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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 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 ...
1789 elections in the United States by state (13 C) C. 1789 in Connecticut (2 C) D. 1789 in Delaware (2 C, 2 P) G. 1789 in Georgia (U.S. state) (2 C) M. 1789 in ...
1788–1789 United States presidential election by state (11 P) C. 1789 Connecticut elections (2 P) D. 1789 Delaware elections (3 P) G. 1789 Georgia (U.S. state ...
For many years, voter turnout was reported as a percentage; the numerator being the total votes cast, or the votes cast for the highest office, and the denominator being the Voting Age Population (VAP), the Census Bureau's estimate of the number of persons 18 years old and older resident in the United States.
For other coverage of the 1788–1789 presidential election, see Category:1788–1789 United States presidential election Pages in category "1788–1789 United States presidential election by state" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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
1789. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1] Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the ...