|898I | ཆ { 1981 No. of States.. 13 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 30 31 31 33 36 37 Alabama. 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 Massachusetts 10 16 16 16 19 19 22 22 15 15 15 7 9 9 3 3 3 Florida Georgia.. Illinois.. Indiana.. Iowa.. Kansas... 83 1994 8 8 8 6 3 3 3 3 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland.. 8 Michigan... 14 14 12 12 13 13 13 12 3 3 5 91 135 138 138 176 176 218 221 235 261 261 288 294 294 275 290 296 296 303 314 317 * In 1872 Horace Greeley, Democratic and Liberal-Republican candidate for President, having died before the electoral vote was cast, the Greeley electors voted as above for Thomas A. Hendricks in five states. Kentucky, Georgia, and Missouri cast 18 electoral votes for B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, for President; Georgia, 2 votes for C. J. Jenkins, of Georgia, and Missouri 1 vote for David Davis of Illinois, and 17 votes irregularly cast were not counted by Congress. Count of the Electoral Commission. The Electoral College in 1892, based upon the apportionment bill, will contain 444 votes, requiring 223 to elect a President. For ordinary purposes, there are but two doubtful States, New York and Indiana. New Jersey and Connecticut are frequently included in the doubtful list, but they are more reliably Democratic than New Hampshire and Rhode Island are Republican. There are really but two doubtful States, leaving the electoral vote in 1892 as follows: "From this it will be seen that if the other States vote as given, the Democrats must carry both New York and Indiana, to elect a President, while either State would suffice for the Republicans. Or, the Republicans could lose both New York and Indiana, and still win by carrying New Jersey." This table is based upon a Congressional apportionment of 356, which would represent the States as follows: |