|
Index |
Amendment XII - In 1804 the electors began
voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. |
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1804
 |
Thomas
Jefferson V1 |
Dem.-Rep. |
162 |
104,110
|
George Clinton V2 |
Dem.-Rep. |
162 |
|
Charles C. Pinckney |
Federalist |
14 |
38,919 |
Rufus King |
Federalist |
14 |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
Jefferson gained
popularity during his first term. American trade boomed when the
French Revolutionary War in Europe was suspended. |
|
V2 |
Governor of
New York,
George Clinton replaced Aaron Burr as Jefferson's running mate. |
|
* |
Only 11 States chose electors by popular vote,
among the 17 United States. Those, that did, varied restrictions
based upon property. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1808
 |
James Madison
---
Charles C. Pinckney
George Clinton V2
---
Vote not cast V3
(unpledged electors)
James Monroe |
Dem.-Rep.
---
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
---
---
---
Dem-Rep. |
122
---
47
6
---
1
---
0 |
124,732
---
62,431
---
---
---
680
4,848 |
George Clinton
John Langdon
Rufus King
James Madison V1
James Monroe
Vote not cast V3
---
--- |
Dem.-Rep.
Ind. (no party)
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
---
---
--- |
113
9
47
3
3
1
---
0 |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
James Madison elected
president also received 3 electoral votes as candidate
for Vice President. |
|
V2 |
George Clinton had been
Thomas
Jefferson's Vice President and the first of two to remain
Vice President under a new President. The other would be
John C. Calhoun in 1828. Clinton
also garnering 6 electoral votes for president from 6
unfaithful electors from
New York. |
|
V3 |
One
Kentucky elector did not vote. |
|
* |
10 of the 17 States voted for Presidential electors by
popular vote with varied restrictions based upon
property ownership. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1812
|
James Madison
V1
De Witt Clinton V3
Rufus King
Vote not cast
V4 |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist
--- |
128
89
0
1 |
140.431
132,781
5,574
--- |
Elbridge Gerry
Jared Ingersoll
---
Vote not cast |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
---
--- |
131
V2
86
---
1 |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
Madison won the election
by a comfortable margin. He obtained the leadership to
wage the War of 1812. |
|
V2 |
Gerry received
3 additional votes when three Federalist electors in
Massachusetts, Gerry's home state, voted a split party
ticket giving 3 votes to Elbridge Gerry. |
|
V3 |
Clinton tailored his campaign
dependent on the sentiment of the region; anti-war in
some and pro-war in others. |
|
V4 |
One
Ohio elector did
not vote. |
|
* |
The War of 1812 had been declared during the nominating
campaigns. |
|
* |
9 of 18 states
voted their electors by popular vote with varying voting
restrictions based on property ownership. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1816
 |
James Monroe
V1
Rufus King V2
---
---
---
Unpledged Electors
Votes not cast V3 |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
---
--- |
183
34
---
---
---
0
4 |
76,592
34,740
---
---
---
1,038
--- |
Daniel D. Tompkins
John E. Howard
James Ross
John Marshall
Robert G. Harper
---
Votes not cast V1 |
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Ind (no party)
Federalist
Ind. (no party)
---
--- |
183
22
5
4
3
---
4 |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
James Monroe was popular
for the victorious end of the War of 1812, which
discredited the Federalists opposition to the war.
Monroe preempted
the Federalists by adopting their most prominent issues
such as protective tariffs and a national bank. |
|
V2 |
The three states that King won gave
their vice president electoral votes to a different
person.
Massachusetts electors chose former
U.S. Senator John E. Howard, who later became Governor
of
Maryland.
Delaware
chose U.S. Senator Robert G. Harper.
Connecticut's
electors split between
Pennsylvanian
James Ross and Chief Justice John Marshall. |
|
V3 |
Delaware
had one elector and
Maryland
three electors that did not cast votes. |
|
* |
10 of 19 states chose electors by a
popular vote that had various restrictions based on
property ownership. |
|
* |
The popular vote was nearly 2 to 1 in
favor of
James Monroe who won 16
of the 19 states. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1820
|
James Monroe
V1
---
James Monroe
James Monroe
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Unpledged Electors V3
Dewitt Clinton |
Dem-Rep
(Federalist Electors)
(Split ticket)
(Split ticket)
(Split ticket)
Republican
---
No Party |
231 V2
---
---
---
---
1
---
0 |
87,343
17,465
---
---
---
---
1,658
1,893 |
Daniel D. Tompkins
---
Richard Stockton
Daniel Rodney
Robert G. Harper
Richard Rush
Unpledged Electors V3
--- |
Dem.-Rep.
---
Federalist
Federalist
Federalist
Dem-Rep
---
--- |
218 V2
---
8
4
1
1
0
--- |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
The Federalist Party having virtually
collapsed, left
Monroe
without opposition that effectively left him without a
need to campaign. |
|
V2 |
A dispute over the validity of
Missouri's electoral votes arose
putting 3 electoral votes in question. Those votes are
included in the Talley for Monroe and Tompkins. |
|
V3 |
Unpledged Electors are those who were
uncommitted prior to the election. |
|
* |
15 of 24 states chose electors by a
popular vote that had various restrictions based on
property ownership. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1824
 |
John Quincy
Adams V1
Andrew Jackson
V2
William H. Crawford V4
Henry Clay V5
---
---
---
---
---
---
(MA unpledged electors)
Other |
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(nominal parties) |
84
99
41
37
---
---
---
---
---
---
0
0 |
113,122
151,271
40.856
47531
---
---
---
---
---
---
6,616
6,437 |
---
John C. Calhoun V3
---
---
Nathan Sanford
Nathaniel Macon
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Henry Clay
Votes not cast V6
---
--- |
---
Dem-Rep
---
---
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
---
---
--- |
---
182
---
---
30
24
13
9
2
1
---
--- |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
No
Presidential candidate received the necessary 51% of the
electoral vote to win. The House of
Representatives chose
John Quincy
Adams on the first ballot, over Jackson
and Crawford with Clay having been dropped out of the running.
