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
There was some ragged voting for President and much more for
Vice-President. Jackson received 219 votes in the Electoral College to
49 for Clay, 11 for Floyd, and 7 for Wirt, given by Vermont, and which
would have gone to Clay had they been needed. South Carolina, under the
influence of Calhoun, refused to vote for either Jackson or Van Buren,
but cast the electoral vote for John Floyd, of Virginia, for President,
and for Henry Lee, of Massachusetts, for Vice-President. Van Buren
was not acceptable to all the friends of Jackson, as the Pennsylvania
Democratic Convention positively instructed the electors to vote for
William Wilkins for Vice-President, which instructions were obeyed in
the Electoral College, and a convention of Jackson men had been held
in June, in Charlottesville, Va., and nominated P. P. Barbour, of that
State, for the Vice-Presidency, with Jackson for President. A like
convention was held, composed of delegates from a number of counties
in North Carolina, in which Jackson and Barbour were nominated, but
Barbour did not reach the dignity of support in the Electoral College.
There were no disputes as to the return of the electoral colleges, and
the vote was declared by Congress as follows:
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│ PRESIDENT. ║ VICE-PRESIDENT.
├────────┬─────┬──────┬───────╫──────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬─────────
STATES. │ Andrew │Henry│John │William║ Martin │ John │William │Henry│ Amos
│Jackson,│Clay,│Floyd,│ Wirt, ║Van Buren,│Sergeant,│Wilkins,│Lee, │Ellmaker,
│ Tenn. │ Ky. │ Va. │ Md. ║ N. Y. │ Penn. │ Penn. │Mass.│ Penn.
───────────────┼────────┼─────┼──────┼───────╫──────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼─────────
Maine │ 10 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 10 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
New Hampshire │ 7 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 7 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Vermont │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 7 ║ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 7
Massachusetts │ ―― │ 14 │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ 14 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Rhode Island │ ―― │ 4 │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ 4 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Connecticut │ ―― │ 8 │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ 8 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
New York │ 42 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 42 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
New Jersey │ 8 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 8 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Pennsylvania │ 30 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ ―― │ 30 │ ―― │ ――
Delaware │ ―― │ 3 │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ 3 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Maryland │ 3 │ 5 │ ―― │ ―― ║ 3 │ 5 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
Virginia │ 23 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 23 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
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