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  • 1 Nominations
    • 1.1 Democratic-Republican Party nomination
      • 1.1.1 Presidential candidates
      • 1.1.2 Vice-presidential candidates
      • 1.1.3 Caucus
      • 1.1.4 Balloting
    • 1.2 Federalist Party nomination
  • 2 General election
    • 2.1 Campaign
    • 2.2 Results
    • 2.3 Maps
  • 3 Popular vote by state
    • 3.1 States that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist
    • 3.2 Close states
  • 4 Electoral college selection
  • 5 See also
  • 6 Notes
  • 7 References
  • 8 Further reading
  • 9 External links

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For related races, see 1808 United States elections.
1808 United States presidential election

← 1804 November 4 – December 7, 1808 1812 →

176 members of the Electoral College
89 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout36.8%[1] Increase 13.0 pp
 
Nominee James Madison Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia South Carolina
Running mate George Clinton Rufus King
Electoral vote 122 47
States carried 12 5
Popular vote 124,964 60,976
Percentage 65.0% 31.7%

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Presidential election results map. Green denotes states won by Madison, Salmon denotes states won by Pinckney, and Light Green denotes states won by Clinton. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.

President before election

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7, 1808. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively.

Madison had served as Secretary of State since President Thomas Jefferson took office in 1801. Jefferson, who had declined to run for a third term, threw his strong support behind Madison, a fellow Virginian. Sitting Vice President George Clinton and former Ambassador James Monroe both challenged Madison for leadership of the party, but Madison won his party's nomination and Clinton was renominated as vice president. The Federalists chose to re-nominate Pinckney, a former ambassador who had served as the party's 1804 nominee, again alongside Rufus King.

Despite the unpopularity of the Embargo Act of 1807, Madison won the vast majority of electoral votes outside of the Federalist stronghold of New England. Clinton received six electoral votes for president from his home state of New York. This election was the first of two instances in American history in which a new president was selected but the incumbent vice president won re-election, the other being in 1828.

Nominations

[edit]

Democratic-Republican Party nomination

[edit]
Democratic-Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party
1808 Democratic-Republican Party Ticket
James Madison George Clinton
for President for Vice President
5th
U.S. Secretary of State
(1801–1809)
4th
Vice President of the United States
(1805–1812)
Thomas Jefferson, the incumbent president in 1808, whose second term expired on March 4, 1809

Presidential candidates

[edit]
  • James Madison (Virginia), Secretary of State
  • James Monroe (Virginia), Former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
  • George Clinton (New York), Vice President of the United States
  • Secretary of State James Madison from Virginia
    Secretary of State
    James Madison
    from Virginia
  • Former U.S. Ambassador James Monroe from Virginia
    Former U.S. Ambassador
    James Monroe
    from Virginia
  • Vice President George Clinton from New York
    Vice President
    George Clinton
    from New York

Vice-presidential candidates

[edit]
  • George Clinton (New York), Vice President of the United States
  • John Langdon (New Hampshire), Governor
  • Henry Dearborn (Massachusetts), Secretary of War
  • John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts), United States Senator
  • Vice President George Clinton from New York
    Vice President
    George Clinton
    from New York
  • Governor John Langdon from New Hampshire
    Governor
    John Langdon
    from New Hampshire
  • Secretary of War Henry Dearborn from Massachusetts
    Secretary of War
    Henry Dearborn
    from Massachusetts
  • Senator John Quincy Adams from Massachusetts
    Senator
    John Quincy Adams
    from Massachusetts

Caucus

[edit]

Senator Stephen R. Bradley, who had chaired the congressional nominating caucus during the 1804 presidential election, made a call for the 1808 caucus to the 146 Democratic-Republican members of the United States Congress and Federalist allies. The caucus was attended by 89 to 94 members of Congress.[2]

The caucus was held in January 1808. With the support of outgoing President Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State James Madison won the presidential nomination over opposing candidates James Monroe and Vice President George Clinton. The caucus voted to give the vice presidential nomination to Clinton over his main opponent John Langdon, although Clinton's supporters believed Clinton would receive the Federalist Party's presidential nomination. The Federalists instead nominated Charles Cotesworth Pinckney that September. A committee of fifteen members was selected to manage Madison's campaign.[2][3]

