1796 United States presidential election in Maryland

1796 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee John Adams Thomas Jefferson Thomas Pinckney
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Massachusetts Virginia South Carolina
Electoral vote 7 4 4
Popular vote 7,029 6,490 -
Percentage 51.99% 48.01% -

 
Nominee Aaron Burr John Henry
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state New York Maryland
Electoral vote 3 2
Popular vote - -
Percentage - -

County Results

President before election

George Washington
Independent

Elected President

John Adams
Federalist

The 1796 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1796, as part of the 1796 presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Early elections were quite different from modern ones. Voters voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Oftentimes, which candidate an elector intended to support was unclear. Prior to the ratification of the 12th amendment, each elector did not distinguish between a vote cast for President and Vice President, and simply cast two votes. Due to this feature, the elector from the second district, Francis Deakins, cast one vote for both Adams and Jefferson.[1]

Starting with this election and ending with the 1824 United States presidential election, Maryland used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.

  1. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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