1816 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1816 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote15
Popular vote9,549
Percentage98.4%

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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 North Carolina on November 14, 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] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. [3] In the national election, Monroe easily defeated 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

North Carolina chose 15 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 North Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins
9,549 98.37
Federalist Unpledged electors 1581.63
Total votes9,707 100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in North Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic-Republican Francis Locke Jr. 9,549
Democratic-Republican Peter Forney 9,424
Democratic-Republican Joseph Pickett9,421
Democratic-Republican Jesse Franklin 9,390
Democratic-Republican Joseph Riddick 9,371
Democratic-Republican Alexander Gray9,367
Democratic-Republican John Hall9,334
Democratic-Republican Vine Allen9,333
Democratic-Republican Thomas Ruffin 9,328
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Jones9,307
Democratic-Republican James Hoskins9,275
Democratic-Republican Thomas D. King9,261
Democratic-Republican Abraham Phillips9,246
Democratic-Republican Thomas Wynns 9,220
Democratic-Republican Robert Love 9,114
Democratic-Republican Andrew Baird640
Federalist John Winslow158
Federalist Frederick Nash 107
Federalist John Hinton104
Federalist Jesse Pearson103
Federalist James Iredell 99
Federalist Thomas Burgess96
Federalist Robert Williams 93
Federalist Durant Hatch92
Federalist James M. MacNairy92
Federalist William Porter92
Federalist Jeremiah Slade91
Federalist William Lenoir 91
Federalist Robert Smith91
Federalist John D. Toomer91
Federalist Alexander Sneed87
Federalist William Gaston 61
NoneNathaniel Scales38
NoneFrily Jones31
Federalist John Stanley19
Federalist William Blackman17
Federalist William Dismuskes15
Federalist John Phifer 12
Federalist William Breathell11
Federalist Joshua Craven11
Federalist W. H. Edwards11
Federalist Humphrey Hudgens11
Federalist J. Jones11
Federalist William Jones12
Federalist D. Sawyer11
Federalist Edward Sweat11
NoneDavid Clark8
NoneHardee Smith8
Federalist William Boylan7
None Alfred Rowland 7
Federalist Duncan Cameron6
NoneThomas Davis5
Federalist Leonard Henderson 5
NoneAlexander Phillips5
NoneValentine Allen4
NoneJ. Gilchrist4
Federalist Archibald Henderson 4
NoneThomas Kinny4
Federalist William Little3
Federalist Simmons J. Baker3
Federalist Felton3
Federalist Thomas B. Haughton3
NoneJoseph Hoskins3
NoneThomas Hoskins3
Federalist Atlas Jones3
Federalist William W. Jones3
NoneRobert Lindsay3
Federalist William MacLain3
NoneWilliam R. Pickett3
Federalist Simmons3
Federalist Montfort Stokes 3
NoneThomas Brown2
Federalist Lawson Henderson2
NoneJames King2
None Benjamin Lee 2
NoneRobert Airs1
NoneJohn Allen1
NoneWilliam Blackburn1
NoneThomas Blackwell1
NoneJohn Bowdon1
Federalist Peter Brown1
Federalist Josiah Collins 1
NoneCaleb Crickmore1
NoneJohnston Dempsey1
NoneWilliam Dirmon1
Federalist Abraham Dodd1
NoneJ. Falkner1
None Joseph Gales 1
NoneSamuel Goodwin1
NoneAbraham Gray1
NoneJepe Hale1
NoneWilliam Hamilton1
NoneHarris1
NoneCharles Haskins1
None John Haywood 1
NoneGreen Hill1
Federalist James Irvin1
NoneWilliam Irvin1
Federalist Calvin Jones 1
Federalist Edward Jones1
Federalist Hugh Jones1
NoneKenan1
Federalist Samuel King1
NoneZephaniah Leonard1
NoneJohn Long1
NoneMacAllister1
NoneGeorge MacCullock1
Federalist Edward MacNair1
NoneMacQueen1
NoneDaniel Mason1
NoneJames Mebane1
Federalist Alexander Moore1
Federalist Joseph Pearson 1
NoneRichmond Pearson1
NoneAlinder Phillips1
Federalist William Polk 1
NoneJohn Rampour1
NoneRayford1
NoneRobert Riddick1
NoneNathaniel Ruffin1
NoneSeawell1
NoneRueben Smith1
NoneWilliam Smithwick1
Federalist George E. Spiriell1
NoneRobert Vanhook1
None Felix Walker 1
None Lewis Williams 1
NoneWilliam Williams1
Total
≥9,707

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
Anson 164100.00164100.00164
Ashe 161100.00161100.00161
Beaufort 168100.00168100.00168
Bertie 439100.00439100.00439
Bladen ********
Brunswick 7100.007100.007
Buncombe 167100.00167100.00167
Burke 297100.00297100.00297
Cabarrus ********
Camden 245100.00245100.00245
Carteret ********
Caswell 270100.00270100.00270
Chatham 154100.00154100.00154
Chowan 57100.0057100.00574
Columbus ********
Craven 179100.00179100.00179
Cumberland 155100.00155100.00155
Currituck 87100.0087100.0087
Duplin 363100.00363100.00363
Edgecombe 22399.5510.4522299.10224
Franklin 315100.00315100.00315
Gates 86100.0086100.0086
Granville 26799.2620.7426598.52269
Greene 21100.0021100.0021
Guilford 111100.00111100.00111
Halifax ********
Haywood 106100.00106100.00106
Hertford 233100.00233100.00233
Hyde 125100.00125100.00125
Iredell 51100.0051100.0051
Johnston 1100.001100.001
Jones 16100.0016100.0016
Lenoir 66100.0066100.0066
Lincoln 31999.6910.3131899.38320
Martin 5995.1634.845690.3262
Mecklenburg 295100.00295100.00295
Montgomery 71100.0071100.0071
Moore ********
Nash 143100.00143100.00143
New Hanover 203100.00203100.00203
Northampton 195100.00195100.00195
Onslow 40100.0040100.0040
Orange 465100.00465100.00465
Pasquotank 71100.0071100.0071
Perquimans 15100.0015100.0015
Person 27699.6410.3627499.28277
Pitt 15100.0015100.0015
Randolph 256100.00256100.00256
Richmond 73100.0073100.0073
Robeson 3132.296567.71-34-35.4296
Rockingham 217100.00217100.00217
Rowan 164100.00164100.00164
Rutherford 11291.06118.9410182.12123
Sampson 72100.0072100.0072
Stokes 181100.00181100.00181
Surry 500100.00500100.00500
Tyrell 131100.00131100.00131
Wake 261100.00261100.00261
Warren 349100.00349100.00349
Washington 164100.00164100.00164
Wayne 5434.1810465.82-50-31.64158
Wilkes 13597.8332.1713295.66138
TOTAL9,40198.011911.999,21096.029,592

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in North Carolina [4]
For presidentFor vice president
CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote
CandidatePartyHome stateElectoral
vote
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 15 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 15
Total
15
Total
15

See also

References

    1. State of North Carolina (1815). Laws of North Carolina. [Raleigh]. p. 6.
    2. 1 2 3 Lampi, Philip J. "North Carolina 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 6, 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.