Delaware 1796 Electoral College

Office:: Electoral College (Federal)
Title:: Elector
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Delaware 1796 Electoral College
Date:: 1796
State:: Delaware
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Electoral College/Elector
Electors:: Richard Bassett, Isaac Cooper, Thomas Robinson, John Dickinson, David Hall, William Killen

Electors:	Richard Bassett [1]	Isaac Cooper [2]	Thomas Robinson [3]	John Dickinson	David Hall	William Killen
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican
Presidential Candidate:	John Adams / Thomas Pinckney	John Adams / Thomas Pinckney	John Adams / Thomas Pinckney	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson
Final Result: [4]	19	19	19	10	10	10
General Assembly	19	19	19	10	10	10

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]"Thomas Robinson, Richard Bassett, and Isaac Cooper, esquires, having the greatest number of votes, they were declared by the Speaker to be duly chosen Electors." Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1796.

References:

Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1796.

Journal of the Delaware State Senate, 1796. 5-6.

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