Connecticut, which had become the 5th state on January 9, 1788, unanimously cast its seven electoral votes for George Washington during its first presidential election.
1788, united, states, presidential, election, connecticut, main, article, 1788, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, january, 1789, part, 1789, united, states, presidential, election, state, legislature, chose, seven, representatives, electors,. Main article 1788 89 United States presidential election The 1788 89 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on January 7 1789 as part of the 1789 United States presidential election The state legislature chose seven representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for President and Vice President 1 1788 1789 United States presidential election in ConnecticutJanuary 7 1789 1792 Nominee George Washington John Adams Samuel HuntingtonParty Independent Federalist FederalistHome state Virginia Massachusetts ConnecticutElectoral vote 7 5 2Percentage 100 00 President before electionGeorge WashingtonIndependent Elected President George WashingtonIndependentConnecticut which had become the 5th state on January 9 1788 unanimously cast its seven electoral votes for George Washington during its first presidential election Contents 1 Electors 2 See also 3 References 4 Works citedElectors editSamuel Huntington Richard Law Matthew Griswold Erastus Wolcott Thaddeus Burr Jedediah Huntington and Oliver Wolcott served as electors 2 See also editUnited States presidential elections in ConnecticutReferences edit The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789 The Papers of George Washington Archived from the original on September 14 2013 Retrieved May 4 2005 Jensen amp Becker 1976 p xxvii Works cited editJensen Merrill Becker Robert eds 1976 The First Federal Elections 1788 1790 Congress South Carolina Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Hampshire Vol 1 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 0299066908 nbsp nbsp This Connecticut elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1788 89 United States presidential election in Connecticut amp oldid 1181660089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
