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title: '1792: George Washington'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/elections/us-presidential/1792/
description: Washington was re-elected with every elector's vote while the contest for vice president, between John Adams and George Clinton, was the divided one; no…
section: US presidential elections
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# 1792: George Washington

- **When:** 1792

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**In one line:** Washington was re-elected with every elector's vote while the contest for vice president, between John Adams and George Clinton, was the divided one; no campaign literature is catalogued in this archive.

## Context

Washington received 132 electoral votes, one from every elector. John Adams received 77 and was re-elected vice president. George Clinton received 50, Thomas Jefferson 4 and Aaron Burr 1. The National Archives lists Washington as Independent and Adams as Federalist [1]; the American Presidency Project lists Washington as "unofficially Federalist" [2]. Under the rules then in force each elector cast two votes, so the vice-presidential candidates also appear in the presidential count [1].

Washington is generally held to have run unopposed, with support across the emerging parties. The Federalists backed Adams for vice president and the Democratic-Republicans backed Clinton [3]. The sources fetched do not describe campaign media for this year.

## Campaign literature

| Candidate (party) | Objects in the archive |
| --- | --- |
| George Washington (none / Independent) | 0 |
| John Adams (Federalist) | 0 |
| George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) | 0 |

No campaign literature for 1792 is catalogued in this archive. A search of the Library of Congress catalogue for 1792 was not completed because of access errors, so a full survey has not been made. This does not show that nothing survives. No side has fewer items than another: all three have none.

### George Washington (none / Independent)

No objects catalogued.

### John Adams (Federalist)

No objects catalogued.

### George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)

No objects catalogued.

## Techniques visible

None, because no objects for this year are catalogued.

## Sources

1. National Archives, "1792 Electoral College Results", https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1792
2. American Presidency Project, "1792", https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/1792
3. Wikipedia, "1792 United States presidential election" (cross-check only): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792_United_States_presidential_election