ELECTION DAY: In the first contested presidential election, Federalist (nationalist) Vice President John Adams is elected President with 71 Electoral votes.  The runner-up, Republican (constitutionalist) Thomas Jefferson, becomes Vice President with 68 Electoral votes.  Others receiving votes are:

• Fifty-nine votes—Federalist (nationalist) Thomas Pinckney, former Ambassador to Great Britain;
• Thirty votes—Republican (constitutionalist) Senator Aaron Burr, of New York;
• Fifteen votes—Republican (constitutionalist) Governor Samuel Adams, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
• Eleven votes—Federalist (nationalist) Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the united States;
• Seven votes—Republican (constitutionalist) former Governor George Clinton, of New York;
• Five votes—Federalist (nationalist) Governor John Jay, of New York;
• Three votes—Federalist (nationalist) James Iredell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court;
• Two votes—Non-partisan (nationalist) President George Washington;
• Two votes—Republican (constitutionalist) Senator John Henry, of Maryland;
• Two votes—Federalist (nationalist) former Senator Samuel Johnston, of North Carolina;
• One vote – Federalist (nationalist) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Ambassador to France.

       [restored 10/31/2021]