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 Jay | Robert H. Harrison | John Rutledge | John Hancock | George Clinton | Samuel Huntington | John Milton | James Armstrong | Benjamin Lincoln | Edward Telfair |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | ||||||||||||
Final Result: | 69 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Connecticut[3] | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Thaddeus Burr | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mathew Griswold | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jedediah Huntington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Samuel Huntington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Richard Law | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erastus Wolcott | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oliver Wolcott | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delaware | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Banning | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gunning Bedford | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
George Mitchell | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Georgia[4] | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
George Handley | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John King | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
H. Osborne | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
George Walton | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Wilson[5] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Maryland[6] | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alexander C. Hanson | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Matthews | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
George Plater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Rogers | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Robert Smith | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Philip Thomas | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Tilghman | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Massachusetts | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Cushing | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Francis Dana | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Caleb Davis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Moses Gill | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Samuel Henshaw | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Samuel Phillips, Jr. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Sever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Sewall | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
William Shepard | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Walter Spooner | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Hampshire | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Benjamin Bellows | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Parker | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Pickering | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Sullivan | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ebenezer Thompson | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Jersey[7] | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Brearley | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
James Kinsey | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Moore | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Neilson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Matthias Ogden | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Rutherford | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania[8] | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Arndt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
George Gibson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alexander Graydon | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Grier | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Edward Hand | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lawrence Keene | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
James O'Harra | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Samuel Potts | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Collinson Read | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
James Wilson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
South Carolina[9] | 7 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Christopher Gadsden | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John F. Grimke | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Thomas Heyward, Jr. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Henry Lawrens | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Edward Rutledge | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Arthur Simkins | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Virginia[10][11] | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
John Harvie | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Patrick Henry | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Zachariah Johnston | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Pride | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Roane | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Edward Stevens | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Stuart | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
W. Tikhugh | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anthony Walke | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
James Wood | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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