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President pro tempore of the United States Senate John Langdon who presided over the counting of the electoral votes

The 1789 Electoral College, chosen on 7th January 1789, were the first electors chosen under Article II Section 1 of the United States Constitution to elect a President and Vice President.

Where applicable,the names of electors are listed by their electoral districts or counties.

See also: United States presidential election, 1789

List of Electors from Connecticut

All Electors appointed by the state legislature.

• Thaddeus Burr (F)
• Matthew Griswold (F)
• Jedediah Huntington (F)
• Samuel Huntington (F)
• Richard Law (F)
• Erastus Wolcott (F)
• Oliver Wolcott Sr. (F)

List of Electors from Delaware

Election of Electors by voters in three districts

• Kent County. John Baning (F)
• New Castle County. Gunning Bedford, Jr. (F)
• Sussex County George Mitchell (F)

List of Electors from Georgia

All Electors appointed by the state legislature.

• George Handley (F)
• John King (F)
• John Milton (F)
• Henry Osborne (F)
• George Walton (F)

List of Electors from Maryland

Election of Electors by voters in two districts

• Eastern Shore. William Matthews (F)
• Eastern Shore. William Richardson (F)
• Eastern Shore. William Tilghman (F)

• Western Shore. Alexander C. Hanson (F)
• Western Shore. George Plater (F)
• Western Shore. John Rogers (F)
• Western Shore. Robert Smith (F)
• Western Shore. Philip Thomas (F)

List of Electors from Massachusetts

Voters in the state's eight congressional districts nominated Electors on 18 December 1788; on 7 January 1789, the legislature chose one elector from the two men receiving the highest number of votes in each district and appointed two additional Electors at large.

• 1. Caleb Davis (F)
• 2. Samuel Phillips, Jr. (F)
• 3. Francis Dana (F)
• 4. Samuel Henshaw (F)
• 5. William Sever (F)
• 6. David Sewall (F)
• 7. Walter Spooner (F)
• 8. Moses Gill (F)

Appointed at large - William Cushing, William Shepard

List of Electors from New Hampshire

Five electors appointed by state legislature on 7 January 1789 from top ten candidates elected at large by people on 15 December 1788.

• Benjamin Bellows (F)
• Ebenezer Thompson (F)
• John Pickering (F)
• John Parker (F)
• John Sullivan (F)

List of Electors from New Jersey

All Electors appointed by the state legislature.

• David Brearley (F)
• James Kinsey (F)
• David Moore (F)
• John Neilson (F)
• Matthias Ogden (F)
• John Rutherford (F)

New York

New York's legislature deadlocked, so no electors were chosen.

North Carolina

North Carolina had not yet ratified the Constitution, so was not eligible to choose electors

List of Electors from Pennsylvania

All electors were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• John Arndt (F)
• George Gibson (F)
• Alexander Graydon (F)
• David Grier (F)
• Edward Hand (F)
• Lawrence Keene (F)
• James O'Hara (F)
• Samuel Potts (F)
• Collinson Read (F)
• James Wilson (F)

Rhode Island

Rhode Island had not yet ratified the Constitution, so was not eligible to choose electors

List of Electors from South Carolina

All Electors appointed by the state legislature.

• Christopher Gadsden (F)
• John Faucheraud Grimké (F)
• Thomas Heyward, Jr. (F)
• Henry Laurens (F)
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)
• Edward Rutledge (F)
• Arthur Simkins

List of Electors from Virginia

Election of Electors by voters in twelve districts

• District 1 - Amelia. John Pride (A/F)
• District 2 - Henrico. John Harvie (F)
• District 3 - Botetourt. Zachariah Johnston (F)
• District 4 - King & Queen. John Roane (A/F)
• District 5 - Prince William. David Stuart (F),
• District 6 - Westmoreland. William Fitzhugh (F)
• District 7 - Hampshire. James Wood (F)
• District 8 - Norfolk. Anthony Walke (F)
• District 9 - Sussex. Samuel Kello received more votes than any other candidate, but his election was not certified because the polls in the different counties closed on different dates.
• District 10 - Campbell. Patrick Henry (A/F)
• District 11 - Albemarle. Edward Stevens (F)
• District 12 - York. Warner Lewis was elected but did not cast a vote

State results

Further information: United States presidential election: The popular vote on Election Day

This table records the official final state election board tallies for those presidential candidates who were listed on ballots in enough states to have a theoretical chance for a majority in the Electoral College. The first two columns contain the state name and its number of electors. Bold indicates statewide vote count winner in each state as well as winners in each electoral district of Maine and Nebraska, the only two states that apportion electoral votes by district. State popular vote results are from the official Federal Election Commission report. Four states, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Ohio, have since amended the popular vote results. The updated Georgia results, Illinois results, New York results, and Ohio results are included here.

States/districts won by Obama/Biden

States/districts won by McCain/Palin

State	Electors	Obama	McCain	Nader	Barr	Baldwin	McKinney	Others
Connecticut	7	997,772	629,428	19,162		311	90	29
Delaware	3	255,459	152,374	2,401	1,109	626	385	58
Georgia	15	1,844,123	2,048,759	1,158	28,731	1,402	250	63
Maryland	10	1,629,467	959,862	14,713	9,842	3,760	4,747	9,205
Massachusetts	12	1,904,097	1,108,854	28,841	13,189	4,971	6,550	14,483
New Hampshire	4	384,826	316,534	3,503	2,217	226	40	3,624
New Jersey	15	2,215,422	1,613,207	21,298	8,441	3,956	3,636	2,277
New York	31	4,804,701	2,752,728	41,248	19,595	634	12,801	8,936
North Carolina	15	2,142,651	2,128,474	1,448	25,722		158	13,942
Pennsylvania	21	3,276,363	2,655,885	42,977	19,912	1,092
Rhode Island	4	296,571	165,391	4,829	1,382	675	797	122
South Carolina	8	862,449	1,034,896	5,053	7,283	6,827	4,461
Virginia	13	1,959,532	1,725,005	11,483	11,067	7,474	2,344	6,355