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States Using Popular Vote
- When
- October–December 1800
- Where
- six states using popular vote
Six of the sixteen participating states used some form of popular vote to choose electors.
Of the 16 states that took part in the 1800 election, six—Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia—used some kind of popular vote, while the remaining states selected electors by other means such as legislative choice.
Sources
- 1800 United States presidential election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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