A History of Political Parties in the United States: Being an Account of the Political Parties Since the Foundation of the Government; Together with a Consideration of the Conditions Attending Their Formation and Development; and with a Reprint of the Several Party PlatformsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 - 477 pages |
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... ballot . Neither would yield , and hence the vote of the State was lost . Washington was elected President by a unanimous . vote , and John Adams was associated with him as Vice- President . ' In the first Congress there were twenty ...
... ballot . Neither would yield , and hence the vote of the State was lost . Washington was elected President by a unanimous . vote , and John Adams was associated with him as Vice- President . ' In the first Congress there were twenty ...
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... ballots had been taken that Jefferson was declared elected . Under the Constitution , when an election is thrown into the House of Representatives by reason of the fail . ure of any candidate to receive a majority of the electoral votes ...
... ballots had been taken that Jefferson was declared elected . Under the Constitution , when an election is thrown into the House of Representatives by reason of the fail . ure of any candidate to receive a majority of the electoral votes ...
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... ballot was taken ) , and his colleague on the ticket , Daniel D. Tomp . kins , all but fourteen . This was the high - water mark of the Democratic - Republican party , and the entire elimina- tion of the Federalists as an organized body ...
... ballot was taken ) , and his colleague on the ticket , Daniel D. Tomp . kins , all but fourteen . This was the high - water mark of the Democratic - Republican party , and the entire elimina- tion of the Federalists as an organized body ...
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... ballot was secret , and it was not known how the various States voted . ' Adams had had an extensive and varied experience in public affairs . From 1794 to 1801 he was Minister to the Netherlands and to Prussia under the Federalist ad ...
... ballot was secret , and it was not known how the various States voted . ' Adams had had an extensive and varied experience in public affairs . From 1794 to 1801 he was Minister to the Netherlands and to Prussia under the Federalist ad ...
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... ballot Van Buren had 143 votes , Cass 83 , Johnson 84 , Buchanan 4. On the seventh ballot Cass had 123 , Van Buren 99 , Buchanan 22 , Johnson 21. On the next ballot commenced the stampede . Cass had 114 , Van Buren 104 ; Buchanan and ...
... ballot Van Buren had 143 votes , Cass 83 , Johnson 84 , Buchanan 4. On the seventh ballot Cass had 123 , Van Buren 99 , Buchanan 22 , Johnson 21. On the next ballot commenced the stampede . Cass had 114 , Van Buren 104 ; Buchanan and ...
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