington, [180–182];
his second election to the Presidency, [183–196];
he concedes the election of General McClellan, [183];
his strength with the people rather than with the leaders, [183];
his anxiety regarding his renomination, [184];
his unreasonable request, [184], [185];
he seeks the nomination of Andrew Johnson for Vice-President rather than that of Hamlin, and his reason for the preference, [185], [186];
his unanimous renomination at Baltimore, [186];
an attempt to create a revolt against him in the Republican party, [191–193];
his election made certain by the victories of Sherman and Sheridan, [193];
his popular and electoral vote, [194];
vote of the soldiers, [194];
his friends’ efforts to win Pennsylvania, [195];
and how the State was carried, [196], [197];
he favored compensated emancipation, [197], [198];
his character and traits, [198], [199];
the unpardonable assaults upon his reputation, [199];
his home life, [199], [200];
a tribute from Jefferson Davis, [200], [201];
he suspects that Grant favored the election of McClellan, [224].
Lincoln, Benjamin, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Lincoln, Robert T., suggested for the Republican nomination for Vice-President, [288], [289].
McClellan, General George B., defeated for the Presidency, [183–294].
McGlynn, Rev. Edward, prepares the platform of the United Labor party, [327–329].
Machen, Willis B., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241].
Machett, Charles H., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Socialists’ Labor party, [357];
nominated for the Presidency by the same party, [388];
his popular vote, [391].
Mackey, Robert W., how he thwarted the Democrats in holding Florida for Tilden, [265].
McKinley, William, the disastrous effect of his tariff bill, [340];
president of the Republican National Convention of 1892, [340];
his election to the Presidency, [361–394];
his nomination, [365];
his straddle of the money issue, [365], [366];
his popular vote, [391];
his electoral vote, [392];
the lesson of the campaign, [392–394].
McLean, John R., at the Democratic National Convention of 1896, [373].
Macon, Nathaniel, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [43].
Madison, James, his first almost unanimous election to the Presidency, [25–27];
his vote in the sixth Electoral College, [27];
his second election to the Presidency, [28–31];
his nomination depended upon his vigorous war policy with England, [28];
his vote in the seventh Electoral College, [30], [31].
Maguire, Matthew, the nominee of the Socialists’ Labor party for Vice-President, [388].
Mangum, Willie P., defeated for the Presidency, [59–64].
Manning, Daniel, secures the first nomination of Cleveland to the Presidency, [293], [294].
Marshall, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [34], [35].
Medill, Colonel Joseph, leads the fight for Lincoln in Republican National Convention of 1860, [157].
Milton, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Monroe, James, his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the sixth Electoral College, [27];
his first election to the Presidency, [32–35];
his animated canvass for the nomination, [33];
Federalists make little or no opposition, [34];
his vote in the eighth Electoral College, [34], [35];
his second election to the Presidency, [35], [38];
his election unanimous, no formal nominations being made by any party, [35], [36];
the vote of the ninth Electoral College, [36–37];
his peaceful reign, after-life, and death, [32], [38].
Morton, Levi P., his election to the Vice-Presidency, [320–326].
National Democratic (“Sound Money”) party, its candidates and platform in 1896, [382–385].
National (“Greenback”) party, its candidates and platform in 1884, [301–304].
Native American (or “Know-Nothing”) party, birth of, [110], [111];
its first convention and candidates, [110];
its nomination of General Taylor, [103];
its evolution into the American National Council, which meets at Philadelphia in 1856 and nominates Millard Fillmore for President and Andrew Jackson Donelson for Vice-President, [140–142];
its platform, [142], [143];
its disappearance, [174].
O’Conor, Charles, nominated for the Presidency by Democratic dissenters in 1872, [238];
he declines the nomination, [238].
Palmer, John M., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second Electoral College, [241];
the nominee for the Presidency by the “Sound Money” Democrats, [383];
his popular vote, [391].
