This is an incomplete list of presidential electors in the United States presidential election of 1796.
Electoral college selection edit
The Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, provided that the state legislatures should decide the manner in which their Electors were chosen. Different state legislatures chose different methods:[1]
| Method of choosing electors | State(s) |
|---|---|
| Each Elector appointed by the state legislature | Connecticut Delaware New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont |
| State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district | Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Virginia |
| Each Elector chosen by voters statewide | Georgia Pennsylvania |
|
Massachusetts |
| Each Elector chosen by voters statewide; however, if no candidate wins majority, the state legislature appoints Elector from top two candidates | New Hampshire |
|
Tennessee |
Delaware edit
- Richard Bassett
- Isaac Cooper
- Thomas Robinson[2]
Georgia edit
- James Jackson
- Edward Telfair
- Charles Abercrombie
- William Barnett[3]
Kentucky edit
- Stephen Ormsby
- Isaac Shelby
- Caleb Wallace
- John Coburn[4]
Maryland edit
- John Rousby Plater Federalist[5]
- Francis Deakins Federalist[6]
- George Murdock Federalist[7]
- John Lynn Federalist[8]
- Gabriel Duvall Democratic-Republican[9]
- John Archer Democratic-Republican[10]
- John Gilpin Democratic-Republican[11]
- John Roberts Federalist[12]
- John Eccleston Federalist[13]
- John Done[14] Federalist[15]
New Hampshire edit
- Oliver Peabody
- John Taylor Gilman
- Benjamin Bellows
- Timothy Farrar
- Ebenezer Thompson[16]
Rhode Island edit
South Carolina edit
- Edward Rutledge
- John Mathews
- Andrew Pickens
- Arthur Simkins
- Thomas Taylor
- John Chestnut
- John Rutledge, Jr.
- William Thomas[17]
Tennessee edit
- Hugh Wilson
- Joseph Greer
- Daniel Smith[18]
Vermont edit
- Elijah Dewey
- Elisha Sheldon
- John Bridgman
- Oliver Gallup [19]
Virginia edit
- William Nimmo Democratic-Republican[20]
- Benjamin Temple Federalist[21] Essex County, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County, Mathews County, Middlesex County.
- George Markham Democratic-Republican[22]
- Peter Johnson Democratic-Republican[23]
- William Terry Democratic-Republican[24]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789". The Papers of George Washington. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- ^ "Delaware 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Georgia 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Kentucky 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 1
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 2
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 3
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 4
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 5
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 6
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 7
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 8
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 9
- ^ "Presidential Electors in Maryland (1789- )". State of Maryland. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 10
- ^ "New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "South Carolina 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Tennessee 1796 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Vermont; Walton, E. P. (1873–80). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Montpelier: J. & J. M. Poland.
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 1
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 4
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 10
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 11
- ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 12