How Presidents Were Nominated
A historical survey of caucuses and national conventions from 1789 to 1824 outlines how presidents and vice presidents were chosen. It details early nonmachine nominations, party splits, and the rise and decline of congressional caucuses leading to the 1824 break and the shift toward mass meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
John C. Fremont
California
Willam L. Dayton
New Jersey
United States
Union
Baltimore
William Wirt
Maryland
Amonx Elimaker
Pennsylvania
National Republican Party
Maltimore
Henry Clay
Kentucky
John Sergeant
Washington
Clay
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Martin van Muren
New York
Rise and fall of the congressional caucus in early America
The piece traces the 19th century shift from congressional and state caucuses to mass meetings and state conventions in nominating presidents. It notes Samford’s near unanimous electoral vote, the lone Adams vote, and the move toward popular selection from 1824 to 1832, ending with the rise of party conventions.
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Rive
Crarge Washington
Virginia
Washington
Adams
Mirka
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Jefferson
John Bach McMaster
The
United States
Hamilton
Capital
Stephen JR. Bradley
Vermont
Sentice
House
Legislative
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Carlisle
King
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson
Tennese
General Assembly
Jackson
No- Camillon
John Guiney Adams
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Georgia
DeWitt Clinton
New York
Albert Gallatin
Erastus Root
Crawford
Clay
House of Representatives
Calhoun
Nominnat
Rush
Union
Delaware
South Carolina
Congressional
Electricity and Steel Transform the Century in Review
A Chicago Times Herald overview traces electricity’s rise from Franklin to Faraday, noting its impact on industry, medicine, and transportation. It chronicles steel’s ascent via Bessemer and open hearth processes, steel construction from San Francisco to Chicago, and the era’s bridges, rails, and machinery shaping modern civilization.
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William Konrad Rontgen
Fessemer
Eagland
Kelly
United States
San Francisco
Rookery
Home Insurance
Chicago
Tacoma
Madison and
la Balle Streets
Park Row
New York City
Wales
East River
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Perth
Scotland
Blephenson
The Roundabout Way in Philadelphia North American
The passage presents a dialogue about marriage with a playful exchange. A man asks if she would make him a fourth brother, and she responds that she will be a wife to him rather than add another brother.
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Philadelphia
Independent Man and Atlas Rally for Self-Sufficiency
Eric Duncan cites Atlas as emblem of self reliance in a Montreal Witness piece. He laments urban decay and urges rural labor, open fields, and personal effort to sustain society. He condemns gaudy wealth and calls for production of goods from one’s own land and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loncome
Earth
Eric Duncan
Montreal
Grover Cleveland Advises on College Education
Grover Cleveland, writing for the Saturday Evening Post after leaving the White House, argues that college education should serve more than wealth and status. He stresses parental duty to select meaningful studies, instill truth and honor, and prepare the son to contribute to civilized humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Saturday Evening Post
White House
Cleveland
Horner's Furniture New York Announcement
Horner's Furniture promises reliable fashionable pieces for town and country homes with moderate prices. They offer dining room and bedroom sets in antique Belgian Flemish English finishes plus enameled iron bedsteads, parlor and library furniture, and a wide range of chairs and desks in varied finishes and styles.
A Cure by Chamberlains Remedy Led Dorr Man to Praise
A resident of Dorr West Virginia recounts a permanent cure from flux after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Morrhoea Remedy. He endorses the product and notes it is sold by all druggists with Matthews Brothers as wholesale and retail agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. W. Lynch
Dorr
W. Va
Matthews Brothers
Belle of the Ball Stirs Echoes in the Hall
A fragmented verse recalls a man escorting the belle of the ball up a staircase while other girls observe. Slumbering echoes fill the hall as a sudden exclamation interrupts the scene.
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Frank J. Warne
Philadelphia Ledger
the Treasury
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
Burr
George Clinton
Clinton
Charles C. Pinckney
Rufus King
James Madison
Elbridge Gerry
James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins
Congressional Caucus
Republican
Democratic
Friends of
Congressional Caucun
Siv O
North Carolina
Adama
Nathaniel Macon
W. J. Samford
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
STATE
Opelika
Alabama
Samford
Chicago Times Herald
Iun
Franklin
von Kielst
Germany
Humphrey Davy
Traval Institution of London
Parle
Parlett
Place de la Concorde
Parise
England
Frederic de Moleyns
J. W. Starr
Cincinnati
Diaon
Niagara
Rivera
Bessemer
America
Alaska
Jonas Lowg's
Onas 1Ong's
Tubal Cain
Scranton
Whittemore
Jonas Long
Horner’s Furniture
R. J. Horner & Co
Fourniture Makers
Eden Musee
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