Presidential election in the United States 1816

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8th presidential election
November 1 - December 4, 1816
			Democratic Republican Party
			James Monroe / Daniel D. Tompkins
			electors					183
			be right				76,592
									68.2%
			Federalist Party
			Rufus King / John Eager Howard
			electors					34
			be right				34,740
									30.9%
Election results by state
16 states   Monroe / Thompkins						3 states   King / Howard
President of the United States
Before the election James Madison Dem.-Rep. Political party						Elected James Monroe Dem.-Rep. Political party

The 8th election of the President of the United States took place in 1816. James Monroe of the Democratic Republican Party won against his federal competitor Rufus King and James Monroe became the 5th president.

Candidates

The Democratic Republican Party nominated James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins . The federalists supported the New York Senator Rufus King , who had no chance after the ultimately successful British-American War and was to become the last candidate in the history of the federalists. Several ran for Vice President, including John Eager Howard and James Ross .

Result

candidate	Political party	be right		electors
		number	percent
James Monroe	Democratic Republican Party	76,592	68.2%	183
Rufus King	federalist	34,740	30.9%	34
total		111,332	99.1% *	217

* to 100% missing percent: invalid votes / other candidates

literature

• Donald Richard Deskins, Hanes Walton, Sherman C. Puckett: Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2010, ISBN 978-0-472-11697-3 , pp. 65-71 (= Chapter 10: James Monroe's Initial Election. ).

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