List of 1796 United States presidential electors
This is an incomplete list of presidential electors in the United States presidential election of 1796.
Electoral college selection
[edit]The Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, provided that the state legislatures should decide the manner in which their Electors were chosen. Different state legislatures chose different methods:[1]
| Method of choosing electors | State(s) |
|---|---|
| Each Elector appointed by the state legislature | Connecticut Delaware New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont |
| State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district | Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Virginia |
| Each Elector chosen by voters statewide | Georgia Pennsylvania |
|
Massachusetts |
| Each Elector chosen by voters statewide; however, if no candidate wins majority, the state legislature appoints Elector from top two candidates | New Hampshire |
|
Tennessee |
Delaware
[edit]- Richard Bassett
- Isaac Cooper
- Thomas Robinson[2]
Georgia
[edit]- James Jackson
- Edward Telfair
- Charles Abercrombie
- William Barnett[3]
Kentucky
[edit]- Stephen Ormsby
- Isaac Shelby
- Caleb Wallace
- John Coburn[4]
Maryland
[edit]- John Rousby Plater Federalist[5]
- Francis Deakins Federalist[6]
- George Murdock Federalist[7]
- John Lynn Federalist[8]
- Gabriel Duvall Democratic-Republican[9]
- John Archer Democratic-Republican[10]
- John Gilpin Democratic-Republican[11]
- John Roberts Federalist[12]
- John Eccleston Federalist[13]
- John Done[14] Federalist[15]
New Hampshire
[edit]- Oliver Peabody
- John Taylor Gilman
- Benjamin Bellows
- Timothy Farrar
- Ebenezer Thompson[16]
Rhode Island
[edit]South Carolina
[edit]- Edward Rutledge
- John Mathews
- Andrew Pickens
- Arthur Simkins
- Thomas Taylor
- John Chestnut
- John Rutledge, Jr.
- William Thomas[17]
Tennessee
[edit]- Hugh Wilson
- Joseph Greer
- Daniel Smith[18]
Vermont
[edit]- Elijah Dewey
- Elisha Sheldon
- John Bridgman
- Oliver Gallup [19]
Virginia
[edit]- William Nimmo Democratic-Republican[20]
- Benjamin Temple Federalist[21] Essex County, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County, Mathews County, Middlesex County.
- George Markham Democratic-Republican[22]
- Peter Johnson Democratic-Republican[23]
- William Terry Democratic-Republican[24]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789". The Papers of George Washington. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- ^ "Delaware 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Georgia 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Kentucky 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 1
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 2
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 3
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 4
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 5
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 6
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 7
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 8
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 9
- ^ "Presidential Electors in Maryland (1789- )". State of Maryland. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 10
- ^ "New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "South Carolina 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Tennessee 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Vermont; Walton, E. P. (1873–80). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Montpelier: J. & J. M. Poland.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 1
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 4
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 10
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 11
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 12
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