[916] ELECTION FOR THE SIXTEENTH TERM, 1849-1853 ZACHARY TAYLOR, President; MILLARD FILLMORE, Vice President Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States, died at Washington, July 9, 1850. The duties of the Presidential office devolving, in this event, upon the Vice President, Millard Fillmore, he accordingly took the oath of office July 10, 1850. [917] ELECTION FOR THE SEVENTEENTH TERM, 1853-1857 FRANKLIN PIERCE, President; WILLIAM R. KING, Vice President [918] ELECTION FOR THE EIGHTEENTH TERM, 1857-1861 Vice President [919] ELECTION FOR THE NINETEENTH TERM, 1861-1865 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President; HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Vice President Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. George B. McClellan, of New Jersey. For Vice President: Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee.. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio. ELECTION FOR THE TWENTIETH TERM, 1865–1869 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President; ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice President Ky. La. Me. Md. Mass. Mich. 5 6! 5 6 16 13 33 13 8 3 77 12 8 11 11 Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was shot by an assassin on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. The duties of the Presidential office devolving, in this event, upon the Vice President, Andrew Johnson, he accordingly took the oath of office April 15, 1865. : Wis. 4 Total Minn. Miss. |