728 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thorn- 

 ton. 



MASSACHUSETTS BAY. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, 

 Elbridge Gerry. 



RHODE ISLAND, ETC. Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery. 



CONNECTICUT. Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, 

 Oliver Wolcott. 



NEW YORK. William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis 

 Morris. 



NEW JERSEY. Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, 

 John Hart, Abraham Clark. 



PENNSYLVANIA. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, 

 John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, 

 George Ross. 



DELAWARE. Csesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. 



MARYLAND. Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Car- 

 roll, of Carrollton. 



VIRGINIA. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Ben- 

 jamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lighttbot Lee, Carter Braxton. 



NORTH CAROLINA. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward Rutledge, Thomas Hayward, Jr., Thomas 

 Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. 



GEORGIA. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton. 



PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The following is a list of the Presidents of the United States, with the date 

 of their election, vote of electoral college, name of opposing candidate, and 

 leading features of political differences in each campaign : 



GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1789. Received the unanimous vote of the elec- 

 toral college for the presidency. Political differences had not as yet crystal- 

 lized into parties. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1792. Received a second time the unanimous vote 

 of the electoral college for the presidency. While there was no opposition to 

 the election of Washington for a second term, yet public opinion had become 

 divided upon questions of policy, and the people had taken sides upon these 

 issues. One party, headed by Mr. Jefferson, was called both Democratic and 

 Republican. The other party, led by Alexander Hamilton, was styled Fed- 

 eralists. The first demanded that the government should confine its action 

 strictly within the specific and limited sphere defined by the Constitution. 

 The second asked for the enlargement of such action by inference and 

 implication. 



JOHN ADAMS, 1796. Received in the electoral college 71 votes. His op- 

 ponent, Thomas Jefferson, received 68. As the rule was at that time, the 

 person receiving the highest number of votes was elected President, while the 

 one receiving the next highest became Vice-President. The doctrine of strict 



