Our Presidents and how we make themMcClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
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Our Presidents and how we make them
McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
Presidents -- United States -- Election
15 │ 129-1/2 │ 5-1/2│ 79-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ 7 │ ―― │ 12 │ 82-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
16 │ 107-1/2 │ 5-1/2│ 113-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ 1 │ ―― │ 12 │ 70-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
17 │ 70-1/2 │ 6 │ 137-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ 7 │ ―― │ 12 │ 80 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 3-1/2
18 │ 56-1/2 │ 10 │ 144-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ 31-1/2│ ―― │ 12 │ 87 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 3-1/2
19 │ ―― │ ―― │ 135-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ 22 │ 6 │ 4 │ 107-1/2 │ ―― │ 13-1/2 │ ―― │ 5
20 │ ―― │ ―― │ 142-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 16 │ 12 │ 121 │ 2 │ 13 │ ―― │ 9
21 │ ―― │ ―― │ 135-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 19 │ 12 │ 132 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 5
22 │ ―― │ 4 │ 90-1/2 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 1 │ 4 │ 140-1/2 │ 21 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
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Before the 22d ballot was announced delegations began to change their
votes to Seymour, and the changes were continued amid great enthusiasm
until he received the unanimous nomination. The twenty-one votes given
him on the last ballot were all cast by Ohio delegates.
It was charged that the nomination of Seymour had been carefully
planned by his friends before the meeting of the convention, in
imitation of the nominations of Polk and Pierce, but in point of fact
the nomination of Seymour was not planned by his friends nor had they
any idea of nominating him when the convention met, as his name was not
before the convention at all until the 22d ballot and the third day of
balloting. He was most earnestly averse to accepting the nomination.
His health was impaired, he had had many and very earnest political
conflicts, and he felt himself physically and mentally unequal to the
exacting duties of a campaign. His nomination was, as I have stated,
conceived and executed for the purpose of defeating Chase.
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