Electoral college votes in 1792 US presidential election

The winner of the second presidential election in the United States of America was George Washington, who was unanimously elected, with 132 electoral votes. A total of 264 electoral votes were cast by the state legislatures in the 1792 elections; the candidate with the most votes would go on to become president, while the runner up became the vice president. The voting system in the US' government's infancy was very different to the modern system, with electors casting two votes; one for the president, and one for the vice president. The state legislature also made the decision of who to vote for on behalf of their state, as the results of a popular vote did not begin to provide the basis of these decisions until the 1824 election (and was used by all states in the 1840s). Future President John Adams was nominated as vice-president in 1792, with 77 of 132 electoral votes, beating another future president, Thomas Jefferson, in the process.

美国第二次总统选举的胜者为乔治·华盛顿，他全票当选，获得132张选举人票。1792年的选举中，州立法机构共投出264张选举人票，得票最多的候选人将当选总统，而得票次高的候选人则成为副总统。美国政府初期的投票系统与现行的制度大相径庭，当时的选举人需投两票，一票投给总统，另一票投给副总统。州立法机构还负责决定其州应投票的对象，直至1824年选举，民意投票的结果才逐渐成为决策的依据（并在19世纪40年代被所有州采用）。未来的总统约翰·亚当斯在1792年获得77票中的132票，被提名为副总统，在此过程中击败了另一位未来的总统托马斯·杰斐逊。