Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 2

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

Label:: Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 2
Date:: 1804
State:: Tennessee
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Electoral College/Elector
Electors:: Richard Mitchell

Electors:	Richard Mitchell [1]
Affiliation:	Republican
Presidential Candidate:	Thomas Jefferson
Final Result: [2]	-
District of Two	-
Claiborne County	-
Cocke County	-
Grainger County	-
Hawkins County	-
Jefferson County	-

Notes:

[1]Elected with a "majority of 48 votes."

[2]"In concurrence with the executive recommendation, a law was enacted on November 3, 1803, dividing the state into five sections and providing that each section was entitled to elect one elector who was empowered to cast his vote for President and Vice-President of the Unites States. The 'sections' as they were specified in the law were as follows: Second; Hawkins, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, and Cocke counties." White, Robert Hiram. Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1796-1821. Vol. 1. Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, 1952.

References:

Original Election Returns. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

White, Robert Hiram. Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1796-1821. Vol. 1. Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, 1952.

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