Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, September 26th, 1789; Edmund Randolph, Virginia, January 2d, 1794; Timothy Pickering, Pennsylvania, December 10th, 1795. Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, New York, September 11th, 1789; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut February 2d, 1795. Secretary of War, Henry Knox, Massachusetts, September 12th, 1789; Timothy Pickering, Pennsylvania, January 2d, 1795; James McHenry, Maryland, January 27th, 1796. Attorney-General, Edmund Randolph, Virginia, September 26th, 1789; William Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 27th, 1794; Charles Lee, Virginia, December 10th, 1795. Postmaster-General,[113] Samuel Osgood, Massachusetts, September 26th, 1789; Timothy Pickering, Pennsylvania, August 12th, 1791; Joseph Habersham, Georgia, February 25th, 1795.
Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, continued; John Marshall, Virginia, May 13th, 1800. Secretary of Treasury, Oliver Wolcott, continued; Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts, January 1st, 1801. Secretary of War, James McHenry, continued; Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts, May 13th, 1800; Roger Griswold, Connecticut, February 3d, 1801. Secretary of Navy,[114] George Cabot, Massachusetts, May 3d, 1798; Benjamin Stoddert, Maryland, May 21st, 1798. Attorney-General, Charles Lee, continued; Theophilus Parsons, Massachusetts, February 20th, 1801. Postmaster-General, Joseph Habersham, continued.
Secretary of State, James Madison, Virginia, March 5th, 1801. Secretary of Treasury, Samuel Dexter, continued; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania, May 14th, 1801. Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1801. Secretary of Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, continued; Robert Smith, Maryland, July 15th, 1801; Jacob Crowninshield, Massachusetts, May, 3d, 1805. Attorney-General, Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1801; Robert Smith, Maryland, March 3d, 1805; John Breckinridge, Kentucky, August 7th, 1805; Cæsar A. Rodney, Pennsylvania, January 20th, 1807. Postmaster-General, Joseph Habersham, continued; Gideon Granger, Connecticut, November 28th, 1801.
Secretary of State, Robert Smith, Maryland, March 6th, 1809; James Monroe, Virginia, April 2d, 1811. Secretary of Treasury, Albert Gallatin, continued; George W. Campbell, Tennessee, February 9th, 1814; A. J. Dallas, Pennsylvania, October 6th, 1814; William H. Crawford, Georgia, October 22d, 1816. Secretary of War, William Eustis, Massachusetts, March 7th, 1809; John Armstrong, New York, January 13th, 1813; James Monroe, Virginia, September 27th, 1814; William H. Crawford, Georgia, August 1st, 1815. Secretary of Navy, Paul Hamilton, South Carolina, March 7th. 1809; William Jones, Pennsylvania, January 12th, 1813; B. W. Crowninshield, Massachusetts, December 19th, 1814. Attorney-General, C. A. Rodney, continued; William Pinckney, Maryland, December 11th, 1811; Richard Rush, Pennsylvania, February 10th, 1814. Postmaster-General, Gideon Granger, continued; Return J. Meigs, Ohio, March 17th, 1814.
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1817. Secretary of Treasury, William H. Crawford, continued. Secretary of War, George Graham, Virginia, April 7th, 1817; John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, October 8th, 1817. Secretary of Navy, B. W. Crowninshield, continued; Smith Thompson, New York, November 9th, 1818; John Rogers, Massachusetts, September 1st, 1823; Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey, September 16th, 1823. Attorney-General, Richard Rush, continued; William Wirt, Virginia, November 13th, 1817. Postmaster-General, R. J. Meigs, continued; John McLean, Ohio, June 26th, 1823.
Secretary of State, Henry Clay, Kentucky, March 7th, 1825. Secretary of Treasury, Richard Rush, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1825. Secretary of War, James Barbour, Virginia, March 7th, 1825; Peter B. Porter, New York, May 26th 1828. Secretary of Navy, S. L. Southard, continued. Attorney-General, William Wirt, continued. Postmaster-General, John McLean, continued.
