Electoral Ticket, 1789
date: label: date made
content: 1789
label: associated date
content: 1789
notes: label: Description
content: This ballot names four men to serve as members of Maryland’s delegation to the Electoral College in the first presidential election under the U.S. Constitution, in 1789. The Constitution allowed state legislatures to choose their own preferred method of selecting members for the Electoral College that would in turn select the president. Five state legislatures directly appointed members, while others established various systems that allowed voters to have a voice. In Maryland the voters at large, nearly eight thousand men, voted for presidential electors in 1789. Every state’s electors voted for George Washington to be president.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Americana Mail Auction
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0054.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0054
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0054.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electoral ticket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 in; 21.59 cm x 12.7 cm