American Psephology
The 1789 Presidential Election in Maryland
On January 7-11, 1789, Maryland's voters voted for eight at-large electors, five for the Western Shore and three for the Eastern Shore. Two electoral slates ran.
The federalist ticket:
- John Rogers (Western Shore) - 7665 votes
- George Plater (Western Shore) - 7573 votes
- Alexander C. Hanson (Western Shore) - 5596 votes
- Philip Thomas (Western Shore) - 5456 votes
- Robert Smith (Western Shore) - 5455 votes
- William Tilghman (Eastern Shore) - 5746 votes
- William Richardson (Eastern Shore) - 5402 votes
- William Matthews (Eastern Shore) - 5291 votes
The antifederalist ticket:
- John Rogers (Western Shore)
- George Plater (Western Shore)
- Jeremiah T. Chase (Western Shore) - 2278 votes
- Charles Ridgely (Western Shore) - 2199 votes
- Lawrence O'Neale (Western Shore) - 1241 votes
- John Seney (Eastern Shore) - 2209 votes
- James Shaw (Eastern Shore) - 2130 votes
- Henry Waggaman (Eastern Shore) - 1669 votes
A number of scattered candidates also received votes, with a total of 385 votes for the Western Shore and 235 for the Eastern Shore. This total does not count Thomas Johnson, running as an antifederalist for the Western Shore, who took most of O'Neale's votes in Anne Arundel and Prince George's Counties, netting 718 in all.
A rough estimate of the average county returns are as follows. The vote was loose enough to where this can not be considered authoritative, but not loose enough to discount any sort of party polarization.
| Federalists | Antifederalists | |
| Anne Arundel | 323 | 538 |
| Baltimore | 621 | 968 |
| Calvert | 168 | 83 |
| Caroline | 128 | 1 |
| Cecil | 519 | 0 |
| Charles | 126 | 3 |
| Dorchester | 107 | 0 |
| Frederick | 787 | 0 |
| Harford | 205 | 239 |
| Kent | 167 | 35 |
| Montgomery | 315 | 41 |
| Prince George's | 270 | 221 |
| Queen Anne's | 32 | 7 |
| Saint Mary's | 96 | 13 |
| Somerset | 212 | 0 |
| Talbot | 254 | 0 |
| Washington | 1164 | 0 |
| Worcester | 69 | 78 |
| Total | 5563 (71.41%) | 2227 (28.59%) |
The federalist ticket was elected, and voted for Washington and Harrison on February 4, with the exception of Plater and Richardson, who did not vote.