Vote Archive

1789 Presidential Election

National

Federalist 82.9%17.1% Anti-Federalist
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Nationwide Results
F
Federalist
82.9%
12,498 votes
0 EV
A
Anti-Federalist
17.1%
2,581 votes
0 EV
C1
George Washington
0.0%
0 votes
69 EV
C2
John Adams
0.0%
0 votes
34 EV
C3
John Jay
0.0%
0 votes
9 EV
C4
Robert H. Harrison
0.0%
0 votes
6 EV
C5
John Rutledge
0.0%
0 votes
6 EV
C6
John Hancock
0.0%
0 votes
4 EV
C7
George Clinton
0.0%
0 votes
3 EV
C8
Samuel Huntington
0.0%
0 votes
2 EV
C9
John Milton
0.0%
0 votes
2 EV
C10
James Armstrong
0.0%
0 votes
1 EV
C11
Benjamin Lincoln
0.0%
0 votes
1 EV
C12
Edward Telfair
0.0%
0 votes
1 EV
15,079 votes138 EV
Election Notes
  • State-level pages: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania
  • Though some data is extant for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Virginia, in each case it is too fragmentary to be useful and/or insufficient information is available concerning the party affiliations of the various candidates for elector.
  • In four states (Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, and South Carolina), electors were chosen by the legislature.
  • In New York, the legislature could not agree on electors, with the consequence that the state did not participate in this election.
  • Rhode Island did not ratify the Constitution until 1790.
Jurisdiction Federalist Anti-Federalist Washington Adams Jay Harrison Rutledge Hancock Clinton Huntington Milton Armstrong Lincoln Telfair
Sum 12,498
82.9%		 2,581
17.1%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%
Delaware• 685
100.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%
Maryland• 5,516
72.1%		 2,139
27.9%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%
Pennsylvania• 6,297
93.4%		 442
6.6%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%		 0
0.0%
Source: Lampi Collection of American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 (American Antiquarian Society)
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