The
United States presidential election of 1792 was the 2nd quadrennial
presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent
President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college. As in the
first presidential election, Washington is considered to have run unopposed. Electoral rules of the time, however, required each presidential elector to cast two votes without distinguishing which was for president and which for
vice president. The recipient of the most votes would then become president, and the runner-up vice president. Incumbent Vice President
John Adams received 77 votes and was also re-elected (Washington received 132 votes, or one from each elector).