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Our Presidents and how we make them

Note 2 — THE ADAMS-JEFFERSON CONTEST

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The popular vote, as imperfectly preserved at Harrisburg, gives Adams 11,552 and Jefferson 8373, but as 14 of the 15 electors voted for Jefferson the vote of record is incomplete and misleading.

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