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1,257
411
Kalkaska ..
Kent
3,398
2,965
3, 647
2, 540
2. 931
2,516
1,226
1,519
166
Keweenaw
(b) 295
(b) 391
Lake
1,464
1,247
1,762
1,222
1,579
995
618
819
142
Leelanau. .
4,780
3, 632
5,080
3, 510
4,499
2,779
2, 418 931
2,857
640
Lenawee ... Livingston .. Luce
1,604
1,983
2,075
2,003
1,765
1,711
1,419
133
Gratiot.
571
Hillsdale
3,805
1,725
3,749
Kalamazoo ..
3, 151
2, 101
3,230
2,031
1,840
484
Chippewa ...
(a)
64
Clare ..
Lincoln,
Scott,
Democrat.
Free Soil.
Republican.
Democrat.
(a) No returns.
(b) Not included in official canvass.
Lapeer.
1. 408
553
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES, 1836-96 .- Continued.
1864.
1860.
1856.
1852.
Counties.
Republican.
McClellan,
Democrat.
Republican.
Douglas,
Fremont.
Buchanan,
Democrat.
Whig.
Pierce,
Hale,
Mackinac ....
(d) 30
(d) 135
41
89
(a)
(a)
38
292
Macomb ..
. .
2,041
2.177
2.533
2.166
2. 210
1, 846
1.060
1.634
509
Manistee ..
145
70
126
58
Manitou. ..
(d)
11
(d) 135
56
67
Marquette ..
(d) 145
70
(a)
(a)
79
77
Mason.
143
88
89
49
32
12
Mecosta.
143
97
109
55
Midland ..
208
101
157
43
169
43
Monroe
1,659
2, 331
2, 282
2, 165
1,777
1.703
1,112 120
1, 582
169
Montcalm ...
595
443
565
361
414
265
156
6
Muskegon.
654
366
502
241
(a)
(a)
40
104
Oakland.
3, 709
3, 816
4.411
3,768
4.105
3. 276
2.376
3,178
552
Oceana.
356
177
192
158
82
21
Ogema w
Ontonagon
(a)
(a)
331
300
Osceola.
Oscoda.
Otsego.
Ottawa.
1.345
1,536
1,414
1,217
1,392
998
363
756
59
Presque Isle.
Roscommon.
Saginaw
1,731
1,900
1,479
1,206
1,042
1,222
367
694
73
Sanilac. .. ..
753
318
899
396
803
201
109
252
Schoolcraft.
Shia wassee.
1.412
1.283
1,606
1,221
1.304
1.105
519
584
52
St. Clair.
(d)1, 808
(d)2, 063
2,589
1,955
1,807
1,521
852
1,110
53
St. Joseph ...
2, 681
1,796
2, 832
1,980
2.324
1,475
1,164
1,259
252
Tuscola ..
798
401
747
350
442
242
80
62
31
Van Buren ..
1.985
1.400
2.175
1.274
1,710
1.031
613
771
87
Washtenaw.
3, 632
3, 836
4,286
3,630
3,570
2,833
2, 274
2,604
603
Wayne.
5,946
7.670
7,325
6,701
5,250
5.777
3, 402
4,680
368
Wexford.
Totals ...
b 79,149
c 68, 513
88,450
64.889
71,762
52,139
33, 860 41, 842
7,237
(a) No returns.
(c) Exclusive of "soldiers' vote," 2,959.
(b) Exclusive of "soldiers' vote, ". 9,402. (d) Not included in official canvass.
70
-
. .
Menominee ..
58
23
Missaukee ...
Montmorency .
Newaygo ....
406
242
364
207
Democrat.
Republican.
Lincoln,
Scott.
Democrat.
Free Soil.
Lincoln.
554
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES, 1836-96 .- Continued.
1848.
1844.
1840.
(a) 1836.
Counties.
Taylor,
Whig.
Cass,
Van Buren,
Clay,
Polk,
Harrison,
Van Buren,
Democrat.
Harrison,
Van Buren,
Democrat.
Alcona
Alger.
Allegan.
274
303
174
323
299
257
174
92
Alpena ..
Antrim
Arenac
Baraga
Barry
243
382
93
228
249
128
105
Bay
Benzie
Berrien
953
1.146
108
713
828 888
548 543
553
3
408
Branch .
