The 1788–89 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on January 7, 1789, as part of the 1788–1789 United States presidential election to elect the first President. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. However, one elector did not vote and another elector was not chosen because an election district failed to submit returns, resulting in only 10 electoral votes being submitted.
Virginia unanimously voted for nonpartisan candidate and commander-in-chief of the Continental ArmyGeorge Washington. The total popular vote is composed of 3,337 for Federalist electors and 456 for Anti-Federalist electors, all of whom were supportive of Washington.[1] The total number of votes is incomplete.
^ abPulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the Foundation of the Commonwealth to the Present Time. J. T. West. pp. 37–38.
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