U.S. presidential election, 1812

Taking place in the shadow of the War of 1812, the U.S. presidential election of 1812 featured an intriguing competition between incumbent President James Madison and the nephew of his former Vice President, DeWitt Clinton (uncle George Clinton had died in office).

Elbridge Gerry, elected Madison's second Vice President in the election, would also die in office in 1814.

Contents

1 General election 1.1 Results 1.1.1 Breakdown by ticket 2 Electoral college selection 3 See also 4 Reference

General election

Results

Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Popular Vote(a)		Electoral Vote
			Count	Percentage
James Madison	Republican	Virginia	—	—	128
DeWitt Clinton	Federalist	New York	—	—	89
Total			—	100%	217
Needed to win					109

^(a) Only 9 of the 18 states chose electors by popular vote; hence, popular vote figures for this election are generally considered meaningless.

Vice Presidential Candidate	Party	State	Electoral Vote
Elbridge Gerry	Republican	Massachusetts	131
Jared Ingersoll	Federalist	Connecticut	86
Total			217
Needed to win			109

Breakdown by ticket

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Electoral Vote
James Madison	Elbridge Gerry	128
DeWitt Clinton	Jared Ingersoll	86
DeWitt Clinton	Elbridge Gerry	3

The split-party ticket of the Federalist DeWitt Clinton and the Republican Elbridge Gerry was the result of three Federalist Electors in Gerry's home state of Massachusetts.

Electoral college selection

Method of choosing Electors	State(s)
each Elector appointed by state legislature	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Louisiana New Jersey New York North Carolina South Carolina Vermont
each Elector chosen by voters statewide	New Hampshire Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia
state is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district	Kentucky Maryland Tennessee
two Electors chosen by voters statewide one Elector chosen per Congressional district by the voters of that district	Massachusetts

See also

• History of the United States (1789-1849)

Reference

• "A Historical Analysis of the Electoral College." The Green Papers. Accessed on March 20, 2005.

See also: U.S. presidential election, 1812