National Election Statistics

1792 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1792, won by George Washington with 132 electoral votes.

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George Washington's Cabinet

President: George Washington (1789-1797)

Vice President: John Adams (1789-1797)

Secretary of State: Edmund Randolph (1794-1795), Timothy Pickering (1795-1797)

Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton (1789-1795), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795-1797)

Secretary of War: Henry Knox (1789-1794), Timothy Pickering (1795-1795), James McHenry (1796-1797)

The Democratic-Republican Party formed as the first opposition political party in the United States.

Electoral Vote Totals

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1792 National Election

132
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. Kentucky & Vermont become states during this election cycle.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

18

Delaware

6

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

8

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

16

Massachusetts

32

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

12

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

New York

24

North Carolina

24

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

30

Rhode Island

8

South Carolina

16

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

6

Virginia

42

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming