Presidential Election of 1796

The Election of 1796 was held from November 4 to December 7, 1796. This was the first election where there was a competition between presidential candidates.

The two nominees for the two prime parties at the time, was Federalist Candidate, John Adams, and the Democratic-Republican Candidate, Thomas Jefferson.

Adams won both the popular vote with 35,726 votes and a vote in the electoral college of 71. Jefferson got 31,115 votes in the popular and 68 in the electoral college.

Aside from Jefferson and Adams, there were many other candidates.

The Federalist Party had Thomas Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jay, James Iredell, Samuel Johnston, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

The Democratic-Republican Party had Aaron Burr, Samuel Adams, and George Clinton.