How Abraham Lincoln became president . The first ballotresulted: Seward, 173^2; Lincoln, 102; Cameron,50^2 ; Chase, 49; Bates, 48; Dayton, 14; McLean, 12;Collamer, 10; scattering, 6. There being no choice, the second ballot was pro-ceeded with, after Simon Camerons name had been with-drawn. This ballot resulted: Seward, 184^ ; Lincoln,181; Chase, 42^ ; Bates, 35 ; Dayton, 10; McLean, 8;scattering, 4. The third ballot proceeded amid breathless the last State was called, Lincoln had 230^ votes,or within 1^2 votes of the number necessary to nominatehim. Before the result was announced
How Abraham Lincoln became president . The first ballotresulted: Seward, 173^2; Lincoln, 102; Cameron,50^2 ; Chase, 49; Bates, 48; Dayton, 14; McLean, 12;Collamer, 10; scattering, 6. There being no choice, the second ballot was pro-ceeded with, after Simon Camerons name had been with-drawn. This ballot resulted: Seward, 184^ ; Lincoln,181; Chase, 42^ ; Bates, 35 ; Dayton, 10; McLean, 8;scattering, 4. The third ballot proceeded amid breathless the last State was called, Lincoln had 230^ votes,or within 1^2 votes of the number necessary to nominatehim. Before the result was announced Mr. Carter, ofOhio, arose and corrected the vote of that State, givingLincoln four more votes, or 23^ more than the requirednumber. Lincoln was nominated, and now followed a wildstruggle to get into the band-wagon. State afterState changed its vote to Lincoln. As finally announcedthe third ballot stood: Lincoln, 354; Seward, 110^2. The men on the roof bellowed down to the people inthe streets that Lincoln was nominated. The first roar. How Abraham Lincoln Became President. 89 of cannon, says the New York Tribunes account, soonmingled itself with the cheers of the people, and the samemoment a man appeared in the hall bringing a largepainting of Mr. Lincoln. * * * Two cannons sentforth roar after roar in quick succession. Delegates toreup the stakes and boards bearing the names of the sev-eral States and waved them aloft over their heads, andthe vast multitude before the platform were waving hatsand handkerchiefs. It was alleged afterward that the Lincoln managers,having charge of admissions, had packed the gallerieswith shouters for Old Abe. I do not believe theconvention was unfairly packed in Lincolns interest,says Senator Shelby M. Cullom, who was present. True, Lincolns friends had charge of the Wigwam,and I have no doubt that the tickets of admission werejudiciously distributed by them, and Lincoln had the gal-leries with him. That was inevitable, owing to the loca-tion of
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