ELECTION FOR THE SIXTEENTH TERM, 1849-1853 *ZACHARY TAYLOR, President; MILLARD FILLMORE, Vice-President. *Zachary Taylor, seventeenth President of the United States, died at Washington, July 9, 1850. The duties of the Presidential office devolving, in this event, upon the Vice-President, Millard Fillmore, he accordingly took the oath of office July 10, 1850. No. of electors appointed by each State. ELECTION FOR THE SEVENTEENTH TERM, 1853-1857. FRANKLIN PIERCE, President; WILLIAM R. KING, Vice-President. No. of electors appointed by each State. ELECTION FOR THE EIGHTEENTH TERM, 1857-1861. JAMES BUCHANAN, President; JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, Vice-President. No. of electors appointed by each State. ELECTION FOR THE NINETEENTH TERM, 1861-1865. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President; HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Vice-President. State. For President. For Vice-President. of Georgia. Tennessee 7300 5000 ON North Carolina 8 10 Georgia.. 12 Kentucky. 12 23 Ohio No. of electors appointed by each State. ELECTION FOR THE TWENTIETH TERM, 1865-1869. *ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President; ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President. For Presi- For Vicedent. President. *Abraham Lincoln, the twenty-second President of the United States, was assassinated on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. The duties of the Presidential office devolving in this event upon the Vice-President, Andrew Johnson, he accordingly took the oath of office April 15, 1865. |