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1789 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

 

1789 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Resultsus-map

The United States presidential election of 1788–89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789. It was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which was ratified earlier in 1788.

In the election, George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president, and John Adams became the first vice president.

Presidential candidate

Party

Home state

Popular vote

Electoral vote

Count

Percentage

George Washington

Independent

Virginia

43,782

100.00%

69

John Adams

Federalist

Massachusetts

34

John Jay

Federalist

New York

9

Robert H. Harrison

Federalist

Maryland

6

John Rutledge

Federalist

South Carolina

6

John Hancock

Federalist

Massachusetts

4

George Clinton

Anti-Federalist

New York

3

Samuel Huntington

Federalist

Connecticut

2

John Milton

Federalist

Georgia

2

James Armstrong(g)

Federalist

Georgia(g)

1

Benjamin Lincoln

Federalist

Massachusetts

1

Edward Telfair

Anti-Federalist

Georgia

1

Total

43,782

100.00%

138

Needed to win

35