1816 United States presidential election in Ohio

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A presidential election was held in Ohio on November 1, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election.[1] The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket.[2] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.[3] In the national election, Monroe easily defeated the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.[4]

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
1816 United States presidential election in Ohio
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Nominee James Monroe Unpledged electors
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia N/A
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins N/A[a]
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 3,326 593
Percentage 84.87% 15.13%
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

 Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

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General election

Summary

Ohio chose eight electors on a statewide general ticket. Original returns for the election have been lost. Contemporary newspapers state the Democratic-Republican candidates ran unopposed without providing exact figures.[5] Beginning in 1891, the Ohio secretary of state included a table of past election returns in his Annual Report that records 3,326 votes for Monroe and 563 votes for King;[6] these figures have been republished in subsequent editions of Ohio Election Statistics down to the present day. Although the Annual Report is notably imprecise, lacks county data, and omits the names and votes received by electors pledged to each ticket, it remains the most important source for the statewide popular vote in Ohio in 1816.[7] Michael J. Dubin reprints the figures from the Annual Report for 1816 in his comprehensive study of the popular vote in presidential elections prior to 1860.[2] Phil Lampi's A New Nation Votes project locates partial returns from two counties, but no statewide figures.[8] This table follows the scholarly consensus to defer to the figures in Ohio Election Statistics, as corrected in the 1985–86 edition.

More information Party, Candidate ...
1816 United States presidential election in Ohio[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins 		3,326 84.87
Federalist Unpledged electors 593 15.13
Total votes 3,919 100.00
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
1816 United States presidential election in Ohio[b]
Party Candidate Votes
Democratic-Republican Benjamin Hough 53
Democratic-Republican John Patterson 53
Democratic-Republican Abraham Shepherd 53
Democratic-Republican John G. Young 53
Democratic-Republican Aaron Wheeler 52
Democratic-Republican William Skinner 50
Democratic-Republican Othniel Looker 49
Democratic-Republican Joseph Vance 33
Democratic-Republican James Curry 20
None John H. Patch 12
None Reason Bell 6
None Jesup N. Couch 6
None Calvin Pease 6
None Benjamin Tappan 6
None Abraham Skinner 5
None Philemon Beecher 4
None Bezaleel Wells 4
None Francis Freeman 3
None Ethan Allen Brown 1
None William Patterson 1
None Thomas Worthington 1
Total
≥53
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Results by county

More information County, James Monroe Democratic-Republican ...
County James Monroe
Democratic-Republican		 Others Margin Total Cit.
Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent
Adams ** ** ** **
Ashtabula ** ** ** **
Athens ** ** ** **
Belmont ** ** ** **
Butler ** ** ** **
Champaign ** ** ** **
Clermont ** ** ** **
Clinton ** ** ** **
Columbiana ** ** ** **
Coshocton 8 100.00 — 8 100.00 8 [8]
Cuyahoga ** ** ** **
Delaware ** ** ** **
Fairfield ** ** ** **
Fayette ** ** ** **
Franklin ** ** ** **
Gallia ** ** ** **
Geauga ** ** ** **
Greene ** ** ** **
Guernsey ** ** ** **
Hamilton ** ** ** **
Harrison ** ** ** **
Highland ** ** ** **
Huron ** ** ** **
Jackson ** ** ** **
Jefferson ** ** ** **
Knox ** ** ** **
Licking ** ** ** **
Madison ** ** ** **
Miami ** ** ** **
Monroe ** ** ** **
Montgomery ** ** ** **
Muskingum ** ** ** **
Pickaway ** ** ** **
Pike ** ** ** **
Portage ** ** ** **
Preble ** ** ** **
Richland ** ** ** **
Ross ** ** ** **
Scioto ** ** ** **
Stark ** ** ** **
Trumbull 12 66.67 6 33.33 6 33.34 18 [8]
Tuscarawas ** ** ** **
Warren 33 100.00 — 33 100.00 33 [9]
Washington ** ** ** **
Wayne ** ** ** **
TOTAL 53 89.83 6 10.17 47 79.66 59
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Electoral college

More information For President, For Vice President ...
1816 United States Electoral College vote in Ohio[4]
For President For Vice President
Candidate Party Home state Electoral
vote		 Candidate Party Home state Electoral
vote
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 8 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 8
Total
8
Total
8
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    No candidate formally nominated
  2. [b]
    Incomplete results based on partial returns from Coshocton, Trumbull,[8] and Warren[9] counties

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