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Federalist Party candidate John Adams won the 1796 presidential election defeating Democratic-Republican Party candidate Thomas Jefferson. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1804. In 1796, the recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. In the 1796 presidential election there was a total of 138 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 70 votes to win the presidential election. John Adams was elected president with 71 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson finished second with 68 electoral votes. Others receiving votes included Thomas Pinckney (59), Aaron Burr (30), Samuel Adams (15), O. Ellsworth (11), George Clinton (7), John Jay (5), James Iredell (3), S. Johnston (2), George Washington (2), John Henry (2), and Charles C. Pinckney (1). Jefferson received the second highest number of electoral votes and was elected vice president according to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time.
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Who received the second largest number of electoral votes in 1976?
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.
In the Western Hemisphere Brazil received the second largest number of European immigrants after who?
In the Western Hemisphere, Brazil received the second largest number of European immigrants after the United States.
In the Western Hemisphere Brazil received the second largest number of European immigrants after .?
In the Western Hemisphere, Brazil received the second largest number of European immigrants after the United States.
Did Douglas win the second largest number of states?
No, Stephen Douglas did not win the second largest number of states in the 1860 United States presidential election. Abraham Lincoln won the majority of states and electoral votes during that election.
Which amendment changed the system where Vice-presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second largest number of electoral votes?
12th
How many electoral votes did Obama have in the second election?
President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his opponent, Mitt Romney, received 206.
How many electoral votes did President Obama get in the second election?
In November 2012, President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his challenger, Mitt Romney, received 206.
Who received the second largest amount of electoral votes in the 1796 election?
George Washington was reelected president in 1792 and John Adams was reelected vice-president. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. George Washington received 132 electoral votes and John Adams received 77 electoral votes. Others receiving electoral votes were George Clinton (50), Thomas Jefferson (4), Aaron Burr (1)
How many electoral vote did Mitt Romney receive altogether?
He received a total of 206 electoral votes, but it was not enough to win the election, since President Obama received 322 and won a second term.
Which president received the greatest number of votes?
Ronald Reagan in 1984 with 525 electoral votes and a popular vote of 54,455,075, second place is FDR in 1936 with 523 electoral votes and a pop. vote of 27,751,597, and in third place is Richard Nixon in 1972 with 520 electoral and a vote of 47,169,911.
Who received the largest number of popular votes and Electoral College votes?
Ronald Reagan in 1984 won the most electoral votes with 525, a 97.58% of the total.But Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 won the highest percentage of the total electoral votes 98.49% (523 electoral votes).But, George Washington ran unopposed in 1789 and won 100%of the electoral votes (69).He ran unopposed for a second term in 1792 and won 100%of the electoral votes (132).He declined to run for a third term.
What does the candidate with the second highest number of electoral votes become?
the loser
