PRESIDENT-1840. CONGRESS-1839.
Allen, W. Harrison, V.B.

Har.

PRES'T.-1836.
Whig. V. B.

132

122.

102 130.

(no returr.)

98

436...

1112

500

Benton

.150

501

Taney

41

258.

19

216.

.(no return.)

Van Buren..

208

360

55

209

1,128,303..

States.

Maine

Total in 25 States..1,274,203

..737,711 763,587 In 1840. Harrison majority..145.900 In 1836. Van Buren maj.25,876 XXVIIth CONGRESS-GENERAL SUMMARY.

Virginia.... #2

North Carolina..2 0.....*8 5 Arkansas... 0.

Total (probably)....Senate..29 Har. 23 V. B. House..144 Har. 98 V. B. * Probable but not certain. Elections yet to be holden.

11 Missouri

2......0
2... . Ꮕ

51202

1

V. B. Counties. Har. V. B. Counties. Har.
61 Glmer...... 127

V.B.

164 Newton

988

351

88

14 Oglethorpe..654

127

Baldwin

....731

530 Green

839

126 Paulding

Bibb

.758

ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT-1840.

7.......

VICE PRESIDENT.
Tyler. Johnson. Others.

Majority for Harrison and Tyler over all others....174

POPULAR VOTES FOR GOVERNOR OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK:

From 1792 to 1840 inclusive, (total for

each candidate),

ib. TOTAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE STATE

OF NEW YORK:

A plain statement of the more important

questions on which this country is

Politically divided: by H. GREELEY, 29-30

THE LIFE OF HENRY CLAY:

An original Biography of that Great
Statesman, written for the Whig AL
manac, by HENRY J. RAYMOND,
THOMAS H. BENTON'S and JOHN TYLER'S

17 recorded Opinions of Henry Clay,

ib. THE NEW RATIO AND APPORTIONMENT

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