Secretary of State, Martin Van Buren, New York, March 6th, 1829; Edward Livingston, Louisiana, May 24th, 1831; Louis McLane, Delaware, May 29th, 1833; John Forsyth, Georgia, June 27th, 1834. Secretary of Treasury, Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1829; Louis McLane, Delaware, August 8th, 1831; William J. Duane, Pennsylvania, May 29th, 1833; Roger B. Taney, Maryland, September 23d, 1833; Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire, June 27th, 1834. Secretary of War, John H. Eaton, Tennessee, March 9th, 1829; Lewis Cass, Michigan, August 1st, 1831; Benjamin F. Butler, New York, March 3d, 1837. Secretary of Navy, John Branch, North Carolina, March 9th, 1829; Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire, May 23d, 1831; Mahlon Dickerson, New Jersey, June 30th, 1834. Attorney-General, John M. Berrien, Georgia, March 9th, 1829; Roger B. Taney, Maryland, July 20th, 1831; Benjamin F. Butler, New York, November 15th, 1833. Postmaster-General, William T. Barry, Kentucky, March 9th, 1829; Amos Kendall, Kentucky, May 1st, 1835.
Secretary of State, John Forsyth, continued. Secretary of Treasury, Levi Woodbury, continued. Secretary of War, Joel R. Poinsett, South Carolina, March 7th, 1837. Secretary of Navy, Mahlon Dickerson, continued; James K. Paulding, New York, June 25th, 1838. Attorney-General, Benjamin F. Butler; Felix Grundy, Tennessee, July 5th, 1838; Henry D. Gilpin, Pennsylvania, January 11th, 1810. Postmaster-General, Amos Kendall, continued; John M. Niles, Connecticut, May 19th, 1840.
Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1841; Hugh S. Legare, South Carolina, May 9th, 1843; A. P. Upshur, Virginia, July 24th, 1843; John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, March 6th, 1844. Secretary of Treasury, Thomas Ewing, Ohio, March 5th, 1841; Walter Forward, Pennsylvania, September 13th, 1841; John C. Spencer, New York, March 3d, 1843; George M. Bibb, Kentucky, June 15th, 1844. Secretary of War, John Bell, Tennessee, March 5th, 1841; John McLean, Ohio, September 13th, 1841; John C. Spencer, New York, October 12th, 1841; James M. Porter, Pennsylvania, March 8th, 1843; William Wilkins, Pennsylvania, February 15th, 1844. Secretary of Navy, G. E. Badger, North Carolina, March 5th, 1841; A. P. Upshur, Virginia, September 13th, 1841; David Henshaw, Massachusetts, July 24th, 1843; T. W. Gilmer, Virginia, February 15th, 1844; John Y. Mason, Virginia, March 14th, 1844. Attorney-General, John J. Crittenden, Kentucky, March 5th, 1841; Hugh S. Legare, South Carolina, September 13th, 1841; John Nelson, Maryland, July 1st, 1843. Postmaster-General, Francis Granger, Now York, March 6th, 1841; Charles A. Wickliffe, Kentucky, September 13th, 1841.
Secretary of State, James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of Treasury, Robert J. Walker, Mississippi, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of War, William L. Marcy, New York, March 6th, 1845. Secretary of Navy, George Bancroft, Massachusetts, March 10th, 1845; John Y. Mason, September 9th, 1846. Attorney-General, John Y. Mason, Virginia, March 5th, 1845; Nathan Clifford, Maine, October 17th, 1846. Postmaster-General, Cave Johnson, Tennessee, March 6th, 1845.
Secretary of State, John M. Clayton, Delaware, March 7th, 1840; Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, July 22d, 1850; Edward Everett, Massachusetts, December 6th, 1852. Secretary of Treasury, W. M. Meredith, Pennsylvania, March 8th, 1849; Thomas Corwin, Ohio, July 23d, 1850. Secretary of War, George W. Crawford, Georgia, March 8th, 1849; Winfield Scott (ad interim), July 23d, 1850; Charles M. Conrad, Louisiana, August 15th, 1850. Secretary of Navy, William B. Preston, Virginia, March 8th, 1849; William A. Graham, North Carolina, July 22d, 1850; J. P. Kennedy, Maryland, July 22d, 1852. Secretary of Interior, Thomas H. Ewing, Ohio, March 8th, 1849; A. H. H. Stuart, Virginia, September 12th, 1850. Attorney-General, Reverdy Johnson, Maryland, March 8th, 1849; John J. Crittenden, Kentucky, July 22d, 1850. Postmaster-General, Jacob Collamer, Vermont, March 8th, 1849; Nathan K. Hall, New York, July 23d, 1850; S. D. Hubbard, Connecticut, August 31st, 1852.
Secretary of State, William L. Marcy, New York, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Treasury, James Guthrie, Kentucky, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Navy, James C. Dobbin, North Carolina, March 7th, 1853. Secretary of Interior, Robert McClelland, Michigan, March 7th, 1853; Jacob Thompson, Mississippi, March 6th, 1856. Attorney-General, Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts, March 7th, 1853. Postmaster-General, James Campbell, Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1853.
