1820 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1820 United States presidential election in Indiana
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Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote3

President before election

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 30, 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the incumbent president James Monroe and vice president Daniel D. Tompkins received three votes from electors chosen by the Indiana General Assembly. [1] Monroe easily won the national election with 231 electoral votes; one faithless elector voted for the U.S. secretary of state John Quincy Adams. [2]

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General election

1820 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic-Republican Daniel J. Caswell**
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Ewing**
Democratic-Republican John H. Thompson **
Total
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Notes

  1. 1 2 Riker & Thornbrough 1960, p. 1.
  2. "1820 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

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