665
1,083
400
644
1,528
1,153 670
527
(b)
(b)
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
51
13
48
34
(b)
Clare
Clinton
213
340
131
255
283
221
145
Crawford.
Delta
Eaton.
356
546
218
410
376
337
229
Emmet
Genesee
877
823
315
733
676
513
380
91
123
Gladwin
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
1.027
1,290
482
968
1,088
843
721
7
179
Houghton
(e) 17
(e) 65
Huron
Ingham
473
692
332
432
441
265
261
(c)353
(c) 355
Ionia .
379
608
477
418
398
266
219
Iosco
Iron.
Isabella.
Isle Royal.
Jackson
969
1.547
1,070
1,302
1,389 828
1,504 954
1,121
(c)
Kalamazoo
1,010
880
495
932
Kalkaska.
Kent
653
768
337
476
564
319
320
Keweena w
Lake ..
Lapeer
369
542
205
399
502
492
413
57
129
Leelanau
(a) No returns for 1836 on file in office of Secretary of State. The statement here given is taken from Greeley's Whig Almanac for 1844.
(b) No returns.
(c) Votes in Ingham and Jackson counties returned together.
(d.) Majority ; votes for candidates not given.
(e) Not included in official canvass.
1,169
360
Cass
783
901
191
760
715
616
23
Calhoun
1.254
1.487
745
1.357
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Free Soil.
Whig.
Whig.
744
(0,213
555
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY COUNTIES, 1836-96 .- Concluded.
1848.
1844.
1840.
(a) 1836.
Counties.
Taylor,
Whig.
. Cass,
Democrat.
Van Buren,
Clay,
Polk,
Harrison,
Van Buren,
Democrat.
Harrison,
Whig.
Van Buren,
Democrat.
Lena wee
1,886
2,171
795 280
2,178 587
2,272
2. 117
1,865
261
558 142
Livingston
764
1,127
Luce
Mackinac
51
127
43
100
85
79
Macomb.
855
1,339
204
963
1,359
982
1,124
13
400
Manistee
Manitou.
Marquette
Mason.
Mecosta.
Menominee
Midland
Missaukee.
Monroe.
791
1,155
398
870
1.282
939
1.023
1,147
2
Montcalm
Montmorency.
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland.
1.942
2,781
694
2,225
2,833
2.372
2.365
952
817
Oceana. .
Ogemaw
Ontonagon
Osceola
Oscoda.
Otsego
Ottawa.
143
269
53
42
116
81
88
Presque Isle
Roscommon.
Saginaw
118
183
47
107
104
89
100
165
Sanilac ..
Schoolcraft.
Shia wassee.
281
426
192
300
269
283
159
St. Clair.
665
814
83
569
617
517
446
St. Joseph
963
1.011
418
935
976
800
761
(b) 42
Tuscola .
Van Buren
353
508
. 117
273
350
182
251
Washtenaw
2,029
2,080
918
2,349
2. 550
2, 527
2,057
1.031
1,636
Wayne.
2,540
3, 305
421
2.346
2.736
2. 246
2.237
1.527
1.578
Wexford
Totals
23,947
30,742
10,393
24, 285
27. 737 22, 933 21, 096
5, 545
7,122
(a) No returns for 1836 on file in the office of Secretary of State. The state- ment here given is taken from Greeley's Whig Almanac for 1844.
(b) Majority ; votes for candidates not given.
Free Soil.
Whig.
Democrat.
1,087
700
. 844
73
Whig.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN MICHIGAN FROM 1836. TO 1896.
The highest vote for an elector being in each instance taken as the basis of calculation.
Election.
Vote on candidates.
Total vote.
Number.
Year.
Popular.
Per cent of
popular.
Majority.
Plurality.
Electoral.
Popular.
Increase of
Per cent of
increase.
13
1836
William Henry Harrison (Whig) .
4,045
35.5
11,377
Martin Van Buren (Democrat)
7, 332
64.5
3,287
3
14
1840
William Henry Harrison (Whig).
22,933
51.7
1,516
3
44,350
32, 973
289.8
Martin Van Buren (Democrat).
21,096
47.6
15
1844
Henry Clay (Whig)
27,737
49,7
3, 362
5
55, 751
11, 401
25.7
James G. Birney (Liberty Party).