House votes cast :
Adams received 13
votes, Jackson received
7, and 4 were cast for Crawford. Clay |
|
V2 |
Andrew Jackson received
the most popular votes and the most, but not 51%, of the
electoral votes, throwing the election to the House of
Representatives. |
|
V3 |
John C Calhoun received votes from both Adams and
Jackson supporters. |
|
V4 |
Crawford
suffered a stroke crippling his bid for president. |
|
V5 |
Henry had
thrown his support to Adams when it was evident he had
less electoral votes. |
|
V6 |
One vote for
vice president was not cast. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1828
 |
Andrew Jackson V1
---
John Quincy Adams V3
Other |
Democratic
---
Natl. Republican
(nominal parties) |
178
---
83
--- |
642,553
---
500897
4,568 |
John C. Calhoun V2
William Smith
Richard Rush
--- |
Democratic
Democratic
Natl. Republican
--- |
171
7
83
--- |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
Andrew Jackson
had been "campaigning" since the 1824 election by
demeaning President Adams
at every opportunity claiming a "corrupt bargain" had
been struck between Adams
and Henry Clay when Clay was made Secretary of State.
Jackson also claimed that Adams had purchased
gambling devices for the White House, that in reality
were a chess set and a pool table. |
|
V2 |
John C Calhoun is the second of two Vice Presidents to
remain in office under a new President. The first was
George Clinton in 1808. |
|
V3 |
John Quincy
Adams attacked
Jackson's marriage to a woman who's divorce was not
quite yet final. Adams
also attacked
Jackson for the court martial and execution of
deserters during his service as a General. Adams
won the same states that his father,
John Adams, won
in 1800. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1832
|
Andrew Jackson V1
---
Henry Clay V1
John Floyd
William Wirt
Votes not cast V1
Other |
Democratic
---
National. Republicans
Ind. (no party)
Anti-Masonic V1
---
(nominal parties) |
219
---
49
11
7
2
0 |
701,780
---
484,205
0
0
0
7,273 |
Martin Van
Buren
William Wilkins
John Sergeant
Henry Lee
Amos Ellmaker
Votes not cast V1
--- |
Democratic
Ind. (no party)
National Republicans
Independent (no pty)
Anti-Masonic V1
---
--- |
189
30
49
11
7
2
--- |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
Andrew Jackson
was nominated by the same states as the previous two
elections. The first Democrat convention resolved, "we
most cordially concur in the repeated nominations which
he has received in various parts of the union." |
|
V2 |
Clays attempts
to attack Jackson
on his use of the veto power but the public views
Jackson as defending them against the privileged
elite. |
|
V3 |
The Anti-Masonic Party was the first party to hold a nominating
convention to select the presidential and vice presidential
candidates. The Convention was held on September 26, 1831. |
|
V4 |
Maryland had
two votes not cast. |
| * |
1932 was the
first election preceded by nominating conventions. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1836
 |
Martin Van Buren
V1
---
William Henry Harrison
Hugh L. White
Daniel Webster
Willie Person Mangum
Other |
Democratic
---
Whig V3
Whig
Whig
Whig
(nominal parties) |
170
---
73
26
14
11 V4
0 |
764,176
---
550,816
146,107
41,201
---
1,234 |
Richard M. Johnson
V2
William Smith
Francis Granger
John Tyler
---
---
--- |
Democratic
Democratic
Whig
Whig
---
---
--- |
147
23
77
47
---
---
--- |
|
Index |
|
V1 |
Van Buren commanded a strong party organization that
carried him to the majority in the
Electoral
College. |
|
V2 |
Without a clear majority
Johnson was chosen by the Senate (33-14) over Francis
Granger. The others were legally out of the running. |
|
V3 |
The Whig party
attempted and failed to split the vote by running
favorites in different regions of the country. The hope
was to divide the vote so that the House of
Representatives would decide between the competing Whig
candidates. |
|
V4 |
W. P. Mangum
received his electoral votes from South Carolina, his
home state, that choses its electors by the legislature. |
|
* |
The validity
of
Michigan
being a state at the time the state's electors cast
their ballots became a controversy but when realized
there was no bearing on the results, was resolved by
reading the results twice, once with
Michigan's
votes and once without. |
|
* |
1836 was the
first and only time a Vice Presidential race was thrown
into the Senate. |
|
|
Year |
Presidential Candidates |
Party |
Elec.
Votes |
Popular Vote |
Vice Presidential
Candidates |
Party |
Ele..Votes |
1840
 |
William
Henry Harrison V1
Martin Van Buren
---
---
James G.Birney
Other |
Whig
Democratic
---
---
Liberty Party
(nominal parties) |
234
60
---
---
0
0 |
1,275,390
1,128,854
---
---
6797
767 |
John Tyler
V2
Richard M. Johnson
L. W. Tazewell
James K. Polk
Thomas Earle
--- |
Whig
Democratic
|
