of the voters, and those states that did choose electors by popular vote restricted the vote via property requirements. (b) Two electors from Maryland and one elector from Vermont did not cast votes. Popular vote Source: Source (Popular Vote): A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 (a) Only 6 of the 15 states chose electors by any form of popular vote. (b) Pre-Twelfth Amendment electoral vote rules obscure the intentions of the voters (c) Those states that did choose electors by popular vote had widely varying restrictions on suffrage via property requirements. Popular vote by state Six of the fifteen states chose electors by any form of popular vote. The vote totals of Kentucky and Virginia appear to be lost. Vote totals for 13 of 76 Virginia counties exist. Electoral votes by state The states chose 135 electors, out of whom 132 cast ballots. (Two electors from Maryland and one from Vermont were absent and did not vote.) As per the terms of the unamended constitution, each elector was permitted two votes for president, with a majority of "the whole number of electors appointed" necessary to elect a president. Each of the participating electors cast one vote for Washington, who was elected president. The electors were split on their second choice: Adams received 77 votes to Clinton's 50, enough to secure a second-place finish behind Washington and the vice presidency. Source: A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 Electoral college selection The Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, provided that the state legislatures should decide the manner in which their Electors were chosen. Different state legislatures chose different methods: See also First Party System History of the United States (1789–1849) Presidency of George Washington 1792–93 United States House of Representatives elections 1792–93 United States Senate elections List of 1792 United States presidential electors List of George Washington articles Notes References Bibliography A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 External links Presidential Election of 1792: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress Election of 1792 in Counting the Votes Presidency of George Washington George Washington John Adams Presidential election 1792 Uncontested elections