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This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.
The United States presidential election of that year was scheduled for November 1 to December 4, but Smith was killed in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27. Smith was the first Latter Day Saint to seek the presidency, and the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated. [1]
On January 7, 1789 the first presidential election took place in the United States of America naming George Washington the first president.
First president to defeat an opponent he had previously lost to in a presidential election. [25]: 48 First president who defeated an incumbent president. [25]: 48 First president whose election was decided in the United States House of Representatives. [47] First president to have an inaugural parade; occurred during his second inauguration.
Washington is inaugurated as president of the United States in 1789. The first U.S. presidential election was held over a period of weeks during December 1788 and January 1789. All 69 presidential electors cast one vote for Washington, making his election unanimous. [7] [8] No popular vote totals are listed in this table.
Political science studies have shown that local news coverage is often more favorable to presidents and presidential candidates than national news coverage is, so candidates campaign in part so ...
The first binding event, in which a candidate can secure convention delegates, is traditionally the Iowa caucus, usually held in late January or early February of the presidential election year. It is generally followed by the New Hampshire primary , the first primary by tradition since 1920 and by New Hampshire state law.