1816 United States presidential election

1816 United States presidential election
November 1 – December 3, 1816
217 members of the Electoral College
109 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout16.9%[1] Decrease 23.5 pp
 
Nominee James Monroe Rufus King
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins N/A[a]
Electoral vote 183 34
States carried 16 3
Popular vote 76,762 17,300[b]
Percentage 68.7% 15.5%[b]
Presidential election results map. Green denotes states won by Monroe and Salmon denotes states won by King. One elector from Delaware and three from Maryland did not vote. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

 Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1816 United States presidential election was the 8th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from November 1 to December 3, 1816. This election was between the Democratic-Republican nominee, Secretary of State James Monroe of Virginia and the Federalist nominee, Senator Rufus King of New York. Monroe won the election with 183 electoral votes. King got only 34 electoral votes.

Nominees

Democratic-Republican Party

Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party
1816 Democratic-Republican Party Ticket
James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins
for President for Vice President
7th
Secretary of State
(1811–1817)		 4th
Governor of New York
(1807–1817)

Presidential

Vice Presidential

Federalist Party[c]

Presidential

Notes

  1. ↑ No candidate was formally nominated. John Eager Howard received 22 votes for vice president, James Ross 5, John Marshall 4, Robert Goodloe Harper 3.[2]
  2. 1 2 Votes cast for Federalist unpledged electors
  3. ↑ The Federalist Party never officially nominated a ticket for the general election.

References

  1. ↑ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
  2. ↑ Dubin 2002, p. 25.
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