CHAPTER V. 



STANDARD OF COMPARISON. 



The Hall of Fame is a building connected with the New York 

 University, and was erected to perpetuate the memory of famous 

 men of American birth. The men selected to have their names in- 

 scribed in the Hall of Fame were chosen by ballot, the electors being 

 one hundred 1 eminent men — college presidents, educators, professors 

 of history, scientists, publicists, editors, authors, and judges of the 

 State and National Supreme Courts. The first election, held in 

 October, 1900, resulted in the choice of twenty-nine men. These 

 twenty-nine men and the number of votes each received are as fol- 

 lows : 



George Washington 97 Nathaniel Hawthorne .... 73 



Abraham Lincoln 96 George Peabody 72 



Daniel Webster 96 Robert E. Lee 69 



Benjamin Franklin 94 Peter Cooper 69 



Ulysses S. Grant . . , 92 Eli Whitney 67 



John Marshall 91 John J. Audubon 67 



Thomas Jefferson 90 Horace Mann 67 



Ralph W. Emerson 87 Henry Ward Beecher 66 



Henry W. Longfellow .... 85 James Kent 65 



Robert Fulton 85 Joseph Story 64 



Washington Irving 83 John Adams 61 



Jonathan Edwards 81 William E. Channing 58 



Samuel F. B. Morse 80 Gilbert Stuart 52 



David G. Farragut 79 Asa Gray 51 



Henry Clay 74 



These men, selected by ballot as they were, may be considered 

 as America's most famous men, and the relative measure of their 



(1) Only 97 voted. 



83 



