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ELECTORS CHOSEN ON THIS DAY IN 1789

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Congress sets January 7, 1789 as the date by which states are
required to choose electors for the country’s first presidential
election. A month later, on February 4,
George Washington was
elected president by state electors and sworn into office on
April 30, 1789.

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