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The 1789 Electoral College, chosen on 7th January 1789, were the first electors chosen under Article II Section 1 of the United States Constitution to elect a President and Vice President.

Where applicable,the names of electors are listed by their electoral districts or counties.

List of Electors from Connecticut
All Electors appointed by the state legislature.
 * Thaddeus Burr (F)
 * Matthew Griswold (F)
 * Jedediah Huntington (F)
 * Samuel Huntington (F)
 * Richard Law (F)
 * Erastus Wolcott (F)
 * Oliver Wolcott Sr. (F)

List of Electors from Delaware
Election of Electors by voters in three districts
 * Kent County. John Baning (F)
 * New Castle County. Gunning Bedford, Jr. (F)
 * Sussex County George Mitchell (F)

List of Electors from Georgia
All Electors appointed by the state legislature.
 * George Handley (F)
 * John King (F)
 * John Milton (F)
 * Henry Osborne (F)
 * George Walton (F)

List of Electors from Maryland
Election of Electors by voters in two districts
 * Eastern Shore. William Matthews (F)
 * Eastern Shore. William Richardson (F)
 * Eastern Shore. William Tilghman (F)


 * Western Shore. Alexander C. Hanson (F)
 * Western Shore. George Plater (F)
 * Western Shore. John Rogers (F)
 * Western Shore. Robert Smith (F)
 * Western Shore. Philip Thomas (F)

List of Electors from Massachusetts
Voters in the state's eight congressional districts nominated Electors on 18 December 1788; on 7 January 1789, the legislature chose one elector from the two men receiving the highest number of votes in each district and appointed two additional Electors at large.


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Caleb Davis (F)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Samuel Phillips, Jr. (F)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Francis Dana (F)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Samuel Henshaw (F)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. William Sever (F)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. David Sewall (F)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Walter Spooner (F)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Moses Gill (F)

Appointed at large - William Cushing, William Shepard

List of Electors from New Hampshire
Five electors appointed by state legislature on 7 January 1789 from top ten candidates elected at large by people on 15 December 1788.


 * Benjamin Bellows (F)
 * Ebenezer Thompson (F)
 * John Pickering (F)
 * John Parker (F)
 * John Sullivan (F)

List of Electors from New Jersey
All Electors appointed by the state legislature.
 * David Brearley (F)
 * James Kinsey (F)
 * David Moore (F)
 * John Neilson (F)
 * Matthias Ogden (F)
 * John Rutherford (F)

New York
New York's legislature deadlocked, so no electors were chosen.

North Carolina
North Carolina had not yet ratified the Constitution, so was not eligible to choose electors

List of Electors from Pennsylvania
All electors were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * John Arndt (F)
 * George Gibson (F)
 * Alexander Graydon (F)
 * David Grier (F)
 * Edward Hand (F)
 * Lawrence Keene (F)
 * James O'Hara (F)
 * Samuel Potts (F)
 * Collinson Read (F)
 * James Wilson (F)

Rhode Island
Rhode Island had not yet ratified the Constitution, so was not eligible to choose electors

List of Electors from South Carolina
All Electors appointed by the state legislature.
 * Christopher Gadsden (F)
 * John Faucheraud Grimké (F)
 * Thomas Heyward, Jr. (F)
 * Henry Laurens (F)
 * Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)
 * Edward Rutledge (F)
 * Arthur Simkins

List of Electors from Virginia
Election of Electors by voters in twelve districts
 * District 1 - Amelia. John Pride (A/F)
 * District 2 - Henrico.  John Harvie (F)
 * District 3 - Botetourt. Zachariah Johnston (F)
 * District 4 - King & Queen. John Roane (A/F)
 * District 5 - Prince William. David Stuart (F),
 * District 6 - Westmoreland.  William Fitzhugh (F)
 * District 7 - Hampshire. James Wood (F)
 * District 8 - Norfolk. Anthony Walke (F)
 * District 9 - Sussex. Samuel Kello received more votes than any other candidate, but his election was not certified because the polls in the different counties closed on different dates.
 * District 10 - Campbell. Patrick Henry (A/F)
 * District 11 - Albemarle. Edward Stevens (F)
 * District 12 - York. Warner Lewis was elected but did not cast a vote

State results
This table records the official final state election board tallies for those presidential candidates who were listed on ballots in enough states to have a theoretical chance for a majority in the Electoral College. The first two columns contain the state name and its number of electors. Bold indicates statewide vote count winner in each state as well as winners in each electoral district of Maine and Nebraska, the only two states that apportion electoral votes by district. State popular vote results are from the official Federal Election Commission report. Four states, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Ohio, have since amended the popular vote results. The updated Georgia results, Illinois results, New York results, and Ohio results are included here.