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Vote 1812



President James Madison was seeking re-election in the 1816 Presidential election as the War of 1812 was being fought. Madison's war policy was the primary issue. Democratic-Republican candidate New York City Mayor DeWitt Clinton decided to oppose Madison. Clinton was the nephew of the late former New York Governor George Clinton. The Federalists decided to throw their support behind Clinton in an effort to oust Madison. They did not even nominate a candidate. This was not their official position, however. DeWitt Clinton had a habit of promising different things to different groups of people. Skepticism by the public over war policy gave him a chance. Clinton campaigned in the favor of the war in the South, but against it in the Northeast. He tried to curry favor from different ends of the country. In the end, Clinton lost the election, but it was the best showing for the Federalists in years.

UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 139,889 52 128
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 121,344 45 89
Federalist King/Davie 5,583 3 0
Other Unpledged Electors 662 0 0
CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll No Popular Vote -- 9
DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll No Popular Vote -- 4
GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Popular Vote -- 8
KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 8,501 92 12
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 433 5 0
Other Unpledged Electors 289 3 0
LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Popular Vote -- 3
MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 13,970 52 6
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 13,091 48 5
Other Unpledged Electors 4 0 0
MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 27,314 35 0
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 50,639 65 22
Other Unpledged Electors 13 0 0
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 15,907 44 0
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 20,286 56 8
Other Unpledged Electors 49 0 0
NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll No Popular Vote -- 8
NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll No Popular Vote -- 29
NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Popular Vote -- 15
OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 7,420 69 7
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 3,301 31 0
PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 49,695 63 25
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 29,639 37 0
Other Other 4 0 0
RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 2,084 34 0
Democratic-Republican Clinton/Ingersoll 4,032 66 4
SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Popular Vote -- 11
TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Data -- 8
VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* No Popular Vote -- 8
VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE
Democratic-Republican Madison/Gerry* 15,128 72 25
Democratic-Republican King 5,583 27 0
Other Unpledged Electors 303 1 0


SYMBOLS KEY

Federalist Federalist Independent Independent Other Other Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party