Seventeen Democratic-Republicans in Congress opposed Madison's selection and the caucus system whose authority to select presidential and vice-presidential candidates was disputed. Clinton also opposed the caucus system.[2] Monroe, who was supported by dissident and majority leader John Randolph, was nominated by a group of Virginia Democratic-Republicans (Old Republicans), and although he did not actively try to defeat Madison, he also refused to withdraw from the race.[4] Clinton was also supported by a group of New York Democratic-Republicans for president even as he remained the party's official vice presidential candidate.[5]

Balloting

[edit]
Presidential Ballot Total Vice Presidential Ballot Total
James Madison 83 George Clinton 79
James Monroe 3 John Langdon 5
George Clinton 3 Henry Dearborn 3
John Quincy Adams 1

Federalist Party nomination

[edit]
Federalist Party
Federalist Party
1808 Federalist Party Ticket
Charles C. Pinckney Rufus King
for President for Vice President
6th U.S. Minister
to France

(1796–1797)
3rd U.S. Minister
to Great Britain

(1796–1803)

The Federalist caucus met in September 1808 and re-nominated the party's 1804 ticket, which consisted of General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina and former Senator Rufus King of New York.[6] This was the only time in American history that a defeated major party renominated its losing ticket for a second time.

General election

[edit]

Campaign

[edit]

The election was marked by opposition to Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807, a halt to trade with Europe that disproportionately hurt New England merchants and was perceived as favoring France over Britain. Nonetheless, Jefferson was still very popular with Americans generally and Pinckney was soundly defeated by Madison, though not as badly as in 1804. Pinckney received few electoral votes outside of New England.

Results

[edit]

Pinckney retained the electoral votes of the two states that he carried in 1804 (Connecticut and Delaware), and he also picked up New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and three electoral districts in North Carolina besides the two electoral districts in Maryland that he carried earlier. Except for the North Carolina districts, all of the improvement was in New England.

Monroe won a portion of the popular vote in Virginia and North Carolina,[4] while the New York legislature split its electoral votes between Madison and Clinton.[5]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote(a), (b) Electoral
vote(c)
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote(c)
James Madison Democratic-Republican Virginia 124,964 64.97% 122 George Clinton (incumbent) New York 113
John Langdon New Hampshire 9
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Federalist South Carolina 60,976 31.70% 47 Rufus King New York 47
George Clinton Democratic-Republican New York — — 6 James Madison Virginia 3
James Monroe Virginia 3
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 5,618 2.92% 0 None N/A 0
Unpledged electors None N/A 776 0.40% 0 N/A N/A 0
Total 192,334 100% 175 175
Needed to win 89 89

Source (Popular Vote): A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825[7]
Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 30, 2005.

(a) Only 10 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote.
(b) Those states that did choose electors by popular vote had widely varying restrictions on suffrage via property requirements.
(c) One Elector from Kentucky did not vote.

Maps

[edit]
  • Electoral College map
    Electoral College map
  • Map of presidential election results by county, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate
    Map of presidential election results by county, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate
  • Map of presidential election results by electoral district, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate. Electoral boundaries for Maryland could not be found
    Map of presidential election results by electoral district, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate. Electoral boundaries for Maryland could not be found

Popular vote by state

[edit]

The popular vote totals used are the elector from each party with the highest total of votes. The vote totals of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee appear to be incomplete.

