1828 United States presidential election in Maryland

Summary

The 1828 United States presidential election in Maryland took place between October 31 and December 2, 1828, as part of the 1828 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

1828 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
Party National Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Tennessee
Running mate Richard Rush John C. Calhoun
Electoral vote 6 5
Popular vote 23,014 22,782
Percentage 50.25% 49.75%

President before election

John Quincy Adams
National Republican

Elected President

Andrew Jackson
Democratic

Maryland voted for the National Republican candidate, John Quincy Adams, over the Democratic candidate, Andrew Jackson. Adams won Maryland by a margin of 0.5%.

Results edit

1828 United States presidential election in Maryland[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
National Republican John Quincy Adams (incumbent) 23,014 50.25% 6
Democratic Andrew Jackson 22,782 49.75% 5
Totals 45,796 100.0% 11

Results by county edit

County John Quincy Adams

National Republican

Andrew Jackson

Democratic

Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % # % # %
Allegany 741 46.40% 856 53.60% -115 -7.20% 1,597
Anne Arundel 1,431 52.83% 1,275 47.17% 156 5.66% 2,706
Baltimore (City and County) 5,917 43.38% 7,725 56.62% -1,808 -13.24% 13,642
Calvert 537 74.79% 181 25.21% 356 49.58% 718
Caroline 666 55.36% 537 44.64% 129 10.72% 1,203
Cecil 1,041 48.22% 1,118 51.78% -77 -3.56% 2,159
Charles 739 57.15% 551 42.85% 188 14.30% 1,290
Dorchester 1,067 57.03% 804 42.97% 263 14.06% 1,871
Frederick 3,633 52.91% 3,234 47.09% 399 5.82% 6,867
Harford 1,201 52.31% 1,095 47.69% 106 4.62% 2,296
Kent 540 53.95% 461 46.05% 79 7.90% 1,001
Montgomery 1,036 61.78% 641 38.22% 395 23.56% 1,677
Prince George's 735 51.69% 687 48.31% 48 3.38% 1,422
Queen Anne's 668 50.26% 661 49.74% 7 -0.52% 1,329
St. Mary's 761 67.35% 369 32.65% 392 34.70% 1,130
Somerset 1,265 62.47% 760 37.53% 505 24.94% 2,025
Talbot 818 66.02% 421 33.98% 397 32.04% 1,239
Washington 1,743 45.51% 2,087 54.49% -344 -8.98% 3,830
Worcester 991 47.35% 1,102 52.65% -111 -5.30% 2,093
Total 25,530 50.96% 24,565 49.04% 965 1.92% 50,095

Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Democratic edit

Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to National Republican edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1828 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.