1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote8
Popular vote5,441
Percentage99.0%

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in New Jersey on November 5 and 6, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket. [1] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. [2] In the national election, 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. [3]

Contents

General election

Summary

New Jersey 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. [4] 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 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins
5,441 99.02
Federalist Unpledged electors 540.98
Total votes5,495 100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic-Republican Charles Ogden5,441
Democratic-Republican John Crowell5,433
Democratic-Republican David Welch5,432
Democratic-Republican Lewis Moore5,409
Democratic-Republican Daniel Garrison 5,408
Democratic-Republican Aaron Vansycle5,388
Democratic-Republican Aaron Kitchell 5,352
Democratic-Republican William Rossell 5,310
NoneBenjamin Ludlow142
None John Beatty 64
NoneSamuel More55
NoneWilliam Irick54
Federalist Frederick Frelinghuysen 54
None Charles Ewing 50
Federalist Samuel Bayard49
None Ebenezer Elmer 39
NoneJohn N. Simpson32
NoneWilliam W. Harrison31
None Charles Kinsey 17
NoneRobert Colfax15
NoneJohn Outwater13
NoneJonathan Ogden8
NoneAlexander Kirkpatrick8
NoneAnthony Taylor7
NoneMahlon Ford7
NoneSylvester D. Russell6
NoneJohn Buck1
NoneJoseph Cooper1
NoneMorris Hancock1
NoneAndrew Hancock1
NoneSheppard Kollack1
None William S. Pennington 1
NoneDavid Thompson1
Total
≥5,495

Results by county

This table compares the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors in each county with surviving returns. 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
Bergen ********
Burlington ********
Cape May ********
Cumberland 29199.6610.3429099.32292
Essex ********
Gloucester 20392.27177.7318684.54220
Hunterdon 59195.02314.9856090.04622
Middlesex ********
Monmouth 460100.00460100.00460
Morris ********
Salem ********
Somerset ********
Monmouth 77399.2360.7776798.46779
TOTAL2,31897.68552.322,26395.362,373

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in New Jersey [3]
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. 1 2 3 Lampi, Philip J. "New Jersey 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.