3,639
6.5
16
1848
Zachary Taylor (Whig) .
23,930
36.8
6, 747
5
65,000
9,249
16.6
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
10,393
16.0
17
1852
Winfield Scott (Whig).
33, 860
40.8
41,842
50.5
745
6
82,939
17,939
27.6
18
1856
John C. Fremont (Republican).
71, 762
57.2
17,963
6
125, 561
42, 622
51.4
Millard Fillmore (American)
1,660
1.3
19
1860
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
88, 480
57.1
22,213
6
Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat).
65,057
42.0
John Bell (Constitutional Union)
405
.3
154, 747
29,186
23.2
John C. Breckenridge (Secession and State Rights Democrat)
805
.6
20
1864
Abraham Lincoln (Republican) ..
(a)85, 352
55.9
17,982
8
152, 722
(b) 2, 025
(b) 1.3
George B. McClellan (Democrat)
(c)67, 370
44.1
21
1868
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
113, 229
57.9
30, 663
8
Horatio Seymour (Democrat).
82, 364
42.0
(d.195, 795
43,073
28.2
David Davis (Workingmen's Party).
202
.1
.
321
. 7
24,375
43.8
James K. Polk (Democrat)
..
. .
Franklin Pierce (Democrat).
7,237
8.7
.
John P. Hale (Free Soil).
James Buchanan (Democrat)
52.139
41.5
Lewis Cass (Democrat) ...
30,677
47.2
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN MICHIGAN.
556
Candidates for president.
popular.
James G. Birney (Liberty Party)
22
1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) .
136, 199
62.7
55,047
11
Horace Greeley (Democrat and Liberal)
77,020
35.4
. ..
217,351
21,556
11.0
Charles O'Connor (Democrat)
2,861
1.3
James Black (Prohibitionist) .
1.271
.6
23
1876
Rutherford B Hayes (Republican)
166, 534
15,538
11
Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) .
141,095
44.4
. .
.
Green Clay Smith (Prohibitionist) (Anti-Secret Society)
75
24
1880
James A. Garfield (Republican).
185,190
52.5
17,740
11
Winfield S Hancock (Democrat)
131,301
37.2
James B. Weaver (Greenback)
34,895
9.9
Neal Dow (Prohibitionist) .
942
.3
.
.1
...
25
1884
James G. Blaine (Republican)
192, 669
48.0
3,308
13
Grover Cleveland (Democrat).
Fusion.
189,361
47.2
401,186
48,546
13.6
Benjamin F. Butler (Straight Greenback)
753
.2
26
1888
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
236, 387
49.7
22,918
13
Grover Cleveland (Democrat).
213, 469
44.9
475, 356
74,170
18.5
Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibitionist)
20,945
4.4
27
(e) 1892
Benjamin Harrison (Republican).
222, 708
47.8
20,412
9
Grover Cleveland (Democrat).
202,296
43.3
John Bidwell (Prohibitionist).
20, 857
4.5
James B. Weaver (People's)
19,931
4.2
Scattering. ..
925
.2
28
1896
William Mckinley (Republican)
293,072
53.8
41,542
14
William J. Bryan (D P. U. S.) .
236, 994
43.5
John M. Palmer (Democrat)
6,905
1.3
Joshua Levering (Prohibitionist)
4,938
.9
544, 602
77,885
16.7
Charles E. Bentley (National)
1,815
.3
(Socialist Labor) .
293
1
Scattering
585
. 1
. . .
317,530
100, 179
46.0
Peter Cooper (Greenback)
9,060
2.9
766
2
....
. . .
352, 640
35,110
11.0
-
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN MICHIGAN.
John P. St. John (Prohibitionist) .
18, 403
4.6
Alson J. Streeter (Union Labor)
4.555
1.0
5
466, 717
(b) 8, 639
(b) 1.8
·
.
1
(a) Includes "soldiers' vote," 9,402. (b) Decrease. (c) Includes "soldiers' vote," 2.959.
(d) Exclusive of 30.036 votes not returned in legal time-538 in Alpena county. 209 in Cheboygan county, 317 in Delta county, 333 in Emmet county, 788 in Keweenaw county. 656 in Leelanau county, 162 in Mackinac county, 938 in Manistee county, 168 in Manitou county, 528 in Ontonagon county, 19,481 in Wayne county. and 5,918 in Van Buren county.
