1804 United States presidential election in Maryland
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A presidential election was held in Maryland on November 12, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.[1] The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton carried seven electoral districts, choosing nine electors.[2] The Federalist Party carried the remaining districts, choosing two electors who voted for the former U.S. minister to France, Charles C. Pinckney, and the former U.S. minister to Great Britain, Rufus King.[3]
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November 12, 1804
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Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over Pinckney, who received electoral votes from Connecticut and Delaware, in addition to the two Maryland districts. Maryland was one of three states where electors were chosen by popular vote which the Federalists seriously contested. Although a clandestine gathering of Federalist members of Congress had nominated Pinckney in February, the Federalist electors were formally unpledged. The defeat of the Federalist ticket in Massachusetts and New Hampshire made Maryland's two Federalist districts the only popular vote constituencies to oppose Jefferson's re-election.[4]
Results
Summary
Maryland chose 11 electors from nine electoral districtsâseven single-member districts and two plural districts electing two electors each. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential nominee, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[5] The following table calculates the sum of all votes in the single-member districts and the votes for the leading Democratic-Republican and Federalist candidates in each plural district to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson George Clinton |
7,479 | 76.24 | |
| Federalist | Unpledged electors | 2,309 | 23.54 | |
| Write-in | 22 | 0.22 | ||
| Total votes | 9,810 | 100.00 | ||
Results by district
| District | E.V. | Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican |
Unpledged electors[a] Federalist |
Other | Margin | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | E.V. | Votes | % | E.V. | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Marylandâ1 | 1 | 239 | 27.82 | â | 620 | 72.18 | 1 | â | -381 | -44.36 | 859 | |
| Marylandâ2 | 1 | 498 | 98.61 | 1 | 3 | 0.59 | â | 4 | 0.79 | 495 | 98.02 | 505 |
| Marylandâ3 | 2 | 1,038 | 99.33 | 2 | 3 | 0.29 | â | 4 | 0.38 | 1,035 | 99.04 | 1,045 |
| Marylandâ4 | 2 | 2,370 | 99.29 | 2 | 6 | 0.25 | â | 11 | 0.46 | 2,364 | 99.04 | 2,387 |
| Marylandâ5 | 1 | 276 | 99.28 | 1 | 2 | 0.72 | â | â | 274 | 98.56 | 278 | |
| Marylandâ6 | 1 | 668 | 99.55 | 1 | â | â | 3 | 0.45 | 668 | 99.55 | 671 | |
| Marylandâ7 | 1 | 602 | 100.00 | 1 | â | â | â | 602 | 100.00 | 602 | ||
| Marylandâ8 | 1 | 793 | 82.95 | 1 | 163 | 17.05 | â | â | 630 | 65.90 | 956 | |
| Marylandâ9 | 1 | 995 | 39.69 | â | 1,512 | 60.31 | 1 | â | -517 | -20.62 | 2,507 | |
| TOTAL | 11 | 7,479 | 76.24 | 9 | 2,309 | 23.54 | 2 | 22 | 0.22 | 5,171 | 52.70 | 9,810 |
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federalist | John Parnham | 620 | 72.18 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Mitchell | 239 | 27.82 | |
| Total votes | 859 | 100.00 | ||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | John Wilkinson | 498 | 98.61 | |
| Richard Grayson | 2 | 0.40 | ||
| Federalist | John Lamb | 1 | 0.20 | |
| Henry W. C. Robertson | 1 | 0.20 | ||
| Federalist | Samuel Thomas | 1 | 0.20 | |
| Federalist | Edward Calvert | 1 | 0.20 | |
| Richard Marshall | 1 | 0.20 | ||
| Total votes | 505 | 100.00 | ||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | John Johnson Sr. | 1,038 | 48.35 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Edward Johnson | 623 | 29.02 | |
| Democratic-Republican | George Keeport | 474 | 22.08 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Francis Mercer | 3 | 1.40 | |
| Federalist | Robert Goodloe Harper[b] | 2 | 0.09 | |
| Federalist | Philip Barton Key[c] | 2 | 0.09 | |
| John Purivance | 2 | 0.09 | ||
| Thomas Johnson | 1 | 0.05 | ||
| John Stricker | 1 | 0.05 | ||
| Federalist | Thomas Davis | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Total votes | 2,147[d] | 100.00 | ||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | John Tyler | 2,370 | 49.77 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Frisby Tilghman | 2,369 | 49.75 | |
| Federalist | Elias Eckhard[e] | 6 | 0.12 | |
| Federalist | Edmund Boyd[f] | 6 | 0.12 | |
| J. Thayer | 6 | 0.12 | ||
| Philip Thomas | 2 | 0.04 | ||
| Richard Potts | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| William C. Hobbs | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| Jonathan Harper | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| Total votes | 4,762[d] | 100.00 | ||
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Tobias E. Stansbury | 276 | 99.28 | |
| Federalist | Charles Carnan Ridgely | 2 | 0.72 | |
| Total votes | 278 | 100.00 | ||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | John Gilpin | 668 | 99.55 | |
| William Howell | 1 | 0.15 | ||
| Israel Reynolds | 1 | 0.15 | ||
| Caleb Johnson | 1 | 0.15 | ||
| Total votes | 671 | 100.00 | ||
District 7
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | William Gleaves | 427 | 70.93 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Samuel T. Wright | 175 | 29.07 | |
| Total votes | 602 | 100.00 | ||
District 8
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Perry Spencer | 793 | 82.95 | |
| Federalist | William Frazier | 163 | 17.05 | |
| Total votes | 956 | 100.00 | ||
District 9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federalist | Ephraim King Wilson | 1,512 | 60.31 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Peter Dashiell | 995 | 39.69 | |
| Total votes | 2,507 | 100.00 | ||
Results by county
In counties where voters selected more than one elector, this table compares the votes for the leading elector pledged to each ticket by county and county subdivision. It therefore differs slightly from the state and district tables, which compare the votes for the leading electors by district.
