1796 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1796 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on 4 November 1796, as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. The voters chose four representatives, or electors, through plurality block voting to the Electoral College. These electors then voted for President and vice president.^[1]

Out of 51 elector candidates, four Democratic-Republican electors were elected who then voted for Thomas Jefferson over the Federalist candidate and incumbent vice President John Adams. The electoral votes for vice president were however not cast for Jefferson's running mate Aaron Burr, but for George Clinton from New York.^[2]^[1]

Results

1796 United States presidential election in Georgia^[1]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic-Republican	Thomas Jefferson	19,132	68.44%	4
	Federalist	John Adams	8,432	30.16%	0
	N/A	Unidentified Scattering	391	1.40%	0
Totals			27,955	100.00%	4

Elector Vote^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	James Jackson	6,200	22.18%
	Democratic-Republican	Edward Telfair	4,610	16.49%
	Democratic-Republican	Charles Abercrombie	4,357	15.59%
	Democratic-Republican	William Barnett	3,965	14.18%
	Federalist	Thomas Glascock	2,644	9.46%
	Federalist	George Walton	2,357	8.43%
	Federalist	John Milton	1,042	3.73%
	Federalist	Burwell Pope	910	3.26%
	Federalist	George Mathews	710	2.54%
	Federalist	Ben Taliaferro	249	0.89%
	Federalist	Marshall	163	0.58%
	Federalist	Medlock	127	0.45%
	Federalist	John Berrien	126	0.45%
	Federalist	Joseph Clay	104	0.37%
	N/A	Unidentified Scattering	391	1.40%
Total votes			27,955	100%