Parker, Joel, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Labor Reformers, [227], [228].
Pendleton, George H., nominated for the Vice-Presidency, [190];
leads the “Greenback” party, and looks for the Democratic nomination to the Presidency, [219].
People’s party, its candidates and platform in 1892, [353–357];
its candidates and platform in 1896, [377–382].
Phelps, John W., nominated for President by the American party, [283].
Pierce, Franklin, his election to the Presidency, [115–129];
his nomination at Baltimore, [117], [118];
the Democrats enthusiastic in his support, [119], [120];
his popular and electoral vote, [127];
his wanton reopening of the slavery issue, [127], [128];
his appointment of Judge Campbell to his cabinet excites the Native Americans, [128];
his failure to secure a renomination, [129].
Pinckney, Charles C., his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11];
in the fourth, [15], [16];
his first defeat for the Presidency, [23], [24];
his second defeat for the Presidency, [26], [27].
Pinckney, Thomas, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Platt, Thomas C., backs his colleague in his disagreement with Garfield, [285].
Polk, James K., defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [73];
his election to the Presidency, [75–93];
his nomination at Baltimore, [79], [82];
his party’s platform, [82], [83];
his popular and electoral vote, [91];
incidents of the campaign, [91–93].
Pomeroy, Samuel C., the nominee of the American party for the Vice-Presidency, [283];
receives the Presidential nomination of the American Prohibition National party, [304].
Popular vote, the, in early national contests had no particular significance, [10].
Populists. See [People’s party].
Presidential elections, contested, the law regulating, [401–404].
Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, with many facts concerning their elections and tenure of office, [397–399];
the law regulating the Presidential succession, [399], [400].
Prohibition party, holds a national convention in 1872 and nominates candidates for President and Vice-President, [228];
its candidates and platform in 1876, [258–260];
its candidates and platform in 1880, [282];
its candidates and platform in 1884, [305–308];
its candidates and platform in 1888, [329], [330];
its candidates and platform in 1892, [350–353];
its candidates and platform in 1896, [385], [386];
the “Broad-Gaugers” withdraw from, [386].
Prohibition (“Broad-Gauge”) party, its candidates and platform in 1896, [386–388].
Quay, Matthew S., not in touch with Harrison, [337].
Reed, Thomas B., in the Republican National Convention of 1896, [365].
Reid, Whitelaw, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [341–360].
Republican (Democratic) party, its birth and growth during Washington’s administration, [3], [7];
opposes the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws, [12], [13];
its sixty years’ dominance initiated by the election of Jefferson, [21];
divides into National Republicans and Democratic Republicans, [53];
changes its name to the “Democratic party” during Jackson’s second administration, [52], [53];
Jackson’s mastery of, [60];
the first party to present a national party platform, [70];
its platform in 1844, [82], [83];
its platform in 1848, [100–102];
its platform in 1852, [118], [119];
demoralized by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, [127], [128], [130];
its platform in 1856, [132–135];
a split in the convention at Charleston in 1860 results in the nomination of two tickets and the adoption of two platforms, [166–173];
its platform in 1864, [190], [191];
its hopeless condition at the close of the Rebellion, [203];
how it failed to secure the leadership of Grant, [203];
its platform in 1868, [212–215];
its platform in 1872, [237], [238];
after its nomination of Greeley dissenters hold a convention and make nominations, which are declined, [238];
platform of Democratic dissenters in 1872, [238], [239];
the party platform in 1876, [254–257];
its platform in 1880, [279–281];
its platform in 1884, [294–299];
its platform in 1888, [316–319];
its platform in 1892, [345–350];
its platform in 1896, [373–377].
