However, these electors did not vote for King or for a Federalist vice president, instead casting blank votes as a protest. Source (Popular Vote): A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 (a) Only 10 of the 19 states chose electors by popular vote.
1, 3 Stat.'' 399 Web Source (Electoral Vote): == External links == Presidential Elections of 1816 and 1820: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 Election of 1816 in Counting the Votes Presidency of James Monroe James Monroe
Senator Rufus King of New York, who had been the party's 1804 and 1808 vice presidential nominee, and who had been nominated for president by a dissident faction of the party in 1812, eventually emerged as the de facto Federalist candidate.
Senator Rufus King of New York, who had been the party's 1804 and 1808 vice presidential nominee, and who had been nominated for president by a dissident faction of the party in 1812, eventually emerged as the de facto Federalist candidate.
In the first election following the end of the War of 1812, Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King.
The Federalists did not formally nominate a ticket, but Senator King of New York emerged as the de facto Federalist candidate. The previous four years of American politics were dominated by the effects of the War of 1812.
Senator Rufus King of New York, who had been the party's 1804 and 1808 vice presidential nominee, and who had been nominated for president by a dissident faction of the party in 1812, eventually emerged as the de facto Federalist candidate.
Its drawn outcome and the peace concluded in 1815 were satisfactory to the American people, and the Democratic-Republicans received credit for the results.
The 1816 United States presidential election was the eighth quadrennial presidential election.
It was held from November 1 to December 4, 1816.
The election was the last in which the Federalist Party fielded a presidential candidate. As President James Madison chose to retire after serving two terms, the Democratic-Republicans held a congressional nominating caucus in March 1816.
Still, Crawford's supporters posed a significant challenge to Monroe. In March 1816, Democratic-Republican congressmen in caucus nominated Monroe for President and Tompkins for Vice President.
He argued that Congress had acknowledged the statehood of Indiana in a joint resolution on December 11, 1816, whereas the ballots of the Electoral College had been cast on December 4, 1816.
Other representatives contradicted Taylor, asserting that the joint resolution merely recognized that Indiana had already joined the Union by forming a state constitution and government on June 29, 1816.
944–949 (1817) Act of April 19, 1816, ch.
289 Resolution of December 11, 1816, res.
1, 3 Stat.'' 399 Web Source (Electoral Vote): == External links == Presidential Elections of 1816 and 1820: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 Election of 1816 in Counting the Votes Presidency of James Monroe James Monroe
Several Federalists would receive electoral votes for vice president, with former Senator John Eager Howard of Maryland receiving the most votes. == General election == === Dispute about Indiana === On February 12, 1817, the House and Senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes for president and vice president.
1, 3 Stat.'' 399 Web Source (Electoral Vote): == External links == Presidential Elections of 1816 and 1820: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 Election of 1816 in Counting the Votes Presidency of James Monroe James Monroe
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