Presidential Election of 1788-89

Presidential Election of 1788-89
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{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:12.32px;width:417px;background:transparent;"	N/A ←	December 15, 1788 - January 10, 1789	→ 1792
The First Presidential Election was the first Presidential Election ever held, and it would be more of a grassroots effort to get George Washington to take up the office of the Presidency. This would be one of two unanimous elections in American history, George Washington winning both of them.
==Candidates==
Some organized political parties had formed prior to the Presidential Election, and all of them had been squabbling over who should be Vice President under Washington.
===Constitutional Democrats===
The Constitutional Democrats were the party held in highest regards of George Washington at the time. And among there ranks, a few stood high enough to garner traction for Vice President.
File:JohnAdams.png|John Adams (Former Minister to the Netherlands)
File:JohnRutledge.jpg|John Rutledge (Former Governor of South Carolina)
File:JohnHancock.jpg|John Hancock (Governor of Massachusetts)
File:SamuelHuntington.jpg|Samuel Huntington (Governor of Connecticut)
File:BenjaminLincoln.jpg|Benjamin Lincoln (Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts)
File:RobertHHarrison.jpg|Robert H. Harrison (Judge)
===Party of Democracy===
The Party of Democracy ran two candidates alongside George Washington: Gerald Smith, the Governor of New Jersey, and Bill Nye, an inventor from New York.
File:GeraldSmith.jpg|Gerald Smith (Governor of New Jersey)
File:NoImage.jpg|Bill Nye (Inventor)
===Democratic-Republican Party===
The Democratic-Republicans ran 1 candidate for Vice President, Governor of New York George Clinton, but they weren't fully unified.
File:GeorgeClinton.jpg|George Clinton (Governor of New York)
===Anti-Federalist Party===
In the last real unified act of the Anti-Federalist Party, they nominated former Governor of North Carolina Jonathan Banks, who had killed Benjamin Franklin in a duel earlier that year, which he too would lose his life in a duel against Henry Hartwell right before the election.
File:JonathanBanks.jpg|Jonathan Banks (Former Governor of North Carolina)
==Results==
George Washington won every elector, however John Adams came in second with 31 Electors, winning the Vice Presidency. 
===Popular Vote===
 	Popular Vote	Popular Vote
 	Count 	Percent
Constitutional Democratic Electors	18,941 	61.83%
Democratic-Republican Electors 	10,654 	34.78%
Party for Democracy Electors 	714 	2.33%
Anti-Federalist Electors 	326 	1.06%
Total 	30,635 	100.0%
===Electoral Vote===
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Popular Vote	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Count 	Percent 	Electoral Vote
George Washington 	Independent 	Virginia 	29,921 	97.67% 	65
John Adams 	Constitutional Democratic	Massachusetts 	-- 	-- 	31
Gerald Smith 	Party for Democracy 	New Jersey 	714 	2.33% 	13
John Rutledge 	Constitutional Democratic	South Carolina	-- 	-- 	5
John Hancock 	Constitutional Democratic	Massachusetts 	-- 	-- 	4
Robert H. Harrison	Constitutional Democratic	Maryland 	-- 	-- 	3
George Clinton 	Democratic-Republican 	New York 	-- 	-- 	3
John Milton 	Constitutional Democratic	Georgia 	-- 	-- 	2
Samuel Huntington 	Constitutional Democratic	Connecticut 	-- 	-- 	2
Benjamin Lincoln 	Constitutional Democratic	Massachusetts 	-- 	-- 	1
Edward Telfair 	Democratic-Republican 	Georgia 	-- 	-- 	1
===Results By State===
 	 	Washington 	Washington 	Washington 	Smith 	Smith 	Smith 	Margin	Margin
State 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	%
Connecticut 	6 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	6 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	- 	- 	-
Delaware 	2 	381 	72.9% 	2 	141 	27.1% 	- 	240 	45.8%
Georgia 	4 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	4 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	- 	- 	-
Maryland 	9 	15,829 	100.0% 	9 	No Ballots 	No Ballots 	- 	15,829	100.0%
Massachusetts 	9 	3,880 	100.0% 	9 	No Ballots 	No Ballots 	- 	3,880 	100.0%
New Hampshire 	4 	1,759 	100.0% 	4 	No Ballots 	No Ballots 	- 	1,759 	100.0%
New Jersey 	5 	434 	73.1% 	5 	160 	26.9% 	- 	274 	46.2%
New York 	0 (7) 	Electors Not Chosen Yet	Electors Not Chosen Yet	Electors Not Chosen Yet	Electors Not Chosen Yet	Electors Not Chosen Yet	Electors Not Chosen Yet	- 	-
North Carolina	0 (6) 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	- 	-
Pennsylvania 	9 	6,970 	94.4% 	9 	413 	5.6% 	- 	6,557 	88.8%
Rhode Island 	0 (2) 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	Not Ratified Yet 	- 	-
South Carolina	6 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	6 	No Popular Vote 	No Popular Vote 	- 	- 	-
Virginia 	11 	668 	100.0% 	11 	No Ballots 	No Ballots 	- 	668 	100.0%
TOTALS: 	65 (80)	29,921 	97.67% 	65 	714 	2.33% 	0 	29,207	95.34%
 	 	 	 	 	
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