1788–89 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1788–89 United States presidential election 1788–89 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) File:Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg presidential no 1792 United States presidential election in Georgia 1792 January 7, 1789 160x160px File:George Washington Painting (3x4 close cropped).jpg George Washington Independent (United States) Virginia 5 3x4.svg John Milton Federalists (United States) Georgia 2 3x4.svg James Armstrong Federalists (United States) Georgia 1 Benjamin Lincoln.png Benjamin Lincoln Federalists (United States) 1 Massachusetts 3x4.svg Edward Telfair Federalists (United States) Georgia 1 President Office established George Washington Independent (politician) A presidential election was held in Georgia on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1788–89 United States presidential election. The Georgia House of Assembly chose five electors, who voted for George Washington.DenBoer Brown Hagermann 1986 440–41 Washington was widely expected to be the first choice of the Electoral College in the first elections held under the Constitution of the United States. Some uncertainty persisted concerning the choice of the first vice president, however, due partly to the electoral system established by Article II of the Constitution. Under this system, each elector voted for two candidates; the candidate with the largest majority was elected president, and the runner-up vice president. With Washington likely to become president, many observers expected John Adams, the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, to receive the other vote of most of the electors. Some, such as Alexander Hamilton, feared Adams's popularity would be so great as to result in a tied vote, throwing the election to the United States House of Representatives. Hamilton believed this event would be deeply embarrassing to the new government and personally intervened with the electors to urge them not to vote for Adams.Cunliffe 2002 7, 12–13 George Handley, George Walton, Henry Osborne, John King, and John Milton were elected when the legislature met on January 7. All five subsequently voted for Washington at the meeting of the Electoral College in Atlanta on February 4. Although at least one observer believed Adams to be the second choice of most Georgians, he received no electoral votes from the state; instead, the electors split their second votes between four other candidates, including three Georgians—Milton, James Armstrong, and Edward Telfair—and General Benjamin Lincoln.DenBoer Brown Hagermann 1986 440–41 General election Electors The House of Assembly chose five electors by ballot. The number of votes for the successful candidates was not recorded.DenBoer Brown Hagermann 1986 440 + 1788–89 United States presidential election in Georgia Party Candidate Votes Federalists George Handley ** No data Federalists John King ** No data Federalists Henry Osborne ** No data Federalists John Milton ** No data Federalists George Walton ** No data Total votes ** No data Electoral College Presidential candidate Party Home state ElectoralvoteEach elector voted for two candidates. George Washington Independent Virginia 5 John Milton Federalists Georgia 2 James Armstrong Federalists Georgia 1 Benjamin Lincoln Federalists Massachusetts 1 Edward Telfair Federalists Georgia 1 Total votes 5 Source: A New Nation Votes: American Election Results, 1787–1825. American Antiquarian Society.Lampi 2012 See also United States presidential elections in Georgia Notes References Bibliography Cunliffe Marcus Schlesinger Arthur M. Jr. Israel Fred L. History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001 1 Chelsea House Publishers Philadelphia 2002 Elections of 1789 and 1792 1–56 https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica01schl/page/1/mode/2up DenBoer Gordon Brown Lucy Trumbull Hagermann Charles D. The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788–1790 2 1986 University of Wisconsin Press Madison https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto0002unse_n1m7 Lampi Philip J. 1789 President of the United States, Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/zp38wf06k A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society April 18, 2026 2012 Georgia 1788-1789 United States President