1796 United States presidential election

The 1796 presidential election was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams was elected as president and Thomas Jefferson was elected as Vice President.

1796 United States presidential election

November 4 – December 7, 1796
138 members of the Electoral College 70 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	20.1% 13.8 pp
style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid Template:United States political party color" | Nominee John Adams Thomas Jefferson (Elected Vice President) Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Home state Massachusetts Virginia Running mate Thomas Pinckney Aaron Burr Electoral vote 71 68 States carried 9 7 Popular vote 35,726 31,115 Percentage 53.4% 46.6%
Presidential election results map. Green denotes states won by Jefferson and burnt orange denotes states won by Adams. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
President before election George Washington Independent Elected President John Adams Federalist

1796 United States Presidential Election Media

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  Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)(cropped)

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  George Washington, the incumbent president in 1796, whose second term expired on March 4, 1797

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  Thomas Pinckney,former governor of South Carolina

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  Oliver Ellsworth,U.S. Chief Justice,from Connecticut

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  John Jay,Governor of New York

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  James Iredell,Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,from North Carolina

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  Samuel Johnston,former U.S. senator from North Carolina

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  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney,U.S. minister to Francefrom South Carolina