(e) Election held under so-called Miner law, whereby electors were chosen by congressional districts instead of by State at large. Figures en from vote on electors in eastern and western districts.
557
Benjamin F. Butler (Greenback and Anti-Monopoly) ...
(Labor Party)
312
52.5
. .
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, 1789-1896.
Year of election.
(a) 1789.
(a) 1792.
(a) 1796.
(a) 1800.
Number of electors ...
73. (b)
132. (c)
138. (d)
138. (e)
Year of admission into the union.
States.
George Washington,
John Adams, Mass.
Scattering votes.
George Washington,
John Adams, Mass.,
| George Clinton, N. Y.
| Scattering votes.
John Adams, Mass.,
Thos. Jefferson, Va.,
Thos. Pinckney, S. C.,
| Aaron Burr, N. Y., Dem.
Thos. Jefferson, Va.,
| Aaron Burr, N. Y., Dem.
John Adams, Mass.,
Fed.
Chas. C. Pinckney, S. C., Fed.
Original 13 states.
New Hampshire.
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
Massachusetts . .
10
10
16
16
16
13
16
16
Connecticut ....
7
5
2
9
9
9
New Jersey.
6
1
5
7
7
7
7
Pennsylvania.
10
8
2
15
14
1
14
13
8
8
7
Delaware.
3
3
3
3
3
3 1
3
5
5
5
5
Virginia
10
5
5
21
21
1
20
1
1
19
21 21
South Carolina ..
7
7
8
1
8
8
8
8
Georgia ...
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
North Carolina .. New York.
(b)
12
12
1
11
1
6
5
8
4
4
Rhode Island
(b)
4
4
1
4
4
(f)3
1791
Vermont
3
3
4
1
4
4
1792
Kentucky
4
4
4
4
4
4
1796
Tennessee.
3
3
3
3
Totals
69
34 35
132
77 50
5
71
68
59 30 48
73 73
65
(e)64
(a) In these years the electors each voted for two persons, and the one receiving the highest number of votes (if such number was a majority of the whole number of electors) was declared elected president, and the one receiv- ing the next highest number was declared elected vice president.
(b) New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island did not participate in this election, not having ratified the constitution until afterwards. There were four vacancies, Maryland 2 and Virginia 2. The scattering votes were cast as follows: For John Jay-New Jersey 5, Delaware 3, Virginia 1; for Robert H. Harrison-Maryland 6; for John Hancock-Pennsylvania 2, Virginia 1, South Carolina 1; for John Rutledge-South Carolina 6; for Samuel Huntington- Connecticut 2; for George Clinton-Virginia 3. Georgia cast two votes for John Milton and one each for James Armstrong, Edward Telfair and Benj. Lincoln.
(c) There were three vacancies, Maryland 2 and Vermont 1. Scattering votes : For Thomas Jefferson-Kentucky 4; for Aaron Burr-South Carolina 1. (d) Scattering votes: For Samuel Adams-Virginia. 15; for Oliver Ellsworth -Rhode Island 4, Massachusetts 1, New Hampshire 6; for Samuel Johnson- Massachusetts 2; for James Iredell-North Carolina 3; for John Jay-Connec- ticut 5; for George Clinton-Georgia 4, Virginia 3; for George Washington- North Carolina 1, Virginia 1; for Charles C. Pinckney-North Carolina 1; for John Henry Maryland 2.
(e) (f) For these foot-notes see next page.
3
3
Maryland.
6
6
8
8
7
1
7 1 146
4
:
7
:
. .
.
12
|12
(b)
12
12
12
12
: .
.
Va., Fed.
Fed.
Fed.
Dem.
Fed.
Scattering votes.
Dem.
Va.
. .
or .
8
559
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Continued.
Year of election
1804.
1808.
1812.
1816.
1820.
Number of electors.
176.
176. (a)
218. (b)
221. (c)
235. (d)
Year of admission into the Union.
States.
Jefferson and Clinton,
Pinckney and King,
Madison and Clinton,
Pinckney and King,
James Madison, Va.,
Elbridge Gerry, Mass.,
Vice Pres., Dem.
George Clinton, N. Y.,
Jared Ingersoll, Pa.,
James Monroe, Va.,
Pres., Dem.
