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OfficeHall of Fame
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1900 - 12:00am
Polls Open July 01, 1900 - 12:00am
Polls Close July 03, 1900 - 11:55pm
Term Start July 04, 1900 - 12:00pm
Term End July 04, 1905 - 11:55pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedThomas Walker November 19, 2007 02:52pm
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Hall of Fame for Great Americans in New York. 97 out of 100 votes cast. 51 votes needed for election. George Washington is the only person in the history of the Hall to receive all votes cast in an election. 29 people received the required 51 votes.
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Name Senior Officer George Washington Pres. Abraham Lincoln Secretary of State Daniel Webster Ambassador Benjamin Franklin Pres. Ulysses S. Grant Supreme Court John Marshall Pres. Thomas Jefferson
PartyNonpartisan Republican Whig Nonpartisan Republican Nonpartisan Democratic-Republican
Votes97 (2.23%) 96 (2.20%) 96 (2.20%) 94 (2.16%) 93 (2.13%) 91 (2.09%) 91 (2.09%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1 (-0.02%) -1 (-0.02%) -3 (-0.07%) -4 (-0.09%) -6 (-0.14%) -6 (-0.14%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Fulton Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ambassador Washington Irving Samuel F. B. Morse University President Jonathan Edwards David Farragut
PartyRepublican Independent Independent Independent Democratic Independent Independent
Votes87 (2.00%) 86 (1.97%) 85 (1.95%) 83 (1.91%) 82 (1.88%) 82 (1.88%) 79 (1.81%)
Margin-10 (-0.23%) -11 (-0.25%) -12 (-0.28%) -14 (-0.32%) -15 (-0.34%) -15 (-0.34%) -18 (-0.41%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Sen. Henry Clay George Peabody Nathaniel Hawthorne Eli Whitney Peter Cooper Commander Robert E. Lee John J. Audubon
PartyNonpartisan Independent Independent Independent Greenback Confederate States of America Independent
Votes74 (1.70%) 74 (1.70%) 73 (1.68%) 69 (1.58%) 69 (1.58%) 68 (1.56%) 67 (1.54%)
Margin-23 (-0.53%) -23 (-0.53%) -24 (-0.55%) -28 (-0.64%) -28 (-0.64%) -29 (-0.67%) -30 (-0.69%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Horace Mann James Kent Henry Ward Beecher Supreme Court Joseph Story Pres. John Adams William Ellery Channing Gilbert Charles Stuart
PartyFree Soil Independent Independent Independent Nonpartisan Independent Independent
Votes67 (1.54%) 65 (1.49%) 64 (1.47%) 64 (1.47%) 62 (1.42%) 58 (1.33%) 52 (1.19%)
Margin-30 (-0.69%) -32 (-0.73%) -33 (-0.76%) -33 (-0.76%) -35 (-0.80%) -39 (-0.89%) -45 (-1.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Asa Gray William Cullen Bryant Sen. John C. Calhoun Pres. James Madison Pres. Andrew Jackson Rep. John Quincy Adams Mark Hopkins
PartyIndependent Republican Democratic Nonpartisan Democratic Nonpartisan Independent
Votes51 (1.17%) 49 (1.12%) 49 (1.12%) 49 (1.12%) 48 (1.10%) 48 (1.10%) 48 (1.10%)
Margin-46 (-1.06%) -48 (-1.10%) -48 (-1.10%) -48 (-1.10%) -49 (-1.12%) -49 (-1.12%) -49 (-1.12%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Sen. Rufus Choate Elias Howe Rep. Horace Greeley Joseph Henry Continental Congress Benjamin Rush Ambassador John Lothrop Motley James Buchanan Eads
PartyNonpartisan Independent Liberal Republican Independent Nonpartisan Republican Independent
Votes47 (1.08%) 47 (1.08%) 45 (1.03%) 44 (1.01%) 42 (0.96%) 41 (0.94%) 41 (0.94%)
Margin-50 (-1.15%) -50 (-1.15%) -52 (-1.19%) -53 (-1.22%) -55 (-1.26%) -56 (-1.28%) -56 (-1.28%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Patrick Henry Edgar Allan Poe Adoniram Judson Hiram Powers Noah Webster Daniel Boone Gov. Samuel Adams
