Chapter I: Front Matter

OUR PRESIDENTS
AND
HOW WE MAKE THEM

BY
A. K. McCLURE, LL.D.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1900

Copyright, 1900, by A. K. MCCLURE.

_All rights reserved._

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE WASHINGTON ELECTIONS, 1789–92 1

THE ADAMS-JEFFERSON CONTEST, 1796 7

THE JEFFERSON-ADAMS-BURR CONTEST, 1800–1 12

THE JEFFERSON-PINCKNEY CONTEST, 1804 21

THE MADISON-PINCKNEY-CLINTON CONTESTS, 1808–12 25

THE MONROE ELECTIONS, 1816–20 32

THE ADAMS-JACKSON-CRAWFORD-CLAY CONTEST, 1824 39

THE JACKSON-ADAMS-CLAY CONTESTS, 1828–32 47

THE VAN BUREN-HARRISON CONTEST, 1836 59

THE HARRISON-VAN BUREN CONTEST, 1840 65

THE POLK-CLAY CONTEST, 1844 75

THE TAYLOR-CASS-VAN BUREN CONTEST, 1848 94

THE PIERCE-SCOTT CONTEST, 1852 115

THE BUCHANAN-FRÉMONT-FILLMORE CONTEST, 1856 130

THE LINCOLN-BRECKENRIDGE-DOUGLAS-BELL CONTEST, 1860 154

THE LINCOLN-MCCLELLAN CONTEST, 1864 183

THE GRANT-SEYMOUR CONTEST, 1868 202

THE GRANT-GREELEY CONTEST, 1872 221

THE HAYES-TILDEN CONTEST, 1876 244

THE GARFIELD-HANCOCK CONTEST, 1880 270

THE CLEVELAND-BLAINE CONTEST, 1884 288

THE HARRISON-CLEVELAND CONTEST, 1888 316

THE CLEVELAND-HARRISON-WEAVER CONTEST, 1892 337

THE MCKINLEY-BRYAN CONTEST, 1896 361

ILLUSTRATIONS

A. K. McCLURE _Frontispiece_

GEORGE WASHINGTON _Facing p._ x

JOHN ADAMS “ 12

THOMAS JEFFERSON “ 20

JAMES MADISON “ 24

JAMES MONROE “ 32

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS “ 38

ANDREW JACKSON “ 46

MARTIN VAN BUREN “ 58

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON “ 64

JOHN TYLER “ 70

JAMES K. POLK “ 74

ZACHARY TAYLOR “ 94

MILLARD FILLMORE “ 106

FRANKLIN PIERCE “ 114

JAMES BUCHANAN “ 130

ABRAHAM LINCOLN “ 154

ANDREW JOHNSON “ 182

ULYSSES S. GRANT “ 202

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES “ 244

JAMES A. GARFIELD “ 270

CHESTER A. ARTHUR “ 274

GROVER CLEVELAND “ 288

BENJAMIN HARRISON “ 316

WILLIAM McKINLEY “ 360