[EL] the vote for president by state, 1796

[Richard Winger]

In Georgia, John Adams carried Richmond County (which included Augusta) by 62%.  Adams also carried Wilkes County (which included the city of Washington), and that county cast more votes than any other county in Georgia in that election.
Many people in all sections of the United States may have been afraid of Jefferson because it was alleged that he was a non-believer, and also he really was a supporter of the French Revolution, which was looking especially ugly in 1796.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147 

    On Friday, July 19, 2019, 6:00:57 PM PDT, Mark Scarberry <mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu> wrote:  
 
 My thanks to Richard for this information and for his other help.
I am surprised that Georgia, along with North Carolina and Virginia (based on the partial returns), didn't break more heavily for Jefferson. Theories as to why they didn't?
Maybe the 15 to 1 vote for Adams in Massachusetts (a margin of more than 13,000 votes) would have been expected. 
Mark
Prof. Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine Univ. School of Law

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:20 PM Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com> wrote:

I own a copy of "United States Presidential Elections 1788-1860" by Michael J. Dubin, so I am using it now to show the vote for president by state for 1796:

1796 ADAMS Georgia 2,644; Maryland 7,029; Massachusetts 14,517; New Hampshire 3,719; North Carolina 5,527; Pennsylvania 12,229; Virginia 2,922.
JEFFERSON Georgia 6,200; Maryland 6,440; Massachusetts 921; New Hampshire 681; North Carolina 9,359; Pennsylvania 12,516; Virginia 6,858.
Kentucky votes are lost.  The North Carolina and Virginia returns are only partial because some have been lost.
TOTALS of the known votes:  ADAMS 48,587; JEFFERSON 42,975.
I can give similar results for other early presidential elections if anyone wishes.  Dubin and Lampi were friends and Dubin used Lampi's material. 

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