ADAMS, John (1735-1826). Autograph letter signed ("John Adams") as President of the Senate, to Gunning Bedford, Philadelphia, 11 December 1792. One page, 254 x 200mm, bifolium, (separated along spine fold, partial separations along horizontal folds). The election of 1792: John Adams acknowledges receipt of the electoral votes of Delaware. Adams notes that he has "Received from the hand of Gunning Bedford the elder Esqr. a Packet certified by the Electors of the electors of the State of Delaware to contain a List of their Votes for President and Vice President of the United States." Prior to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the President and Vice President were chosen based on the first and second highest number of votes received for President (with each Elector casting two votes, being their first and second choices for the high office). During the election of 1792, Washington amassed the most votes (132) and Adams was the recipient of the second highest total (77), granting him a second term as Vice President, one which he declared to be "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived" (John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 December 1793).
ADAMS, John (1735-1826). Autograph letter signed ("John Adams") as President of the Senate, to Gunning Bedford, Philadelphia, 11 December 1792. One page, 254 x 200mm, bifolium, (separated along spine fold, partial separations along horizontal folds). The election of 1792: John Adams acknowledges receipt of the electoral votes of Delaware. Adams notes that he has "Received from the hand of Gunning Bedford the elder Esqr. a Packet certified by the Electors of the electors of the State of Delaware to contain a List of their Votes for President and Vice President of the United States." Prior to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the President and Vice President were chosen based on the first and second highest number of votes received for President (with each Elector casting two votes, being their first and second choices for the high office). During the election of 1792, Washington amassed the most votes (132) and Adams was the recipient of the second highest total (77), granting him a second term as Vice President, one which he declared to be "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived" (John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 December 1793).
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