In the nation’s first presidential election in 1789 and second election in 1792, the states employed a wide variety of methods for choosing presidential electors, including
● appointment of the state’s presidential electors by the Governor and his Council, 
● appointment by both houses of the state legislature, 
● popular election using special single-member presidential-elector districts, 
● popular election using counties as presidential-elector districts, 
● popular election using congressional districts, 
● popular election using multi-member regional districts, 
● combinations of popular election and legislative choice, 
● appointment of the state’s presidential electors by the Governor and his Council combined with the state legislature, and
● statewide popular election. 		
	
The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes became dominant only in the 1830s