[91] W. J. Bryan, A Tale of Two Conventions, p. 228.
[92] The most startling incident was the attempt of a maniac at Milwaukee to assassinate Mr. Roosevelt.
[93] These speeches were reprinted in The New Freedom after the election.
APPENDIX
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, 1876-1912
| Year of Election | Candidates for President | States | Political Party | Popular Vote | Plurality | Electoral Vote | Candidates for Vice President | States | Political Party | Electoral Vote |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden | N. Y. | Dem. | 4,284,885 | 250,935 | 184 | T. A. Hendricks | Ind. | Dem. | 184 |
| | Rutherford B. Hayes* | O. | Rep. | 4,033,950 | | 185 | William A. Wheeler* | N. Y. | Rep. | 185 |
| | Peter Cooper | N. Y. | Gre'nb | 81,740 | | | Samnuel F. Cary | O. | Gre'nb | |
| | Green Clay Smith | Ky. | Pro. | 9,522 | | | Gideon T. Stewart | O. | Pro. | |
| | James B. Walker | Ill. | Amer. | 2,636 | | | D. Kirkpatrick | N. Y. | Amer. | |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield* | O. | Rep. | 4,449,053 | 7,018 | 214 | Chester A. Arthur* | N. Y. | Rep. | 185 |
| | W. S. Hancock | Pa. | Dem. | 4,442,035 | | 155 | William H. English | Ind. | Dem. | 155 |
| | James B. Weaver | Iowa | Gre'nb | 307,306 | | | B. J. Chambers | Tex. | Gre'nb | |
| | Neal Dow | Me. | Pro. | 10,305 | | | H. A. Thompson | O. | Pro. | |
| | John W. Phelps | Vt. | Amer. | 707 | | | S. C. Pomeroy | Kan. | Amer. | |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland* | N. Y. | Dem. | 4,911,017 | 62,683 | 219 | T. A. Hendricks* | Ind. | Dem. | 219 |
| | James G. Blaine | Me. | Rep. | 4,848,334 | | 182 | John A. Logan | Ill. | Rep. | 182 |
| | John P. St. John | Kan. | Pro. | 151,809 | | | William Daniel | Md. | Pro. | |
| | Benjamin F. Butler | Mass. | Gre'nb | 133,825 | | | A. M. West | Miss. | Gre'nb | |
| | P. D. Wigginton | Cal. | Amer. | | | | | | | |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland | N. Y. | Dem. | 5,440,216 | | 168 | Allen G. Thurman | O. | Dem. | 168 |
| | Benjamin Harrison* | Ind. | Rep. | 5,538,235 | 98,017 | 233 | Levi P. Morton* | N. Y. | Rep. | 233 |
| | Clinton B. Fisk | N. J. | Pro. | 249,907 | | | John A. Brooks | Mo. | Pro. | |
| | Alson J. Streeter | Ill. | U. L. | 148,105 | | | C. E. Cunningham | Ark. | U. L. | |
| | R. H. Cowdry | Ill. | U'd L. | 2,808 | | | W. H. T. Wakefield | Kan. | U'd L. | |
| | James L. Curtis | N. Y. | Amer. | 1,591 | | | James B. Greer | Tenn. | Amer. | |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland* | N. Y. | Dem. | 5,556,918 | 380,810 | 277 | Adlai E. Stevenson* | Ill. | Dem. | 277 |
| | Benjamin Harrison | Ind. | Rep. | 5,176,108 | | 145 | Whitelaw Reid | N. Y. | Rep. | 145 |
| | James B. Weaver | Iowa | Peop. | 1,041,028 | | 22 | James G. Field | Va. | Peop. | 22 |
| | John Bidwell | Cal. | Pro. | 264,133 | | | James B. Cranfill | Tex. | Pro. | |
| | Siimon Wing | Mass. | Soc L. | 21,164 | | | Charles H. Matchett | N. Y. | Soc L. | |
| 1896 | William McKinley* | O. | Rep. | 7,104,779 | 601,854 | 271 | Garret A. Hobart* | N. J. | Rep. | 271 |
| | William J. Bryan | Neb. | Dem. | 6,502,925 | } | 170 | Arthur Sewall | Me. | Dem. | 149 |
