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1796 United States presidential election
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The 1796 United States presidential election was the third quadrennial presidential election of the United States. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was the first contested American presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party.
Image: Official Presidential portrait of John Adams (by John Trumbull, circa 1792) crop
Image: Official Presidential portrait of John Adams (by John Trumbull, circa 1792) crop
Image: Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)(cropped)
Image: Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)(cropped)
George Washington, the incumbent president in 1796, whose second term expired on March 4, 1797
George Washington, the incumbent president in 1796, whose second term expired on March 4, 1797
John Adams, Vice President of the United States
John Adams, Vice President of the United States
United States presidential election
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The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the House of Representatives elects the president; likewise if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the Senate elects the vice president.
A 2016 general election ballot, listing the presidential and vice presidential candidates
A 2016 general election ballot, listing the presidential and vice presidential candidates
A 2008 Democratic caucus meeting in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa caucuses are traditionally the first major electoral event of presidential primaries and
A 2008 Democratic caucus meeting in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa caucuses are traditionally the first major electoral event of presidential primaries and caucuses.
Madison Square Garden in New York City, the site of the 1976, 1980, and 1992 Democratic National Conventions; and the 2004 Republican National Convent
Madison Square Garden in New York City, the site of the 1976, 1980, and 1992 Democratic National Conventions; and the 2004 Republican National Convention.
The floor of the 2008 Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The floor of the 2008 Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.