State James Madison

Democratic-Republican

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

James Monroe

Democratic-Republican

Other Margin Citation
# % # % # % # % # %
Kentucky 2,679+ 76.89% 54 1.55% No ballots 751 21.56% 1,874 53.78% [8]
Maryland 15,336 67.30% 7,433 32.62% No ballots 18 0.08% 7,885 34.60% [9]
New Hampshire 12,793 47.59% 14,085 52.40% No ballots 4 0.01% -1,288 -4.8% [10]
New Jersey 18,670 55.97% 14,687 44.03% No ballots 3 0.01% 3,980 11.93% [11]
North Carolina 9,932+ 52.70% 7,975+ 42.32% 939+ 4.98% No ballots 1,018 5.40% [12]
Ohio 3,645 60.82% 1,174 19.59% 1,174 19.59% No ballots 2,471 41.23% [13]
Pennsylvania 42,518 78.37% 11,735 21.63% No ballots No ballots 30,783 56.74% [14]
Rhode Island 2,692 46.70% 3,072 53.30% No ballots No ballots -380 -6.60% [15]
Tennessee 1,016 ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] ?[a] [16]
Virginia 15,683 78.62% 761 3.81% 3,505 17.57% No ballots 12,178 61.05% [17]


States that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist

[edit]
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island

Close states

[edit]

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. New Hampshire, 4.8% (1,288 votes)

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Rhode Island, 6.6% (380 votes)
  2. North Carolina, 5.40% (1,018 votes)
Popular vote
Madison
 
65.0%
Pinckney
 
31.7%
Monroe
 
2.9%
Unpledged electors
 
0.4%
Electoral vote—President
Madison
 
69.7%
Pinckney
 
26.9%
Clinton
 
3.4%
Electoral vote—Vice President
Clinton
 
64.6%
King
 
26.9%
Langdon
 
5.1%
Madison
 
1.7%
Monroe
 
1.7%

Electoral college selection

[edit]
Method of choosing electors State(s)
Each Elector appointed by state legislature
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • South Carolina
  • Vermont
Each Elector chosen by voters statewide
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Virginia

State is divided into two electoral districts and half the electors are chosen from each district.

Kentucky
State is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district
  • Maryland
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee

See also

[edit]
  • History of the United States (1789–1849)
  • First inauguration of James Madison
  • 1808–09 United States House of Representatives elections
  • 1808–09 United States Senate elections

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i All non-Madison electors were reported under an "others" section.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c National Party Conventions, 1831-1976. Congressional Quarterly. 1979.
  3. ^ Sabato, Larry; Ernst, Howard (January 1, 2009). Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections. Infobase Publishing. pp. 302–304.
  4. ^ a b Ammon, Harry (1963). "James Monroe and the Election of 1808 in Virginia". The William and Mary Quarterly. 20 (1): 33–56. doi:10.2307/1921354. JSTOR 1921354.
  5. ^ a b Kaminski, John P. (1993). George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 281–288. ISBN 9780945612186. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  6. ^ Deskins, Donald Richard; Walton, Hanes; Puckett, Sherman (2010). Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. University of Michigan Press. pp. 49–50.
  7. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

Further reading

[edit]
  • Brant, Irving, "Election of 1808" in Arthur Meier Schlesinger and Fred L. Israel, eds. History of American presidential elections, 1789-1968: Volume 1 (1971) pp 185-249
  • Carson, David A. "Quiddism and the Reluctant Candidacy of James Monroe in the Election of 1808," Mid-America 1988 70(2): 79–89

