1820 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1820 United States presidential election in Tennessee
  1816 1 November – 6 December 1820 1824  
  James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg
Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote7
Popular vote1,336
Percentage80.34%

Tennessee Presidential Election Results 1820.svg
County results [1]

President before election

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1820 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place between 1 November and 6 December 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. [2]

Contents

Tennessee cast seven electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent President James Monroe, as he ran effectively unopposed. The electoral votes for Vice president were cast for Monroe's running mate Daniel D. Tompkins from New York. The state was divided into electoral districts, with each district being assigned an elector who was chosen by the voters. However one elector died before the electoral votes were cast and was not replaced, therefore only seven votes were cast for Monroe and Tompkins instead of eight. [3]

Results

1820 United States presidential election in Tennessee [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe (incumbent)1,33680.34%7
Others32719.66%0
NoneNot Cast1
Totals1,663100.0%8

See also

References

  1. Not all county results are known. There is only 4 counties that have records of the results.
  2. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. "1820 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. "1820 Presidential Election". 270towin.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.