DATES OF NEXT ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AND STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

Offices to be Filled at the Election to be Held November 6, 1900.

Presidential Electors.

Auditor General.

Two Congressmen-at-Large.

Congressmen from the several districts.

Senators from uneven numbered districts.
Members of the House of Representatives.

Various county officers.

Offices to be Filled November 5, 1901, and November 4, 1902.

State Treasurer, November 5, 1901.

One Judge of the Supreme Court, November 5, 1901 (to succeed Henry Green.)

Governor, November 4, 1902.

Lieutenant-Governor, November 4, 1902.

Secretary of Internal Affairs, November 4, 1902.

ELECTION STATISTICS.

State and Congressional Elections-Dates of, in the Several

By act of Congress, March 1, 1792, amended January 23, 1845, a uniform day of election for electors of President and Vice President, is fixed for all the states-being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, every fourth year after a President has been elected. The next election for President occurs Tuesday, November 6, 1900.

By act of March 3, 1875, elections of Representatives in Congress are required to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, every second year, in 1876 and following years. Subsequent special acts enable states whose constitutions fix a different date to elect earlier, until they amend their constitutions.

*In 1872 there was a scattering vote of 35,016, of which 29,408 were cast for Charles O'Connor, "Democrat," and 5,608 for James Black, "Temperance.'

7.746

Popular Vote for President-1876 and 1880.

1876.

1880.

601

Whole vote,

$8,465,627

§9, 199, 446

The vote in Florida, as officially announced by the returning board, is given in the table. The Democrats claimed a majority for the Tilden electors in that state on the face of the returns.

†The vote in Louisiana is given as announced by the Wells returning board, and as it was accepted by the Electoral Commission. The McEnery returning board, after a canvass of the returns from all the counties of the state, gave Tilden 83,723; Hayes, 77.174.

In 1876 there was a scattering vote of 93.898; of which 81,740 were cast for Peter Cooper, "Greenback;" 9,522 for Green Clay Smith, "Prohibition," and 2,636 for other

persons.

$In 1880 there was a scattering vote of 13,565, of which 10,305 were cast for Neal Dow. "Prohibition;" 707 for John W. Phelps, "American," and 989 for other persons.