the story of his nomination, 154–162;
the character of the campaign, 174–175;
his popular and electoral vote, 175, 176;
the revolutionary character of his election, 176, 177;
an interesting episode of the campaign, 177;
the author’s correspondence with, destroyed by fire, 177, 178;
a practical politician, 178;
the grandeur of his character, 178, 180;
his midnight journey from Harrisburg to Washington, 180–182;
his second election to the Presidency, 183–196;
he concedes the election of General McClellan, 183;
his strength with the people rather than with the leaders, 183;
his anxiety regarding his renomination, 184;
his unreasonable request, 184, 185;
he seeks the nomination of Andrew Johnson for Vice-President
rather than that of Hamlin, and his reason for the preference,
185, 186;
his unanimous renomination at Baltimore, 186;
an attempt to create a revolt against him in the Republican party,
191–193;
his election made certain by the victories of Sherman and Sheridan,
193;
his popular and electoral vote, 194;
vote of the soldiers, 194;
his friends’ efforts to win Pennsylvania, 195;
and how the State was carried, 196, 197;
he favored compensated emancipation, 197, 198;
his character and traits, 198, 199;
the unpardonable assaults upon his reputation, 199;
his home life, 199, 200;
a tribute from Jefferson Davis, 200, 201;
he suspects that Grant favored the election of McClellan, 224.
Lincoln, Benjamin, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral
College, 3, 4.
Lincoln, Robert T., suggested for the Republican nomination for
Vice-President, 288, 289.
McClellan, General George B., defeated for the Presidency, 183–294.
McGlynn, Rev. Edward, prepares the platform of the United Labor
party, 327–329.
Machen, Willis B., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second
Electoral College, 241.
Machett, Charles H., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the
Socialists’ Labor party, 357;
nominated for the Presidency by the same party, 388;
his popular vote, 391.
Mackey, Robert W., how he thwarted the Democrats in holding Florida
for Tilden, 265.
McKinley, William, the disastrous effect of his tariff bill, 340;
president of the Republican National Convention of 1892, 340;
his election to the Presidency, 361–394;
his nomination, 365;
his straddle of the money issue, 365, 366;
his popular vote, 391;
his electoral vote, 392;
the lesson of the campaign, 392–394.
McLean, John R., at the Democratic National Convention of 1896, 373.
Macon, Nathaniel, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 43.
Madison, James, his first almost unanimous election to the
Presidency, 25–27;
his vote in the sixth Electoral College, 27;
his second election to the Presidency, 28–31;
his nomination depended upon his vigorous war policy with England,
28;
his vote in the seventh Electoral College, 30, 31.
Maguire, Matthew, the nominee of the Socialists’ Labor party for
Vice-President, 388.
Mangum, Willie P., defeated for the Presidency, 59–64.
Manning, Daniel, secures the first nomination of Cleveland to the
Presidency, 293, 294.
Marshall, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 34, 35.
Medill, Colonel Joseph, leads the fight for Lincoln in Republican
National Convention of 1860, 157.
Milton, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral
College, 3, 4.
Monroe, James, his vote for the Vice-Presidency in the sixth
Electoral College, 27;
his first election to the Presidency, 32–35;
his animated canvass for the nomination, 33;
Federalists make little or no opposition, 34;
his vote in the eighth Electoral College, 34, 35;
his second election to the Presidency, 35, 38;
his election unanimous, no formal nominations being made by any
party, 35, 36;
the vote of the ninth Electoral College, 36–37;
his peaceful reign, after-life, and death, 32, 38.
Morton, Levi P., his election to the Vice-Presidency, 320–326.
National Democratic (“Sound Money”) party, its candidates and
platform in 1896, 382–385.
National (“Greenback”) party, its candidates and platform in 1884,
301–304.
Native American (or “Know-Nothing”) party, birth of, 110, 111;
its first convention and candidates, 110;
its nomination of General Taylor, 103;
its evolution into the American National Council, which meets
at Philadelphia in 1856 and nominates Millard Fillmore for
President and Andrew Jackson Donelson for Vice-President,
140–142;
its platform, 142, 143;
its disappearance, 174.
O’Conor, Charles, nominated for the Presidency by Democratic
dissenters in 1872, 238;
he declines the nomination, 238.
Palmer, John M., his vote for the Presidency in the twenty-second
Electoral College, 241;
the nominee for the Presidency by the “Sound Money” Democrats, 383;
his popular vote, 391.
Parker, Joel, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Labor
Reformers, 227, 228.
Pendleton, George H., nominated for the Vice-Presidency, 190;
leads the “Greenback” party, and looks for the Democratic
nomination to the Presidency, 219.
