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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.
What else can I help you with?
George Washington received 69 electoral vote's how many did his opponent receive?
For his first term in office, he unanimously elected President by the Electoral College and for his second term in office no one ran against him.
By what margin in the electoral college was James monroe elected to his second term?
228/231 electoral votes
How many votes did George Washington get in the electoral collage for his second term?
George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes and was unanimously elected President in 1789 and 1792.
Why was President Jackson elected 4 times?
He wasn't. Only twice. He thought of running four a third term, but didn't. He also won the popular vote the first time but did not have a majority of the electoral vote. The only president elected four times was Franklin Roosevelt.
When was President Cleveland elected President?
Cleveland was elected for his first term in 1884.
When was William mickinley elected president?
McKinley was first elected in 1896 and elected to a second term in 1900.
Was FDR was the first President to be elected to a third term true or false?
True. He was elected for his third term in 1940.
When was Woodrow Wilson elected his first term?
1912
When was George Washington elected for his 2 term?
4 years after his first term
On what day was Abraham Lincoln elected?
His first term, November 6th, 1860; his second term, he was re-elected on November 8, 1864.
What difficulties did john Adams face as he began his term of office?
I suppose his first difficulty was that he was not George Washington. He was not a war hero and not universally trusted. His election was far from unanimous- he won by only three electoral votes. There was a serious divide in political philosophy over the relative power of the states compared to that of the federal government.
What year was ma Ferguson elected the first female governor of Texas?
"Ma" Ferguson (Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson) was first elected governor in 1924 and served her first term from January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927. She was elected to a second 2-year term in 1932, serving from 1933 to 1935.
