<Table> United States presidential election, 1796 <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1792 </Td> <Td> November 4--December 7, 1796 </Td> <Td> 1800 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 138 electoral votes of the Electoral College 70 electoral votes needed to win </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nominee </Th> <Td> John Adams </Td> <Td> Thomas Jefferson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Party </Th> <Td> Federalist </Td> <Td> Democratic - Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Home state </Th> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running mate </Th> <Td> Thomas Pinckney </Td> <Td> Aaron Burr </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> States carried </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Popular vote </Th> <Td> 35,726 </Td> <Td> 31,115 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Percentage </Th> <Td> 53.4% </Td> <Td> 46.6% </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Presidential election results map . Presidential electoral votes by state . Because electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, the map above assumes that the presidential votes are exactly the votes for Adams or Jefferson . This leads to an anomaly: Maryland is listed as having cast 7 Federalist votes and 4 Democratic - Republican Party votes when Maryland had only 10 electors . One elector had run unopposed from his district, having pledged to vote for both Adams and Jefferson . (1) Green denotes states won by Jefferson, burnt orange denotes states won by Adams . Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> President before election <P> George Washington Nonpartisan </P> </Td> <Td> Elected President <P> John Adams Federalist </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1792 </Td> <Td> November 4--December 7, 1796 </Td> <Td> 1800 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

Who ran for president in the election of 1796