Dan'l D. Tompkins, N.
Y., Vice Pres., Dem.
Pres., Fed.
Scattering votes for
James Monroe, Va.,
Pres., Dem.
Dan'l D. Tompkins, N.
Y., Vice Pres., Dem.
Original 13 states.
7
7
1 61
22
20
22
22
15 (d)7
New Jersey ..
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Pennsylvania
20
20
25
3
4
4
8
8
11
10
Virginia.
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
South Carolina Georgia .
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
North Carolina
14
11
3
15
15
15
15
15
15
New York
19
13
(a)
29
29
20
29
29
29
Rhode Island. .
4
4
4
4
4 OCH
4 8F
8
1792
Kentucky.
8
7
(a)
12
12
12:
12
12
12
1796
Tennessee
5
5
8
8
8
7
7
1802
Ohio.
3
3
(a)
(b)7
7
8
8
8
8
1812
Louisiana
3
3
3
3
3
3
1816 Indiana.
3
3
3
3
1817
Mississippi.
2
2
1818
Illinois ..
3
3
1819
Alabama
3
3
1820
Maine ..
1821
Missouri
3
3
Totals.
162
14
122
47
128
131
89
86
183 183
34
34
231
218
(a) There was one vacancy in Kentucky. New York cast 6 votes for George Clinton for president. Scattering votes for vice president : For John Langdon-Vermont 6, Ohio 3; for James Madison-New York 3; for James Monroe-New York 3.
(b) One vacancy in Ohio.
(c) There were four vacancies, one in Delaware and three in Maryland. Scattering votes for vice president: For J. E. Howard-Massachusetts 22 ; for J. Ross-Connecticut 5; for J. Marshall-Connecticut 4; for R. G. Harper -Delaware 3.
(d) There were three vacancies, Mississippi 1, Pennsylvania 1, and Tennes- see 1. New Hampshire cast 1 vote for John Quincy Adams for president. For vice president-Massachusetts. 8 for R. Stockton; Delaware, 4 for D Rodney; New Hampshire, 1 for R. Rush, and Maryland, 1 for R. G. Harper.
(e) There being no choice by the electors, the election devolved upon the house of representatives. On the 36th ballot Jefferson was elected president and Burr vice president. Jefferson received the votes of 10 states and Burr 4. After this the constitution was amended so as to require the electors to vote separately for president and vice president.
(f) One vote for John Jay.
7
8
:d :7 (d)?
19
19
0
9
9
9
9
9
Delaware
3
3
4
(d)
Maryland.
9
2
9
2
6
6
5
5
25
25
24
24
6
6
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
1791
Vermont.
6
6
(a)
8
8
N. Hampshire .. Massachusetts. Connecticut ...
9
Dem.
Fed.
Dem.
Fed.
Pres., Dem.
Pres., Fed.
Vice Pres., Fed.
Rufus King, N. Y.,
Vice Pres., (c) Fed.
0
9
3
560
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Continued.
Year of election
1824.
1828.
1832.
Number of electors.
261. (a)
288. (b)
294. (c)
Year of admission into the
States.
Andrew Jackson,
Tenn., Dem.
John Quincy Adams,
Mass., Coalition.
Wm. H. Crawford, Dem.
Henry Clay, Ky.,
John C. Calhoun,
Nathan Sanford,
N. Y., Coalition.
Andrew Jackson,
John Quincy Adams,
Mass., N. Rep.
S. C., Dem.
N. Rep.
Tenn., Dem.
Henry Clay, Ky.,
N. Rep.
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., Dem.
John Sergeant, Pa.,
Original 13 states.
Massachusetts.
15
15
15
15
14
14
Connecticut . .
8
8
8
8
8
New Jersey ..
8
8
8
8
8
Pennsylvania
28
28
28
28
30
Delaware
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
Maryland.
7
3
1
10
5
6
5
6
3
5
3
5
Virginia ..
11
11
11
11
2
11
11
North Carolina
15
15
15
15
15
15
-
Rhode Island.
4
3
4
4
4
1791
Vermont.
7
7
14
14
15
15
1796
Tennessee.
11
11
11
11
15
15
1802
Ohio
16
16
16
16
21
21
1812
Louisiana
3
5
5
5
5
5
1816
Indiana.
