1808 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1808 United States presidential election in Maryland
Flag of Maryland.svg
  1804 1808 1812  
  James Madison.jpg CharlesCPinckney (cropped).png
Nominee James Madison Charles C. Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia South Carolina
Electoral vote92
Popular vote15,3368,886
Percentage 63.31%36.69%

Maryland Presidential Election Results 1808.svg
County results

President before election

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

The 1808 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date as part of the 1808 United States 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 in Maryland voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Often, 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
James Madison Democratic-

Republican

Virginia 15,33663.31%9
Charles C. Pinckney Federalist South Carolina 8,88636.69%2
Total24,222100.00%11

Results by electoral district

Results by district
DistrictJames Madison

Democratic-Republican

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

OtherMarginTotal

votes

cast [4]

#%Electors#%Electors#%Electors#%
1273.32%078196.30%130.36%0-751-92.62%811
21,26851.60%11,18948.40%000.00%0793.20%2,457
37,24195.64%23084.06%0220.30%06,91191.28%7,571
48,70752.81%27,77647.17%020.02%09295.62%16,485
51,67393.98%11076.02%000%01,56687.96%1,780
61,67882.29%136117.71%000%01,31764.58%2,039
789099.10%100.00%080.90%089098.2%898
81,28757.58%194842.42%000.00%033915.16%2,235
953927.33%01,43372.67%100.00%0-894-45.34%1,972
Total15,33663.31%98,88636.69%2350.54%06,45026.62%24,222

Results by county

CountyJames Madison

Democratic-Republican

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

OtherMarginTotal

votes

cast [5]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 20736.25%36463.75%00%-157-27.50%571
Anne Arundel 61897.94%132.06%00.00%61595.88%631
Baltimore (City and County) 4,51097.45%1182.55%00%4,39294.90%4,628
Calvert 33946.57%38953.43%00.00%-50-6.86%728
Caroline 55962.25%33937.75%00.00%22024.50%898
Cecil 68277.41%19922.59%00.00%48354.82%881
Charles 102.54%38397.46%00.00%-373-94.92%393
Dorchester 28242.92%37557.08%00.00%-93-14.16%657
Frederick 2,47151.35%2,34148.65%00.00%1302.70%4,812
Harford 99686.01%16213.99%00.00%83472.02%1,158
Kent 459100.00%00.00%00.00%459100.00%459
Montgomery 48349.85%48650.15%00.00%-3-0.30%969
Prince George's 62754.38%52645.62%00.00%1018.76%1,153
Queen Anne's 431100.00%00.00%00.00%431100.00%431
St. Mary's 00.00%321100.00%00.00%-321-100.00%321
Somerset 16722.54%57477.46%00.00%-407-54.92%741
Talbot 53650.71%52149.29%00.00%26655.18%482
Washington 1,52558.90%1,06441.10%00.00%46117.80%2,589
Worcester 29233.80%57266.20%00.00%-280-32.40%864
Total15,33663.31%8,88636.69%00.00%6,45026.62%24,222

Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist

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.