Presidential election · 1796
1796 electoral map
John Adams (Federalist) won the 1796 presidential election with 71 electoral votes to Thomas Jefferson's 68.
Winner
John Adams
71
Democratic-Republican
Thomas Jefferson
68
official Electoral College count
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Good to know
- Each elector cast two votes for president. John Adams won; Thomas Jefferson, second, became vice president.
States won in 1796
John Adams· Federalist
9 statesThomas Jefferson· Democratic-Republican
7 statesElectoral College in 1796
16 states held 138 electoral votes in 1796. The largest prize was Virginia with 21 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1796 election article.