Presidential Elections: 1789 - 1800

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Note: During this time period, there were no vice-presidential running mates. The candidate with the highest number of electoral votes became president, and the candidate with the second-highest number of electoral votes became vice-president. This was changed after the Jefferson-Burr tie of 1800.

1789 Election

	Party	Electoral Vote
George Washington	none	69
John Adams	none	34
John Jay	none	9
Robert Harrison	none	6
John Rutledge	none	6
Other	-----	14

1792 Election

	Party	Electoral Vote
George Washington	Federalist	132
John Adams	Federalist	77
George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	50
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	4
Aaron Burr	Democratic-Republican	1

1796 Election

	Party	Electoral Vote
John Adams	Federalist	71
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	68
Thomas Pickney	Federalist	59
Aaron Burr	Democratic-Republican	30
Samuel Adams	Federalist	15
Other	-----	33

1800 Election

	Party	Electoral Vote
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	731
Aaron Burr	Democratic-Republican	731
John Adams	Federalist	65
Charles Pickney	Federalist	64
John Jay	Federalist	1

¹ The tie was broken by a separate vote in the House of Representatives, where Jefferson beat Burr 10 votes to 4.

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