Popular and Electoral Vote In Presidential Election of 1872, and State Elections in 1874, 1875, and 1876. Statbs. 1872. Popular Vote. Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia , Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas , Kentucky Louisiana Maine , Maryland Massachusetts Michigan , Minnesota Mississippi..... Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire.. New Jersey New York North Carolina..., Ohio... Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina..,., Tennessee Texas Vermont.. Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 125,069 126,976 47,041 67,000 Charles O'Conor, Straight Democrat, received 29,489 votes; and James Black, Temperance, 5,608. * Owing to the death of Horace Greeley, the vote of no Electoral College was given for him. The Democratic Electa ral vote was for B. Gratz Brown, 18; Thomas A. Hendricks, 42; Charles J. Jenkins, 2; David Davis, 1. f Not counted, 17; of these, three votes cast in Georgia for Horace Greeley were excluded, he having died before the votes were so cast—the House voting to exclude, the Senate to receive. The vote of Arkansas was rejected—the House voting to receive, the Senate to reject. The vote of Louisiana was rejected, both Houses concurring. gTotal counted, 340—necessary to a choice, 175. f There were two counts in Arkansas and Louisiana. The other returns were: in Arkansas, Grant, 90,272; Greeley, 79,444; in Louisiana, Grant, 59,975; Greeley, 66,467. j| In 1874: In Arkansas, the vote given is on Congress. A. H. Garland received 76,871 votes for Governor; there v as no opposition. In Connecticut, Smith, Temperance, received 4,960 votes. In Illinois, the vote given is for State Treasurer, besides which Gore, Independent Reform, received 75,580; and Simpson, Prohibitionist, 516 votes. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, Powell, Republican, received 166,984 votes, and Etter, Opposition, 197,490 votes. In Kansas, Marshall, Independent, received 2,277 votes. In Louisiana, the vote given is that of the Returning Board; the Conservative count is, Moncure, Democratic, 74,670, Dubuclet, Republican, 69,719. In Massachusetts, the vote for Lieutenant Governor was: Knight, Republican, 99,151; Smith, Democratic, 87,138. In Michigan, Carpenter, Prohibition, received 3,937 votes for Governor. In Nebraska, Gardner, Independent, received 3,987, and Church, Temperance, 1,257 votes for Governor. In New York, Clark, Prohibition, received 11,768 votes for Governor, In New Hampshire, Blackmer, Temperance, received 2,100 votes for Governor. In Ohio, Buchtel, Prohibition, received 7,815 votes. In Pennsylvania, Bradford, Temperance, received 4,649 votes. In Oregon, Campbell, Independent, received 6,532 votes. In 1875; Of 30,097 Independent votes in California, Bidwell received 29,732. In Connecticut, 2,932 of the Independent were Prohibition. In Massachusetts, of 11,213 Independent, 9,124 were Prohibition, 1,497 for Chas. F. Adams, Sr., 316 for Wendell Phillips, and 276 scattering. In Minnesota, the 1,600 were Prohibition ; also the 2,591 in Ohio, the 13,244 in Pennsylvania, and most of the 702 in New Hampshire. In Oregon, 345 were Prohibition, and 837 Independent. In Rhode Island, 724 were for Prohibition and Independent Republican, and 4 scattering. Elections of 1876. Elections for State officers were held in the following States, with the annexed results, in March and April, 1876: Connecticut: Governor—Charles R. Ingersoll, Democrat, 51,138; Henry C. Robinson, Republican, 43,510 ; Charles Atwater, "Greenback," 1,970; Henry D. Smith, Prohibition, 1,983; scattering, 19. Ingersoll's majority over all, 3,656. New Hampshire: Governor—Person C. Cheney, Republican, 41,756; Daniel Marcy, Democrat, 38,500; scattering, 439. Cheney's majority over all, 2,817. Rhode Island: Governor—Henry Lippitt, Regular Republican, 8,689; Albert C. Howard, Independent and Temperance, 6,732; William B. Beach, Democrat, 3,599; scattering, 16. There having been no choice by the people, the Legislature, May 30, 1876, chose Henry Lippitt Governor, by a vote of 74 to 23 for Albert C. Howard. A like vote selected the other State officers, except Secretary of State, to which Joshua M. Addeman, Republican, was chosen \r* the people, having received 15,395 votes to 3,684 for John B. Pierce. Orders on Suffrage. 