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Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
The presidential election of 1788–1789 was the first election of a federal head of state or head of government in United States history. Prior to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, the U.S. had been governed under the Articles of Confederation, which provided for a very limited central government; what power that did exist was vested in the Congress of the ...
Washington generally favored the Republican Party in presidential elections until 1932, reflecting its state and congressional voting patterns. [8] The state was won by Progressive Party presidential nominee Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election ; Roosevelt, who had been a Republican during his presidency, is the only third party candidate to ...
In the first two presidential elections, the Electoral College handled both the nominations and elections in 1789 and 1792 that selected Washington. Starting with the 1796 election, congressional party or a state legislature party caucus selected the party's presidential candidates. [26]
This primary is unlike regular elections as the results are used to allocate delegates to Democratic and Republican candidates seeking to be their party’s presidential nominee in the November ...
Washington is inaugurated as president of the United States in 1789. The first U.S. presidential election was held over a period of weeks during December 1788 and January 1789. All 69 presidential electors cast one vote for Washington, making his election unanimous. [7] [8] No popular vote totals are listed in this table.
The 1788–89 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1788–89 United States presidential election to elect the first President. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .