United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860 : The Official Results by County and State

This major reference work provides complete returns for the presidential elections by state and county for the period 1788 to 1860. This information is nowhere else available in one volume, and much of it has been pieced together through years of research of original sources of many kinds. The work begins with a history of voting for presidential electors and the influence of political parties on the electors, and prefaces the main text with listings of election dates, county names (past and present), party abbreviations used in the book, and counties created following each state's first popular election of electors. The main part of the book, the election returns, includes each candidate's name, party, number of votes and percentage of votes. Explanatory footnotes and source information accompany the returns, as well as maps that show presidential election districts for those states and elections when presidential elections were so conducted. Researchers familiar with Mr. Dubin's massive Congressional Elections work will understand the scope, detail, accuracy and uniqueness of this new work. This reference work provides complete returns for the presidential elections by state and county for the period 1788 to 1860. Available nowhere else in one volume, this information has been pieced together through years of research of original sources of many kinds. The election returns include each candidate's name, party, number of votes and percentage of votes. Explanatory footnotes and source information accompany the returns, as well as maps that show presidential election districts for those states and elections when presidential elections were so conducted. Also included are a history of voting for presidential electors and the influence of political parties on the electors, as well as listings of election dates, county names (past and present), party abbreviations used in the book, and counties created following each state's first popular election of electors.

This reference work provides the complete returns for the presidential elections of the period 1788 to 1860. Listed by state and county, entries provide each candidate's name, party, the number of votes received, and the percentage of total votes. An introductory note describes the history of voting for presidential electors and the influence of political parties. Maps showing presidential election districts are also included. Dubin is a retired school teacher. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This textbook contains elections returns data from each county in a state during each United States Presidential Election from the very first(1788) up to the pre-Civil War 1860 Election. Unless data was not available or was made uncounted by rule of law, this is the best way to get data from states outside of going directly to the county and state clerks offices. Presents presidential election returns from 1788 to 1860 for all counties in the United States.