ELECTION DAY: Former Commander-in-Chief, non-partisan George Washington, of the Continental Army, is unanimously elected President with 69 Electoral votes.  The runner-up, federalist John Adams, former Ambassador to Great Britain, becomes Vice President, with 34 Electoral votes.  Others receiving votes are:

• Nine votes – federalist John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs;
• Six votes – federalist Robert H. Harrison, Chief Justice of Maryland;
• Six votes – federalist former Governor John Rutledge, of South Carolina;
• Four votes – federalist Governor John Hancock, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
• Three votes – anti-federalist Governor George Clinton, of New York;
• Two votes – federalist Governor Samuel Huntington, of Connecticut;
• Two votes – federalist Secretary of State John Milton, of Georgia;
• One vote – federalist former State Assemblyman James Armstrong, of Georgia;
• One vote – federalist Lieutenant Governor Benjamin Abraham Lincoln, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
• One vote – anti-federalist former Delegate to Congress Edward Telfair, of Georgia.

       [restored 10/8/2021]