1820 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Summary

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

1820 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee James Monroe Federalist electors
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 3,871 728
Percentage 84.17% 15.83%

President before election

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

During this election, Connecticut cast its nine electoral votes to Democratic Republican candidate and incumbent President James Monroe.

Effectively, the 1820 presidential election was an election with no campaign, since there was no serious opposition to Monroe and Tompkins. In fact, they won all the electoral votes barring 1 from New Hampshire, which was cast for Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.

Results edit

1820 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe 3,871 84.17% 9
Federalist Unpledged electors 728 15.83% 0
Totals 4,599 100.0% 9

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved April 26, 2020.