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20 first committee on elections of the House. In the end Smith was seated, one vote only being against him. Pierce Butler, member of the Federal Convention, and Ralph Izard, who had been in the diplomatic service, were made senators. Both men were Federalists. South Carolina gave John Hancock one vote for Vice-President and John Rutledge six.

The legislature of Georgia met somewhat earlier than usual, November 4, to make arrangements for the federal elections. This State appointed its five electors, and chose its congressmen on a general ticket. William Few, the leading senator, and Abraham Baldwin, the most able of the State's three representatives, had been members of the Federal Convention. The other senator was James Gunn. Georgia was represented in the first Congress by Federalists. This State scattered its vote for Vice-President among four candidates. General Lincoln was the only one so complimented who had a continental reputation, the other three being "favorite sons."

New Jersey chose her six electors through the legislature and elected her four representatives on a general ticket. The election was held for the most part in February and March, 1789. There were two tickets, known as the eastern and western, taking their names from the sections where their supporters were massed. The western ticket was successful, but under circumstances that gave ground