List of 1796 United States presidential electors explained

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]

Delaware

• Richard Bassett
• Isaac Cooper
• Thomas Robinson^[2]

Georgia

• James Jackson
• Edward Telfair
• Charles Abercrombie
• William Barnett^[3]

Kentucky

• Stephen Ormsby
• Isaac Shelby
• Caleb Wallace
• John Coburn^[4]

Maryland

• John Rousby Plater Federalist^[5]
• Francis Deakins Federalist^[6]
• George Murdock Federalist^[7]
• John Lynn Federalist^[8]
• Gabriel Duvall Democratic-Republican^[9]
• John Archer Democratic-Republican^[10]
• John Gilpin Democratic-Republican^[11]
• John Roberts Federalist^[12]
• John Eccleston Federalist^[13]
• John Done^[14] Federalist^[15]

New Hampshire

• Oliver Peabody
• John Taylor Gilman
• Benjamin Bellows
• Timothy Farrar
• Ebenezer Thompson^[16]

Rhode Island

• Samuel J. Potter

South Carolina

• Edward Rutledge
• John Mathews
• Andrew Pickens
• Arthur Simkins
• Thomas Taylor
• John Chestnut
• John Rutledge, Jr.
• William Thomas^[17]

Tennessee

• Hugh Wilson
• Joseph Greer
• Daniel Smith^[18]

Vermont

• Elijah Dewey
• Elisha Sheldon
• John Bridgman
• Oliver Gallup ^[19]

Virginia

• William Nimmo Democratic-Republican^[20]
• Benjamin Temple Federalist^[21] Essex County, Gloucester County, King and Queen County, King William County, Mathews County, Middlesex County.
• George Markham Democratic-Republican^[22]
• Peter Johnson Democratic-Republican^[23]
• William Terry Democratic-Republican^[24]

See also

• 1796 United States presidential election

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789 . The Papers of George Washington . May 4, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130914141726/http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/presidential/electoral.html . September 14, 2013 .
2. Web site: Delaware 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
3. Web site: Georgia 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
4. Web site: Kentucky 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
5. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/kw52j8890 A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 1
6. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/cc08hh02g A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 2
7. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/pk02cc166 A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 3
8. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/df65v934m A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 4
9. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/2v23vv83n A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 5
10. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/vx021g576 A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 6
11. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/jd472w87b A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 7
12. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/gt54kn47z A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 8
13. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ft848r40c A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 9
14. Web site: Presidential Electors in Maryland (1789-) . State of Maryland . October 23, 2021.
15. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/pr76f425p A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 10
16. Web site: New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
17. Web site: South Carolina 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
18. Web site: Tennessee 1796 Electoral College . A New Nation Votes . 3 August 2023.
19. Book: Vermont . Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. . Walton . E. P. . 1873–80 . J. & J. M. Poland . Montpelier.
20. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/7s75dd233 A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 1
21. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/d217qq25f A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 4
22. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/cc08hg50x A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 10
23. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/s7526d092 A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 11
24. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/h128nf53w A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 12