James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, President, inaugurated March 4,
1845. He was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina,
November 2, 1795; died at Nashville, Tennessee, June 15, 1849.
George Mifflin Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Vice-President. Born
in Philadelphia, July 10, 1792.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, James K. Polk, 1,335,834; Henry
Clay, 1,297,033; James G. Birney, 62,270.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, James K. Polk, 170; Henry
Clay, 105.—Total, 275. Twenty-six States voting.
_For Vice-President_, George M. Dallas, 170; Theodore
Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, 105.
1849 to 1853.
Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, President, inaugurated March 4,
1849. Born in Virginia, A.D. 1784; died in Washington City,
July 9, 1850.
Millard Fillmore, of New York, Vice-President. Born in Locke
township, Cayuga county, New York, January 7, 1800.
Millard Fillmore, President after the death of Zachary Taylor,
July 9, 1850. He took the oath of office July 10, 1850.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Zachary Taylor, 1,362,031; Lewis
Cass, of Michigan, 1,222,455; Martin Van Buren (Free Soil),
291,455.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Zachary Taylor, 163; Lewis
Cass, 127.—Total, 290. Thirty States voting.
_For Vice-President_, Millard Fillmore, 163; William O.
Butler, Kentucky, 127.
1853 to 1857.
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, President, inaugurated
March 5, 1853. He was born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire,
November 23, 1804.
William R. King, of Alabama, Vice-President. He was born in
North Carolina, April 7, 1786; died at Cahawba, Alabama, April
18, 1853.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Franklin Pierce, 1,590,490;
Winfield Scott, 1,378,589; John C. Hale, New Hampshire
(Abolition), 157,296.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Franklin Pierce, 254; Winfield
Scott, of New Jersey, 42.—Total, 296. Thirty-one States
voting.
_For Vice-President_, William R. King, 254; William A. Graham,
of North Carolina, 42.
1857 to 1861.
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, President. He was born at
Stony Batter, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1791.
John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Vice-President. Born near
Lexington, Kentucky, January 21, 1821.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, James Buchanan (Democratic),
1,832,232;
John C. Frémont, California (Republican), 1,341,514; Millard
Fillmore, New York (American), 874,707.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, James Buchanan, 174; John C.
Frémont, 109; Millard Fillmore, 8.—Total, 291. Thirty-one
States voting.
_For Vice-President_, John C. Breckenridge, 174; William L.
Dayton, New Jersey, 109; A. J. Donelson, Tennessee, 8; total,
291.
1861 to 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, President, inaugurated March 4,
1861. He was born near Muldraugh’s Hill, Hardin county,
Kentucky, February, 1809.
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, Vice-President. He was born at
Paris, Oxford county, Maine, August 27, 1809.
POPULAR VOTE—_For President_, Abraham Lincoln (Republican),
1,857,610; Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois (Democratic),
1,365,976; John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky (Democratic),
847,953; John Bell, of Tennessee (Constitutional Union),
590,631.
ELECTORAL VOTE—_For President_, Abraham Lincoln, 180; John C.
Breckenridge, 72; John Bell, 39; Stephen A. Douglas,
12.—Total, 291. Thirty-three States voting.
_For Vice-President_, Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, 180; Joseph
Lane, Oregon, 72; Edward Everett, Massachusetts, 39; Herschel
V. Johnson, Georgia, 12.
As our postal history, so far as the States are concerned, is limited to
our own State, it may not be out of place here to introduce the
following table containing the names of the
_GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA_,
more, however, as being useful for future reference rather than to its
connection with our subject:—
1682 to 1863.
1682, October. William Penn (Proprietary), acted as Governor
until August, 1684.
Thomas Lloyd, President until December, 1688.
Captain John Blackwell, Deputy-Governor to 1690.
President and Council to April 26, 1693.
Benjamin Fletcher, Deputy-Governor to September, 1692.
William Markham, Deputy-Governor to December 3, 1696.
William Penn again acted as Governor to November 1, 1701.
Andrew Hamilton, Deputy-Governor to February, 1703.
Edward Shippen, President of Council to February, 1704.
John Evans, Deputy-Governor to February, 1709.
Charles Gookin, Deputy-Governor to March, 1717.
Sir William Keith, Bart., Deputy-Governor to June, 1727.
Patrick Gordon, Deputy-Governor to June, 1736.
James Logan, President of Council to June, 1738.
George Thomas, Deputy-Governor to June, 1748.
James Hamilton, Deputy-Governor to October, 1754.
Robert Hunter Morris, Deputy-Governor to August 19, 1756.