U.S. presidential election, 1789
President: George Washington (no party affiliation)
Main
Opponent: John Adams (no party affiliation)
Electoral Main Total/Majority:
Vote: Winner: 69 Opponent: 3469/35
Popular
Vote: no record
John Jay (9), Robert H. Harrison (6), John
Votes for Rutledge (6), John Hancock (4), George
Others: Clinton (3), Samuel Huntington (2), John
Milton (2), James Armstrong (1), Benjamin
Lincoln (1), Edward Telfair (1)
Vice
President: John Adams
1789, 1792,
Other 1796, 1800,
elections 1804, 1808,
1812
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register
Notes:
Each voting elector cast one of his two votes for Washington. New York
failed to appoint its allotted eight electors in time and cast no electoral
votes. North Carolina and Rhode Island did not vote because they had not yet
ratified the Constitution.
For all intents and purposes, Washington was unopposed for election as
President. Under the system then in place, votes for Vice President were not
differentiated from votes for President. The runner-up for President became
the Vice-President, regardless of political similarities or differences from
the President.
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