UNITED STATES. 



dissatisfaction. Added to these were a variety 

 of local causes of disaffection. In Pennsylva- 

 nia the Kepublicans were divided by an Inde- 

 pendent revolt, the cause of which was to be 

 found in the methods of party management 

 under the lead of Senator Cameron. The re- 

 sult was the defeat of the Republican candi- 

 dates for State offices in November Pattison, 

 the Democratic candidate for Governor, receiv- 

 ing 355,791 to 315,589 for Beaver, Republican, 

 and 43,743 for Stewart, Independent. (See 

 PENNSYLVANIA.) In New York, while there 

 was no Independent movement, the revolt in 

 the Republican ranks proved to be much great- 

 er than in Pennsylvania, and resulted in the 



BOBERT T. LINCOLN, SECRETARY OF WAR. 



[Born in Springfield, Illinois, August 1, 1848; graduated at 

 Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1860, and 

 at Harvard College in 1864; was commissioned Captain 

 and Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers, February 

 11, 1865, and served on General Grant's staff till June 10, 

 1865; admitted to the bar in 1867. Appointed a member of 

 President Garfield's Cabinet, March 5, 1881, he retains the 

 same position under the present Administration.] 



unprecedented majority of more than 190.000 

 for the Democratic candidate for Governor, 

 who was elected to succeed a Republican. (See 

 NEW YORK.) Still earlier, in October, the 

 Democrats had won a notable victory in Ohio, 

 where, in addition to more general causes of 

 dissatisfaction, the Republicans were divided on 

 the question of regulating the liquor-traffic. 

 (See OHIO.) 



Elections were held during the year as follow : 

 Alabama elected State officers and Legisla- 

 ture August 7th, and Congressmen November 

 7th. Arkansas elected State officers and Legis- 

 lature September 4th, and Congressmen No- 

 vember 7th. California, Colorado, Connecti- 

 cut, and Delaware elected Governor, Legisla- 

 ture, and Congressmen November 7th. Florida 

 elected only Legislature and Congressmen, on 

 the same date. Georgia elected State officers 

 and Legislature October 4th, and Congressmen 

 November 7th. Illinois elected Treasurer, Su- 



perintendent of Instruction, Legislature, and 

 Congressmen November 7th. Indiana elected 

 minor State officers, Supreme Judges, Legisla- 

 ture, and Congressmen November 7th. Iowa 

 adopted a prohibitory amendment of her Con- 

 stitution June 27th, and elected minor State 

 officers and Congressmen November 7th. Kan- 

 sas elected State officers, Legislature, and Con- 

 gressmen November 7th. Kentucky elected 

 Democratic Clerk of the State Court of Appeals 

 August 7th, and Congressmen November 7th. 

 Louisiana elected Congressmen only, Novem- 

 ber 7th. Maine elected Republican Governor, 

 Legislature, and Congressmen September llth. 

 Maryland elected State Judges and Congressmen 

 November 7th. Massachusetts and Michigan 

 elected State officers, Legislature, and Congress- 

 men November 7th. Minnesota elected Legis- 

 lature and Congressmen November 7th. Mis- 

 sissippi elected Congressmen only. Missouri 

 elected minor State officers, Legislature, and 

 Congressmen, and voted upon an amendment 

 concerning the State judiciary, November 7th. 

 Nebraska elected State officers, Legislature, 

 and Congressmen, and voted upon a woman's 

 suffrage amendment, November 7th. Nevada 

 elected State officers, Legislature, and Congress- 

 man November 7th. New Hampshire elected 

 Governor, Railroad Commissioners, Legisla- 

 ture, and Congressmen November 7th. New 

 Jersey elected Legislature and Congressmen No- 

 vember 7th. New York elected Governor, 

 Lieutenant-Govern or, Chief Judge of the Court 

 of Appeals, Assembly, and Congressmen, and 

 voted upon amendments making the canals 

 free, and providing for the election of additional 

 Supreme Justices, November 7th. North Caro- 

 lina elected Associate Judge of the State Su- 

 preme Court, six Superior Court Judges, Legis- 

 lature, and Congressmen November 7th. Ohio 

 elected minor State officers and Congressmen 

 October 10th. Oregon elected State officers, 

 Legislature, and Congressman June 5th. Penn- 

 sylvania elected State officers, Legislature, and 

 Congressmen November 7th. Rhode Island 

 elected State officers and Legislature April 5th, 

 and Congressmen November 7th. South Caro- 

 lina elected State officers, Legislature, and Con- 

 gressmen November 7th. Tennessee rejected 

 a proposition to hold a Constitutional Conven- 

 tion August 3d, and elected Governor, Legisla- 

 ture, and Congressmen November 7th. Texas 

 elected State officers, Legislature, and Congress- 

 men November 7th ; and Vermont the same on 

 September 5th. Virginia elected Congressmen 

 only, November 7th. West Virginia elected 

 Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals to fill 

 a vacancy, Legislature, and Congressmen Octo- 

 ber 10th. Wisconsin elected Legislature and 

 Congressmen November 7th, and voted upon 

 amendments relating to residence and registra- 

 tion of voters and the election of county offi- 

 cers, and providing that general elections of 

 State and county officers, except judicial, shall 

 be held biennially in the even years after 1884, 

 those who were chosen in 1881 to hold over 



