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Illman & Sons engraved a version George Washington - On the Great Occasion of our Presidential Election in 1858. [15] Alfred Daggett engraved a version, Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, January 2nd, 1777, that was published in Historical Collections of New Jersey, Past and Present by John W. Barber and Henry Howe in 1868. [16]
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.
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, [1] best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
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 .
The 1792 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. Pennsylvania voters chose 15 members of the Electoral College, [1] each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for President.
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.
The 1792 United States presidential election in Georgia took place between 2 November and 5 December 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .