1788–89 United States presidential election in New Jersey

none June 2025 September 2023 1788–89 United States presidential election 1788–89 United States presidential election in New Jersey New Jersey presidential no 1792 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1792 January 7, 1789 x150px File:George Washington Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg George Washington Independent (United States) Virginia 6 100.00% File:John Jay (cropped).jpg John Jay Federalists (United States) New York 5 – File:Official Presidential portrait of John Adams (by John Trumbull, circa 1792) (farther 3x4 cropped) (cropped).jpg John Adams Federalists (United States) Massachusetts 1 – President Office established George Washington Independent (United States) A presidential election was held in New Jersey on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1789 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Jersey, which had become the 3rd state on December 18, 1787,New Jersey Department of State https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/docusconstitution.html 2025-11-01 www.nj.gov unanimously cast its 6 electoral votes for George Washington during its first presidential election.2019-10-29 1789 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1789 2025-11-01 National Archives en New Jersey was also the only state in the Union at the time where land-owning women were allowed to vote without the Nineteenth Amendment being in place.Brockell Gillian 2020-08-04 More than a century before the 19th Amendment, women were voting in New Jersey https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/history/new-jersey-women-vote-1776-suffrage/ subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20200807050031/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/history/new-jersey-women-vote-1776-suffrage/ 2020-08-07 2026-08-24 Washington Post en Results +1788-89 United States presidential election in New JerseyA New Nation Votes https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/zp38wf06k 2026-04-05 elections.lib.tufts.edu Party Candidate Presidential electoral vote % Independent politician Independent George Washington 6 100.00% Total votes 6 100.00% Results by elector +1788-89 United States presidential election in New Jersey Party Candidate Vice presidential electoral votevote It is not known which elector voted for John Adams. Federalists (United States) Federalists David Brearley John Jay/John Adams Federalists (United States) Federalists David Moore John Jay/John Adams Federalists (United States) Federalists James Kinsey John Jay/John Adams Federalists (United States) Federalists John Neilson John Jay/John Adams Federalists (United States) Federalists John Rutherfurd John Jay/John Adams Federalists (United States) Federalists Matthias Ogden John Jay/John Adams See also United States presidential elections in New Jersey Notes References New Jersey 1788-1789 Category:1789 New Jersey elections