The returns

"The vote given above is for the highest elector on each of the several tickets. were received from the Secretaries of State of the respective States. Includes scattering yote of 76.211, of which 93 were cast, in Delaware, 115 in Idaho, 339 in Louisiana, 27 in Pennsylvania, and 56 in Vermont; also 366 Insurgent Republican In South Caro lina; and 27,247 Black and Tan Republican, and 47.962 American Party, in Texas.

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ELECTORAL VOTE BY STATES FOR PRESIDENT-1868 TO 1896.

*Mississippi, Texas and Virginia did not vote in 1868. In 1872, Horace Greeley, Democratic and Liberal-Republican candidate for President, having died before the electoral vote was cast, the Greeley electors voted as above for Thomas A. Hendricks. in five states, Kentucky, Georgia and Missouri cast 1 electoral vote for B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, for President: Georgia, 2 votes for O. J. Jenkins, of Georgia, and Missouri, 1 vote for David Davis, of Illinois; and 17 votes irregularly cast were not counted by Congress.

*Previous to the election of 1804, each elector voted for two candidates for President; the one receiving the highest number of votes, if a majority, was declared elected President, and the next highest, Vice-President.

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There having been a tle vote, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. choice was made on the 36th ballot, which was as follows: Jefferson-Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland. New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont and Virgina-10 states; Burr-Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island-4 states; BlankDelaware and South Carolina-2 states.

No choice having been made by the electoral college, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. A choice was made on the first ballot, which was as follows: Adams-Connecti cut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont-18 states: Jackson-Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee 7 states; Crawford-Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia-4 states.

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GHA TIPOPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE Continued.

Vice-Presidents.

Prohibition,

Clinton B. Fisk,

Union-Labor,

Alson J. Streeter,

John A. Brooks,
C. E. Cunningham,

#No candidate having received a majority of the votes of the electoral college, the Senate
elected R. M. Johnson, Vice-President, who received 33 votes: Francis Granger received 16.
Eleven states did not vote, viz: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Three states did not vote, viz: Mississippi, Texas and Virginia.

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248,997
146,100

1,811,754

3,013,188
2,703,670

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