Secretary of State, Lewis Cass, Michigan, March 6th, 1857; J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1860. Secretary of Treasury, Howell Cobb, Georgia, March 6th, 1857; Philip F. Thomas, Maryland, December 12th, 1860; John A. Dix, New York, January 11th, 1861. Secretary of War, John B. Floyd, Virginia, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, January 18th, 1861. Secretary of Navy, Isaac Toucey, Connecticut, March 6th, 1857. Secretary of Interior, Jacob Thompson, continued. Attorney-General, J. S. Black, Pennsylvania, March 6th, 1857; E. M. Stanton, Pennsylvania, December 20th, 1860. Postmaster-General, Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee, March 6th, 1857; Joseph Holt, Kentucky, March 14th, 1859; Horatio King, Maine, February 12th, 1861.
Secretary of State, William H. Seward, New York, March 5th, 1861. Secretary of Treasury, S. P. Chase, Ohio, March 5th, 1861; W. P. Fessenden, Maine, July 1st, 1864; Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, March 7th, 1865. Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1861; Edwin M. Stanton, Pennsylvania, January 15th, 1862; U. S. Grant (ad interim), August 12th, 1867; Edwin M. Stanton (reinstated), January 14th, 1868; J. M. Schofield, Illinois, May 28th, 1868. Secretary of Navy, Gideon Welles, Connecticut, March 5th, 1861. Secretary of Interior, Caleb P. Smith, March 5th, 1861; John P. Usher, Indiana, January 8th, 1863; James Harlan, Iowa, May 15th, 1865; O. H. Browning, Illinois, July 27th, 1866. Attorney-General, Edward Bates, Missouri, March 5th, 1861; Titian J. Coffee, June 22d, 1863; James Speed, Kentucky, December 2d, 1864; Henry Stanbery, Ohio, July 23d, 1866; William M. Evarts, New York, July 15th, 1868. Postmaster-General, Montgomery Blair, Maryland, March 5th, 1861; William Dennison, Ohio, September 24th, 1864; Alexander W. Randall, Wisconsin, July 25th, 1866.
Secretary of State, E. B. Washburne, Illinois, March 5th, 1869; Hamilton Fish, New York, March 11th, 1869. Secretary of Treasury, George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts, March 11th, 1869; William A. Richardson, Massachusetts, March 17th, 1873; Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky, June 2d, 1874; Lot M. Morrill, Maine, June 21st, 1876. Secretary of War, John A. Rawlins, Illinois, March 11th, 1869; William T. Sherman, Ohio, September 9th, 1869; William W. Belknap, Iowa, October 25th, 1869; Alphonso Taft, Ohio, March 8th, 1876; J. D. Cameron, Pennsylvania, May 22d, 1876. Secretary of Navy, Adolph E. Borie, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1869; George M. Robeson, New Jersey, June 25th, 1869. Secretary of Interior, Jacob D. Cox, Ohio, March 5th, 1869; Columbus Delano, Ohio, November 1st, 1870; Zachariah Chandler, Michigan, October 19th, 1875. Attorney-General, E. R. Hoar, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1869; Amos T. Akerman, Georgia, June 23d, 1870; George H. Williams, Oregon, December 14th, 1871; Edwards Pierrepont, New York, April 26th, 1875; Alphonso Taft, Ohio, May 22d, 1876. Postmaster-General, J. A. J. Creswell, Maryland, March 5th, 1869; Marshall Jewell, Connecticut, August 24th, 1874; James M. Tyner, Indiana, July 12th, 1876.
Secretary of State, William M. Evarts, New York, March 12th, 1877. Secretary of Treasury, John Sherman, Ohio, March 8th, 1877. Secretary of War, George W. McCrary, Iowa, March 12th, 1877; Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota, December 12th, 1879. Secretary of Navy, Richard W. Thompson, Indiana, March 12th, 1877; Nathan Goff, Jr., West Virginia, January 6th, 1881. Secretary of Interior, Carl Schurz, Missouri, March 12th, 1877. Attorney-General, Charles Devens, Massachusetts, March 12th, 1877. Postmaster-General, David M. Key, Tennessee, March 12th, 1877; Horace Maynard, Tennessee, August 25th, 1880.
Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, Maine, March 5th, 1881; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, December 12th, 1881. Secretary of Treasury, William H. Windom, Minnesota, March 5th, 1881; Charles J. Folger, New York, October 27th, 1881; Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana, September 24th, 1884; Hugh McCulloch, Indiana, October 28th, 1884. Secretary of War, Robert T. Lincoln, Illinois, March 5th, 1881. Secretary of Navy, W. H. Hunt, Louisiana, March 5th, 1881; William E. Chandler, New Hampshire, April 1st, 1882. Secretary of Interior, S. J. Kirkwood, Iowa, March 5th, 1881; Henry M. Teller, Colorado, Attorney-General, Wayne McVeagh, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1881; Benjamin H. Brewster, Pennsylvania, December 16th, 1881. Postmaster-General, Thomas L. James, New York, March 5th, 1881; Timothy O. Howe, Wisconsin, December 20th, 1881; Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana, April 3d, 1883; Frank Hatton, Wisconsin, October 14th, 1884.
Secretary of State, James A. Bayard, Delaware, March 5th, 1885. Secretary of Treasury, Daniel J. Manning, New York, March 5th, 1885. Secretary of War, W. C. Endicott, Massachusetts, March 5th, 1885. Secretary of Navy, William C. Whitney, New York, March 5th, 1885. Postmaster-General, William H. Vilas, Wisconsin, March 5th, 1885. Secretary of Interior, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Mississippi, March 5th, 1885. Attorney-General, Augustus H. Garland, Arkansas, March 5th, 1885.
Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, Maine, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Treasury, William Windom, Minnesota, March 5th, 1889.[115] Secretary of War, Redfield Proctor, Vermont, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Navy, Benjamin Tracy, New York, March 5th, 1889. Postmaster-General, John Wanamaker, Pennsylvania, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Interior, John W. Noble, Missouri, March 5th, 1889. Attorney-General, W. H. H. Miller, Indiana, March 5th, 1889. Secretary of Agriculture, Jeremiah Rusk, Wisconsin, March 5th, 1889.
The following list of members of the Continental Congress, who signed the Declaration of Independence (although the names are included in the general list of that Congress, from 1774 to 1778), is given separately for the purpose of showing the places and dates of their birth, and the times of their respective deaths, for convenient reference:
| Names of the Signers. | Born at | Delegated From | Died. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, John | Braintree, Mass., 19 Oct. 1735 | Massachusetts | 4 July, 1826. |
| Adams, Samuel | Boston, Mass., 27 Sept. 1722 | Massachusetts | 2 Oct. 1803. |
| Bartlett, Josiah | Amesbury, Mass., in Nov. 1729 | New Hampshire | 19 May 1795. |
| Braxton, Carter. | Newington, Va., 10 Sept. 1736 | Virginia | 10 Oct. 1797. |
| Carroll, Chas of Carrollton | Annapolis, Md., 20 Sept. 1737 | Maryland | 14 Nov. 1832. |
| Chase, Samuel | Somerset Co., Md., 17 Apr. 1741 | Maryland | 19 June, 1811. |
| Clark, Abraham | Elizabethtown, N. J., 15 Feb. 1726 | New Jersey | — Sept. 1794. |
| Clymer, George | Philadelphia, Pa., in 1739 | Pennsylvania | 23 Jan. 1813. |
| Ellery, William | Newport, R. I., 22 Dec. 1727 | R. I. & Prov. Pl. | 15 Feb., 1820. |
| Floyd, William | Suffolk Co., N. Y., 17 Dec. 1734 | New York | 4 Aug., 1821. |
| Franklin, Benjamin | Boston, Mass., 17 Jan. 1706 | Pennsylvania | 17 Apr. 1790. |
