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To: rkral who wrote (173648)	3/19/2003 9:50:02 PM
From: Robert O	Respond to of 186894

ot Well, George W. is a clear cut case of being elected in a year not evenly divisible by four. But Adams may present a problem as there was election activity in 1796 but votes were not actually counted and he was not therefore 'elected' president until 1797. So that one is questionable. Looks like to win your bar drink (thanks to me) ya better stick with the slam dunk: first U.S. President was elected (and took office) in 1789. Hey, pretty good for the initial off the top of my head recollection eh? More below for those interested. George Washington 1st President of the United States TERM: April 30, 1789 to March 3, 1797 The first presidential election was 1789 gwpapers.virginia.edu After New Hampshire ratified the Constitution on 21 June 1788, being the ninth requisite state to do so, the Confederation Congress passed the Election Ordinance on 13 September, which provided for the selection of presidential Electors in the states on 7 January 1789 and set 4 February as the date they would cast their ballots in their states. John Adams The Campaign and Election of 1796 The eighth of February 1797 was a momentous day for the new nation. In those days, before the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, each state chose presidential electors who then voted for two persons to be president. The electors, collectively referred to as the "electoral college," were selected by the state legislatures or by specially elected state assemblies. The candidate receiving the highest number of electoral college votes—providing it was a majority of the votes cast—became president; the person with the second largest vote would be vice president. It was John Adams. RO