Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7, 1796, when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots. It was the first contested American presidenti
Official Presidential portrait of John Adams
Thomas Jefferson State Room Portrait
George Washington, the incumbent president in 1796, whose second term expired on March 4, 1797
John Adams, Vice President of the United States from Massachusetts
Thomas Pinckney
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Thomas Pinckney was an American statesman, diplomat, and military officer who fought in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, achieving the rank of major general. He served as 36th
1796 United States presidential election
…swing states, especially the states of the Mid-Atlantic region. Jefferson received 68 electoral votes and was elected vice president. Former governor Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina, a Federalist, finished with 59 electoral votes, while Senator Aaron Burr, a Democratic-Republican from New York, won 30 electoral…
Portrait by Samuel Morse, c. 1820
Miniature portrait by John Trumbull, c. 1791