192. Washington elected President
In the early years under the Constitution the Presidents and Vice - Presidents were elected in the following manner . First each state chose presidential electors usually by vote of its legislature . Then the electors of each state came together and voted for two persons with - out saying which of the two should be President . When all the electoral votes were counted , the person having the largest number , provided that was more than half of the whole number of electoral votes , was de - clared President . The person hav - ing the next largest number became Vice - President . At the first election every elector voted for Washington . John Adams received the next largest number of votes and became Vice - President .
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