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
There being no choice by the Electoral colleges, the vote was
taken into the House of Representatives, when upon ballot it
appeared that Adams had received the vote of thirteen States,
Jackson seven, and Crawford four. John Quincy Adams was
therefore declared elected President.
_For Vice-President_, the Electoral vote was John C. Calhoun,
South Carolina, 182; Nathan Sanford, New York, 30; Nathaniel
Macon, Georgia, 24; Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, 13; Martin Van
Buren, New York, 9; Henry Clay, Kentucky, 2.
1829 to 1833.
Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, President, inaugurated March 4,
1829. He was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, near
the Waxhaw Settlements, which are in South Carolina, March 15,
1767, died at the Hermitage, Tennessee, June 8, 1845.
John Caldwell Calhoun, Vice-President, until his resignation,
December 28, 1832.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Andrew Jackson, 650,028; John
Quincy Adams, 512,158.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Andrew Jackson, 178; John
Quincy Adams, 83.—Total, 261. Twenty-four States voting.
_For Vice-President_, John C. Calhoun, 171; Richard Rush,
Pennsylvania, 83; William Smith, South Carolina, 7.
1833 to 1837.
Andrew Jackson, President, inaugurated March 4, 1833.
Martin Van Buren, of New York, Vice-President. He was born at
Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782. Died, July 24, 1864.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Andrew Jackson, 687,502; Henry
Clay, 550,189; opposition (John Floyd, Virginia, and William
Wirt, Maryland), 33,108.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Andrew Jackson, 219; Henry
Clay, 49; John Floyd, 11; William Wirt, 7,—Total, 288.
Twenty-four States voting.
_For Vice-President_, Martin Van Buren, 189; John Sergeant,
Pennsylvania, 49; William Wilkins, Pennsylvania, 30; Henry
Lee, Massachusetts, 11; Amos Ellmaker, Pennsylvania, 7.
1837 to 1841.
Martin Van Buren, President, inaugurated March 4, 1837.
Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, Vice-President. He was born
in 1780; died November 19, 1850.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Martin Van Buren, 762,149;
opposition (William H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, Daniel
Webster, W.P. Mangum), 736,736.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Martin Van Buren, 170; William
H. Harrison, Ohio, 73; Hugh L. White, Tennessee, 26; Daniel
Webster, Massachusetts, 14; W.P. Mangum, 11.—Total, 294.
Twenty-six States voting.
_For Vice-President_, Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky, 147;
Francis Granger, New York, 77; John Tyler, Virginia, 47;
William Smith, Alabama, 23.
1841 to 1845.
William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, President until his death at
Washington, April 4, 1841. He was inaugurated March 4, 1841.
He was born in Berkeley county, Virginia, February 9, 1773.
John Tyler, of Virginia, Vice-President. He was born April,
1790, at Greenway, Charles City county, Virginia. Died,
January 18, 1863.
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