1816 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1816 United States presidential election in Ohio
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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 vote3,326593
Percentage84.87%15.13%
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Ohio on November 1, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. [1] 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. [2] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. [3] 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. [4]

Contents

General election

Summary

Ohio chose eight electors on a statewide general ticket. Original returns for the election have been lost. Contemporary newspapers state the Democratic-Republican candidates ran unopposed without providing exact figures. [5] Beginning in 1891, the Ohio secretary of state included a table of past election returns in his Annual Report that records 3,326 votes for Monroe and 563 votes for King; [6] these figures have been republished in subsequent editions of Ohio Election Statistics down to the present day. Although the Annual Report is notably imprecise, lacks county data, and omits the names and votes received by electors pledged to each ticket, it remains the most important source for the statewide popular vote in Ohio in 1816. [7] Michael J. Dubin reprints the figures from the Annual Report for 1816 in his comprehensive study of the popular vote in presidential elections prior to 1860. [2] Phil Lampi's A New Nation Votes project locates partial returns from two counties, but no statewide figures. [8] This table follows the scholarly consensus to defer to the figures in Ohio Election Statistics, as corrected in the 1985–86 edition.

1816 United States presidential election in Ohio [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins 		3,326 84.87
Federalist Unpledged electors 59315.13
Total votes3,919 100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in Ohio [b]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic-Republican Benjamin Hough 53
Democratic-Republican John Patterson 53
Democratic-Republican Abraham Shepherd 53
Democratic-Republican John G. Young53
Democratic-Republican Aaron Wheeler52
Democratic-Republican William Skinner50
Democratic-Republican Othniel Looker 49
Democratic-Republican Joseph Vance 33
Democratic-Republican James Curry20
NoneJohn H. Patch12
NoneReason Bell6
NoneJesup N. Couch6
None Calvin Pease 6
None Benjamin Tappan 6
NoneAbraham Skinner5
None Philemon Beecher 4
None Bezaleel Wells 4
NoneFrancis Freeman3
None Ethan Allen Brown 1
None William Patterson 1
None Thomas Worthington 1
Total
≥53

Results by county

CountyJames Monroe
Democratic-Republican		OthersMarginTotalCit.
VotesPercentVotesPercentVotesPercent
Adams ********
Ashtabula ********
Athens ********
Belmont ********
Butler ********
Champaign ********
Clermont ********
Clinton ********
Columbiana ********
Coshocton 8100.00—8100.008 [8]
Cuyahoga ********
Delaware ********
Fairfield ********
Fayette ********
Franklin ********
Gallia ********
Geauga ********
Greene ********
Guernsey ********
Hamilton ********
Harrison ********
Highland ********
Huron ********
Jackson ********
Jefferson ********
Knox ********
Licking ********
Madison ********
Miami ********
Monroe ********
Montgomery ********
Muskingum ********
Pickaway ********
Pike ********
Portage ********
Preble ********
Richland ********
Ross ********
Scioto ********
Stark ********
Trumbull 1266.67633.33633.3418 [8]
Tuscarawas ********
Warren 33100.00—33100.0033 [9]
Washington ********
Wayne ********
TOTAL5389.83610.174779.6659

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in Ohio [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
  2. ↑ Incomplete results based on partial returns from Coshocton, Trumbull, [8] and Warren [9] counties
  1. ↑ State of Ohio (1816). Laws of Ohio [...]. n.p. p. 298.
  2. 1 2 3 Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 22.
  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. ↑ "In the state of Ohio [...]". Daily National Intelligencer. November 18, 1816.
  6. ↑ State of Ohio (1891). Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio [...]. Columbus. p. 215.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ Ratcliffe, Donald (1992). "The Mystery of Ohio's Missing Presidential Election Returns, 1804–1848". Archival Issues. 17 (2): 138–39.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Lampi, Philip J. "Ohio 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 The History of Warren County, Ohio [...]. Chicago. 1882. p. 592.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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