A presidential election was held in Massachusetts on November 7, 1796, as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. The Federalist vice president John Adams defeated the Democratic-Republican former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson.
Federalist electors carried seven electoral districts with a majority of the popular vote. The Massachusetts General Court subsequently chose Federalists to represent the seven remaining districts, and appointed two additional electors to represent the state at-large. The electors voted for Adams as a bloc but split their second votes among three other candidates. Divisions among Northern Federalists allowed Jefferson to succeed Adams as vice president under the rule which awarded the office to the runner-up in the presidential election.
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