Republican party, its forty years’ dominance, [21];
its birth in 1854, in New York, [136];
its entrance into national politics in 1856, [130], [136–138];
its first platform, [139], [140];
its affiliations with the “Know-Nothing” party, [156];
its convention at Chicago in 1860 the ablest that had ever met up to that time, [163], [164];
its platform in 1860, [164–166];
its platform in 1864, [187], [188];
why Grant, a pro-slavery Democrat, became its candidate, [203];
its platform in 1868, [208], [209];
its platform in 1872, [235–237];
its platform in 1876, [249–252];
its subversion of the popular will in making Hayes President, [264–268];
its platform in 1880, [274–277];
its platform in 1884, [290–292];
its platform in 1888, [320–325];
its platform in 1892, [341–343];
its platform in 1896, [367–371].
Rodney, Daniel, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [36], [37].
Ross, James, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [34], [35].
Rush, Richard, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [36], [37];
his second defeat for the same office, [51].
Russell, John, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibition party, [228].
Rutledge, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
St. John, John P., receives the Presidential nomination of the Prohibition party, [305];
his popular vote, [308], [309];
at the National Prohibition Convention in 1888, [329];
at that of 1892, [350].
Sanford, Nathan, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [43].
Scott, General Winfield, regarded as the first soldier of the Republic, [66];
his fondness for writing letters loses him the Presidential nomination, [68];
his invasion of Mexico, [95], [96];
defeated for the Presidency, [115–129];
his nomination at Baltimore, [120], [121].
Sergeant, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [53], [56], [57].
Sewall, Arthur, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [373–394];
his electoral vote, [392].
Seward, William H., his ability and character, and how he failed to be nominated for the Presidency, [154–162].
Seymour, Horatio, defeated for the Presidency, [202–220];
his nomination at New York, [211–216];
his popular and electoral vote, [217], [218].
Sherman, John, a candidate for the Republican nomination of President in 1880, [288], [289].
Smith, Gerrit, nominated in 1848 for the Presidency by the Liberty League party and the Industrial Congress party, [111].
Smith, Greene Clay, is nominated for the Presidency by the Prohibitionists, [258].
Smith, William, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [51];
again defeated for the same office, [63], [64].
Socialists’ Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1892, [357], [358];
its candidates and platform in 1896, [388–390].
Southgate, James A., the Vice-Presidential nominee of the “Broad-Gauge” Prohibition party, [386].
Stevens, Thaddeus, how he carried the Whig convention for Harrison, [68].
Stevenson, Adlai E., his election to the Vice-Presidency, [345–360].
Stewart, G. T., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibitionists, [258].
Stockton, Richard, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [36], [37].
Streeter, Alson J., receives the Presidential nomination of the Union Labor party, [325];
his popular vote, [333].
Swett, Leonard, Lincoln’s closest friend, works for his nomination, [157].
Tammany Hall, its opposition to Tilden causes its rejection from the Democratic National Convention of 1880, [278];
its attempt to control the Democratic National Convention in 1884, [292], [293];
its delegates oppose the unanimous nomination of Cleveland, but welcome that of Hendricks with the heartiest cheers, [294];
and the Sun, its organ, defeated Cleveland for the Presidency in 1888, [315], [335], [336];
its protest ignored in the national convention of 1892, [344].
Taylor, Zachary, his election to the Presidency, [94], [114];
his campaign in Mexico, [95];
his vote in the convention, [104];
sends the letter notifying him of his nomination to the dead-letter office, [106];
episodes of the nominating convention, [107];
birth of the Native American party during this campaign, [110];
his popular and electoral vote, [112];
how Corwin helped him, [113], [114];
his cabinet and its policy, [115];
his death, [116].
Tazewell, L. W., his vote in the fourteenth Electoral College for Vice-President, [73].
Telfair, Edward, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral College, [3], [4].
Texas, the question of its annexation, [94], [95].
Thompson, A. M., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibition party, [282].
Thurman, Allen G., a candidate for the Presidential nomination of the Anti-Monopoly party, [299];
his defeat for the Vice-Presidency, [316–336].
