+ The electors were chosen by the legislature. + This total does not include 33,108 votes cast for John Floyd and William Wirt. Andrew Jackson was elected President and Martin Van Buren as Vice-President. During this period Congress was divided politically as follows: Twenty-third Congress. Election of 1836 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1835. Chairman, ANDREW STEVENSON, of Virginia. NOMINATED For President, Martin Van Buren, of New York. For Vice-President, Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky. Twenty-two states and two territories (Michigan and Arkansas) were represented at this convention, and more than 600 delegates were present, but the vote was restricted in each state to the number of representatives in Congress. Martin Van Buren was nominated for President by a unanimous vote. For Vice-President, the following is the ballot: Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, 178 votes. William C. Rives, of Virginia, 87 66 Johnson having the necessary two-thirds majority, was declared the nominee. No platform was adopted, but the Democrats of New York, in January, 1836, published the following, which was regarded as a party declaration-to wit: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created free and equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that the true foundation of |