Kentucky 1796 Governor

Office:: Governor (State)
Title:: Governor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Kentucky 1796 Governor
Date:: 1796
State:: Kentucky
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Governor/Governor
Candidates:: Benjamin Logan, James Garrard, Thomas Todd, John Brown

Candidates:	Benjamin Logan	James Garrard	Thomas Todd	John Brown
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1]	21	16	14	1
General Assembly	21	16	14	1

Notes:

[1]"The electors took a second ballot for Benjamin Logan and J. Garrard, when James Garrard obtained the greatest number of votes and was declared govr. - Had the electors a right under the constitution to proceed to a second ballot, and is James Garrard legally elected? Question aksed by Benja. Logan, to John Breckinridge, Attorney General." Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). May 28, 1796.

References:

Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). May 28, 1796.

Mattern, David B., J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue, ed. The Papers of James Madison, Congressional Series. Vol. 16. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1989. 397.

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