| Gerry, Elbridge | Marblehead, Mass., 1 July 1744 | Massachusetts | 23 Nov. 1814. |
| Gwinnet, Button | England, in 1732 | Georgia | 27 May, 1777. |
| Hall, Lyman | Connecticut, in 1731 | Georgia | — Feb. 1790. |
| Hancock, John | Braintree, Mass., in 1737 | Massachusetts | 8 Oct. 1793. |
| Harrison, Benjamin | Berkley, Va., —— —— | Virginia | — Apr. 1791. |
| Hart, John | Hopewell, N. J., in 1715 | New Jersey | 1880. |
| Heyward, Thomas, Jr. | St. Luke’s, S. C., in 1746 | S. Carolina | — Mar. 1809. |
| Hewes, Joseph | Kingston, N. J., in 1730 | N. Carolina | 10 Oct. 1779. |
| Hooper, William | Boston, Mass., 17 June, 1742 | N. Carolina | — Oct. 1790. |
| Hopkins, Stephen | Scituate, Mass., 7 Mar., 1707 | R. I. & Prov. Pl. | 13 July, 1785. |
| Huntington, Samuel | Windham, Conn., 3 July 1732 | Connecticut | 5 Jan. 1796. |
| Hopkinson, Francis | Philadelphia, Pa., in 1737 | New Jersey | 9 May, 1790. |
| Jefferson, Thomas | Shadwell, Va., 13 Apr. 1734 | Virginia | 4 July, 1826. |
| Lee, Richard Henry | Stratford, Va., 20 Jan. 1732 | Virginia | 19 June, 1794. |
| Lee, Francis Lightfoot | Stratford, Va., 14 Oct. 1734 | Virginia | — Apr. 1797. |
| Lewis, Francis F | Landaff, Wales, in Mar. 1713 | New York | 30 Dec. 1803. |
| Livingston, Philip | Albany, N. Y., 15 Jan. 1716 | New York | 12 June, 1778. |
| Lynch, Thomas, Jr | St. George’s, S. C., 5 Aug. 1749 | S. Carolina | Lost at sea, 1779. |
| McKean, Thomas | Chester Co., Pa., 19 Mar. 1734 | Delaware | 24 June, 1817. |
| Middleton, Arthur | Middleton Place, S. C., in 1743 | S. Carolina | 1 Jan. 1787. |
| Morris, Lewis | Morrissianna, N. Y., in 1726 | New York | 22 Jan. 1798. |
| Morris, Robert | Lancashire, Eng., Jan. 1733–4 | Pennsylvania | 8 May, 1806. |
| Morton, John | Ridley, Pa., in 1724 | Pennsylvania | — Apr. 1777. |
| Nelson, Thomas, Jr | York, Va., 26 Dec. 1738 | Virginia | 4 Jan. 1789. |
| Paca, Wm. | Wye-Hill, Md., 31 Oct. 1740 | Maryland | — ——, 1799. |
| Paine, Robert Treat | Boston, Mass., in 1731 | Massachusetts | 11 May, 1804. |
| Penn, John | Caroline Co., Va., 17 May 1741 | N. Carolina | 26 Oct. 1809. |
| Read, George | Cecil Co., Md., in 1734 | Delaware | — ——, 1798. |
| Rodney, Cæsar | Dover, Del., in 1730 | Delaware | — ——, 1783. |
| Ross, George | New Castle, Del., in 1730 | Pennsylvania | — July, 1779. |
| Rush, Benjamin, M. D. | Byberry, Pa., 24 Dec. 1745 | Pennsylvania | 19 Apr. 1813. |
| Rutledge, Edward | Charleston, S. C., in Nov. 1749 | S. Carolina | 23 Jan. 1800. |
| Sherman, Roger | Newton, Mass., 19 Apr. 1721 | Connecticut | 23 July, 1793. |
| Smith, James | ——, Ireland, —— —— | Pennsylvania | 11 July, 1806. |
| Stockton, Richard | Princeton, N. J., 1 Oct. 1730 | New Jersey | 28 Feb. 1781. |
| Stone, Thomas | Charles Co., Md., in 1742 | Maryland | 5 Oct. 1787. |
| Taylor, George | ——, Ireland, in 1716 | Pennsylvania | 23 Feb. 1781. |
| Thornton, Matthew | ——, Ireland, in 1714 | New Hampshire | 24 June, 1803. |
| Walton, George | Frederick Co., Va., in 1740 | Georgia | 2 Feb. 1804. |
| Whipple, Wm. | Kittery, Maine, in 1730 | New Hampshire | 28 Nov. 1785. |
| Williams, Wm | Lebanon, Conn., 8 Apr. 1731 | Connecticut | 2 Aug. 1811. |
| Wilson, James | Scotland, about 1742 | Pennsylvania | 28 Aug. 1798. |
| Witherspoon, John | Yester, Scotland, 5 Feb. 1722 | New Jersey | 15 Nov. 1794. |
| Wolcott, Oliver | Windsor, Conn., 26 Nov. 1726 | Connecticut | 1 Dec. 1797. |
| Wythe, George | Elizabeth City Co., Va., in 1726 | Virginia | 8 June, 1806. |
Table showing the Debts of the several States before the war (1860–61).