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  • James McHenry (1796–1800)
  • Samuel Dexter (1800–1801)
Attorney General
  • Edmund Randolph (1789–1794)
  • William Bradford (1794–1795)
  • Charles Lee (1795–1801)
  • Richard Rush (1814–1817)
Navy
  • Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Democratic-Republican Party
  • Anti-Administration Party
  • Anti-Federalism
  • First Party System
  • Jeffersonian democracy
  • Era of Good Feelings
  • Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
  • Presidency of James Madison
  • Presidency of James Monroe
  • Tertium quids
Presidential
tickets
  • 1796: Jefferson/Burr
  • 1800: Jefferson/Burr
  • 1804: Jefferson/Clinton
  • 1808: Madison/Clinton
  • 1812: Madison/Gerry
  • 1816: Monroe/Tompkins
  • 1820: Monroe/Tompkins
  • 1824: Adams/Calhoun
  • Jackson/Calhoun
  • Crawford/Macon
  • Clay/Sanford
U.S. House
speakers
  • Frederick Muhlenberg (1793–1795)
  • Nathaniel Macon (1801–1807)
  • Joseph Bradley Varnum (1807–1811)
  • Henry Clay (1811–1814)
  • Langdon Cheves (1814–1815)
  • Henry Clay (1815–1820)
  • John W. Taylor (1820–1821)
  • Philip P. Barbour (1821–1823)
  • Henry Clay (1823–1825)
U.S. Cabinet
State
  • Thomas Jefferson (1790–1794)
  • Levi Lincoln Sr. (1801)
  • James Madison (1801–1809)
  • Robert Smith (1809–1811)
  • James Monroe (1811–1817)
  • John Graham (1817)
  • John Quincy Adams (1817–1825)
Treasury
  • Albert Gallatin (1801–1814)
  • George W. Campbell (1814)
  • Alexander J. Dallas (1814–1816)
  • William Jones (1816)
  • William H. Crawford (1816–1825)
War
  • Henry Dearborn (1801–1809)
  • William Eustis (1809–1813)
  • John Armstrong Jr. (1813–1814)
  • James Monroe (1814–1815)
  • Alexander J. Dallas (1815)
  • William H. Crawford (1815–1816)
  • George Graham (1816–1817)
  • John C. Calhoun (1817–1825)
Attorney General
  • Levi Lincoln Sr. (1801–1805)
  • John Breckinridge (1805–1806)
  • Caesar Augustus Rodney (1807–1811)
  • William Pinkney (1811–1814)
  • William Wirt (1817–1825)
Navy
  • Robert Smith (1801–1809)
  • Paul Hamilton (1809–1813)
  • William Jones (1813–1814)
  • Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1815–1818)
  • Smith Thompson (1819–1823)
  • Samuel L. Southard (1823–1825)
  • v
  • t
  • e
James Monroe
  • 5th President of the United States (1817–1825)
  • 5th United States Secretary of State (1811–1817)
  • United States Secretary of War (1814–1815)
  • 12th and 16th Governor of Virginia (1799–1802, 1811)
  • U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1803–1808)
  • U.S. Minister to France (1794–1796)
  • U.S. Senator from Virginia (1790–1794)
  • Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (1783–1786)
Founding events
  • Virginia Ratifying Convention
  • Founding Fathers
Presidency
  • First inauguration
  • Second inauguration
  • Florida Treaty
  • Treaty of 1818
  • Panic of 1819
  • Era of Good Feelings
  • Missouri Compromise
  • Seminole Wars
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Tariff of 1824
  • State of the Union Address, 1824
  • Cabinet
  • Federal judiciary appointments
Other noted
accomplisments
  • Negotiated the Louisiana Purchase
  • Monroe–Pinkney Treaty
  • War of 1812
Life
  • Early life and career
  • Birthplace and boyhood home
  • Revolutionary War service
    • Battle of Trenton
  • Monroe Hill home and office
  • James Monroe Law Office, Museum, and Memorial Library
  • Highland
  • Oak Hill
  • James Monroe Tomb
Elections
  • 1789 Virginia's 5th congressional district election
  • 1790 and 1791 U.S. Senate elections
  • 1792
  • Governor of Virginia election, 1799
  • U.S. presidential election, 1808
  • 1816
  • 1820
Legacy and
popular culture
  • Bibliography
  • Memorials
  • Monrovia, capital of Liberia
  • Fort Monroe
  • Monroe, Michigan
  • Monroe, New York
  • Monroe, Georgia
  • Monroe County, Kentucky
  • Monroe County, New York
  • Monroe Township, (Northern) New Jersey
  • Monroe Township, (Southern) New Jersey
  • Mount Monroe
  • Monroe Park
  • The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 (painting)
  • Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
  • Monroe Hill (2015 film)
  • U.S. postage stamps
  • Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar
  • USS President Monroe
  • USS James Monroe
Related
  • Monroe on slavery
    • American Colonization Society
  • Virginia dynasty
  • Limestone plantation
Family
  • Elizabeth Kortright (wife)
  • George Hay (son-in-law)
  • Samuel L. Gouverneur (son-in-law)
  • ← James Madison
  • John Quincy Adams →
  • Category
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