ELECTION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST TERM, 1869-1873. ULYSSES S. GRANT, President; SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vice-President. ELECTION FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND TERM, 1873-1877. ULYSSES S. GRANT, President; HENRY WILSON, Vice-President. ELECTION FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD TERM, 1877-1881. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, President; WILLIAM A. Wheeler, Vice-President. Number of electoral votes to which each State is entitled. ELECTION FOR THE TWENTY-FOURTH TERM, 1881-1885. *JAMES A. GARFIELD, President; CHESTER A. ARTHUR, Vice-President. (The vote of Geor gia, cast on 8th of December, ond Wednesday of the month, if ΤΟ 15 12 144 James A. Garfield, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, was shot by an assassin July 2, 1881, and died from the effects of his wounds September 19, 1881. The duties of the Presidential office devolving in this event upon the Vice-President, Chester A. Arthur, he accordingly took the oath of office in New York City, September 20, 1881, and again forinally took the oath of office at Washington, September 22, 1881. |