1876, August 15—The following letter has been addressed to General Sherman: Sir: The House of Representatives of the United States, on the 10th inst., passed the following preamble and resolution, viz: [For text of resolution and vote on it, see p. 239.] The President directs that in: accordance with the spirit of the above, you are to hold all the available force under your command, not now engaged in subduing the savages on the Western frontier, in readiness to be used upon the call or requisition of the proper legal authorities for protecting all citizensj without distinction of race, color or political opinion, in the exercise of the right to vote, as guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment, and to assist in the enforcement of "certain, condign and effectual punishment" upon all persons who shall "attempt by force, fraud, terror, intimidation, or otherwise to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage," as provided by the law of the United States, and have such force so distributed and stationed as to be able to render prompt assistance in the enforcement of the law. Such additional orders as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of these instructions will be given to you from time to time, after consultation with the law officers of the Government. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. D. Cameron, Circular of the Attorney-General to U. S. Sir: The laws of the United States having made it my duty to exercise general direction over the marshals as to the manner of discharging their offices, I have prepared for their use this circular letter of instructions as to the coming elections, intending the same also as a reply, once for all, to numerous applications in like connection from private citizens in various States. In the present condion of legislation the United States occupy a position toward voters and voting which varies according as the election is for State and other local officers only, or for members of Congress and Presidential Electors. In elections at which members of the House of Representatives are chosen, which by law include elections at which electors for President and Vice-President are appointed, the United States secure voters against whatever in general hinders or prevents them from a free exercise of the election franchise, extending that care alike to the registration lists, the act of voting, and the personal freedom and security of the voter, as well against violence on account of any vote he may intend to give, as against conspiracy because of any that he may already nave given. The peace of the United States, therefore, which you are to preserve, and whose violation you are to suppress, orotects^ among others, the rights specified in the last paragraph, and any person who by force violates those rights breaks that peace and renders it your duty to arrest him, and to suppress any riots incident thereto, or that threaten the integrity of the registration or election, to the end that the will of the people in such election may be ascertained and take effect, and that offenders may be brought before the courts for punishment. Notorious events in several States, which recently and in an unusual manner have been publicly reprobated, render it a grave duty of all marshals who have cause to apprehend a violation of the peace of the United States, connected as above with the elections to be held upon the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next, to be prepared to preserve and restore such peace. As the chief executive officer of the United States in your district, you will be held responsible for all breaches of peace of the United States which diligence on your part might have prevented, and for the arrest and security of all persons who violate the peace in any of the points above enumerated. Diligence in these matters