Wednesday, February 11.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to meet them in the Senate Chamber, for the purpose of being present at the opening and counting the votes for President of the United States.
The two Houses of Congress accordingly assembled in the Senate Chamber, and the certificates of the Electors of sixteen States were, by the Vice President, 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 Vice President, which was read. (For List see Table on next page.)
Whereupon the Vice President declared that the result of the votes, as delivered by the tellers, was that
| Thomas Jefferson, of Va., had | 73 |
| Aaron Burr, of N. Y., had | 73 |
| John Adams, of Mass., had | 65 |
| Chas. C. Pinckney, of S. C., had | 64 |
| John Jay, of N. Y., had | 1 |
| STATES. | Thomas Jefferson | Aaron Burr | John Adams | Charles C. Pinckney | John Jay. |
| New Hampshire | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Massachusetts | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Rhode Island | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Connecticut | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Vermont | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| New York | 12 | 12 | |||
| New Jersey | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| Delaware | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Maryland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Virginia | 21 | 21 | |||
| Kentucky | 4 | 4 | |||
| North Carolina | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tennessee | 3 | 3 | |||
| South Carolina | 8 | 8 | |||
| Georgia | 4 | 4 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| 73 | 73 | 65 | 64 | 1 |
The whole number of Electors who had voted were one hundred and thirty-eight, of which number Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had a majority; but the number of those voting for them being equal, no choice was made by the people; and that, consequently, the remaining duties devolve on the House of Representatives.
On which, the House of Representatives repaired to their own Chamber; and the Senate adjourned.