People’s party, its candidates and platform in 1892, 353–357;
its candidates and platform in 1896, 377–382.
Phelps, John W., nominated for President by the American party, 283.
Pierce, Franklin, his election to the Presidency, 115–129;
his nomination at Baltimore, 117, 118;
the Democrats enthusiastic in his support, 119, 120;
his popular and electoral vote, 127;
his wanton reopening of the slavery issue, 127, 128;
his appointment of Judge Campbell to his cabinet excites the Native
Americans, 128;
his failure to secure a renomination, 129.
Pinckney, Charles C., his vote for the Presidency in the third
Electoral College, 10, 11;
in the fourth, 15, 16;
his first defeat for the Presidency, 23, 24;
his second defeat for the Presidency, 26, 27.
Pinckney, Thomas, his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral
College, 10, 11.
Platt, Thomas C., backs his colleague in his disagreement with
Garfield, 285.
Polk, James K., defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 73;
his election to the Presidency, 75–93;
his nomination at Baltimore, 79, 82;
his party’s platform, 82, 83;
his popular and electoral vote, 91;
incidents of the campaign, 91–93.
Pomeroy, Samuel C., the nominee of the American party for the
Vice-Presidency, 283;
receives the Presidential nomination of the American Prohibition
National party, 304.
Popular vote, the, in early national contests had no particular
significance, 10.
Populists. _See_ People’s party.
Presidential elections, contested, the law regulating, 401–404.
Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, with many facts
concerning their elections and tenure of office, 397–399;
the law regulating the Presidential succession, 399, 400.
Prohibition party, holds a national convention in 1872 and nominates
candidates for President and Vice-President, 228;
its candidates and platform in 1876, 258–260;
its candidates and platform in 1880, 282;
its candidates and platform in 1884, 305–308;
its candidates and platform in 1888, 329, 330;
its candidates and platform in 1892, 350–353;
its candidates and platform in 1896, 385, 386;
the “Broad-Gaugers” withdraw from, 386.
Prohibition (“Broad-Gauge”) party, its candidates and platform in
1896, 386–388.
Quay, Matthew S., not in touch with Harrison, 337.
Reed, Thomas B., in the Republican National Convention of 1896, 365.
Reid, Whitelaw, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 341–360.
Republican (Democratic) party, its birth and growth during
Washington’s administration, 3, 7;
opposes the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws, 12, 13;
its sixty years’ dominance initiated by the election of Jefferson,
21;
divides into National Republicans and Democratic Republicans, 53;
changes its name to the “Democratic party” during Jackson’s second
administration, 52, 53;
Jackson’s mastery of, 60;
the first party to present a national party platform, 70;
its platform in 1844, 82, 83;
its platform in 1848, 100–102;
its platform in 1852, 118, 119;
demoralized by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, 127, 128, 130;
its platform in 1856, 132–135;
a split in the convention at Charleston in 1860 results in the
nomination of two tickets and the adoption of two platforms,
166–173;
its platform in 1864, 190, 191;
its hopeless condition at the close of the Rebellion, 203;
how it failed to secure the leadership of Grant, 203;
its platform in 1868, 212–215;
its platform in 1872, 237, 238;
after its nomination of Greeley dissenters hold a convention and
make nominations, which are declined, 238;
platform of Democratic dissenters in 1872, 238, 239;
the party platform in 1876, 254–257;
its platform in 1880, 279–281;
its platform in 1884, 294–299;
its platform in 1888, 316–319;
its platform in 1892, 345–350;
its platform in 1896, 373–377.
Republican party, its forty years’ dominance, 21;
its birth in 1854, in New York, 136;
its entrance into national politics in 1856, 130, 136–138;
its first platform, 139, 140;
its affiliations with the “Know-Nothing” party, 156;
its convention at Chicago in 1860 the ablest that had ever met up
to that time, 163, 164;
its platform in 1860, 164–166;
its platform in 1864, 187, 188;
why Grant, a pro-slavery Democrat, became its candidate, 203;
its platform in 1868, 208, 209;
its platform in 1872, 235–237;
its platform in 1876, 249–252;
its subversion of the popular will in making Hayes President,
264–268;
its platform in 1880, 274–277;
its platform in 1884, 290–292;
its platform in 1888, 320–325;
its platform in 1892, 341–343;
its platform in 1896, 367–371.
Rodney, Daniel, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 36, 37.
Ross, James, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 34, 35.
Rush, Richard, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 36, 37;
his second defeat for the same office, 51.
Russell, John, nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibition
party, 228.