PartyNonpartisan Independent Independent Independent Nonpartisan Independent Nonpartisan
Votes39 (0.90%) 38 (0.87%) 36 (0.83%) 36 (0.83%) 36 (0.83%) 35 (0.80%) 33 (0.76%)
Margin-58 (-1.33%) -59 (-1.35%) -61 (-1.40%) -61 (-1.40%) -61 (-1.40%) -62 (-1.42%) -64 (-1.47%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name John Singleton Copley William Hickling Prescott Horace Bushnell Henry Hobson Richardson James Fenimore Cooper Nathanael Greene Cornelius Vanderbilt
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Democratic Independent Nonpartisan
Votes33 (0.76%) 33 (0.76%) 32 (0.73%) 32 (0.73%) 30 (0.69%) 30 (0.69%) 30 (0.69%)
Margin-64 (-1.47%) -64 (-1.47%) -65 (-1.49%) -65 (-1.49%) -67 (-1.54%) -67 (-1.54%) -67 (-1.54%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name J. Marion Sims Sen. Charles Sumner Oliver Hazard Perry Cyrus Hall McCormick Secretary of State William H. Seward Gov. John Jay George Henry Thomas
PartyIndependent Republican Nonpartisan Democratic Republican Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes28 (0.64%) 26 (0.60%) 26 (0.60%) 25 (0.57%) 25 (0.57%) 25 (0.57%) 24 (0.55%)
Margin-69 (-1.58%) -71 (-1.63%) -71 (-1.63%) -72 (-1.65%) -72 (-1.65%) -72 (-1.65%) -73 (-1.68%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name University President Francis Wayland Commanding General Philip H. Sheridan Stephen Decatur Commander Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Elisha Kent Kane Theodore Parker University President Theodore Dwight Woolsey
PartyIndependent Republican Nonpartisan Confederate States of America Independent Independent Independent
Votes24 (0.55%) 23 (0.53%) 23 (0.53%) 23 (0.53%) 22 (0.51%) 21 (0.48%) 21 (0.48%)
Margin-73 (-1.68%) -74 (-1.70%) -74 (-1.70%) -74 (-1.70%) -75 (-1.72%) -76 (-1.74%) -76 (-1.74%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Mary Lyon Matthew F. Maury George Rogers Clark William Lloyd Garrison Richard M. Hoe Pres. James Monroe Benjamin Thompson
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Independent Nonpartisan Independent
Votes20 (0.46%) 20 (0.46%) 19 (0.44%) 19 (0.44%) 19 (0.44%) 19 (0.44%) 19 (0.44%)
Margin-77 (-1.77%) -77 (-1.77%) -78 (-1.79%) -78 (-1.79%) -78 (-1.79%) -78 (-1.79%) -78 (-1.79%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Marcus Whitman Wendell Phillips Cotton Mather Territorial Governor John C. Frémont Supreme Court Roger B. Taney John Brown Benjamin Silliman
PartyIndependent Labor Reform Independent Republican Democratic Independent Independent
Votes19 (0.44%) 19 (0.44%) 18 (0.41%) 17 (0.39%) 17 (0.39%) 17 (0.39%) 17 (0.39%)
Margin-78 (-1.79%) -78 (-1.79%) -79 (-1.81%) -80 (-1.84%) -80 (-1.84%) -80 (-1.84%) -80 (-1.84%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Commanding General Winfield Scott Gov. Samuel Houston Rep. Thomas Hart "Old Bullion" Benton Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Territorial Governor Meriwether Lewis Ambassador Edward Livingston Benjamin Peirce
PartyNonpartisan American Benton Democrat Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Independent
Votes16 (0.37%) 16 (0.37%) 16 (0.37%) 14 (0.32%) 14 (0.32%) 14 (0.32%) 14 (0.32%)
Margin-81 (-1.86%) -81 (-1.86%) -81 (-1.86%) -83 (-1.90%) -83 (-1.90%) -83 (-1.90%) -83 (-1.90%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name First Lady Martha Washington Horace Wells Charlotte Cushman Charles Goodyear Ambassador Henry Wheaton Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase Dorothea Lynde Dix
