Wednesday, February 10.
Counting Electoral Votes.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the report of the joint committee appointed to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, and have appointed Messrs. Macon and Tallmadge, tellers, on their part.
Ordered, That Mr. Franklin be appointed a teller of the ballots for President and Vice President of the United States, on the part of the Senate, in place of Mr. Gaillard, absent from indisposition.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House is now ready to attend the Senate in opening the certificates and counting the votes of the Electors of the several States, in the choice of a President and Vice President of the United States, in pursuance of the resolution of the two Houses of Congress; and that the President of the Senate will be introduced to the Speaker's Chair, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The two Houses of Congress, agreeably to the joint resolution, assembled in the Representatives' Chamber, and the certificates of the Electors of the several States were, by the President of the Senate, opened and delivered to the tellers appointed for the purpose, who, having examined and ascertained the number of votes, presented a list thereof to the President of the Senate, which was read, as follows:
| States. | President. | Vice President. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison. | De Witt Clinton. | Elbridge Gerry. | Jared Ingersoll. | |
| New Hampshire | — | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Massachusetts | — | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| Rhode Island | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Connecticut | — | 9 | — | 9 |
| Vermont | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| New York | — | 29 | — | 29 |
| New Jersey | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| Delaware | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Maryland | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Virginia | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| North Carolina | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| South Carolina | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| Georgia | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| Kentucky | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| Ohio | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| Louisiana | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Totals | 128 | 89 | 131 | 86 |
The whole number of votes being 217, of which 109 makes a majority; James Madison had for President of the United States 128 votes, and Elbridge Gerry had for Vice President of the United States 131 votes:
Whereupon, the President of the Senate declared James Madison elected President of the United States, for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March next, and Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States, for four years, commencing on the fourth day of March next.
The votes of the Electors were then delivered to the Secretary of the Senate; the two Houses of Congress separated, and the Senate returned to their own Chamber; and, on motion, adjourned.