Delaware

Vining 43.6%23.8% Shankland

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Statewide Results

John Vining

43.6%

898 votes

Rhoads Shankland

23.8%

491 votes

Gunning Bedford, Jr.

15.0%

308 votes

Joshua Clayton

13.2%

272 votes

Allen McLean

4.4%

90 votes

2,059 votes

Election Notes

"And be it enacted, that every person coming to vote for a Representative and Electors, agreeably to the said constitution and the Directions of this Act, shall deliver in writing on one ticket or piece of paper, the names of two persons, one of whom at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same County with themselves, to be voted for as Representative, and one other person to be voted for as one of the Electors, for the purposes in the said Constitution mentioned which said Elector shall be an Inhabitant of the same County in which he shall be voted for." Election Law of October 28, 1788.

Jurisdiction	Vining	Shankland	Bedford, Jr.	Clayton	McLean
Sum	898 43.6%	491 23.8%	308 15.0%	272 13.2%	90 4.4%
Kent•	332 50.9%	0 0.0%	48 7.4%	272 41.7%	0 0.0%
New Castle•	52 17.1%	0 0.0%	162 53.3%	0 0.0%	90 29.6%
Sussex•	514 46.6%	491 44.5%	98 8.9%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%