requires, of course, that you be and continue present in person or by deputy y at all places of registration or election at which you have reason to suspect that the peace is threatened, and that, when ever an embodiment of the posse comiiatus is required to enforce the laws, such embodiment be effected. You will observe that the "special" deputies mentioned in Section 2,021 of the Revised Statutes have peculiar duties assigned to them, duties which otherwise do not belong to deputy marshals. Such "special'* deputies can be appointed only in cities of 20,000 inhabitants or upward. But the duties assigned to marshals and their deputies by Section 2,022, or other like statutes, belong to all duly appointed deputies, whether they be general or be "special" within the meaning of that and the preceding section. Deputies to discharge this latter class of duties may be appointed to any number whatever, according to the discretion of the marshal, in all States in which sheriffs have a similar power. Section 2,030 has no practical bearing upon this point in States where no limit is imposed upon the appointment of deputies by sheriffs, because in such States the laws of the United States "prior to the 10th of June, 1872," left marshals also unlimited as to the number of their deputies. In discharging the duties above mentioned, you will doubtless receive the countenance and support of all good citizens of the United States in your respective districts. It is not necessary to say that it is upon such countenance and support that the United States mainly rely in their endeavor to enforce the right to vote which they have given or have secured. The present instructions are intended only to counteract that partial malice, wrongheadedness, or inconsideration which sometimes triumphs at critical moments over the conservative and in general prevailing forces of society, and to which the present and passing condition of the country gives more than ordinary strength, and therefore requires the Government to particularly observe and provide against. In this connection I advise that you and each of your deputies, general and "special," have a right to summon to your assistance, in preventing and quelling disorder, "every person in the district above fifteen years of age, whatever may be their occupation, whether civilians or not, and including the military of all denominations—militia, soldiers, marinesall of whom are alike bound to obey you. The fact that they are organized as military bodies, whether of State or of the United States, under the immediate command of their own officers,does not in any wise affect their legal character. They are still the posse comitatus." I prefer to quote the above statement of the laws upon this point from an opinion of my predecessor, ex-Attorney-General Cushing, because it thus appears to have been well settled for many years. (6 Opinions, 466, May 27, 1854.) I need hardly add that there can be no State law or State official in this country who has jurisdiction to oppose you in discharging your official duties under laWs of the United States. If such interference shall take place, a thing not anticipated, you are to disregard it entirely. The laws of the United States are supreme, and so, consequently, is the action of officials of the United States in enforcing them. There is, as virtually you have already been told, no officer of a State whom you may not by summons embody into your own posse, and any State posse already embodied by a sheriff will, with such sheriff, beobliged, upon your summons, to become part of the United States posse, and obey you or your deputy acting virtute officio. The responsibility which devolves upon an officer clothed with such powers and required to guard the highest rights of citizens corresponds in degree with those powers and rights, and exacts of such officer consideration, intelligence, and courage. It is proper to advise you that, in preparing this circular, I have considered recent important judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United States upon acts of Congress which regulate this general topic. I have founded the above instructions upon such acts as are affected by such judgments. I need in this place add no more than that these judgments do not concern State elections. You will find appended, in full or by reference, such statutory provisions as it seems important that you and your deputies shall in this connection read and consider. In matters of doubt you are of course entitled to the advice of the United States Attorney for your district. These instructions have been submitted to the President, and have his approval. