US Election Results
1816 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1816 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1816 was the eighth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1816. It came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican James Madison. With the Federalist Party on the verge of collapse, Madison's Secretary of State, James Monroe, had an overwhelming advantage against very weak opposition. Monroe won the Electoral College by the wide margin of 183 to 34.
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Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote(a), (b) |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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Count |
Pct |
vote(c) |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote(c) |
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James Monroe |
Democratic-Republican |
Virginia |
76,592 |
68.20% |
183 |
Daniel D. Tompkins |
New York |
183 |
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Rufus King |
Federalist |
New York |
34,740 |
30.90% |
34 |
John Eager Howard |
Maryland |
22 |
|
James Ross |
Pennsylvania |
5 |
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John Marshall |
Virginia |
4 |
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Robert Goodloe Harper |
Maryland |
3 |
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(unpledged electors) |
(none) |
(n/a) |
1,038 |
0.90% |
0 |
(n/a) |
(n/a) |
0 |
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Total |
1,12,370 |
100% |
217 |
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217 |
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Needed to win |
109 |
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109 |
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