| | William J. Bryan | Neb. | Peop. | | } | | Thomas E. Watson | Ga. | Peop. | 27 |
| | Joshua Levering | Md. | Pro. | 132,007 | | | Hale Johnson | Ill. | Pro. | |
| | John M. Palmer | Ill. | N Dem. | 133,148 | | | Simon Buckner | Ky. | N Dem. | |
| | Charles H. Matchett | N. Y. | Soc L. | 30,274 | | | Matthew Maguire | N. J. | Soc L. | |
| | Charles E. Bentley | Neb. | Nat. | 13,969 | | | James H. Southgate | N. C. | Nat. | |
| 1900 | William McKinley* | O. | Rep. | 7,207,923 | 849,790 | 292 | Theodore Roosesvelt* | N. Y. | Rep. | 292 |
| | William J. Bryan | Neb. | Dem P. | 6,358,133 | | 155 | Adlai E. Stevenson | Ill. | Dem P. | 155 |
| | John G. Woolley | Ill. | Pro. | 208,914 | | | Henry B. Metcalf | O. | Pro. | |
| | Wharton Barker | Pa. | MP. | 50,373 | | | Ignatius Donnelly | Minn. | MP. | |
| | Eugene V. Debs | Ind. | Soc D. | 87,815 | | | Job Harriman | Cal. | Soc D. | |
| | Jos. F. Malloney | Mass. | Soc L. | 39,739 | | | Valentine Rommel | Pa. | Soc L. | |
| | J. F. R. Leonard | Ia. | UC. | 1,059 | | | John G. Woolley | Ill. | UC. | |
| | Seth H. Ellis | O. | UR. | 5,698 | | | Samuel T. Nicholson | Pa. | UR. | |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt* | N. Y. | Rep. | 7,623,486 | 2,545,515 | 336 | Charles W. Fairbanks | Ind. | Rep. | 336 |
| | Alton B. Parker | N. Y. | Dem. | 5,077,911 | | 140 | Henry G. Davis | W. Va. | Dem. | 140 |
| | Eugene V. Debs | Ind. | Soc. | 402,283 | | | Benjamin Hanford | N. Y. | Soc. | |
| | Silas C. Swallow | Pa. | Pro. | 258,536 | | | George W. Carroll | Tex. | Pro. | |
| | Thomas E. Watson | Ga. | Peop. | 117,183 | | | Thomas H. Tibbles | Neb. | Peop. | |
| | Charles H. Corrigan | N. Y. | Soc L. | 31,249 | | | William W. Cox | Ill. | Soc L. | |
| 1908 | William H. Taft* | O. | Rep. | 7,678,908 | 1,269,804 | 321 | James S. Sherman* | N. Y. | Rep. | 321 |
| | William J. Bryan | Neb. | Dem. | 6,409,104 | | 162 | John W. Kern | Ind. | Dem. | 162 |
| | Eugene V. Debs | Ind. | Soc. | 420,793 | | | Benjamin Hanford | N. Y. | Soc. | |
| | Eugene W. Chafin | Ariz. | Pro. | 253,840 | | | Aaron S. Watkins | O. | Pro. | |
| | Thomas E. Watson | Ga. | Peo. | 29,100 | | | Samuel Williams | Ind. | Peo. | |
| | August Gillhaus | N. Y. | Soc L. | 13,825 | | | Donald L. Munro | Va. | Soc L. | |
| | Thos. L. Hisgen | Mass. | Ind. | 82,872 | | | John Temple Graves | Ga. | Ind. | |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson* | N. J. | Dem. | 6,292,718 | 2,235,289 | 435 | Thomas R. Marshall | Ind. | Dem. | 435 |
| | William H. Taft | O. | Rep. | 3,369,221 | | 15 | Herbert S. Hadley | Mo. | Rep. | 15 |
| | Theodore Roosevelt | N. Y. | Prog. | 4,057,429 | | 81 | Hiram W. Johnson | Cal. | Prog. | 81 |
| | Eugene V. Debs | Ind. | Soc. | 812,731 | | | Emil Seidel | Wis. | Soc. | |
| | Eugene W. Chafin | Ariz. | Pro. | 170,626 | | | Aaron S. Watkins | O. | Pro. | |
| | Arthur E. Reimer | Mass. | Soc L. | 17,312 | | | August Gillhaus | N. Y. | Soc L. | |
| * The candidates starred were elected. This table is from the World Almanac. The figures are in some cases slightly different from those used in the text, which are taken from Stanwood, History of the Presidency. |