This is an incomplete list of presidential electors in the United States presidential election of 1796.
Electoral college selection
The Constitution, in Article II, Section 1 , provided that the state legislatures should decide the manner in which their Electors were chosen. Different state legislatures chose different methods:[ 1]
Method of choosing electors
State(s)
Each Elector appointed by the state legislature
Connecticut Delaware New Jersey New York Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district
Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Virginia
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide
Georgia Pennsylvania
Two Electors appointed by the state legislature Each remaining Elector chosen by the state legislature from list of top two vote-getters in each Congressional district Massachusetts
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide; however, if no candidate wins majority, the state legislature appoints Elector from top two candidates
New Hampshire
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district Each county chooses an electoral delegate by popular vote Elector is chosen by electoral delegates of the counties within their district Tennessee
Delaware
Richard Bassett
Isaac Cooper
Thomas Robinson[ 2]
Georgia
James Jackson
Edward Telfair
Charles Abercrombie
William Barnett[ 3]
Kentucky
Stephen Ormsby
Isaac Shelby
Caleb Wallace
John Coburn[ 4]
Maryland
New Hampshire
Oliver Peabody
John Taylor Gilman
Benjamin Bellows
Timothy Farrar
Ebenezer Thompson[ 16]
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
John Mathews
Andrew Pickens
Arthur Simkins
Thomas Taylor
John Chestnut
John Rutledge, Jr.
William Thomas[ 17]
Tennessee
Hugh Wilson
Joseph Greer
Daniel Smith[ 18]
Vermont
Elijah Dewey
Elisha Sheldon
John Bridgman
Oliver Gallup [ 19]
Virginia
See also
References
^ "The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789" . The Papers of George Washington . Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2005 .^ "Delaware 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ "Georgia 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ "Kentucky 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 1 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 2 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 3 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 4 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 5 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 6 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 7 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 8 ^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 9 ^ "Presidential Electors in Maryland (1789- )" . State of Maryland. Retrieved October 23, 2021 .^ A New Nation Votes - Maryland 1796 Electoral College, District 10 ^ "New Hampshire 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ "South Carolina 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ "Tennessee 1796 Electoral College" . A New Nation Votes . Retrieved 3 August 2023 .^ Vermont; Walton, E. P. (1873–80). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 1 ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 4 ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 10 ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 11 ^ A New Nation Votes - Virginia 1796 Electoral College, District 12
