Which president received all of the electoral votes except one?

Answer 1

George Washington. Under the initial process set up by the US Constitution, each elector cast two votes, for two different candidates : the candidate with the largest number of electoral votes became President, and the candidate with the second largest number of votes became Vice President. Since every elector cast at least one of his votes for Washington, he received a unanimous vote despite getting exactly half of the votes cast. This arrangement was changed by the 12th Amendment in 1803. In the actual election of 1789, there were 69 electors, but from only 10 states.

Answer 2

That was James Monroe's reelection in 1820. The one vote that wasn't for President Monroe was for Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It has been said that the elector who did not cast his vote for Monroe did what he did so that George Washington would remain the only U. S. President elected unanimously, but he reportedly said that he just thought Adams would be a better President. He became President four years later.

I would have thought that someone getting a solitary electoral vote then winning the Presidential Election four years later would be an isolated incident, but James K. Polk received one vote for Vice President in 1840 and was elected President in 1844, and Ronald Reagan received one vote for President in 1976 then was elected President in 1980. The practice, however, is not to be trusted. In 1960, Barry Goldwater received one vote for Vice President, and in 1964 he lost one of the largest landslides ever in a U. S. Presidential Election.

Answer 3

James Monroe; he won 231 electoral votes.

Answer 4

George Washington was the only man to receive all of the electorial votes.

Answer 5

Ronald Reagan

Answer 6

George Washington