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Election of 1789• First presidential election in the United
States of America. • Following the ratification of the United
States Constitution in 1788.
• In this election, George Washington was elected, and John Adams became the first Vice President of the United States.
• Before this election, the United States had no chief executive.
• Under the previous system—the Articles of Confederation—the national government was headed by the Confederation Congress.
• In this election, the enormously popular Washington essentially ran unopposed
Election of 1792• First Election in which each of the original 13
states appointed electors (in addition to newly added states Kentucky and Vermont).
• It is also the only presidential election that was not held four years after the previous election
• As in 1789, President George Washington ran unopposed for a second term.
• Under the system in place then and through the election of 1800, each voting elector cast two votes — the recipient of the greatest number of votes was elected President, the second greatest number, Vice President.
• As with his first term, Washington is considered to have been elected unanimously.
In 1796 Washington gives his famous Farewell Address in which he tells the US to avoid Political Parties & stay out of International Conflicts…
1792 Election Results (16 states in the Union)
George Washington Virginia Federalist 132
97.8%
John Adams Massachusetts Federalist
77 57.0%
George Clinton New York Democratic-Republican
50 37.0%
Thomas Jefferson Virginia Democratic-Republican
4 3.0%
Aaron Burr New York Federalist 1 0.7%
Electoral Votes Not Cast
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6 4.4%
Total Number of Electors13
2
Total Electoral Votes Cast26
4
Number of Votes for a Majority
67
1792 Election Results
1792 Election Results
Election of 1796• The United States presidential election of 1796 was the first contested
American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets.
• Incumbent Vice President John Adams of Massachusetts was a candidate for the presidency on the Federalist Party ticket with former Governor Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina as the next most popular Federalist.
• Their opponents were former Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson of Virginia along with Senator Aaron Burr of New York on the Democratic-Republican ticket. At this point, each man from any party ran alone, as the formal position of "running mate" had not yet been established.
• Unlike the previous election where the outcome had been a foregone conclusion, Democratic-Republicans campaigned heavily for Jefferson, and Federalists campaigned heavily for Adams.
• Although Adams won, Thomas Jefferson received more electoral votes than Pinckney and was elected Vice-President.
1796 Election Results (16 states in the Union)1796 Election Results
(16 states in the Union)John Adams Massachusetts Federalist 71 51.4%
Thomas Jefferson Virginia Democratic-Republican
68 49.3%
Thomas Pinckney South Carolina Federalist 59 42.8%
Aaron Burr New York Democratic-Republican
30 21.7%
Samuel Adams Massachusetts Federalist 15 10.9%
Oliver Ellsworth Connecticut Federalist 11 8.0%
George Clinton New York Democratic-Republican
7 5.1%
Other - - 15 10.9%
Total Number of Electors13
8
Total Electoral Votes Cast27
6
Number of Votes for a Majority
70
1796 Election Results
1796 Election Results
AdamsAdams
JeffersonJefferson
1800 Election Results (16 states in the Union)1800 Election Results
(16 states in the Union)
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Democratic-Republican
73 52.9%
Aaron Burr New York Democratic-Republican
73 52.9%
John Adams Massachusetts Federalist 65 47.1%
Charles Pinckney South Carolina Federalist 64 46.4%
John Jay New York Federalist 1 0.7%
Total Number of Electors13
8
Total Electoral Votes Cast27
6
Number of Votes for a Majority
70
Election of 1800
• In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams.
• The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System.
• It was a lengthy, bitter rematch of the 1796 election between the pro-French and pro-decentralization Republicans under Jefferson and Aaron Burr, against incumbent Adams and Charles Pinckney's pro-British and pro-centralization Federalists.
• Central issues included opposition to the tax imposed by Congress to pay for the mobilization of the new army and the navy in the Quasi-War against France in 1798, and the Alien and Sedition acts, by which Federalists were trying to stifle dissent, especially by Republican newspaper editors.
• While the Republicans were well organized at the state and local levels, the Federalists were disorganized, and suffered a bitter split between their two major leaders, President Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
• The jockeying for electoral votes, regional divisions, and the propaganda smear campaigns created by both parties made the election recognizably modern.
1800 Election Results1800 Election Results
AdamsAdams
JeffersonJefferson
1800 Election Results (Into the House of Representatives!!)
1 vote for each State
1800 Election Results (Into the House of Representatives!!)
1 vote for each State
Thomas Jefferson Virginia Democratic-Republican 10 62.5%
Aaron Burr New York
Democratic-Republican 4 25.0%
Blank ------- 2 12.5%
