jimrtex
Atlas Icon
Posts: 11,828
|
 |
« on: March 22, 2005, 09:20:55 PM » |
|
By 1836 all states either chose their electors by statewide popular election, or were the home state of John C Calhoun and Strom Thurmond.
Maine
(1788-1816) see Massachusetts.
1820-1828 by congressional district + 2 at large.
1832-1836 at large
New Hampshire
1788 at large, but legislature if no majority (legislature selected all 5 electors)
1792 at large, runoff if no majority
1796 at large, but legislature if no majority (legislature selected 1 of 6 electors)
1800 legislature
1804-1836 at large
Massachusetts
1788-1816 includes Maine
1788 by electoral district to nominate 2 elector candidates, one of which was selected by legislature. Legislature also selected two statewide electors.
1792 by multi-member electoral district (5,5,3, and 3 electors from 4 districts), but legislature if no majority (legislature selected 11 of 16 electors)
1796 by electoral district, but legislature if no majority (legislature selected 6 of 14 electors). Legislature also elected 2 statewide electors.
1800 legislature
1804 at large
1808 legislature
1812 by multi-member electoral district (6,5,4,3,3, and 1 from 6 districts)
1816 legislature
1820-1836 at large
Rhode Island
1792-1796 legislature
1800-1836 at large
Connecticut
1788-1816 legislature
1820-1836 at large
New York
1788-1824 legislature (legislature deadlocked and did not choose electors in 1788).
1828 by congressional district (3 of which were multi-member, electing 3, 2, and 2 electors each). The 34 district electors chose the final two electors.
1832-1836 at large.
New Jersey
1788-1800 legislature
1804-1808 at large
1812 legislature
1816-1836 at large
Pennsylvania
1788-1796 at large
1800 legislature
1804-1836 at large
Delaware
1788 by electoral district (county)
1792-1828 legislature
1832-1836 at large
Maryland
1788-1792 at large
1796-1800 by electoral district
1804-1828 by electoral district, with 2 districts electing 2 each.
1832 by multi-member electoral district (4,3,2, and 1 chosen from 4 districts)
1836 at large
Note: Maryland split its electoral vote at every election except 1820 (in 1816 the Federalist electors from Maryland did not cast their votes).
Virginia
1788 includes Kentucky
1788-1796 by electoral district
1800-1836 at large
North Carolina
1792 legislature
1796-1808 by electoral district
1812 legislature
1816-1836 at large
South Carolina
1788-1836 legislature (1868 was first popular election of electors in South Carolina)
Georgia
1788-1792 legislature
1796 at large
1800-1824 legislature
1828-1836 at large
Vermont
1792-1824 legislature
1828-1836 at large
Kentucky
(1788) see Virginia
1792 legislature
1796-1800 by electoral district
1804-1824 by multi-member electoral district (4 and 4 from 2 districts in 1804-1808; 4,4, and 4 from 3 districts in 1812-1820, 5,5, and 4 from 3 districts in 1824)
1828-1836 at large.
Tennessee
1796 legislature
1800 legislature chose 3 persons from each county, who in turn picked one elector from each of 3 districts.
1804-1828 by electoral district
1832-1836 at large
Ohio
1804-1836 at large
Louisiana
1812-1824 legislature
1828-1836 at large
Indiana
1816-1820 legislature
1824-1836 at large
Mississippi
1820-1836 at large
Illinois
1820-1824 by electoral district
1828-1836 by electoral district
Alabama
1820 legislature
1824-1836 at large
Missouri
1820 legislature
1824 by electoral district
1828-1836 at large
Arkansas
1836 at large
Michigan
1836 at large
Trivia question: which state has chosen its presidential electors by popular election for all 55 elections.
|