| STATES. | In 1860–61. |
|---|---|
| Maine | $699,500 |
| New Hampshire | 31,669 |
| Vermont | none. |
| Massachusetts | 7,132,627 |
| Rhode Island | none. |
| Connecticut | none. |
| New York | 34,182,976 |
| New Jersey | 104,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 37,964,602 |
| Delaware | none. |
| Maryland | |
| Ohio | 14,250,173 |
| Indiana | 7,770,233 |
| Michigan | 2,388,843 |
| Illinois | 10,277,161 |
| Wisconsin | 100,000 |
| Minnesota | 250,000 |
| Iowa | 200,000 |
| Missouri | 24,734,000 |
| Kansas | 150,000 |
| Kentucky | 4,729,234 |
| California | |
| Oregon | 55,372 |
| Virginia | 33,248,141 |
| North Carolina | 9,129,505 |
| South Carolina | 3,691,574 |
| Georgia | 2,670,750 |
| Florida | 383,000 |
| Alabama | 5,048,000 |
| Mississippi | none. |
| Louisiana | 10,023,903 |
| Texas | |
| Arkansas | 3,092,622 |
| Tennessee | 16,643,666 |
The following is a list of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States, as well as those who were candidates for each office, since the organization of the Government: (vide pp. 21–25, 62.)
1789—George Washington[116] and John Adams, two terms, no opposition.
1797—John Adams, opposed by Thomas Jefferson[116] who, having the next highest electoral vote, became Vice-President.
1801—Thomas Jefferson[116] and Aaron Burr; beating John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney.[116]
1805—Thomas Jefferson[116] and George Clinton; beating Charles C. Pinckney[116] and Rufus King.
1809—James Madison[116] and George Clinton; beating Charles C. Pinckney.[116]
1813—James Madison[116] and Eldridge Gerry; beating De Witt Clinton.
1817—James Monroe[116] and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating Rufus King.
1821—James Monroe[116] and Daniel D. Tompkins; beating John Quincy Adams.
1825—John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun;[116] beating Andrew Jackson,[116] Henry Clay,[116] and William H. Crawford;[116] there being four candidates for President, and Albert Gallatin for Vice-President.
1829—Andrew Jackson[116] and John C. Calhoun[116]; beating John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush.
1833—Andrew Jackson[116] and Martin Van Buren; beating Henry Clay,[116] John Floyd,[116] and William Wirt for President; and William Wilkins, John Sergeant, and Henry Lee[116] for Vice-President.
1837—Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson[116]; beating William H. Harrison, Hugh L. White, and Daniel Webster for President, and John Tyler[116] for Vice-President.
1841—William H. Harrison and John Tyler[116]; beating Martin Van Buren and Littleton W. Tazewell.[116] Harrison died one month after his inauguration, and John Tyler[116] became President for the rest of the term.
1845—James K. Polk[116] and George M. Dallas; beating Henry Clay[116] and Theodore Frelinghuysen.
1849—Zachary Taylor[116] and Millard Fillmore; beating Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren for President, and William O. Butler[116] and C. F. Adams, for Vice-President.
1853—Franklin Pierce and William R. King[116]; beating Winfield Scott and William A. Graham.[116]
1857—James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge[116]; beating John C. Fremont and Millard Fillmore for President, and William L. Dayton and A. J. Donaldson[116] for Vice-President.
1861—Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin; beating John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and J. C. Breckinridge[116] for President.
1865—Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson,[116] Union candidates; beating G. B. McClellan and G. H. Pendleton.
1869—Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax; beating Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, jr.
1873—Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson; beating Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, for President and Vice-President.
1877—Rutherford B. Hayes and Wm. A. Wheeler; beating Samuel Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks.
1881—James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur; beating General W. S. Hancock and W. H. English. Arthur succeeded Garfield, after his death from assassination, Sept. 19, 1881, and David Davis is now Acting Vice-President.
1885—Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, who defeated James G. Blaine and John A. Logan.
1889—Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, who defeated Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman.
| States. | 1789 | 1792 | 1796 | 1800 | 1804 | 1808 | 1812 | 1816 | 1820 | 1824 | 1828 | 1832 | 1836 | 1840 | 1844 | 1848 | 1852 | 1856 | 1860 | 1864 | 1868 | 1872 | 1876 | 1880 |
| Alabama | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| California | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Florida | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Illinois | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| Iowa | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |
| Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Maine | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| Maryland | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| New York | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Ohio | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| Oregon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Texas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Virginia | 12 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 91 | 135 | 138 | 138 | 176 | 176 | 218 | 221 | 235 | 261 | 261 | 288 | 294 | 294 | 275 | 290 | 296 | 296 | 303 | 314 | 317 | 366 | 369 | 401 |
| Number of States | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 38 |