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 328 FRANCES PACKARD YOUNG In November, 1823, the South Carolina legislature nominated Calhoun for President, 116 giving as their NOMINATION reasons, OF CALHOUN "his devotion to the administration, superiority to local views and sectional principles, his zeal and energy in the late war with England, and his pure and incorruptible integrity." 117 When it became evident that General Jackson was the choice of Pennsylvania, and that that state would determine the elec- tion, Calhoun very wisely decided to be a candidate for Vice- President. 118 Early in 1824 a test vote in the Assembly and Senate of New York indicated that he had very little sup- CALHOUN'S port in those Houses. Adams, Crawford STRENGTH AS and Clay, in the order named, received CANDIDATE FOR more votes than Calhoun in the Assem- PRESIDENCY bly. In the Senate, Adams and Crawford were ahead of him. "9 A few days later, on March 20, 1824, the citizens of Carbarrus County, North Carolina, resolved that they would support Jackson, Calhoun or Adams for the Presidency, before they would Crawford. 120 As candidate for Vice-President, Calhoun proved to have the support of practically all of the states and UNITED SUPPORT of both the Adams and Jacksonian fol- OF BOTH lowers. In New York the friends of PARTIES FOR General Jackson met and nominated VICE-PRESIDENCY Jackson and Calhoun for President and Vice-President. 121 The electors of Ver- mont, who supported Mr. Adams, also voted for Calhoun. 122 Maryland gave Jackson seven votes and Adams, three, for President, while Calhoun received ten for Vice-President. 123 116 Letters of Calhoun, House Doc. V, 115. Am. Hist. Ass., V. II, 216. ii7Niles' Register, XXIV, 243. nSColton, Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, IV, 87. Adams, Life of Albert Gallatin, 601-2. npNiles' Register, XXVII, 19. 120 Ibid. 39. 121 Ibid. 99. 122 Ibid. 161. 123 Niks' Register, XXVI, 39-