From Kentucky.—John Fowler, and Thomas T. Davis.
From Tennessee.—William Charles Cole Claiborne.
Mr. Speaker, attended by the House, then went into the Senate Chamber, and took seats therein, when both Houses being assembled, Mr. Rutledge and Mr. Nicholas, the tellers on the part of this House, together with Mr. Wells, the teller on the part of the Senate, took seats at a table provided for them, in the front of the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate, in the presence of both Houses, proceeded to open the certificates of the Electors of the several States, beginning with the State of New Hampshire; and as the votes were read, the tellers on the part of each House, counted and took lists of the same, which being compared, were delivered to the President of the Senate, and are as follows:
| 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 |
Recapitulation of the Votes of the Electors.
| Thomas Jefferson, | 73 |
| Aaron Burr, | 73 |
| John Adams, | 65 |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, | 64 |
| John Jay, | 1 |
The President of the Senate, in pursuance of the duty enjoined upon him, announced the state of the votes to both Houses, and declared that Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Aaron Burr of New York, having the greatest number, and a majority of the votes of all the Electors appointed, and being equal, it remained for the House of Representatives to determine the choice.
The two Houses then separated; and the House of Representatives being returned to their Chamber, proceeded, in the manner prescribed by the constitution, to the choice of a President of the United States, and the following members were appointed tellers of the respective States, to examine ballots of each State, pursuant to the sixth rule adopted by the House on the ninth instant, to wit:
For the State of New Hampshire, Abiel Foster; Massachusetts, Harrison G. Otis; Rhode Island, Christopher G. Champlin; Connecticut, Roger Griswold; Vermont, Lewis R. Morris; New York, Theodorus Bailey; New Jersey, James Linn; Pennsylvania, Albert Gallatin; Delaware, James A. Bayard; Maryland, George Dent; Virginia, Lyttleton W. Tazewell; North Carolina, Nathaniel Macon; South Carolina, Thomas Pinckney; Georgia, Benjamin Taliaferro; Kentucky, John Fowler; Tennessee, William Charles Cole Claiborne.