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The 1792 United States elections elected the members of the 3rd United States Congress.Congress was broadly divided between a Pro-Administration faction supporting the policies of George Washington's administration and an Anti-Administration faction opposed to those policies.
In 1792, presidential elections were still conducted according to the original method established under the U.S. Constitution. Under this system, each elector cast two votes: the candidate who received the greatest number of votes (so long as they won a majority) became president, while the runner-up became vice president.
The Constitution granted the president the power to veto legislation, but Washington was reluctant to encroach on legislative affairs, and he only exercised his veto power twice. [65] He exercised his presidential veto power for the first time on April 5, 1792, to stop an apportionment act from becoming law. The bill would have redistributed ...
The 1792 United States presidential election in New York took place between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The New York State Legislature chose 12 members of the Electoral College , each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment ...
George Washington, widely viewed as the first president, was elected into office in 1789 after leading the Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.
The delegates to the convention for the first presidential election anticipated a Washington presidency and left it to him to define the office once elected. [169] When the state electors voted on February 4, 1789, [174] Washington was unanimously elected, unique among U.S. presidents. [175] John Adams was elected vice president. [176]
Pages in category "Candidates in the 1792 United States presidential election" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Saregama holds the rights of 61 movies and over 6000 hours of TV content. With increasing focus in the new music space, Saregama has been cementing its position with new film and non-film acquisitions across Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi and other regional languages. [7]