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VA US President

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Parents

> United States > Virginia > President

Parent Race

US President - National Vote

Office

President

Honorific

President - Abbr: President

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

January 07, 1789 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

January 07, 1789 - 11:00am Central

Term Start

March 04, 1789 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1793 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Caprice February 24, 2019 05:07pm

Data Sources

First Federal Elections, 2:306-308.

Description

Presidential Electors were chosen by electoral district.

Election day was quite cold. George Washington recorded in his diary that the temperature was 32 when he arose in the morning and only increased to 39 by noon.

After the election, the sheriffs in each district met together to certify the winners. Several of the sheriffs failed to attend, including all of the sheriffs in what is today Kentucky. In the Ninth District, two of the four sheriffs did not attend the canvass; the remaining two sheriffs recorded their votes but did not certify a winner since they were unsure what to do.

Presidential Electors: (1) John Pride, (2) John Harvie, (3) Zechariah Johnston, (4) John Roane (one of three Clinton Electors chosen), (5) David Stuart, (6) W. Fitzhugh, (7) James Wood, (8) Anthony Walke, (9) [Samuel Kello apparently elected but not certified; no vote cast], (10) Patrick Henry; (11) Edward Stevens, and (12) [Lewis Warner - did not attend or cast his electoral vote].