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1796
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| John Adams (Federalist) | - | 71 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) | - | 68 |
| Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) | - | 59 |
| Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) | - | 30 |
| Others | - | 48 |
Popular votes were not yet part of the presidential election of 1796. (The public at large did not vote.) Adams received a majority of the total electoral votes, making him the president. Under the system then in place, the person with the second highest number of electoral votes became the vice president.
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