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Alphonso Taft, Attorney-General. INDEX TO HMD-BOOK OF 1876. Abbott, Josiah G., Representative, 206. *39- Agnew, Chief Justice, on the powers of constitutional Ainsworth, Lucien L., Representative, 139. Alabama, Senators and Representatives from, 1, 138; Alabama Claims, President Grant on, 59; proclamation Albert, William J., Representative, 2. Albright, Charles, Representative, 3. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, bill to create commission Alcorn, James L,, Senator, 1, 138; telegram of W. P. Allison, William B., Senator, 1, 138; motion on im- Amendments, proposed constitutional, U. S., 47-50, 127 Ames, Adelbert, Governor, letter to President Grant, Amnesty, decision of the U. S. Court of Claims on the Amnesty Bill, action on, 133-137. Anderson, William B., Representative, 139. Anthony, Henry B., Senator, 1, 138; resolutions on Apfleton, Chief Justice John, of Maine, on appoint- Appropriations, Lists of, 246. Appropriation Bills, messages on 153, 206, 245. Archer, Stevenson, Representative, 2. Arizona, Delegate, 3, 140. Arkansas, Senators and Representatives, 1, 138; affairs Armstrong, Moses K., Delegate, 3. Army, bill to reduce the, 199. Arthur, William E., Representative, 2. Articles Of Impeachment Of W. W. Belknap, Re- Ashe, Thomas S., Representative, 2, 140. Assessments Prohibited, 186-188,241. Atkins, John D. C, Representative, 3, 140; bill for re- Augur, General C. C, orders of President Grant to, 43. Averill, John T., Representative, 2. Bagby, John C, Representative, 139. Bagley, George A., Representative, 140. Bagley, John H., Jr., Representative, 140. Baker, John H., Representative, 139 ; resolution of, 144. Baker, William H., Representative, 1404 Ballou, Latimer W., Representative, 140. Baltimore And Ohio R. R. Case, opinion of the Su- Bankruptcy Act, bill to repeal, 192. Banks, Nathaniel P., Representative, 139 ; amendment Banning, Henry B., Representative, 2, 140. Barber, J. Allen, Representative, 3. Barnum, William H., Representative, 2, and resigna- Barrere, Granville, Representative, 2. Barry, Henry W., Representative, 2. Bass, Lyman K., Representative, 2, 140; on impeach- Bayard, Thomas F., Senator 1,138; amendment to civil Beck, James B., Representative. 2. Beckwith, J. R., U. S. attorney, correspondence on Beebe, George M., Representative, 140. Begole, Josiah W., Representative, 2. Belknap, William W., orders and correspondence on Bell, Hiram P., Representative, 2. Bell, Samuel N., Representative, 140. Bennett, Thomas W., Delegate, 140; unseated, 240; Berry, John, Representative, 2. Biery, James S., Representative, 3, Black, James, vote for President in 1872, 255. Black, Jeremiah S., counsel for William W. Belknap, Blackburn, Joseph C.S., Representative, 139; resolu- Blaine, James G., Speaker of the House of Representa- Blair, Henry W., Representative, 140. Blair, Montgomery, counsel for William W. Belknap, Bland, Richard P., Representative, 2, 140: silver bill Bliss, Archibald M., Representative, 140. Blount, James H., Representative, 2, 139. Blyew & Kennard, opinion of Mr. Justice Strong, 74- Bogy, Lewis V., Senator, 1, 138; amendment to silver Boone, Andrew R. Representative. 