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presidential election that spanned two calendar years, without a contingent election (1788 and 1789). Under the Articles of Confederation, ratified in 1781, the United States had no [of state].
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The 1788–89 United States presidential election was the first quadrennial presidential election.
It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788.
In an August 1788 letter, U.S.
"The Election of 1788-89." American Presidential Campaigns and Elections.
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It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788.
presidential election that spanned two calendar years, without a contingent election (1788 and 1789). Under the Articles of Confederation, ratified in 1781, the United States had no [of state].
Washington was inaugurated in New York City on April 30, 1789, 57 days after the First Congress convened. ==Candidates== Though no organized political parties yet existed, political opinion loosely divided between those who had more stridently and enthusiastically endorsed ratification of the Constitution, called Federalists or Cosmopolitans, and Anti-Federalists or Localists who had only more reluctantly, skeptically, or conditionally supported, or who had outright opposed ratification.
This was not resolved by January 7, 1789 which was the required date for all presidential Electors to be chosen by the states. ==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.
State legislatures chose different methods: New York's legislature did not choose electors on time. One electoral district failed to choose an elector. ==See also== 1788 and 1789 United States House of Representatives elections 1788 and 1789 United States Senate elections History of the United States (1789–1849) ==Footnotes== ==References== ==Bibliography== Bowling, Kenneth R., and Donald R.
The Parties in American Politics, 1789–2016''. Paullin, Charles O.
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The Constitution established an Electoral College, based on each state's Congressional representation, in which each elector would cast two votes for two candidates, a procedure modified in 1804 by the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment.
Free black men could vote in four Northern states, and women could vote in New Jersey until 1807.
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