5
5
5
5
9
9
1817
Mississippi.
3
3
?
3
4
4
1818
Illinois ..
2
1
3
3
3
5
5
1819
Alabama
5
5
5
5
7
2
1820
Maine
9
9
1
8
1
8
10
10
1821
Missouri
3
3
3
4
4
Totals
99
84
41
37
182
30
178
83
171
83
219
49
189
49
8
7
8
8
7
. .
..
7
N. Rep.
South Carolina Georgia .
9
New York.
1
26
5
1
29
7
20
16
20
16
42
42
4
1792
Kentucky.
14
7
7
21
24
23
23
Union.
Pres.
V.Pres.
Pres.
V. Pres.
Pres. V. Pres.
Dem.
S. C., Dem.
Tenn., Dem.
John C. Calhoun,
Richard Rush, Pa.,
Andrew Jackson,
(a) There was one vacancy on the vote for vice president in Rhode Island. The election of president devolved upon the house of representatives, and John Quincy Adams was elected, receiving the votes of 13 states. Virginia cast 24 votes for N. Macon for vice president, New Hampshire 1, Connecti- cut 8, Maryland 1; and Missouri 3 for Andrew Jackson; Georgia 9 for Martin Van Buren; Delaware 2 for Henry Clay.
(b) Georgia, 7 votes for William Smith, of South Carolina, for vice president. (c) There were two vacancies in Maryland. For president-South Caro- lina, 11 for J. Floyd; Vermont, 7 for Wm. Wirt. For vice president-Penn- sylvania, 30 for W. Wilkins; South Carolina, 11 for H. Lee; Vermont, 7 for A. Ellmaker.
.
. .
.
7
N. Hampshire ..
24
9
ROSCOE D. DIX, Auditor General.
561
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Continued.
Year of election ....
1836.
1840.
1844.
1848.
1852.
Number of electors.
294. (a)
294. (b)
294.
294.
296.
Year of admission into the Union.
Martin Van Buren, N.
Wm. Henry Harrison,
R. M. Johnson, Ky., Dem.
Francis Granger, N.
Wm. Henry Harrison,
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., Dem.
John Tyler, Va.,
Dem.
Polk and Dallas, Dem.
Clay and Frelinghuysen,
Taylor and Fillmore, Whig.
Cass and Butler, Dem.
Pierce and King, Dem.
Scott and Graham, Whig.
Original 13 states.
Massachusetts.
14
14
14
12
12
13
Connecticut ...
8
8
8
8
6
6
6
New Jersey ..
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
Pennsylvania
30
30
30
30
26
26
27
Delaware
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Maryland.
10
10
10
8
8
8
Virginia ...
23
23
22
17
17
15
South Carolina Georgia .
11
11
10
10
10
North Carolina
15
15
15
15
11
11
10
New York ...
42
42
42
42
36
36
35
. .
1791
Vermont ..
7
7
7
7
6
6
1792
Kentucky.
15
15
15
15
12
12
12
1796
Tennessee
15
15
13
13
12
1802
Ohio.
21
21
21
21
23
23
23
1812
Louisiana
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
1816
Indiana.
9
9
9
9
12
12
13
1817
Mississippi.
4
4
4
4
6
6
7
1818
Illinois. .
5
5
5
5
9
9
11
1819
Alabama
7
7
7
7
9
9
9
1820
Maine .
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
1821
Missouri
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
1837
Michigan.
3
3
3
3
5
5
6
1845
Florida
3
3
1845
Texas
1
4
1846
Iowa
4
4
1848
Wisconsin
1
5
1850
California.
4
Totals
170
73 147
77
234
60
234
48
170
105
163
127
254
7
7
. .
.
7
6
....
.
6
5
. .
. .
.
.
..
. ..
. .
. .
9
9
8
Rhode Island
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
..
.
...
. .
. .
. .
. .
7
7
9
1836
Arkansas.
3
4
4
. .
(a) Scattering votes: For president-Georgia 11, Tennessee 15 for H. L White: Massachusetts 14 for Daniel Webster; South Carolina 11 for W. P. Mangum. For vice president-John Tyler received 47 votes, viz: Maryland 10. South Carolina 11, Georgia 11, Tennessee 15. Virginia cast 23 votes for Wm. Smith. There being no choice by the electors, the election of vice president devolved upon the senate and R. M. Johnson was chosen:
(b) For vice president, South Carolina cast 11 votes for L. W. Tazwell. and Virginia 1 for James K. Polk.