139. Booth, Newton, Senator, 138; declination as "Green- Boreman, Arthur I., Senator, 1. Boutwell, George S., Senator, 1, 138; petition for con- Bo Wen, Rees T., Representative, 3. Bradford, Taul, Representative, 139. Bradley, Mr. Justice, opinion in the Baltimore and Bradley, Nathan B., Representative, 2, 140. Bright, John M., Representative 3, 140. Bristow, Benjamin H., Secretary of the Treasury, cor- Brown, John C, Governor, letter to President Grant, Brown, B. Gratz, electoral vote for President and Vice- Brown, John Young, Representative^ 2, 139; amend- Brown, William R,, Representative, 140. Brownlow, William G., Senator, 1. Bromberg, Frederick G., Representative, 2. Bruce, Branch K., Senator, 138. Buckingham, William A., Senator, death of, note,x. Buckner, Aylett H., Representative, 2, 140. Buffinton, James, Representative; death of, note, *39- Bundy, Hezekiah S., Representative, 2. Burchard, Horatio C, Representative, 2, 139. Burchard, Samuel D., Representative, 140. Burleigh, John H., Representative, 2, 139. Burnside, Ambrose E., Senator, 138. Burrows, Julius C., Representative, 2. Buskirk, Chief Justice, opinion on school legislation Butler, Benjamin F., Representative, 2; motions on Butler, Roderick R., Representative, 3. Cabananiss, E. W., correspondence on Mississippi af- Cabell, George C, Representative, 140. Cadwalader, Judge John, instructions to jury in the Cain, Richard H., Representative, 3. Caldwell, John H., Representative, 2, 139. Caldwell, William P., Representative, 140; resolu- California, Senators and Representatives, 1, 138; on Cameron, Angus, Senator, 138. Cameron, J. Donald, Secretary of War, 137; letter, 256. Cameron, Simon, Senator, 1.138; rescinding by House Campbell, Alexander, Representative, 139. Candler, Milton A., Representative, 139. Cannon, Joseph G., Representative, 2,139; on amend- Cannon, George Q., Delegate, 3,140. Caperton, Allen T., Senator, 138; death of, 138. Carpenter, L. Cass, Representative, 3. • Carpenter, Matthew H., Senator, 1,138; counsel for Cary, Samuel F., "Greenback" candidate for Vice- Cason, Thomas J., Representative, 2, 141; resolution Caswell, Lugien B., Representative, 140. Gate, George W., Representative, 140. (..aulfield, Bernard G., Representative, 2,139; bill to Centennial Celebration, message on, 148; votes on Cessna, John, Representative^; substitute for civil Chaffee, Jerome B., Delegate, 3. Chamberlain, Daniel H., Governor of South Carolina, Chandler, Zachariah, Senator, 1; Secretary of the Chapin, Chester W., Representative, 139. Chinese Immigration,President Granton, 52; Supreme Chipman, Norton P., Delegate, 3. Chittenden, Simeon B., Representative, 2,140. Christiancy, Isaac P., Senator, 138; amendment to Church Property, President Grant on taxation of, 56. Citizens, bill to aid in defence of rights of, 183. Citizenship, President Grant on, 59,60. Civil List Expenditures, 238, 252. Civil Rights Act Op April 9, 1866, opinion of the Su- Civil Rights Act, Supplementary, proceedings and Civil Service, President Grant's order extending, 66; Civil Service, Constitutional Amendments, 129,131. Clark, Amos, Jr., Representative, 2. Clark, John B., Representative, 3,140. Clarke, Freeman, Representative, 2. Clarke, John B., Jr..Representative, 140. Clayton, Charles, Representative, 2. Clayton, Powell, Senator, 1,138; motions on civil ap- Clements, Isaac, Representative, 2. Clymer, Hiester, Representative, 3, 140; report on Cobb, Clinton, L., Representative, 2. Cobb, Stephen A., Representative, 2. Coburn, John, Representative, 2; motion on bill to pro- Cochrane, Alexander G., Representative, 140. Cockrell, Francis M., Senator, 138; motion on im- Coin In The Treasury, Amount Of, 208. Coinage Legislation, 242-245. Collins, Francis D., Representative, 140. Colorado, Delegate, 3, 140; bill for admission of, 46; Colored Regiments, provision to abolish, 200. Comingo, Abram, Representative, 2. Conger, Omar D., Representative, 2, 140. Congress, law governing elections of members of, 205. Congress, Forty-third, members of, 1-3; Forty-fourth, Conkling, Roscoe, Senator, 1,138; motion on impeach- Connecticut, Senators and Representatives, 1, 138; Conover, Simon B., Senator, T, 138. Constitutional Amendments, proposed, 47-50, 240; Cook, Philip, Representative, 2,139; constitutional Cook, Rev. Fields, civil rights case of, 12-13. Cooper, Henry, Senator, 1,138; amendment to electoral Cooper, Peter, "Greenback'7 nominee