1816 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1816 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
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Nominee James Monroe Unpledged electors
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia N/A
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins N/A [a]
Electoral vote80
Popular vote15,22513,338
Percentage53.3%46.7%
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County results
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in New Hampshire on November 4, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. [1] The Democratic-Republican ticket of U.S. Secretary of State James Monroe and Governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket. [2] Whereas nationally the Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate, and most state parties effectively conceded the election, in New Hampshire a serious effort was mounted to defeat the Democratic-Republican ticket. [3] Victory in New Hampshire presaged the national Democratic-Republican landslide; with 183 electoral votes, Monroe easily defeated the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate. [4]

Contents

General election

Summary

New Hampshire chose eight electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party. [5] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1816 United States presidential election in New Hampshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins 		15,225 53.30
Federalist Unpledged electors 13,33847.70
Total votes28,563 100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in New Hampshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic-Republican William Badger 15,225
Democratic-Republican Amos Cogswell15,225
Democratic-Republican Richard H. Ayer15,218
Democratic-Republican Jacob Tuttle15,213
Democratic-Republican Thomas C. Drew15,207
Democratic-Republican Thomas Manning15,199
Democratic-Republican Benjamin Butler15,140
Democratic-Republican Dan Young15,133
Federalist Samuel Hale13,338
Federalist Nathaniel A. Haven 13,321
Federalist George B. Upham 13,316
Federalist Thomas Bellows13,315
Federalist John T. Gilman 13,313
Federalist Robert Means13,311
Federalist William Webster13,297
Federalist Benjamin J. Gilbert13,119
NoneJohn Durken74
None William Plumer 28
None John Langdon 21
None William Hale 16
NoneSamuel Wates Hale14
NoneArthur Livermore14
None John F. Parrott 13
Federalist Jeremiah Smith 13
None Josiah Butler 12
Federalist Bradbury Cilley 12
None Clifton Clagett 12
NoneParker Noyes12
NoneNathaniel Upham12
Federalist Roger Vose 12
None Jeduthun Wilcox 12
None Salma Hale 11
Federalist Oliver Peabody4
NoneThomas Cogswell2
NoneCaleb Keith2
Federalist James Sheafe 2
NoneSamuel Sparhawk2
NoneJoseph Tuttle2
NoneUriah Wilcox2
None Josiah Bartlett Jr. 1
NoneLevi Bartlett1
NoneJohn Bellows1
NoneJacob Billey1
NoneJohn J. Cutts1
NoneRichard Dame1
NoneSamuel B. Dana1
NoneRichard C. Drew1
Federalist Timothy Farrar 1
NoneSamuel Gilchrist1
NoneNathaniel Gilman1
NoneJohn Harris1
NoneDaniel Hawkins1
None Joseph Healy 1
NoneSamuel Hotkinson1
NoneSamuel Holmes1
NoneElisha Huntley1
NoneJonas C. Marsh1
NoneThomas Means1
NoneRichard Odell1
NoneMills Olcott1
None Nahum Parker 1
NoneMoses P. Payson1
None Benjamin Pierce 1
NoneSamuel Quarles1
NoneNathan Taylor1
NoneTimothy Walker1
NoneBenjamin West1
Total
≥28,563

Results by county

This table compares the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors in each county. The totals presented thus differ slightly from the statewide results summary, which compares the results for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket statewide.

CountyJames Monroe
Democratic-Republican		Unpledged electors
Federalist		MarginTotal
VotesPercentVotesPercentVotesPercent
Cheshire 2,72443.513,53656.48-812-12.976,260
Coos 25462.5615237.4410225.12406
Grafton 1,54143.681,98756.32-446-12.643,528
Hillsborough 4,38264.322,43135.681,95128.646,813
Rockingham 3,58553.193,15546.814306.386,740
Strafford 2,74056.792,08543.2165513.584,825
TOTAL15,22653.2913,34646.711,8626.5828,572

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in New Hampshire [4]
For presidentFor vice president
CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote		CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 8 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 8
Total
8
Total
8

See also

References

  1. ↑ No candidate formally nominated
  1. ↑ "Election". New Hampshire Gazette. November 5, 1816.
  2. 1 2 3 Lampi, Philip J. "New Hampshire 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 26, 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. ↑
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