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The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president. John Adams received 34 electoral votes and was elected vice-president. Others receiving electoral votes were John Jay (9), Robert Harrison (6), John Rutledge (6), John Hancock (4), George Clinton (3), Samuel Huntington (2), John Milton (2), James Armstrong (1), Benjamin Lincoln (1), and Edward Telfair (1).
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Which stats had the most electoral college votes?
Recently, if correct, California had the most electoral college votes with 55 votes.
What state has the most electroal votes?
Based on the 2010 Census, the states with the largest number of electoral votes are California 55, Texas 38, New York 29, Florida 29, Illinois 20, and Pennsylvania 20.
What is an electoral vote. Why are they needed. I thought the people's vote counted and who ever got the most votes won the election.?
Imagine that you divide a state with invisible lines and the population within those lines is what makes an electroal vote. Pretty much like a district. When you vote, your vote goes into your electoral area. Say we have 500 people in an electroal area in the state of Alabama. 450 people vote R and 50 vote D. Then you have one electroal vote for R. If you have 251 vote R and 249 vote D you have one more R electroal vote. Bottom line is that it is the people who vote but it isn't necessarily counted by each individual vote.
Which us state has the most votes in the electoral college?
California with 55.
What state did Bryan win the most electoral college votes?
The most electoral votes that William Jennings Bryan won from one state in one election was 18 votes from Texas in 1908.
Who won the most electoral college votes but did not win president cy?
Andrew Jackson in 1824 Nobody had the required minimum number of votes. When that happens, the House of Representatives elects the president from among the three with the most votes. They chose John Quincy Adams, who had the second-most electoral votes.
Is the president chosen by most votes or electoral college?
By the electoral college, though it usually (not always) falls in line with the popular vote.
Who received most of the popular voted and Electoral College votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
How would the National Popular Vote bill change current Electoral College?
When states with a combined total of at least 270 electoral votes enact the bill, the candidate with the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC would get the needed majority of 270+ electoral votes from the enacting states. The bill would thus guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes and the majority of Electoral College votes.
What are the three states that gained the most electoral college votes from 1948 to 2004?
Florida California Illinois
The third-party candidate who won the most electoral college votes in American history was?
John Anderson
Do you directly elect your president?
No. Your Vote goes to the electoral college. It then is tallied with the rest of the state'svotes, and the electoral collage votes all go to the candidate with the most votes, with a few exceptions.
