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Notes :
- The ^V1notations 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.
- - - 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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1792

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George Washington ^V1
Votes not cast

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Vice Presidential Candidates/ by default

Party

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Popular.Votes

John Adams ^V1
George Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Votes not cast

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^V1	Washington again ran un-opposed for President garnering 100% of the vote to be unanimous.
^V2	John Adams again receives the most votes to remain as Vice President.
*	Kentucky and Vir ginia 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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