Tilden, Samuel J., how Grant would have enforced the decision of the Electoral Commission in the case of his disputed election, [223];
his defeat for the Presidency, [244–267];
his character and reputation, [252];
earnestness of the campaign, [261];
his popular vote, [262];
Congress creates the Electoral Commission to decide the election of, [263];
his electoral vote, as determined by the Electoral Commission, [264];
his weakness in protecting his own interests, [265], [266];
his defeat attributed to Conkling, who gratified a grudge caused by Tilden’s defeat of Chase for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1868, [268], [269];
his nomination opposed by Tammany Hall in the Democratic National Convention of 1880, [278].
Tompkins, Daniel D., his first election to the Vice-Presidency, [34], [35];
his second election to the Vice-Presidency, [35], [37].
Tyler, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [63], [64];
his election to the Vice-Presidency, [65–74];
succeeds to the Presidency on the death of Harrison, [74];
his wrecking of the Whig party, [75–77];
his life after his retirement, [77];
approves the bill annexing Texas a few days before the inauguration of Polk, [94].
Union Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1888, [325–327].
United Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1888, [327–329];
its candidates and platform in 1896, [388–390].
Vallandigham, Clement L., foremost in organizing the Liberal Republican party, [229].
Van Buren, Martin, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [43];
his election to the Vice-Presidency, [56], [57];
his election to the Presidency, [59–64];
and the birth of the Whig party, [59];
his nomination dictated by Jackson, [60];
the campaign one of intense bitterness, [61], [62];
his popular and electoral vote, [62], [63], [64];
defeated for the Presidency, [65–74];
causes of his unpopularity, [68], [69];
his defeat for the Presidency, [94–114].
Wade, Benjamin F., a candidate for the nomination of Vice-President, an example of the swift mutations in American politics, [210], [211].
Waitt, William S., nominated in 1848 for the Vice-Presidency by the Industrial Congress party, [111].
Wakefield, W. H. T., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the United Labor party, [327].
Walker, James B., nominated for the Presidency by the American National party, [260].
Washington, George, his first election to the Presidency, [1–4];
he received no formal nomination, [2];
a pronounced Federalist, [2];
opposition to his election, [2], [3];
vote of the first Electoral College, [3], [4];
his second election to the Presidency, [4–6];
vote of the second Electoral College, [5], [6];
regarded as the richest man in the country, [7];
his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, [10], [11].
Watson, Thomas E., the nominee of the People’s party for the Vice-Presidency, [378];
his popular and electoral vote, [391], [392].
Weaver, James B., “Greenback” candidate for the Presidency, [281];
receives the People’s party nomination for the Presidency, [353];
his popular and electoral vote, [359].
Webster, Daniel, defeated for the Presidency, [59–64].
Weed, Thurlow, leads the fight for Seward in the Republican National Convention of 1860, [157];
disappointed at Lincoln’s nomination, he refuses to name a candidate for the Vice-Presidency, [162].
West, A. M., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the National (“Greenback”) party, [301].
Wheeler, William A., his election to the Vice-Presidency, [249–269].
Whig party, birth of, [59];
wreck of, by Tyler, [75–77];
its nomination of Clay, [89], [90];
its platform for 1844, [84];
its lack of harmony in campaign of 1848, [103–106];
its platform in the campaign of 1852, [121–123];
makes its final battle, [128];
in 1856 nominates the candidates of the American National Union, [143];
its platform, [143–145].
White, Hugh L., defeated for the Presidency, [63], [64].
Whitney, William C., whose leadership secured the third Presidential nomination of Cleveland in 1898, [344].
“Wide-Awakes,” the, description of, [174], [175].
Wilkins, William, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, [56], [57].
Wilson, Henry, his nomination for the Vice-Presidency, [235], [241];
how his name was changed, [235].
Wing, Simon, nominated for the Presidency by the Socialists’ Labor party, [357];
his popular vote, [359].
Wirt, William, the nominee for President of the Anti-Mason party, [53];
his vote in the twelfth Electoral College, [56], [57].

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