SPEAKERS OF THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
CONGRESS. YEAR. NAME. 32-33 1851-55 Linn Boyd, Kentucky. 34 1855-57 Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts. 35 1857-59 Jas. L. Orr, South Carolina. 36 1859-61 Wm. Pennington, New Jersey. 37 1861-63 Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania. 38-40 1863-69 Schuyler Colfax, Indiana. 41-43 1869-75 Jas. G. Blaine, Maine. 44 1875-76 Michael C. Kerr, Indiana. 44-46 1876-81 Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania. 47 1881-83 J. Warren Keifer, Ohio. 48-50 1883-89 John G. Carlisle, Kentucky. 51 1889-91 Thos. B. Reed, Maine. 52-53 1891-95 Chas. F. Crisp, Georgia. 54-55 1895-99 Thos. B. Reed, Maine. 56-57 1899-1903 David B. Henderson, Iowa. 58 1903 Jos. G. Cannon, Illinois.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
By Act approved January 18, 1886, the presidential succession is fixed as follows: In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of State, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, etc., then the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney-General, the Postmaster-General, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Interior, shall act until the disability is removed, or a President elected; if Congress is not in session when the presidential powers devolve on any of these persons, or does not meet twenty days thereafter, then the said person must call an extraordinary session. This law applies only to such persons who are appointed by the advice and with the consent of the Senate, and who are eligible under the Constitution for the office of President.
POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1856.
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Popular | Electoral
Vote | Vote
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Fillmore |
and |
Buchanan Fremont Donelson |
and and American |
Breckinridge Dayton and | Buchanan Fremont Fillmore
STATES Dem. Rep. Whigs | and B and D and D
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Alabama ………… 46,739 …… 28,552 9 … …
Arkansas ……….. 21,910 …… 10,787 4 … …
California ……… 53,365 20,691 36,165 4 … …
Connecticut …….. 34,995 42,715 2,615 … 6 …
Delaware ……….. 8,004 308 6,175 3 … …
Florida ………… 6,358 …… 4,833 3 … …
Georgia ………… 56,578 …… 42,228 10 … …
Illinois ……….. 105,348 96,189 37,444 11 … …
Indiana ………… 118,670 94,375 22,386 13 … …
Iowa …………… 36,170 43,954 9,180 … 4 …
Kentucky ……….. 74,642 314 67,416 12 … …
Louisiana ………. 22,164 …… 20,709 6 … …
Maine ………….. 39,080 67,379 3,325 … 8 …
Maryland ……….. 39,115 281 47,460 … … 8
Massachusetts …… 39,240 108,190 19,626 … 13 …
Michigan ……….. 52,136 71,762 1,660 … 6 …
Mississippi …….. 35,446 …… 24,195 7 … …
Missouri ……….. 58,164 …… 48,524 9 … …
New Hampshire …… 32,789 38,345 422 … 5 …
New Jersey ……… 46,943 28,338 24,115 7 … …
New York ……….. 195,878 276,007 124,604 … 35 …
North Carolina ….. 48,246 …… 36,886 10 … …
Ohio …………… 170,874 187,497 28,126 … 23 …
Pennsylvania ……. 230,710 147,510 82,175 27 … …
Rhode Island ……. 6,680 11,467 1,675 … 4 …
*South Carolina …. …… …… …… 8 … …
Tennessee ………. 73,638 …… 66,178 12 … …
Texas ………….. 31,169 …… 15,639 4 … …
Vermont ………… 10,569 39,561 545 … 5 …
Virginia ……….. 89,706 291 60,310 15 … …
Wisconsin ………. 52,843 66,090 579 … 5 …
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Total ………. 1,838,169 1,341,264 874,534 174 114 8
* Electors chosen by Legislature.
POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1860.
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Popular | Electoral
Vote | Vote
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Bell |
Lincoln Douglas Breckinridge and |
and and and Everett |
Hamlin Johnson Lane Constitutional | Lincoln Douglas Breckinridge Bell
STATES Rep. Dem. Ind. Dem. Union | and H and J and L and E
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Alabama ………… …… 13,651 48,831 27,825 … … 9 …
Arkansas ……….. …… 5,227 28,732 20,094 … … 4 …
California ……… 39,173 38,516 34,334 6,817 4 … … …
Connecticut …….. 43,692 15,522 14,641 3,291 6 … … …
Delaware ……….. 3,815 1,023 7,347 3,864 … … 3 …
Florida ………… …… 367 8,543 5,437 … … 3 …
Georgia ………… …… 11,590 51,889 42,886 … … 10 …
Illinois ……….. 172,161 160,215 2,404 3,913 11 … … …
Indiana ………… 139,033 115,509 12,295 5,306 13 … … …
Iowa …………… 70,409 55,111 1,048 1,763 4 … … …
Kentucky ……….. 1,364 25,651 53,143 66,058 … … … 12
Louisiana ………. …… 7,625 22,681 20,204 … … 6 …
Maine ………….. 62,811 26,693 6,368 2,046 8 … … …
Maryland ……….. 2,294 5,966 42,482 41,760 … … 8 …
Massachusetts …… 106,533 34,372 5,939 22,331 13 … … …
Michigan ……….. 88,480 65,057 805 405 6 … … …
Minnesota ………. 22,069 11,920 748 62 4 … … …
Mississippi …….. …… 3,283 40,797 25,040 … … 7 …
Missouri ……….. 17,028 58,801 31,317 58,372 … 9 … …
New Hampshire …… 37,519 25,881 2,112 441 5 … … …
New Jersey ……… 58,324 62,801 …… …… 4 3 … …
New York ……….. 362,646 312,510 …… …… 35 … … …
North Carolina ….. …… 2,701 48,339 44,990 … … 10 …
Ohio …………… 231,610 187,232 11,405 12,194 23 … … …
Oregon …………. 5,270 3,951 3,006 183 3 … … …
Pennsylvania ……. 268,030 16,765 178,871 12,776 27 … … …
Rhode Island ……. 12,244 7,707 …… …… 4 … … …
*South Carolina …. …… …… …… …… … … 8 …
Tennessee ………. …… 11,350 64,709 69,274 … … … 12
Texas ………….. …… …… 47,548 15,438 … … 4 …
Vermont ………… 33,808 6,849 1,969 218 5 … … …
Virginia ……….. 1,929 16,290 74,323 74,681 … … … 15
Wisconsin ………. 86,110 65,021 888 161 5 … … …
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Total ………. 1,866,352 1,375,157 847,514 587,830 180 12 72 39
* Electors chosen by Legislature.