UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1796 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== The President was chosen by the Electoral College, whose members were chosen by the state legislatures. John Thomas Adams Jefferson (Federalist, MA) (Democratic-Rep, VA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State ECV ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTICUT 9 - DELAWARE 3 - GEORGIA - 4 KENTUCKY - 4 MARYLAND 7 4 MASSACHUSETTS 16 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 - NEW JERSEY 7 - NEW YORK 12 - NTH CAROLINA 1 11 PENNSYLVANIA 1 14 RHODE ISLAND 4 - STH CAROLINA - 8 TENNESSEE - 3 VERMONT 4 - VIRGINIA 1 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 68 --------------------------------------------------------------------