List of United States presidential electors, 1796

This is an incomplete List of presidential electors in the United States presidential election of 1796.

Electoral college selection

The Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, provided that the state legislatures should decide the manner in which their Electors were chosen. Different state legislatures chose different methods:^[1]

Method of choosing electors	State(s)
Each Elector appointed by the state legislature	Connecticut Delaware New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district	Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Virginia
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide	Georgia Pennsylvania
Two Electors appointed by the state legislature Each remaining Elector chosen by the state legislature from list of top two vote-getters in each Congressional district	Massachusetts
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide; however, if no candidate wins majority, the state legislature appoints Elector from top two candidates	New Hampshire
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district Each county chooses an electoral delegate by popular vote Elector is chosen by electoral delegates of the counties within their district	Tennessee

Rhode Island

• Samuel J. Potter

See also

• United States presidential election, 1796

References

1. "The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789". The Papers of George Washington. Retrieved May 4, 2005.