71
Pres. V. Pres.
Pres.
V. Pres.
States.
Y., Dem
Ohio, Whig.
Y., Whig.
Ohio. Whig.
R. M. Johnson, Ky., Whig.
. .
. .
Whig.
N. Hampshire ..
7
11
....
....
. .
5
562
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Continued.
Year of election ..
...
1856.
1860.
1864.
1868.
1872.
Number of electors ..
296.
303.
314. (a)
317. (b)
366. (c)
Year of admission into the Union.
States.
Buchanan and Brecken-
Fremont and Dayton,
Fillmore and Donelson, Am.
Lincoln and Hamlin, Rep.
Breckenridge and Lane,
Bell and Everett, Union.
Douglas and Johnson,
Lincoln and Johnson,
McClellan and Pendlc-
ton, Dem.
Grant and Colfax, Rep.
Seymour and Blair, Dem.
Grant and Wilson, Rep.
Thos. A. Hendricks, Dem.
B. Gratz Brown, Dem.
| B. Gratz Brown, V.P., Dem.
Original 13 states.
New Hampshire
5
5
5
5
5
Massachusetts
13
13
12
12
13
Connecticut ...
6
6
6
6
6
New Jersey.
7
3
7
7
9
Pennsylvania.
27
27
26
26
29
Delaware.
3
3
3
3
3
Maryland
8
8
7
7
8
8
Virginia.
15
15
11
8
8
6
7
. .
or .
North Carolina New York
10
1.0
9
10
35
35
33
33
35
4
4
4
4
4
1791
Vermont .
5
5
5
5
5
1792
Kentucky
12
12
11
11
8
4
8
1796
Tennessee Ohio
23
23
21
21
22
1812
Louisiana
6
6
7
1816
Indiana.
13
13
13
13
15
1817 1818
Illinois.
11
11
16
16
21
1819
Alabama
9
10
1820
Maine.
8
8
7
7
7
1821
Missouri
9
9
11
11
6
8
6
1836
Arkansas
4
4
5
1837
Michigan
6
6
8
8
11
1845
Florida
3
3
3
4
1845
Texas
4
4
1846
Iowa.
4
4
8
8
11
1848
Wisconsin
5
5
1850
California
4
5
5
6
1858
Minnesota
4
4
4
5
1859
Oregon
3
3
3
3
1861
Kansas
3
3
5
1863
West Virginia
5
5
5
1864
Nevada ..
2
3
1867
Nebraska.
3
3
..
Totals
174
114
8
180
72
39
12
212
21
214
80
286 42 18 47
.
South Carolina .. Georgia ..
10
10
9
6
5
Rhode Island.
12
12
10
12
12
1802
Mississippi
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
10
·
.
.
NOTE .- Horace Greeley died before the meeting of the electoral college The votes cast for him by states were given for Thos. A. Hendricks and B. Gratz Brown.
(a) There were eighty-one vacancies: Alabama 8, Arkansas 5, Florida 3, Georgia 9. Louisiana 7, Mississippi 7. Nevada 1, North Carolina 9, South Caro- lina 6, Tennessee 10, Texas 6 and Virginia 10.
(b) (c) For these foot-notes see next page.
ridge, Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
Dem.
Rep.
563
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Continued.
Year of election ..
1876.
1880.
1884.
1888.
1892.
1896.
Number of electors ..
369. (a)
369.
401.
401.
144.
447.
Year of admission into the Union.
Hayes and Wheeler,
Tilden and Hendricks,
Garfield and Arthur,
Hancock and English,
Blaine and Logan,
Cleveland and Hendricks,
Harrison and Morton,
Cleveland and Thurman,
Harrison and Reid.
Rep.
Cleveland and Steven- son, Dem.
Weaver and Field, Peo.
Bryan and Sewall,
D. P. U. S.
Bryan and Watson, . D. P. and S.
Original 13 states.
New Hampshire.
5
5
4
4
4
4
Massachusetts ...
13
13
14
14
15
15
Connecticut .
6
6
6
6
6
6
-
New Jersey
9
.
