1789 President of the United States, Electoral College

Office:
President of the United States (Federal)
Title:
President of the United States
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
1789 President of the United States, Electoral College
Date:
1789
State:
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
President of the United States/President of the United States
Candidates:
George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, Robert H. Harrison, John Rutledge, John Hancock, George Clinton, Samuel Huntington, John Milton, James Armstrong, Benjamin Lincoln, Edward Telfair
Candidates: George Washington[1]John Adams[2]John JayRobert H. HarrisonJohn RutledgeJohn HancockGeorge ClintonSamuel HuntingtonJohn MiltonJames ArmstrongBenjamin LincolnEdward Telfair
Affiliation:
Final Result: 69349664322111
Connecticut[3]75-----2----
Thaddeus Burr1-----------
Mathew Griswold1-----------
Jedediah Huntington1-----------
Samuel Huntington1-----------
Richard Law1-----------
Erastus Wolcott1-----------
Oliver Wolcott1-----------
Delaware3-3---------
John Banning1-1---------
Gunning Bedford1-1---------
George Mitchell1-1---------
Georgia[4]5-------2111
George Handley1-----------
John King1-----------
H. Osborne1-----------
George Walton1-----------
John Wilson[5]1-----------
Maryland[6]6--6--------
Alexander C. Hanson1--1--------
William Matthews1--1--------
George Plater------------
William Richardson------------
John Rogers1--1--------
Robert Smith1--1--------
Philip Thomas1--1--------
William Tilghman1--1--------
Massachusetts1010----------
William Cushing11----------
Francis Dana11----------
Caleb Davis11----------
Moses Gill11----------
Samuel Henshaw11----------
Samuel Phillips, Jr.11----------
William Sever11----------
David Sewall11----------
William Shepard11----------
Walter Spooner11----------
New Hampshire55----------
Benjamin Bellows11----------
John Parker11----------
John Pickering11----------
John Sullivan11----------
Ebenezer Thompson11----------
New Jersey[7]615---------
David Brearley1-----------
James Kinsey1-----------
David Moore1-----------
John Neilson1-----------
Matthias Ogden1-----------
John Rutherford1-----------
Pennsylvania[8]108---2------
John Arndt1-----------
George Gibson1-----------
Alexander Graydon1-----------
David Grier1-----------
Edward Hand1-----------
Lawrence Keene1-----------
James O'Harra1-----------
Samuel Potts1-----------
Collinson Read1-----------
James Wilson1-----------
South Carolina[9]7---61------
Christopher Gadsden1-----------
John F. Grimke1-----------
Thomas Heyward, Jr.1-----------
Henry Lawrens1-----------
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney1-----------
Edward Rutledge1-----------
Arthur Simkins1-----------
Virginia[10][11]1051--13-----
John Harvie1-----------
Patrick Henry1-----------
Zachariah Johnston1-----------
John Pride1-----------
John Roane1-----------
Edward Stevens1-----------
David Stuart1-----------
W. Tikhugh1-----------
Anthony Walke1-----------
James Wood1-----------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Though all electors in Connecticut cast one vote for George Washington, the second vote was split between John Adams and Samuel Huntington. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[4]Though all the electors in Georgia cast one vote for George Washington, the second vote was split among John Milton, James Armstrong, Benjamin Lincoln, and Edward Telfair. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[5]Listed in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790, By Gordon DenBoer, Volume 2 as John Milton.
[6]George Plater and William Richardson are listed as present, but not voting.
[7]Though all the electors in New Jersey cast one vote for George Washington, the other vote was split between John Adams and John Jay. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[8]Though all the electors in Pennsylvania cast one vote for George Washington, the second vote was split between John Adams and John Hancock. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[9]Though all the electors in South Carolina cast one vote for George Washington, the second vote was split between John Hancock and John Rutledge. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[10]Though all the electors in Virginia cast one vote for George Washington, the second vote was split among John Adams, John Jay, John Hancock, and George Clinton. No known record exists of which elector voted for whom.
[11]Virginia actually had twelve electoral votes. William Fitzhugh was elected but did not vote in the Electoral College. The Ninth District did not certify a winner and no elector was elected.

References:

United States' Telegraph Extra (Washington, DC). March 21, 1829.
DenBoer, Gordon and Lucy Trumbull Brown, ed. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections: 1788-1790. Vol. II. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976. xix
National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1789_1821.html

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