| County | D | Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican |
Unpledged electors Federalist |
Other | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Allegany | 4 | 236 | 97.52 | 6 | 2.48 | â | 230 | 95.04 | 242 | |
| Anne Arundel | 3 | 248 | 99.20 | â | 2 | 0.80 | 246 | 98.40 | 250 | |
| Baltimore | 5 | 276 | 99.28 | 2 | 0.72 | â | 274 | 98.56 | 278 | |
| Baltimore City | 3 | 758 | 99.60 | 2 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.13 | 756 | 99.34 | 761 |
| Calvert | 1 | 221 | 99.55 | 1 | 0.45 | â | 220 | 99.10 | 222 | |
| Caroline | 8 | 287 | 92.28 | 24 | 7.72 | â | 263 | 84.56 | 311 | |
| Cecil | 6 | 238 | 99.17 | â | 2 | 0.83 | 236 | 98.34 | 240 | |
| Charles | 1 | 118 | 24.08 | 372 | 75.92 | â | -254 | -51.84 | 490 | |
| Dorchester | 8 | 132 | 80.98 | 31 | 19.02 | â | 101 | 61.96 | 163 | |
| 9 | 49 | 19.01 | 208 | 80.93 | â | 159 | 61.92 | 257 | ||
| Frederick | 4 | 1,523 | 99.74 | â | 4 | 0.26 | 1,519 | 99.48 | 1,527 | |
| Harford | 6 | 430 | 99.77 | â | 1 | 0.23 | 429 | 99.54 | 431 | |
| Kent | 7 | 315 | 100.00 | â | â | 315 | 100.00 | 315 | ||
| Montgomery | 2 | 50 | 96.15 | 1 | 1.92 | 1 | 1.92 | 49 | 94.23 | 52 |
| 3 | 32 | 96.97 | 1 | 3.03 | â | 31 | 93.94 | 33 | ||
| Prince George's | 1 | 15 | 32.61 | 31 | 67.39 | â | -16 | -34.78 | 46 | |
| 2 | 227 | 98.27 | 1 | 0.43 | 3 | 1.30 | 226 | 97.84 | 231 | |
| Queen Anne's | 7 | 287 | 100.00 | â | â | 287 | 100.00 | 287 | ||
| St. Mary's | 1 | 106 | 32.82 | 217 | 67.18% | â | -111 | -34.36 | 323 | |
| Somerset | 9 | 259 | 31.13 | 573 | 68.87 | â | -314 | -37.74 | 832 | |
| Talbot | 8 | 374 | 77.59 | 108 | 22.41 | â | 266 | 55.18 | 482 | |
| Washington | 4 | 612 | 99.67 | â | 2 | 0.33 | 610 | 99.34 | 614 | |
| Worcester | 9 | 687 | 48.45 | 731 | 51.55 | â | -44 | -3.10 | 1,418 | |
| TOTAL | 7,480 | 76.28 | 2,309 | 23.55 | 16 | 0.16 | 5,171 | 52.74 | 9,805 | |
Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican
See also
Notes
- The Federalist electors voted for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
- Ran as a ticket with Philip Barton Key.
- Ran as a ticket with Robert Goodloe Harper.
- Voters selected up to two candidates in this plural district; consequently, the number of votes is approximately double the number of voters.
- Ran as a ticket with Edmund Boyd.
- Ran as a ticket with Elias Eckhard.