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1792 United States presidential election in New York

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1792 United States presidential election in New York

November 2 - December 5, 1792 1796 →
 
Nominee George Washington George Clinton
Party Nonpartisan Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia New York
Electoral vote 12 12
Percentage 100%

President before election

George Washington
Nonpartisan

Elected President

George Washington
Nonpartisan

The 1792 United States presidential election in New York took place between November 2 and December 5, 1792 as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The New York State Legislature chose 12 members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast 2 votes for President.

New York's 12 electors each cast one vote for incumbent George Washington and one vote for George Clinton in the state's first presidential election.[1] (Although the state had ratified the Constitution to become the eleventh state on July 26, 1788, it did not participate in the first presidential election in 1789 due to the state legislature's being deadlocked.)

References

  1. ^ Presidential Electoral Vote Count Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.