PartyNonpartisan Independent Independent Independent Independent Liberal Republican Independent
Votes14 (0.32%) 14 (0.32%) 13 (0.30%) 13 (0.30%) 13 (0.30%) 13 (0.30%) 12 (0.28%)
Margin-83 (-1.90%) -83 (-1.90%) -84 (-1.93%) -84 (-1.93%) -84 (-1.93%) -84 (-1.93%) -85 (-1.95%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Gov. John Hancock Albert Sidney Johnston Matthew Simpson Lucretia Coffin Mott Lemuel Shaw Nathaniel Bowditch Supreme Court Oliver Ellsworth
PartyIndependent Confederate States of America Republican Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes12 (0.28%) 12 (0.28%) 11 (0.25%) 11 (0.25%) 11 (0.25%) 10 (0.23%) 10 (0.23%)
Margin-85 (-1.95%) -85 (-1.95%) -86 (-1.97%) -86 (-1.97%) -86 (-1.97%) -87 (-2.00%) -87 (-2.00%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Israel Putnam Samuel Gridley Howe Pres. Zachary Taylor Alexander Lyman Holley Spencer Fullerton Baird Gov. DeWitt Clinton Rep. David Crockett
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Republican Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes10 (0.23%) 9 (0.21%) 9 (0.21%) 8 (0.18%) 8 (0.18%) 8 (0.18%) 8 (0.18%)
Margin-87 (-2.00%) -88 (-2.02%) -88 (-2.02%) -89 (-2.04%) -89 (-2.04%) -89 (-2.04%) -89 (-2.04%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Sen. James A. Garfield Gov. Alexander H. Stephens Charles Bulfinch Maria Mitchell Sen. Gouverneur Morris University President Henry Philip Tappan Supreme Court Edwin M. Stanton
PartyRepublican Democratic Nonpartisan Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Republican
Votes7 (0.16%) 7 (0.16%) 7 (0.16%) 7 (0.16%) 7 (0.16%) 7 (0.16%) 6 (0.14%)
Margin-90 (-2.07%) -90 (-2.07%) -90 (-2.07%) -90 (-2.07%) -90 (-2.07%) -90 (-2.07%) -91 (-2.09%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Edwin Forrest George Gordon Meade William Thomas Green Morton David Dixon Porter Nathan Hale Ephraim McDowell William Holmes McGuffey
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes6 (0.14%) 6 (0.14%) 6 (0.14%) 6 (0.14%) 5 (0.12%) 5 (0.12%) 5 (0.12%)
Margin-91 (-2.09%) -91 (-2.09%) -91 (-2.09%) -91 (-2.09%) -92 (-2.11%) -92 (-2.11%) -92 (-2.11%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Sen. Roger Sherman Lyman Beecher Delegate James Otis Ambassador Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Sen. Philip Schuyler Emma Willard Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
PartyPro-Administration Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Independent Liberal Republican
Votes5 (0.12%) 4 (0.09%) 4 (0.09%) 4 (0.09%) 4 (0.09%) 4 (0.09%) 4 (0.09%)
Margin-92 (-2.11%) -93 (-2.13%) -93 (-2.13%) -93 (-2.13%) -93 (-2.13%) -93 (-2.13%) -93 (-2.13%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Helen Hunt Jackson President Pro Tempore Richard Henry Lee Ambassador Robert R. Livingston Henry David Thoreau Constance Fenimore Woolson Sen. Charles Carroll Francis Scott Key
PartyIndependent Independent Nonpartisan Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes3 (0.07%) 3 (0.07%) 3 (0.07%) 3 (0.07%) 3 (0.07%) 2 (0.05%) 2 (0.05%)
Margin-94 (-2.16%) -94 (-2.16%) -94 (-2.16%) -94 (-2.16%) -94 (-2.16%) -95 (-2.18%) -95 (-2.18%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name John Stevens Richard Hildreth John Bloomfield Jervis Lydia Sigourney Elizabeth Ann Seton
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Votes2 (0.05%) 1 (0.02%) 1 (0.02%) 1 (0.02%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin-95 (-2.18%) -96 (-2.20%) -96 (-2.20%) -96 (-2.20%) -97 (-2.23%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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