9
9
10
10
Pennsylvania
29
29
30
30
32
32
Delaware
3
3
3
3
3
3
Maryland.
8
8
8
8
8
8
Virginia ..
11
11
11
12
12
12
Georgia .
11
11
12
12
13
13
North Carolina.
10
10
11
11
11
6
5
New York
35
35
36
36
36
36 4
1791
Vermont
5
4
4
4
4
1792
Kentucky.
12
13
13
13
12
1
1796
Tennessee Ohio ..
22
22
23
23
22
1
23
1812
Louisiana
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
1816
Indiana.
15
15
15
15
15
15
1818
Illinois.
21
21
22
22
24
24
1819
Alabama
10
10
10
10
11
11
. .
1820
Maine
7
6
6
6
. .
. .
1821
Missouri.
15
15
16
16
17
13
4
1836
Arkansas.
6
6
7
7
8
5
3
1837
Michigan
11
11
13
13
9
5
14
1845
Florida.
4
8
.
.
13
13
15
15
1846
Iowa
11
11
13
13
13
13
1818
Wisconsin.
10
10
11
11
12
12
1850
California.
6
1
5
8
8
1
8
8
1
1858
Minnesota.
5
5
7
7
9
9
1859
Oregon
3
3
3
3
3
1
4
1861
Kansas.
ore
5
9
9
10
10
1863
West Virginia
5
6
6
6
6
1864
Nevada ..
3
3
3
3
3
. .
1867
Nebraska
3
5
5
8
4
4
.
. ..
..
. ..
4
4
4
4
4
12
12
12
12
12
12
1817
Mississippi.
9
9
9
9
1845
Texas
4
4
4
4
4
8
.
. .
) There were twenty-three vacancies: Mississippi 7, Texas 6 and Virginia 10. (c) There were 17 votes not counted for president: Arkansas 6, Georgia 3 and Louisiana 8; and 14 not counted for vice president: Arkansas 6 and Louisiana 8. Scattering votes: President: for C. J. Jenkins-Georgia 2; for D. Davis-Missouri 1. Vice President: for G. W. Julian-Missouri 5; for A. H. Colquitt-Georgia 5; for J. M. Palmer-Missouri 3; for T. E. Bramlette-Ken- tucky 3; for W. S. Groesbeck-Missouri 1; for W. B Machen-Kentucky 1 ; for N. P. Banks-Georgia 1.
States.
Rep.
Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
..
.
. .
South Carolina ..
7
9
....
Rhode Island
1802
.
. .
6
McKinley and Hobart,
Rep.
564 .
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
ELECTORAL VOTES, 1789-1896 .- Concluded.
Year of election ....
1876.
1880.
1884.
1888
1892.
1896.
Number of electors.
369. (a)
369.
401.
401.
444.
447.
Year of admission into the Union.
States.
Hayes and Wheeler, Rep.
Tilden and Hendricks,
Garfield and Arthur, Rep.
Hancock and English,
Blaine and Logan, Rep.
Cleveland and Hendricks,
Harrison and Morton,
Cleveland and Thurman,
Harrison and Reid, Rep.
Cleveland and Stevenson,
Weaver and Field, Peo.
McKinley and Hobart,
Bryan and Sewall, D. P.
Bryan and Watson, D., P. and S.
1876
Colorado.
3
3
3
3
-
1
17
1889
South Dakota ..
4
1889
Washington.
4
2
1889
Montana
3
2
1
1890
Wyoming
3
2
1
1890
Idaho.
3
?
1
Totals.
185
184
214
155
182
219
233
168
145
277
22
271
149
27
(a) From Florida 2 sets of certificates were received; from Louisiana 3, from Oregon 2, and from South Carolina 2. They were referred to an elec- toral commission, formed under the provisions of the compromise bill, approved January 29, 1877; the commission decided in favor of counting the electoral vote, as returned in the table.
Dem.
Rep.
U. S.
1889
North Dakota ..
2
1896
Utah
Dem.
Dem.
Dem.
Rep.
Dem.
U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN MICHIGAN.
Corrected to July 1, 1809.
MICHIGAN PENSION AGENCY.
The United States Pension Agency for Michigan is located in the Hammond Building, at the corner of Fort and Griswold streets, Detroit. Pensions are paid quarterly on the fourth day of March. June, September and December. Agent, Oscar A. Janes.
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