This was the first election in which the Democratic-Republicans won in Connecticut and Delaware. Source (Electoral Vote): Source (Popular Vote): A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 (a) Only 15 of the 24 states chose electors by popular vote. (b) Adams received his vote from a faithless elector. (c) There was a dispute as to whether Missouri's electoral votes were valid, due to the timing of its assumption of statehood.
Roosevelt's landslide 1936 victory. Only Washington, who won the vote of each presidential elector in the 1789 and 1792 presidential elections, can claim to have swept the Electoral College. Source: (a) There was a dispute over the validity of Missouri's electoral votes, due to the timing of its assumption of statehood.
Roosevelt's landslide 1936 victory. Only Washington, who won the vote of each presidential elector in the 1789 and 1792 presidential elections, can claim to have swept the Electoral College. Source: (a) There was a dispute over the validity of Missouri's electoral votes, due to the timing of its assumption of statehood.
The Federalist Party had fielded a presidential candidate in each election since 1796, but the party's already-waning popularity had declined further following the War of 1812.
The Federalist Party had fielded a presidential candidate in each election since 1796, but the party's already-waning popularity had declined further following the War of 1812.
Nevertheless, James Monroe faced no opposition party or candidate in his re-election bid, although he did not receive all of the electoral votes (see below). Massachusetts was entitled to 22 electoral votes in 1816, but cast only 15 in 1820 by reason of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which made the region of Maine, long part of Massachusetts, a free state to balance the pending admission of slave state Missouri.
The nation had endured a widespread depression following the Panic of 1819 and momentous disagreement about the extension of slavery into the territories was taking center stage.
The 1820 United States presidential election was the ninth quadrennial presidential election.
It was held from Wednesday, November 1, to Wednesday, December 6, 1820.
Monroe was the first presidential candidate to receive at least 200 electoral votes in a victorious campaign. == Background == Despite the continuation of single party politics (known in this case as the Era of Good Feelings), serious issues emerged during the election in 1820.
Nevertheless, James Monroe faced no opposition party or candidate in his re-election bid, although he did not receive all of the electoral votes (see below). Massachusetts was entitled to 22 electoral votes in 1816, but cast only 15 in 1820 by reason of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which made the region of Maine, long part of Massachusetts, a free state to balance the pending admission of slave state Missouri.
Consequently, this meant that Mississippi cast only two votes, when any state is always entitled to a minimum of three. