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Meetings of Presidential Electors in Maryland, 1789-1980 1785-1791
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MEETING-Wednesday, February 4, 1789
(6 Electoral Votes)

PARTICIPATING POLITICAL
PARTIES IN MARYLAND
Federalist (F)-also referred to as
"No Party"
VICTORS IN MARYLAND
President & Vice President
George Washington (F) & Robert Hanson
Harrison (native son)-6 electoral votes
ELECTORS
John Rogers
William Tilghman
Alexander Contee Hanson
Dr. Philip Thomas
Robert Smith
William Matthews
George Plater and William Richardson were
listed as present, not voting
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
President & Vice President
No opposition for President-
John Adams (F)
GOVERNOR
John Eager Howard (F)

Secretary of State
This office was not created until 1838.
MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
Washington elected unanimously
6 electoral votes
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
Washington received the unanimous vote of
the country.
69 electoral votes
John Adams received 34 electoral votes
(plurality) for Vice President.
MISCELLANIA
New York City, the setting for the first inau-
gural, was the Capital of the United States at
this time.
Thomas Jefferson served as Secretary of
State, Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of
the Treasury in this Administration. They
held opposing views on national issues and
on the formation of political parties; Hamil-
ton and his supporters promoted the Federal-
ist Party, Jefferson and those who followed
him, the Democratic-Republican Party who
held anti-Federalist sentiments.

 
MEETING-Wednesday, December 5, 1792
(8 Electoral Votes)

PARTICIPATING POLITICAL
PARTIES IN MARYLAND
Federalist
VICTORS IN MARYLAND
President & Vice President
George Washington (F) & John Adams-
8 electoral votes
ELECTORS
For the Western Shore.-
John Eager Howard
Thomas Sim Lee
Alexander Contee Hanson
Richard Potts

William Smith and Samuel Hughes, elected,
did not attend
For the Eastern Shore;
William Richardson
Donaldson Yates
John Seney
Levin Winder
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
President & Vice President
No opposition
GOVERNOR
George Plater (F)
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