1804 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1804 United States presidential election in Maryland
Flag of Maryland.svg
  1800 1804 1808  
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Nominee Thomas Jefferson Charles C. Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia South Carolina
Electoral vote92
Popular vote7,3042,295
Percentage 76.09%23.91%
Popular vote-

Maryland Presidential Election Results 1804.svg
County Results

President before election

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

The 1804 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1804, as part of the 1804 presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Contents

Early elections were quite different from modern ones. Voters voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Oftentimes, which candidate an elector intended to support was unclear. [1] Prior to the ratification of the 12th amendment, each elector did not distinguish between a vote cast for president and vice president, and simply cast two votes. [2]

Starting with the 1796 United States presidential election and ending with the 1824 United States presidential election, Maryland used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This method is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.

Results

Presidential

candidate

PartyHome StatePopular VoteElectoral

Vote [3]

CountPercentage
Thomas Jefferson Democratic-

Republican

Virginia 7,30476.09%9
Charles C. Pinckney Federalist South Carolina 2,29523.91%2
George Clinton Democratic-

Republican

New York --9
Rufus King Federalist Maine --2
Total9,899100.00%11

Results by electoral district

Results by District
DistrictThomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast [4]

#%Electors#%Electors#%
123927.82%062072.18%1-381-44.36%859
249898.61%171.39%049197.22%505
32,13899.67%270.33%02,13199.34%2,145
44,73999.64%2170.36%04,72299.28%4,756
527699.28%120.72%027498.56%278
666899.55%130.45%066599.10%371
742770.57%117529.43%025241.14%605
879382.94%116317.06%063065.88%956
999539.68%01,51260.32%1-517-20.64%2,507
Total7,30476.09%92,29523.91%25,00952.18%9,599

Results by county

CountyThomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

OtherMarginTotal

Votes

Cast [5]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 23697.52%00.00%62.48%23095.07%242
Anne Arundel 248100.00%00.00%00.00%248100.00%248
Baltimore (City and County)1,03499.61%20.19%20.19%1,03099.23%1,038
Calvert 22199.55%10.45%00.00%22099.10%222
Caroline 28792.28%247.72%00.00%26384.56%311
Cecil 238100.00%00.00%00.00%238100.00%238
Charles 11824.08%37275.92%00.00%-254-51.84%490
Dorchester 18143.10%23956.90%00.00%-58-13.80%420
Frederick 1,523100.00%00.00%00.00%1,523100.00%1,523
Harford 430100.00%00.00%00.00%430100.00%430
Kent 189100.00%00.00%00.00%189100.00%189
Montgomery 8297.62%22.38%00.00%8095.24%84
Prince George's 24288.00%3312.00%00.00%20976.00%275
Queen Anne's 238100.00%00.00%00.00%0100.00%824
St. Mary's 10632.82%21767.18%00.00%-111-34.36%323
Somerset 25931.13%57368.87%00.00%-314-37.74%832
Talbot 37477.59%10822.41%00.00%26655.18%482
Washington 612100.00%00.00%00.00%0100.00%612
Worcester 68748.45%73151.55%00.00%-44-3.10%1,418
Total7,30476.09%2,29523.91%5,00952.18%9,599

Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican

See also

References

  1. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. "Electoral College & Indecisive Elections | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  3. Petersen, Svend (1963). A statistical history of the American presidential elections. New York: Ungar.
  4. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  5. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved October 31, 2022.