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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
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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…
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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
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1792 Election Results
1792 Election Results
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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.
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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
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1796 Election Results
1796 Election Results
AdamsAdams
JeffersonJefferson
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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
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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.
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• 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.
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1800 Election Results1800 Election Results
AdamsAdams
JeffersonJefferson
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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%