NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS FROM EACH STATE, From the Beginning of the Government in 1789 to 1879. Morrison R. Waite, Chief-Justice of the U. S. James A. Garfield, member of the House. Agricultural Crops of 1878 in the United States. [Estimate by the Department of Agriculture.] STATE NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO WHICH EACH 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 944 944 5 8 10 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 9 9 9 12 12 6 3 3 11 11 11 16 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 3 4 4 9 11 11 16 21 21 746 4 8 8 11 11 3 5 5 11 11 12 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 14 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 8 8. 11 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 No. 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 :3::མ 7 7 7 7 77 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 17 15 15 15 10 10 11 11 4 5 5 2,416 17.8 1,680 12.3 67 .5 17,138 89.8] 1,938 10.2 19,068 54.9 15,637 45.1 28,471 45.6 37,740 59.1 26,084 40.9 30,482 49.3 31,363 50.7 III.-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, BY STATES. [Arrangement and percentages from The Statistician, San Francisco, 1877.] ALABAMA. NOTE. The figures in left-hand column show the number of the election, from the first Presidential election in 1789 to the twenty-third in 1876. Names indented denote unsuccessful candidates. The table marked "Increase" shows the addition to the popular vote cast in each State since the next preceding Presidential election. In cases where the popular vote was decreased, the sign † is prefixed to the figures showing the falling off. 9 1820 James Monroe. 10 1824 John Q. Adams. Andrew Jackson.. 11 1828 Andrew Jackson... 12 1832 Andrew Jackson.. 13 1836 Martin Van Buren. Hugh L. White... 14 1840 Wm. H. Harrison.. Martin Van Buren 15 1844 James K. Polk.. Henry Clay. 16 1848 Zachary Taylor. Lewis Cass.. Per cent Major- Electoral 3 13,606 19,076 5,470 40.2 33,991 54.4 5,520 7 11,656 9 881 Winfield Scott.. 15,038 35.9 |