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
As Van Buren was successful, not only by a small popular majority, but
by a clear majority of the electoral vote, no effort was necessary to
unite the opposition electoral colleges, and they divided their votes
between Harrison, White, and Webster, according to the preferences of
the respective States. Virginia refused to give her electoral vote to
Johnson for Vice-President, and that left him without an election, as
he had not a majority of the whole Electoral College. He was, however,
promptly elected by the Senate, receiving 33 votes to 16 for Francis
Granger. He was the only Vice-President in the history of the Republic
who was not elected by the Electoral College. When Adams, Jackson,
Crawford, and Clay ran in 1824, and there was no choice for President
in the Electoral College, John C. Calhoun received a decided majority
in the college and was elected without an appeal to the Senate. The
following is the vote as cast for President and Vice-President in the
electoral colleges:
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│ PRESIDENT. ║ VICE-PRESIDENT.
├──────────┬──────────┬───────┬────────┬─────────╫──────────┬────────┬──────┬───────
STATES. │Martin │William H.│Hugh L.│Daniel │Willie P.║Richard M.│Francis │John │William
│Van Buren,│Harrison, │White, │Webster,│Mangum, ║Johnson, │Granger,│Tyler,│Smith,
│N. Y. │O. │Tenn. │Mass. │N. C. ║Ky. │N. Y. │Va. │Ala.
──────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────┼────────┼─────────╫──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────
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 │ ―― │ 10 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ ―― │ 10 │ ――
Virginia │ 23 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ 23
North Carolina│ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― ║ 15 │ ―― │ ―― │ ――
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