1812 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1812 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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  James Madison.jpg DeWitt Clinton by Rembrandt Peale.jpg
Nominee James Madison DeWitt Clinton
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican [a]
Alliance Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Elbridge Gerry Jared Ingersoll
Electoral vote120
Popular vote8,501433
Percentage95.2%4.8%

The 1812 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place between October 30 and December 2, 1812, as part of the 1812 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Kentucky had gained four electors compared to the previous election in 1808.

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Kentucky cast twelve electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent President James Madison over the other Democratic-Republican and Federalist supported candidate DeWitt Clinton. The electoral votes for Vice president were cast for Madison's running mate Elbridge Gerry from Massachusetts. The state was divided into three electoral districts with four electors each, whereupon each district's voters chose the electors. [1]

Results

1812 United States presidential election in Kentucky [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Madison (incumbent)8,50195.2%12
Democratic-Republican/Federalist DeWitt Clinton 4334.8%0
Totals8,934100.0%12

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Notes

  1. ↑ While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well.

References

  1. ↑ "1812 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1812 Presidential Election". 270towin.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
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