The first U.S.
presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as
the first President of the United States. The election was
conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been
ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington
received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected
president. John Adams received 34 electoral votes and was elected
vice-president. Others receiving electoral votes were John Jay (9),
Robert Harrison (6), John Rutledge (6), John Hancock (4), George
Clinton (3), Samuel Huntington (2), John Milton (2), James
Armstrong (1), Benjamin Lincoln (1), and Edward Telfair (1).
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