Us Election History Dates

Congress sets january 7 1789 as the date by which states are required to choose electors for the country s first ever presidential election.

Us election history dates. States or in washington d c cast ballots not directly for those offices but instead for members of the electoral college. A month later on february 4 george washington was. The following is a timeline of major events leading up during and after the 2020 united states presidential election the 59th quadrennial united states presidential election president donald trump of the republican party who was elected in 2016 was seeking reelection to a second term the presidential primaries and caucuses were held between february and august 2020 staggered among the 50.

The election of the president and the vice president of the united states is an indirect election in which citizens of the united states who are registered to vote in one of the fifty u s. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections. One of only 5 elections 1824 1876 1888 2000 2016 where the popular vote winner was defeated hillary clinton first female presidential nominee of a major political party clinton won maine but trump earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd congressional district.

In the united states election day is the annual day set by law for the general elections of federal public officials. Under the 23rd amendment of the constitution the district of columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. For this reason in the following discussion the word state also refers to the district of columbia and the word governor also refers to the mayor of the district of columbia.

Presidential elections are held every four years in years divisible by four in which electors fo. The president of the united states is elected to a four year term. Each of the 435 seats in the united states house of representatives are elected to two year terms.

This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. For federal offices and most gubernatorial offices election day occurs only in even numbered years.

November 3 2020 election day first. These electors then cast direct votes known as electoral votes for president. 4 1800 a tie in the electoral vote for president at the time each elector voted for two persons for president resulted in the u s.