1816 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1816 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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Nominee Rufus King James Monroe
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Home state New York Virginia
Running mateN/A [a] Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote90
Legislative vote**88

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Connecticut on November 1, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. [1] The senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, the de facto candidate of the Federalist Party, received nine votes from electors chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly. [2] Although commonly remembered as the last Federalist presidential candidate, King was not formally selected as the party's nominee and had no designated running mate; the Connecticut electors split their vice presidential votes between the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania James Ross and the chief justice of the United States John Marshall. [3] [4] This was the last election in which Connecticut's electoral votes were awarded by the state legislature. [5]

Contents

General election

Results

1816 United States presidential election in Connecticut [2] [b]
PartyCandidateVotes
Federalist Elijah Hubbard**
Federalist Jonathan Ingersoll **
Federalist Jirah Isham**
Federalist Samuel W. Johnson**
Federalist William Perkins**
Federalist Seth P. Staples **
Federalist Elisha Sterling**
Federalist Nathaniel Terry **
Federalist Asa Willey**
Democratic-Republican Oliver Wolcott Jr. 88
Total
>88

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in Connecticut [4]
For PresidentFor Vice President
CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote
CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote
Rufus King Federalist New York 9 James Ross Federalist Pennsylvania 5
John Marshall Federalist Virginia 4
Total
9
Total
9

See also

References

  1. No candidate formally nominated. Connecticut electors cast 5 votes for James Ross and 4 votes for John Marshall.
  2. Results of balloting in the Connecticut General Assembly. The number of votes cast for the successful Federalist candidates is unknown.
  1. "The Legislature of this State [...]". Connecticut Courant. November 5, 1816.
  2. 1 2 Lampi, Philip J. "Connecticut 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  3. Turner, Lynn W. (2002). "Elections of 1816 and 1820". In Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 307.
  4. 1 2 "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  5. Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. xii.