1820 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1820 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Flag of Massachusetts.svg
  1816 November 1 – December 6, 1820 1824  
  James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg Federalist Cockade.svg
Nominee James Monroe Federalist Electors
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins Richard Stockton
Electoral vote150
Popular vote7,68916,341
Percentage32.00%68.00%

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President before election

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1820 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place between November 6 and December 1, 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

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During this election, the Democratic-Republican Party was the only major national party, but the Federalist Party (which had no candidate) won the popular vote in Massachusetts. The unpledged Federalist electors won Massachusetts by a wide margin of 36.00%.

Results

1820 United States presidential election in Massachusetts [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe (incumbent)7,68932.00%15
Federalist Unpledged electors 16,34168.00%0
Totals24,030100.0%15
1820 Vice Presidential Electoral Vote [1]
PartyCandidateElectoral votes
Federalist Richard Stockton 8
Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins (incumbent)7
Totals15

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1820 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 27, 2013.