1816 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1816 United States presidential election in Maryland
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Nominee James Monroe Rufus King
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins John E. Howard
Electoral vote80 [Note 1]
Popular vote7,5033,126
Percentage70.00%29.16%

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County Results

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1816 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1816, as part of the 1816 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. 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.

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 is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.

Results

Presidential

candidate

PartyHome StatePopular VoteElectoral

Vote [1]

CountPercentage
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 7,50370.00%8
Rufus King Federalist New York 3,12629.16%0 [Note 2]
Unpledged electors None Maryland 900.84%0
Total10,719100.00%11

Results by electoral district

Results by District
DistrictJames Monroe

Democratic-Republican

Rufus King

Federalist

OtherMarginTotal

Votes

Cast [2]

#%Electors#%Electors#%Electors#%
12 [lower-alpha 1] 0.74%027099.26%1 [Note 3] no candidates-268-98.52%272
2523 [lower-alpha 1] 73.66%1184 [lower-alpha 2] 25.92%03 [lower-alpha 3] 0.42%033647.32%710
3 [lower-alpha 4] 1,44098.97%213 [lower-alpha 5] 0.89%02 [lower-alpha 6] 0.14%01,42597.94%1,455
4 [lower-alpha 4] 1,85596.06%2no candidates76 [lower-alpha 7] 3.94%01,77992.12%1,931
5693100.00%1no candidatesno candidates693100.00%693
693867.87%143531.47%090.66%049035.74%1,382
7750 [lower-alpha 8] 100.00%1no candidatesno candidates750100.00%750
81,27248.73%01,33851.27%1 [Note 4] no candidates-66-2.54%2,610
930 [lower-alpha 9] 3.28%088696.72%1 [Note 5] no candidates-856-93.44%916
Total7,50370.00%83,12629.16%0 [Note 6] 900.84%09543.60%10,719

Results by county

CountyJames Monroe

Democratic-Republican

Rufus King

Federalist

OtherMarginTotal

Votes

Cast [3]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 21789.67%2510.33%00%19279.34%242
Anne Arundel 47598.96%51.04%00.00%47097.92%480
Baltimore (City and County)1,637100.00%00.00%00%1,637100.00%1,637
Calvert 24240.40%35759.60%00.00%-115-19.20%599
Caroline 44643.18%58756.82%00.00%-141-13.64%1,033
Cecil 44852.09%41247.91%00.00%364.18%860
Charles 10.85%11799.15%00.00%-116-98.30%118
Dorchester 26643.68%34356.32%00.00%-77-12.64%609
Frederick 92296.34%353.66%00.00%88792.68%957
Harford 49095.52%234.48%00.00%43791.04%513
Kent 308100.00%00.00%00%308100.00%308
Montgomery 9692.31%87.69%00.00%8884.62%969
Prince George's 30865.12%16534.88%00.00%14330.24%473
Queen Anne's 372100.00%00.00%00%372100.00%372
St. Mary's 00.00%99100.00%00%-99-100.00%99
Somerset 123.64%31896.36%00.00%-306-92.72%330
Talbot 56146.33%65053.67%00.00%-89-7.34%1,211
Washington 71799.45%40.55%00.00%71398.90%721
Worcester 154.40%32695.60%00.00%-311-91.20%341
Total5,99457.11%4,50242.89%1,49214.22%10,446

Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In this district, the Monroe vote was split between 2 elector candidates
  2. In this district the King vote was split between 3 elector candidates
  3. 3 Unpledged electors ran in this district
  4. 1 2 Elector candidates in this district ran on a general ticket. Best-performing elector used.
  5. Despite each person in the district being able to vote for 2 elector candidates, 4 King elector candidates ran
  6. 2 tickets of unpledged electors ran
  7. Several tickets of unpledged electors ran in this district
  8. In this district, the Monroe vote was split between 5 elector candidates
  9. In this district, the Monroe vote was split between 4 elector candidates

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References

  1. While Maryland had 11 electors, only the 8 that were for James Monroe actually cast their votes. The 3 for Rufus King did not.
  2. While Maryland had 11 electors, only the 8 that were for James Monroe actually cast their votes. The 3 for Rufus King did not.
  3. This elector did not actually cast his vote.
  4. This elector did not actually cast his vote.
  5. This elector did not actually cast his vote.
  6. None of the electors for Rufus King actually cast their vote.
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  2. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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