Rutledge, John, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral
College, 3, 4.
St. John, John P., receives the Presidential nomination of the
Prohibition party, 305;
his popular vote, 308, 309;
at the National Prohibition Convention in 1888, 329;
at that of 1892, 350.
Sanford, Nathan, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 43.
Scott, General Winfield, regarded as the first soldier of the
Republic, 66;
his fondness for writing letters loses him the Presidential
nomination, 68;
his invasion of Mexico, 95, 96;
defeated for the Presidency, 115–129;
his nomination at Baltimore, 120, 121.
Sergeant, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 53, 56, 57.
Sewall, Arthur, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 373–394;
his electoral vote, 392.
Seward, William H., his ability and character, and how he failed to
be nominated for the Presidency, 154–162.
Seymour, Horatio, defeated for the Presidency, 202–220;
his nomination at New York, 211–216;
his popular and electoral vote, 217, 218.
Sherman, John, a candidate for the Republican nomination of President
in 1880, 288, 289.
Smith, Gerrit, nominated in 1848 for the Presidency by the Liberty
League party and the Industrial Congress party, 111.
Smith, Greene Clay, is nominated for the Presidency by the
Prohibitionists, 258.
Smith, William, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 51;
again defeated for the same office, 63, 64.
Socialists’ Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1892, 357,
358;
its candidates and platform in 1896, 388–390.
Southgate, James A., the Vice-Presidential nominee of the
“Broad-Gauge” Prohibition party, 386.
Stevens, Thaddeus, how he carried the Whig convention for Harrison,
68.
Stevenson, Adlai E., his election to the Vice-Presidency, 345–360.
Stewart, G. T., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the
Prohibitionists, 258.
Stockton, Richard, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 36, 37.
Streeter, Alson J., receives the Presidential nomination of the Union
Labor party, 325;
his popular vote, 333.
Swett, Leonard, Lincoln’s closest friend, works for his nomination,
157.
Tammany Hall, its opposition to Tilden causes its rejection from the
Democratic National Convention of 1880, 278;
its attempt to control the Democratic National Convention in 1884,
292, 293;
its delegates oppose the unanimous nomination of Cleveland, but
welcome that of Hendricks with the heartiest cheers, 294;
and the _Sun_, its organ, defeated Cleveland for the Presidency in
1888, 315, 335, 336;
its protest ignored in the national convention of 1892, 344.
Taylor, Zachary, his election to the Presidency, 94, 114;
his campaign in Mexico, 95;
his vote in the convention, 104;
sends the letter notifying him of his nomination to the dead-letter
office, 106;
episodes of the nominating convention, 107;
birth of the Native American party during this campaign, 110;
his popular and electoral vote, 112;
how Corwin helped him, 113, 114;
his cabinet and its policy, 115;
his death, 116.
Tazewell, L. W., his vote in the fourteenth Electoral College for
Vice-President, 73.
Telfair, Edward, his vote for the Presidency in the first Electoral
College, 3, 4.
Texas, the question of its annexation, 94, 95.
Thompson, A. M., nominated for the Vice-Presidency by the Prohibition
party, 282.
Thurman, Allen G., a candidate for the Presidential nomination of the
Anti-Monopoly party, 299;
his defeat for the Vice-Presidency, 316–336.
Tilden, Samuel J., how Grant would have enforced the decision of the
Electoral Commission in the case of his disputed election, 223;
his defeat for the Presidency, 244–267;
his character and reputation, 252;
earnestness of the campaign, 261;
his popular vote, 262;
Congress creates the Electoral Commission to decide the election
of, 263;
his electoral vote, as determined by the Electoral Commission, 264;
his weakness in protecting his own interests, 265, 266;
his defeat attributed to Conkling, who gratified a grudge caused by
Tilden’s defeat of Chase for the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency in 1868, 268, 269;
his nomination opposed by Tammany Hall in the Democratic National
Convention of 1880, 278.
Tompkins, Daniel D., his first election to the Vice-Presidency, 34,
35;
his second election to the Vice-Presidency, 35, 37.
Tyler, John, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 63, 64;
his election to the Vice-Presidency, 65–74;
succeeds to the Presidency on the death of Harrison, 74;
his wrecking of the Whig party, 75–77;
his life after his retirement, 77;
approves the bill annexing Texas a few days before the inauguration
of Polk, 94.
Union Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1888, 325–327.
United Labor party, its candidates and platform in 1888, 327–329;
its candidates and platform in 1896, 388–390.
Vallandigham, Clement L., foremost in organizing the Liberal
Republican party, 229.
