* Objections were made to counting the votes of Arkansas and Louisiana, as also to the three votes cast by the Georgia electors for Horace Greeley, and Congress excluded them from the count. NOTE.-Horace Greeley died November 29, 1872, and the Democratic and Liberal electors were compelled, on their day of voting, December 4th, to vote for other persons. Ulysses S. Grant was elected President and Henry Wilson as Vice-President. During this period Congress was divided politically as follows: Forty-third Congress. Senate-19 Democrats, 54 Republicans, 1 vacancy Forty-fourth Congress. Senate 29 Democrats, 46 Republicans, 1 vacancy .Total, 76 House-181 Democrats, 107 Republicans, 3 Independents, 2 vacancies.. 293 Election of 1876 Democratic National Committee: Chairman, ABRAM S. HEWITT, of New York. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. St. Louis, Mo., June 27-29, 1876. Chairman pro tem., HENRY WATTERSON, The convention was divided on the report of the Committee on Resolutions, a minority report favoring a modification of the clause relating to "Specie resumption." The minority amendment was rejected by a vote of 219 to 550, and the platform was agreed to as reported, by a vote of 651 to 83. The platform is given below. Two ballots were necessary to nominate Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for President. The ballots resulted as follows: |