U.S. presidential election, 1804

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The U.S. presidential election of 1804 was the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

For the first time, presidential electors were required to specify in their votes their choice for President and Vice President.

Contents

1 General election 1.1 Results 2 Electoral college selection 3 See also 4 Reference

General election

Results

Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Popular Vote(a)		Electoral Vote	Running Mate	Running Mate's Home State	Running Mate's Electoral Vote
			Count	Percentage
Thomas Jefferson	Republican	Virginia	—	—	162	George Clinton	New York	162
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Federalist	South Carolina	—	—	14	Rufus King	New York	14
Total			—	100%	176	Total		176
Needed to win					89	Needed to win		89

^(a) Only 11 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote; hence, popular vote figures for this election are generally considered meaningless.

Electoral college selection

Method of choosing Electors	State(s)
each Elector appointed by state legislature	Connecticut Delaware Georgia New York South Carolina Vermont
each Elector chosen by voters statewide	New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia
state is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district	Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Tennessee
two Electors chosen by voters statewide one Elector chosen per Congressional district by the voters of that district	Massachusetts

See also

• History of the United States (1789-1849)

Reference

• "A Historical Analysis of the Electoral College (http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/ElectoralCollege.html)." The Green Papers. Accessed on March 20, 2005.

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