Van Buren, Martin, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 43;
his election to the Vice-Presidency, 56, 57;
his election to the Presidency, 59–64;
and the birth of the Whig party, 59;
his nomination dictated by Jackson, 60;
the campaign one of intense bitterness, 61, 62;
his popular and electoral vote, 62, 63, 64;
defeated for the Presidency, 65–74;
causes of his unpopularity, 68, 69;
his defeat for the Presidency, 94–114.
Wade, Benjamin F., a candidate for the nomination of Vice-President,
an example of the swift mutations in American politics, 210,
211.
Waitt, William S., nominated in 1848 for the Vice-Presidency by the
Industrial Congress party, 111.
Wakefield, W. H. T., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the
United Labor party, 327.
Walker, James B., nominated for the Presidency by the American
National party, 260.
Washington, George, his first election to the Presidency, 1–4;
he received no formal nomination, 2;
a pronounced Federalist, 2;
opposition to his election, 2, 3;
vote of the first Electoral College, 3, 4;
his second election to the Presidency, 4–6;
vote of the second Electoral College, 5, 6;
regarded as the richest man in the country, 7;
his vote for the Presidency in the third Electoral College, 10, 11.
Watson, Thomas E., the nominee of the People’s party for the
Vice-Presidency, 378;
his popular and electoral vote, 391, 392.
Weaver, James B., “Greenback” candidate for the Presidency, 281;
receives the People’s party nomination for the Presidency, 353;
his popular and electoral vote, 359.
Webster, Daniel, defeated for the Presidency, 59–64.
Weed, Thurlow, leads the fight for Seward in the Republican National
Convention of 1860, 157;
disappointed at Lincoln’s nomination, he refuses to name a
candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 162.
West, A. M., receives the Vice-Presidential nomination of the
National (“Greenback”) party, 301.
Wheeler, William A., his election to the Vice-Presidency, 249–269.
Whig party, birth of, 59;
wreck of, by Tyler, 75–77;
its nomination of Clay, 89, 90;
its platform for 1844, 84;
its lack of harmony in campaign of 1848, 103–106;
its platform in the campaign of 1852, 121–123;
makes its final battle, 128;
in 1856 nominates the candidates of the American National Union,
143;
its platform, 143–145.
White, Hugh L., defeated for the Presidency, 63, 64.
Whitney, William C., whose leadership secured the third Presidential
nomination of Cleveland in 1898, 344.
“Wide-Awakes,” the, description of, 174, 175.
Wilkins, William, defeated for the Vice-Presidency, 56, 57.
Wilson, Henry, his nomination for the Vice-Presidency, 235, 241;
how his name was changed, 235.
Wing, Simon, nominated for the Presidency by the Socialists’ Labor
party, 357;
his popular vote, 359.
Wirt, William, the nominee for President of the Anti-Mason party, 53;
his vote in the twelfth Electoral College, 56, 57.
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Transcriber’s Note
Some inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have
been retained.
This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text and =equals= to
indicate bold text. Small capitals changed to all capitals.
p. 56: changed “Charlotteville” to “Charlottesville” (in June, in
Charlottesville)
p. 104: a closing quote-mark with no accompanying opening mark was left
as-printed, because no reliable source was found to identify where the
quote begins. (... opposition to Executive usurpation.”)
p. 107: changed “portrayng” to “portraying” (portraying all the
strength)
p. 109: changed “responsibilty” to “responsibility” (responsibility for
the existence)
p. 157: changed “Commitee” to “Committee” (of the National Committee)
p. 168: changed ballot 55 (which was misprinted as “45”)
p. 212: changed “conventon” to “convention” (action of the convention)
p. 216: changed “enthusiam” to “enthusiasm” (continued amid great
enthusiasm)
p. 229: changed “Vallandingham” to “Vallandigham” (Mr. Vallandigham)
p. 288: changed “nomition” to “nomination” (The nomination came to him)
p. 290: changed “aways” to “always” (We have always recommended)
p. 329: changed “spirt” to “spirit” (the spirit of fraternity)
p. 349: changed “denfinite” to “definite” (extended for a definite plan)
p. 398: changed Thomas Jefferson’s residence to “Va.” (printed as
“a.”)
p. 406: changed “Bently” to “Bentley” (Bentley, Rev. Charles E.)
p. 413: an index entry with a possibly too-broad page range was left
as-printed (McClellan, General George B., defeated for the Presidency,
183–294.)
p. 414: changed “nominaiton” to “nomination” (his [Polk’s] nomination
at Baltimore)
p. 416: changed “Tellfair” to “Telfair” (Telfair, Edward)