The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...
The inaugural U.S. presidential election, held between 1788 and 1789, involved only 10 participating states, with George Washington widely expected to win. While the outcome was largely predetermined, ...
George Washington stood on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City on April 30, 1789, and took the oath ...
Elections for the president of the United States ... (how electors were chosen was left up to each state). In December 1788, that process took six weeks and leaked into January 1789, with electors ...
Since our country's first Presidential election in 1788, the strategies of those campaigning have changed dramatically. Although the tactics that presidential hopefuls used in the early days of ...
Explore how New York's election process evolved, from state-specific schedules to a unified national Election Day in 1845.
The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...
The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual, even unique. Here’s how.