STAT ELECTION STATISTICS DATE OF NEXT ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT. By act of Congress, March 1, 1792, amended January 23, 1845, a uniform day of election for The next *Congressional Elections-Dates of Next, in the Several States. The following States and Territories will hold the next congressional election on November 4, 1924: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico. The State of Maine holds its congressional election on September 8, 1924, and the territory of Philippine Islands on June 2, 1924. By act of March 3, 1875, elections of Representatives in Congress are required to be held on the Tuesday next after the First Monday in November, 1876, and every second year thereafter. Subsequent special acts enable states whose constitutions fix a different date to elect earlier, until they amend their constitutions. *In 1872 there was a scattering vote of 35,016, of which 29,408 were cast for Charles O'Connor, "Democratic," and 5,608 for James Black, "Temperance.' The vote in Florida, as officially announced by the returning board, is given in the table. The Democrats claimed a majority for the Tilden electors in that State on the face of the returns. The vote in Louisiana is given as announced by the Wells returning board, and as it was accepted by the Electoral Commission. The MeEnery returning board, after a canvass of the returns from all the counties of the State, gave Tilden, 83,723; Hayes 77,174. §In 1876 there was a scattering vote of 93,898, of which 81,740 were cast for Peter Cooper, "Greenback;" 9,522 for Green Clay Smith, "Prohibition," and 2,636 for other persons. *Includes scattering vote of 13,565, of which 10,305 were cast for Neal Dow, "Prohibition": In five states the electoral vote was divided: In California and Ohio because the vote for the Cleveland and Harrison electors was so close; in Michigan because by act of legislature each congressional district voted separately for an elector; in Oregon because one of the four candidates for electors on the People's party ticket was also on the Democratic ticket, the result being three Republicans and one People's party elected; in North Dakota because one of the two People's party electors who were elected cast his vote for Cleveland, this causing the electoral vote of the State to be equally divided between Cleveland, Harrison and Weaver. **Wing, Socialist Labor, had 21,191 votes in five states. In the States of Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, North Dakota, and Wyoming the Democrats ran no electoral tickets, and voted for the People's party electoral tickets for the purpose of taking those states from the Republicans. With a few exceptions they also voted for the People's party electors in Nevada. In Louisiana the Republicans and People's party united their vote, each nominating half of the eight candidates for electors, and in the table their aggregate popular vote is divided. In Oregon the highest vote for an elector was that cast for the one candidate who was on both the Democratic and People's party tickets. He received 35,813 votes. The next highest was for a Republican candidate for elector, 35,002. This gave the Fusion candidate (who afterwards voted for Weaver) a plurality of 811. 1892 Bidwell, Prohibition. *There was fusion on the electoral ticket of the Democrats and Populists, and in some instances Silver Republicans, in the following states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Lousiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah. Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In some of the States like Illinois and Kansas, there were Bryan-Watson tickets run by the Middle-of-the-road Populists. It was impossible to separate the Populist from the Democratic vote in the states in which there was a fusion of those parties; for the reason that in some of the states, like Illinois, in which the two parties voted for the same electors, but upon separate tickets, county officers, in making returns to the Secretaries of State combined the votes on electors. In such cases the vote classed under the head "Bryan-Watson" was no indication of the strength of the People's party, while at the same time it gave too large a vote to the Democrats. Bentley, |