1816 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1816 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee James Monroe Party Democratic-Republican Home state Virginia Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins Electoral vote 4 Popular vote 1,236 Percentage 100.0%

President before election James Madison Democratic-Republican Elected President James Monroe Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Rhode Island on November 20, 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 was elected unopposed. ^[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]

General election

Summary

Rhode Island chose four 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 shows the votes for the most popular elector pledged to the Democratic-Republican ticket to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1816 United States presidential election in Rhode Island ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins	1,236	100.00
Total votes			1,236	100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in Rhode Island ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Democratic-Republican	James Fenner	**
	Democratic-Republican	Thomas G. Pitman	**
	Democratic-Republican	Edward Wilcox	**
	Democratic-Republican	Dutee Arnold	**
Total			≈1,236

Results by county

This table records the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican elector in each county with surviving returns. The totals presented thus differ slightly from the statewide results summary, which records the result for the most popular elector statewide.

County	James Monroe Democratic-Republican		Total
	Votes	Percent
Bristol	**		**
Kent	**		**
Newport	162	100.00	162
Providence	**		**
Washington	**		**
TOTAL	162	100.00	162

Electoral college

1816 United States Electoral College vote in Rhode Island ^[4]

For president				For vice president
Candidate	Party	Home state	Electoral vote	Candidate	Party	Home state	Electoral vote
James Monroe	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	4	Daniel D. Tompkins	Democratic-Republican	New York	4
Total			4	Total			4

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

Reference

1. "Rhode Island Republican Electoral Ticket". Richmond Enquirer. November 14, 1816.
2. Lampi, Philip J. "Rhode Island 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 2, 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. "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
5. • Lampi, Philip J. "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
   • Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 57. JSTOR   24486931.