PARTICIPATING POLITICAL
PARTIES IN MARYLAND
Federalist (F)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
VICTORS IN MARYLAND
President & Vice President
John Adams (F)-7 electoral votes
Thomas Jefferson (D-R)-4 electoral votes
ELECTORS
John Roberts
John Rousby Plater
Francis Deakins
George Murdock
John Lynn
Gabriel Duvali
John Archer
John Gilpin
John Eccleston
John Done
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
For President
Thomas Jefferson (D-R)-4 electoral votes
Thomas Pinckney (F)-4 electoral votes
Aaron Burr (D-R)-3 electoral votes
John Henry (F)-2 electoral votes
GOVERNOR
John H. Stone (F)
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MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
John Adams 7 electoral votes
Thomas Jefferson 4
Thomas Pinckney 4
Aaron Burr 3
John Henry 2
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
John Adams 71 electoral votes
Thomas Jefferson 68
Thomas Pinckney 59
Aaron Burr 30
George Washington 2
Other 46
MISCELLANIA
Maryland Electors cast their votes for
Adams with the rest of the nation. As Presi-
dent, Adams worked hard to keep the peace
and to avert war with the French. This effort
probably cost him the re-election, as Hamil-
ton, then Secretary of War and a warmon-
ger, was determined to defeat the President
and did so.
Adams was the first President to move to the
new Federal Capital in Washington in the
last months of his administration. He left the
White House on the morning of March 4,
1801, in order to avoid participating in the
inaugural of his successor,
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