1796 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

1796 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

← 1792 November 4 - December 7, 1796 1800 →
 
Nominee John Adams Thomas Pinckney Samuel Johnston
Party Federalist Federalist Federalist
Home state Massachusetts South Carolina North Carolina
Electoral vote 14 13 2
Percentage 100.00%

 
Nominee Oliver Ellsworth
Party Federalist
Home state Connecticut
Electoral vote 1
Percentage

President before election

George Washington
Independent

Elected President

John Adams
Federalist

The 1796 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place between November 4 and December 7, 1796, as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. There were 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College in Massachusetts, two of them were appointed by Legislature, and the rest of them were chosen by state legislature from the two most popular candidates in each U.S. House district. And then, electors voted for President and Vice President.[1]

During this election, Massachusetts cast 14 electoral votes for incumbent Vice President John Adams. However, the detail of this election was not well protected, so the data is incomplete now.[2]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Lampi, Philip. "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Tufts University. Retrieved July 21, 2022.