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1789 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1789, won by George Washington with 69 electoral votes.

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George Washington's Cabinet

President: George Washington (1789-1797)

Vice President: John Adams (1789-1797)

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson (1790-1793)

Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton (1789-1795)

Secretary of War: Henry Knox (1789-1794)

All candidates were of the Federalist Party.

Electoral Vote Totals

69 for George Washington (President)
34 for John Adams (Vice President)
9 for John Jay
6 for R.H. Harrison
6 for John Rutledge
4 for John Hancock
3 for George Clinton
2 for Samuel Huntington
2 for John Milton
1 for James Armstrong
1 for Benjamin Lincoln
1 for Edward Telfair

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1789 Candidate Electoral Votes

George Washington (Federalist)

Before the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, each elector cast votes for two different candidates. The candidate with the highest number of votes became president, while the candidate with the second highest total became vice president.

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State Electoral Votes

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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