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TimeLine of
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United States of America
Election of 1789 |
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Notes :
- The
V1 notations refers to notes in
the red cell immediately below.
- Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not
use a popular vote to select their electors to the
Electoral College.
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Article
II, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the selection
process as:
Each Elector has two votes; one for President and one for Vice
President. It directs that the candidate with a majority of electoral
votes becomes president.
The person having the greatest number of votes after the
president is selected becomes Vice President. |
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Year |
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Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Election Index Page
. |
1789
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
-- |
George Washington
V1
Votes not cast
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(no party)
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69
8V3 |
38,818
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Vice Presidential Candidates/
by default |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
John
Adams
V2
John Jay
Robert H. Harrison
John Rutledge
John Hancock
George Clinton
Samuel Huntington
John Milton
James Armstrong
Benjamin Lincoln
Edward Telfair
Votes not cast |
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
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34
9
6
6
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
8 |
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V1 |
Washington
ran un-opposed for President garnering 100% of the
available electoral vote to be unanimous. |
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V2 |
John Adams
received the most votes to become the first Vice President. |
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V3 |
A deadlock in the
New York
state legislature failed to appoint the state's 7
electors.
One Virginia
district failed to select an elector. |
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In 1789 only 10 States participated in the election.
North Carolina
and
Rhode Island
had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
38,818 people voted in the States using a popular vote;
less than 1.3% of the population. |
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* |
Electors in
Connecticut,
Georgia,
New Jersey,
New York and
South Carolina
were chosen by the state legislature.
Electors in
Maryland and
Pennsylvania
were chosen by the voters, statewide.
In
Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state
legislature with the remaining selected from a list of
top 2 vote-getters in each congressional district.
In
New Hampshire electors are chosen
by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority
the state legislature appoints from the top two
candidates.
Virginia
selected electors by the voters of each "electoral
district". |
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Year |
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Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Election Index Page
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1792
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1
2
3
4
5
6 |
George Washington
V1
Votes not cast
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Federalist
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132
6 |
13,332
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Vice Presidential Candidates/
by default |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
John
Adams
V1
George Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Votes not cast |
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
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77
50
4
1
6 |
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V1 |
Washington again ran un-opposed for President garnering 100% of
the vote to be unanimous. |
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V2 |
John Adams
again receives the most votes to remain as Vice President. |
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Kentucky and
Virginia
selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".
In
Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state
legislature with the remaining selected from a list of top 2
vote-getters in each congressional district.
In
New Hampshire electors are
chosen by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority
the state legislature appoints from the top two candidates.
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature. |
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Year |
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Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Election Index Page |
1796
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 |
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
V1 |
Federalist
Dem.-Rep. |
71
68 |
35,726
31,115 |
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Vice Presidential Candidates/
by default |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Thomas Pinckney:
Aaron Burr
Samuel Adams
Oliver Ellsworth
George Clinton
John
Jay
James Iredell
George
Washington
John Henry
Samuel Johnston
Charles C. Pinckney |
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Federalist.
(none)
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Federalist. |
59
30
15
11
7
5
3
2
2
2
1 |
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V1 |
Thomas Jefferson,
who opposed
Adams for president, received the second most votes to become
Vice President. This was seen as a flaw in the
Electoral College system. |
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In 1796, the vote gave the
Victory to
John Adams; but rather than Pinckney, Adams running
mate; elected
Thomas
Jefferson Vice President. |
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Kentucky,
Maryland,
North
Carolina and
Virginia
selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".
Electors in
Georgia and
Pennsylvania
are selected by voters statewide.
In
Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state
legislature with the remaining selected from a list of top 2
vote-getters in each congressional district.
In
New Hampshire electors are
chosen by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority
the state legislature appoints from the top two candidates.
In
Tennessee
an electoral delegate was chosen by popular vote in each county.
The delegates in each district selected the elector from their
district. one elector was chosen by each "electoral
district"
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature. |
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Year |
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Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Election Index Page |
1800
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1
2
3
4
5 |
Thomas
Jefferson
John Adams |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist |
73
65 |
41,330
25,952 |
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Vice Presidential Candidates/
by default |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
Popular.Votes |
Aaron Burr V1
Charles C. Pinckney
John Jay |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist |
73
64
1 |
41,330
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V1 |
Aaron Burr was
Jefferson's running mate but tied with
Jefferson, throwing the
elections into the House of Representatives to decide who would
be president. This highlighted a second flaw in the electoral system
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In 1800, the electoral
vote tie between Jefferson
and Burr required that the U.S. House of Representatives chose
the president from the top three. Jefferson received 10 votes,
Burr 4 votes and 2 were not cast. |
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Kentucky,
Maryland, and
North
Carolina selected electors by the voters of each "electoral
district".
Rhode
Island and Virginia
selected electors by voters statewide.
In
Tennessee
an electoral delegate was chosen by popular vote in each county.
The delegates in each district selected the elector from their
district. one elector was chosen by each "electoral
district"
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature. |
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