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Did Washington receive the unanimous vote of the electors in his first election as president?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes, There is a good summary on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1789 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1792 In the 1789 election, each elector cast 2 votes for the president and vice president. George Washington received a vote from EVERY elector for a unanimous election. John Adams received the majority of the Vice President votes and thus became vice president. In 1792 George Washington also received 100% of the Presidential votes, becoming the first and only president to ever receive 100% of the electoral votes.
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∙ 10y agoYes, he twice won all the electoral votes. James Monroe came close in 1820, when only one electoral vote was cast against him.
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∙ 12y agoyes george washington's election was unanimous making him the first president of the U.S with 69 votes and John Adams with 34 votes
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∙ 6y agoYes George Washington was so respected he won unanimously.
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∙ 13y agoYes he was.
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∙ 12y agoYes he was
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What president had an unanimous vote?
George Washington- The only president elected unanimously. All 69 electors voted for him in 1789, and all 132 electors voted for him in 1792.
Who elects the President of the United States?
Formally the president is elected by a group of electors selected from each state and D. C. by their respective parties, called the electoral college. The electors then cast their votes for president and VP in December of an election year; majority wins. Ironically, electors may vote however they choose and are not bound by the results of the general election in November.
What state did Washington represent?
George Washington never ran for president. Americans loved him so after he won the Revolution, they just MADE him president. The electors went to wherever electors went back then and voted, unanimously, for Washington for president. But thinking about it...if Washington would have had to run for president, he would have represented Virginia since that's where he lived.
What month is the election for pres?
The voting public chooses the 538 electors on the day after the first Monday of November by indicating their preferences for president and vice president on the General Election ballot, and the electors cast their votes on the Monday after the 2nd Wednesday of December (the Monday that falls after Dec. 12 and before Dec. 20).
Who did George Washington beat when he was elected president of the US?
George Washington is said to have run unopposed both times he was elected. There was a total of 69 electors in the 1788-1789 election and 132 electors in the 1792 election, and Washington received 69 votes in 1789 and 132 votes in 1792. In the first four U. S. Presidential elections, each elector cast two votes, and whoever came in second was the Vice President. This was changed by Constitutional Amendment after the Election of 1800, in which Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, ended up tied for first, requiring that the House of Representatives elect the President. Burr refused to concede, and it took the House 36 ballots before a clear winner was finally selected!
Was George Washington elected president by the electoral in a unanimous vote?
yes all of the electors voted for him unanimously
What president had an unanimous vote?
George Washington- The only president elected unanimously. All 69 electors voted for him in 1789, and all 132 electors voted for him in 1792.
Who was elected to first term with a unanimous electoral vote?
Many historians have said that George Washington was the only unanimously elected President (twice). However, the Constitution bases the winner of a presidential election on the votes of the majority of the appointed electors, not on the majority of the votes of the electors. Although in both 1789 and 1792 George Washington received a vote from every appointed elector who voted, there were some appointed electors who did not vote (four in 1789 and three in 1792). To further illustrate my point, if in 1789 37 electors had withheld their votes instead of four, and if every one of the remaining 36 electors voted for Washington, he would not have received enough votes to win the election, even though by some descriptions that would be a unanimous election. By the way, when James Monroe received the vote of every elector except one in 1820, many assumed that was done deliberately so that George Washington would remain the only "unanimously elected president." However, that one elector admitted some time later that he simply thought John Quincy Adams would make a better president.
How many electors did Washington have in their last election?
11
What percentage of the electors voted for Washington as first president?
100% of the electors voted for Washington.
What did the tally show when Congress counted the votes for George Washington becoming president?
The tally showed that George Washington received a unanimous vote of electoral support from the Congress, with all 69 electors voting for him.
How does Amendment 23 affect the president's election?
It gives the district of Columbia electors in the presidential election
What determines which candidate recorded all the electoral votes in a state?
The election officials in each state control the election of the electors. The people vote for the electors who are sworn to support their choice for president and VP. After the electors are chosen, they can, in theory, vote anyway they want but almost never do they break their pledge. Their votes are cast and sealed and sent to Washington to be counted..
How many electors will be Ok have in the next presidential election?
Seven electors of the President and Vice-President of the U.S. are to be appointed by the State of Oklahoma on November 6, 2012.
Who was the unanimously chosen president by the electors?
George Washington... twice
What state does the presidential electors vote?
In December following the presidential election, on a day set by law, the presidential electors (of the Electoral College) in each state and the District of Columbia assemble. State electors usually meet in their state's capital. The electors then cast their ballots for President and Vice President. Either by custom, or in a few states, by law, electors vote for their party's choices for the two offices. The lists of these elections are sent under seal to the president of the Senate and to the Administrator of General Services in Washington, DC.
What day is the president day on?
Election day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, where electors are chosen. Electors vote for the President and VP on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.
