1840 President Harrison died on April 4, 1841, and Vice President Tyler became President. 1848 President Taylor died in office on July 9, 1850, was succeeded by Vice President Fillmore. 1864 President Lincoln was shot April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre, Washington, by actor J. Wilkes Booth, and died April 15, whereupon Vice President Andrew Johnson became President. 1876 Florida, Louisiana, Oregon and South Carolina election returns were disputed. A board of Commissioners, referred to as The Electoral Commission, was created by act of Congress (approved Jan. 29, 1877) for the purpose of deciding disputed cases in the 1876 presidential election. It was in session from Feb. 1 to March 2, 1877 and its decisions resulted in the seating of Hayes, the Republican candidate who received the disputed 22 electoral votes. The members of the commission voted on party lines-8 Republicans and 7 Democrats. Congress, in joint session (March 2, 1877) declared Hayes and Wheeler elected President and Vice President by an electoral vote of 185 for Hayes and 184 for Tilden. The Senate was Republican. The House, which was Democratic, resolved and declared as a separate body (March 3) that Tilden and Hendricks were elected on the face of the returns. 1880 President Garfield was shot July 2, 1881, at Washington, D.C., by Charles J. Guiteau of New York and died Sept. 19, whereupon Vice President Chester A. Arthur became President. 1888 On the result of the popular vote Cleveland had more votes than Harrison but the 233

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electoral votes cast for Harrison against the 168 for Cleveland elected Harrison president. 1900 President McKinley was shot Sept. 6, 1901, at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. He died on Sept. 14, and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President. The assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was executed Oct. 29, 1901.

1920 President Harding died at San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 2, 1923, and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.

1944 President Roosevelt died at Warm Springs, Ga., on April 12, 1945, whereupon Vice President Harry S Truman became President. 1956 Democrats elected 74 electors but one from Alabama refused to vote for Stevenson, voted for Walter B. Jones.

1960 Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.) received 15 electoral votes; 6 from unpledged Alabama Democrats, 8 from unpledged Mississippi Democrats, and 1 from a defecting Oklahoma Republican elector.

1968 Republicans elected 302 electors but one from North Carolina refused to vote for Nixon, voted for Wallace.

1972 Republicans elected 521 electors but one from Virginia refused to vote for Nixon, voted for John Hospers.

1974 President Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, whereupon Vice President Gerald R. Ford became President.

1976 Republicans elected 241 electors but one from Washington refused to vote for Ford, voted for Ronald Reagan.

(a) 1856: Millard Fillmore, American Party, polled 8 electoral votes.

(b) 1860: John C. Breckinridge, southern Democratic nominee, polled 72 electoral votes. John Bell, Constitutional Union, polled 39 electoral votes.

(c) 1864: 81 electoral votes were not cast. (d) 1868: 23 electoral votes were not cast. (e) 1872: Horace Greeley died after election; 63 Democratic electoral votes were scattered. 17 were not voted.

(f) 1892: James B. Weaver, People's Party, polled 22 electoral votes.

(g) 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, Progressive, polled 88 electoral votes.

(h) 1924: Robert M. LaFollette, Progressive, polled 13 electoral votes.

(i) 1948: J. Strom Thurmond, States' Rights, polled 39 electoral votes.

(j) 1960: 15 electoral votes cast for Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.).

* Percentage of major party vote only. (k) 1968: George C. Wallace, American Independent, polled 46 electoral votes.

(1) 1972: 1 electoral vote cast for John Hospers, Libertarian.

(m) 1976: 1 electoral vote cast for Ronald Reagan.