[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 2 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PRESENTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE 
                     PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

       The undersigned, John W. Warner and Wendell H. Ford, 
     tellers on the part of the Senate, William M. Thomas and Sam 
     Gejdenson, tellers on the part of the House of 
     Representatives, report the following as the result of the 
     ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote for 
     President and Vice President of the United States for the 
     term beginning on the twentieth day of January, nineteen 
     hundred and ninety-seven.

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                                           For President      For Vice
                                         -----------------   President
(\1\)                States                               --------------
                                            Bill     Bob     Al    Jack
                                           Clinton   Dole   Gore   Kemp
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    9  Alabama..........................  ........      9  .....       9
    3  Alaska...........................  ........      3  .....       3
    8  Arizona..........................         8  .....      8  ......
    6  Arkansas.........................         6  .....      6  ......
   54  California.......................        54  .....     54  ......
    8  Colorado.........................  ........      8  .....       8
    8  Connecticut......................         8  .....      8  ......
    3  Delaware.........................         3  .....      3  ......
    3  District of Columbia.............         3  .....      3  ......
   25  Florida..........................        25  .....     25  ......
   13  Georgia..........................  ........     13  .....      13
    4  Hawaii...........................         4  .....      4  ......
    4  Idaho............................  ........      4  .....       4
   22  Illinois.........................        22  .....     22  ......
   12  Indiana..........................  ........     12  .....      12
    7  Iowa.............................         7  .....      7  ......
    6  Kansas...........................  ........      6  .....       6
    8  Kentucky.........................         8  .....      8  ......
    9  Louisiana........................         9  .....      9  ......
    4  Maine............................         4  .....      4  ......
   10  Maryland.........................        10  .....     10  ......
   12  Massachusetts....................        12  .....     12  ......
   18  Michigan.........................        18  .....     18  ......
   10  Minnesota........................        10  .....     10  ......
    7  Mississippi......................  ........      7  .....       7
   11  Missouri.........................        11  .....     11  ......
    3  Montana..........................  ........      3  .....       3
    5  Nebraska.........................  ........      5  .....       5
    4  Nevada...........................         4  .....      4  ......
    4  New Hampshire....................         4  .....      4  ......
   15  New Jersey.......................        15  .....     15  ......
    5  New Mexico.......................         5  .....      5  ......
   33  New York.........................        33  .....     33  ......
   14  North Carolina...................  ........     14  .....      14
    3  North Dakota.....................  ........      3  .....       3
   21  Ohio.............................        21  .....     21  ......
    8  Oklahoma.........................  ........      8  .....       8
    7  Oregon...........................         7  .....      7  ......
   23  Pennsylvania.....................        23  .....     23  ......
    4  Rhode Island.....................         4  .....      4  ......
    8  South Carolina...................  ........      8  .....       8
    3  South Dakota.....................  ........      3  .....       3
   11  Tennessee........................        11  .....     11  ......
   32  Texas............................  ........     32  .....      32
    5  Utah.............................  ........      5  .....       5
    3  Vermont..........................         3  .....      3  ......
   13  Virginia.........................  ........     13  .....      13
   11  Washington.......................        11  .....     11  ......
    5  West Virginia....................         5  .....      5  ......
   11  Wisconsin........................        11  .....     11  ......
    3  Wyoming..........................  ........      3  .....       3
  538    ...............................       379    159    379    159
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\1\ Electoral Votes of each State.

     John W. Warner,
     Wendell H. Ford,
       Tellers on the part of the Senate.
     William M. Thomas,
     Sam Gejdenson,
       Tellers on the part of the House of Representatives.
       The state of the vote for President of the United States, 
     as delivered to the President of the Senate, is as follows:
       The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for 
     President of the United States is 538, of which a majority is 
     270.
       Bill Clinton, of the State of Arkansas, has received for 
     President of the United States 379 votes;
       Bob Dole, of the State of Kansas, has received 159 votes;
       The state of the vote for Vice President of the United 
     States, as delivered to the President of the Senate, is as 
     follows:
       The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for Vice 
     President of the United States is 538, of which a majority is 
     270.
       Al Gore, of the State of Tennessee, has received for Vice 
     President of the United States 379 votes;
       Jack Kemp, of the State of Maryland, has received 159 
     votes;
       This announcement of the state of the vote by the President 
     of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the 
     persons elected President and Vice President of the United 
     States, each for the term beginning on the twentieth day of 
     January, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven and shall be 
     entered, together with the list of the votes, on the Journals 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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