By act of Congress, March 1, 1792, amended January 23, 1845, a uniform day of election for Electors of President and Vice President, is fixed for all the Statesbeing the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, every fourth year after a President has been elected. The next election for President occurs Tuesday, November 6, 1888. + 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, every second year in 1876 and following years. Subsequent special acts enable States whose Constitutions fix a different date, to elect earlier, until they amend their Constitutions. 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 McEnery Returning Board, after a canvass of the returns from all the counties in the State, gave Tilden 83, 723 ; Hayes, 77,174. In 1880 there was a scattering vote of 12,576; of which 10,305 were cast for Neal Dow, "Prohibition," and 707 for John W. Phelps, "American." |