As an elector in the 1796 Presidential Election , Rutledge voted for the two Southern candidates , Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist Thomas Pinckney .
Like John Rutledge , Edward Rutledge opposed the Jay Treaty and the Anglophilic stance he perceived in the Federalist Party .
As an elector in the 1796 Presidential Election , John Rutledge voted for the two Southern candidates , Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist Party Thomas Pinckney .
Like John Rutledge , Edward Rutledge opposed the Jay Treaty and the Anglophilic stance he perceived in the Federalist Party .