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Presidential Election of 1789
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The first presidential elections excluded some states, chose electors without the popular vote, and delayed the selection of the president after members of Congress fail to show up to count the votes.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789, by Joseph Ellis
Online Recommendation of the Week: 1789 President of the United States, Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/zp38wf06k
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