Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondeceRees, James
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Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece
Rees, James
Postal service -- History; Postal service -- United States -- History
ELECTORAL VOTE—George Washington, 69. John Adams, 34. John
Jay, New York, 9. R.H. Harrison, Maryland, 6. John Rutledge,
South Carolina, 6. John Hancock, Massachusetts, 4. George
Clinton, New York, 3. Samuel Huntingdon, Connecticut, 2. John
Milton, Georgia, 2. James Armstrong, Georgia, 1. Edward
Telfair, Georgia, 1. Benjamin Lincoln, Massachusetts,
1.—Total, 69. Ten States voted,—Rhode Island, New York, and
North Carolina not voting, not having ratified the
Constitution in time.
1793 to 1797.
George Washington, President, inaugurated March 4, 1793.
John Adams, Vice-President.
ELECTORAL VOTE—George Washington, 132. John Adams, 77. George
Clinton, 50. Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, 4. Aaron Burr, New
York, 1.—Total, 132. Fifteen States voted.
1797 to 1801.
John Adams, President, inaugurated March 4, 1797.
Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, Vice-President. Born at
Shadwell, Virginia, April 13, 1743, died at Monticello,
Virginia, July 4, 1826.
ELECTORAL VOTE—John Adams, 71. Thomas Jefferson, 68. Thomas
Pinckney, South Carolina, 59. Aaron Burr, 30. Samuel Adams,
Massachusetts, 15. Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut, 11. George
Clinton, 7. John Jay, 5. James Iredell, North Carolina, 3.
George Washington, 2. John Henry, Maryland, 2. S. Johnson,
North Carolina, 2. Charles C. Pinckney, South Carolina,
1.—Total, 138. Sixteen States voting.
1801 to 1805.
Thomas Jefferson, President, inaugurated March 4, 1801.
Aaron Burr, of New York, Vice-President. Born at Newark, N. J.
February 6, 1756, died at Staten Island, New York, September
14, 1836.
ELECTORAL VOTE—Thomas Jefferson, 73. Aaron Burr, 73. John
Adams, 65. Charles C. Pinckney, 64. John Jay, 1.—Total, 138.
Sixteen States voting.
There was no election by the Electoral colleges, and the
election was carried into the House of Representatives, when,
upon the thirty-sixth ballot, it appeared that ten States
voted for Jefferson, four States for Aaron Burr, and two
States in blank. Whereupon Jefferson was declared elected
President, and Burr Vice-President. After this the
Constitution was amended, so that the Vice-President was voted
for separately as a distinct office, instead of being the
second on the vote for President.
1805 to 1809.
Thomas Jefferson, President, inaugurated March 4, 1805.
George Clinton, of New York, Vice-President. He was born in
Ulster county, New York, A.D. 1739, died in Washington, D. C.,
April 20, 1812.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Thomas Jefferson, 162; Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney, 14.—Total, 176. Seven States voting.
_For Vice-President_, George Clinton, 162; Rufus King, New
York, 14.
1809 to 1813.
James Madison, of Virginia, President, inaugurated March 4,
1809. He was born March 16, 1751, in Prince George county,
Virginia, and died at Montpelier, Virginia, June 28, 1836.
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