for President; Corwin, Franklin, Representative, 2. Cotton, Aylett R.,Representative, 2. Courts, State, decisions of, 88-94. Cowan, Jacob P., Representative, 139. Cox, Samuel S., Representative, 2, 140; resolution of, Cragin, Aaron A. Senator, 1, 138. Crapo, William W., Representative, 139. Creamer, Thomas J., Representative, 2, Crittenden, Thomas T., Representative, 2. Crocker, Alvah, Representative, death of, note, 2. Crooke, Philip S., Representative, 2. Crossland, Edward, Representative, 2. Crounse, Lorenzo, Representative, 2, 140. Cruikshank, Irwin & Hadnot, opinion of Chief Jus- Crutchfield, William, Representative, 3. Cuban Affairs, President Grant on, 52, 56, 59. Culberson, David B., Representative, 140. Currency, Amount Out And Retired, 208, 251. Curtis, Carlton B., Representative, 3. Customs, receipts from, 238, 252; losses in, 249. Cutler, Augustus W., Representative, 140. Dakota, Delegate from, 3,140. Danford, Lorenzo, Representative, 2, 140; on im- Darrall, Chester B., Representative, 2, 139. Davis, Jefferson, proposed exclusion from amnesty, Davis, Edmund J., Governor, telegram of President Davis, Henry G., Senator, 138; amendment to Louisi- Davis, John J., Representative, 3. Davis, Joseph J., Representative, 140. Davis, Mr. Justice, opinion in the Union Pacific R. R. Davy, John M., Representative, 140. Dawes, Henry L., Representative, 2; Senator, 138. Debolt, Rezin A., Representative, 140. Debt, amount of public, 208, 252; reduction of, 238. Declaratory Resolutions, 140-146. Delano, Columbus, Secretary of the Interior, resigna. Delaware, Senators and Representatives, 1,138. Democratic Caucus, bill on money question, 179. Democratic National Convention, proceedings of, Denison, Dudley C, Representative, 140. Dennis, George R., Senator, 1,138. De Witt, David M., Representative, 2. Dibble, Henry C, in Louisiana affairs, 23. Dibrell, George G., Representative, 140. Diplomatic Bill, President's Message on, 245. Direct Taxes, constitutional amendment on, 129; re- Disbursements, table of losses in, 249. District Of Columbia, delegate from, 3. Dobbins, Samuel A., Representative, 2, 140. Donnan, William G., Representative, 2. Dorsey, Stephen W., Senator, 1,138. Douglas, Beverly B., Representative, 140. Duell, R. Holland, Representative, 2. Dunnell, Mark H., Representative, 2, 140. Durand, George H., Representative, 140. Durham, Milton J., Representative, 2, 139. Eames, Benjamin T., Representative, 3, 140. Eaton, William W., Senator, 1, 138. Eden, John R., Representative, 2, 1^9. Edmunds, George F„ Senator, 1, 138; constitutional Egbert, Albert G., Representative, 140. Eldredge, Charles A., Representative, 3 ; motion on Election Funds, to prevent contributions to, 185,188,241. Elections, to abolish supervisors of, 185; in States, 237. Electoral Vote, bill to provide for counting, 195; list Electors, Bill To Protect, copy of, 13-15; proceedings Elkins, Stephen B., Delegate, 3, 140. Elliott, Robert B., Representative, resignation of, Ellis, E. John, Representative, 139. Ely, Smith, Jr., Representative, 140. Emmons, Judge Halmer H., charge on civil rights act, Emory, Colonel W. H., telegrams on Louisiana affairs, Enforcement Act Of 1870, the Kentucky case, 66-69; on, 152. note, 139. Florida, Senators and Representatives, 1, 138; consti- on appointments, 141, 142. 125. George, J. Z., correspondence on Mississippi affairs, 40. constitutional convention, 99. 205; amendment to election funds bill, 186, 241. 74- Grant, Ulysses S., President, Cabinet of, 137. Grant Ulysses S., action in affairs of Arkansas, Louis- Great Britain, treaty with, message on, 152. Greeley, Horace, vote for President, 255. "greenbacks," Mr. Cason's resolution on, 177. Gunckel, Lewis B., Representative, 2. Gunter, Thomas M., Representative, 2, 139. Hagans, J. Marshall, Representative, 3. Hager, John S., Senator, 1. Hailey, John, Delegate, 3. Hale, Eugene, Representative, 2, 139; resolutions on specie payments, 142,178. resumption bill, 126. 40,41. reported by, 210. for resumption day repealing bill, 234. to bill to protect electors, 17. on coinage act, 244. bill, 192. |