1792 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1792 was the second quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the Electoral College.
As in the first presidential election, Washington is considered to have run unopposed. Electoral rules of the time, however, required each presidential elector to cast two votes without distinguishing which was for president and which for vice president.
The recipient of the most votes would then become president, and the runner-up vice president. Incumbent Vice President John Adams received 77 votes and was also re-elected (Washington received 132 votes, or one from each elector).
Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote |
Electoral vote |
|
Count |
Percentage |
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George Washington (Incumbent) |
None |
Virginia |
28,579 |
100.00% |
132 |
John Adams |
Federalist |
Massachusetts |
— |
— |
77 |
George Clinton |
Democratic-Republican |
New York |
— |
— |
50 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Democratic-Republican |
Virginia |
— |
— |
4 |
Aaron Burr |
Democratic-Republican |
New York |
— |
— |
1 |
Total |
28,579 |
100.00% |
264 |
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Needed to win |
67 |