The election of 1824 was the only election to be decided by the House of Representatives because no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. The US had become a one party government but the party had 4 candidates that received electoral votes.
Number of House Seats Apportioned to West Virginia:3 : 1863-18834 : 1883-19035 : 1903-19136 : 1913-19635 : 1963-19734 : 1973-19933 : 1993-2023
In the 1896 US presidential election, Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan was well known for supporting the silver standard, as opposed to Republican William McKinley's support of the gold standard. The gold standard meant that money was linked to the value of gold. Because of the gold standard, debtors rarely got out of debt because of continuous inflation. Bryan supported shifting the standard to silver, a cheaper metal that would give debtors greater chances to pay their debts. As a result, the silver producing states in the West and rural debtors supported Bryan. Bryan lost the election to McKinley.
West Virginia's democratic primary election will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. You can vote between 6:30 AM and 7:30 PM.
The Democratic-Republican Party didn't die, in the sense that they simply faded as the Federalists had; they actively split the party into two new parties (National Republicans and Democrats) after the Presidential election of 1824 because of major ideological differences that became intolerable to members of the Democratic-Republicans. Some became National Republicans, who were similar to the earlier Democratic-Republican Party, and some became Democrats, who shared more in common with the old Federalist party.
No, not really. In the Presidential election of 1824, Henry Clay won the electoral votes of only three states: Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. Kentucky, usually regarded as a southern state, was his home. Both Ohio and Missouri are now considered midwestern states, but the term did not come into use until the 1880s. If it had been in use in 1824, Ohio would probably have been considered midwestern, since there were already three states to the west of it. However, Missouri at that time was the furthest west state in the country and had been granted statehood only a few years earlier (as a result of the Compromise of 1820, in which Clay played a large part). In 1824, St. Louis and other towns along the Mississippi River, which forms the eastern border of Missouri, were outposts of civilization; beyond them to the west was largely frontier.
In the US presidential election of 1848, Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party won the election. Even though he was a slave owner himself, he did not want to expand the practice further into the West.
Presidential election polls typically close at 8:00 PM local time on the west coast. However, it's important to note that voting times can vary by state, so it's always best to check with your local election office for the most accurate information.
West Virginia cast 653,311 votes in the 1998 Presidential election, translating into 6 electoral votes for Michael Dukakis (D).
The election of 1824 was the only election to be decided by the House of Representatives because no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. The US had become a one party government but the party had 4 candidates that received electoral votes.
Edward William West was born in 1824.
William Jennings Bryan won the South and all of the West except California in 1896.
John McCain received 5 electoral votes from West Virginia in the 2008 Presidential Election by receiving 397,466 votes to Barack Obama's 303,857 votes.
Vice presidential candidates are generally chosen in order to garner extra votes in the general election. The votes will usually come from a specific area of the nation like the South or the West.
The modern republican party was formed for the 1860 election. Abraham Lincoln was their first presidential candidate. Their main platform was to stop the expansion of slavery to 'The West'
West Newark School House was created in 1824.
William H. West was born on 1824-02-09.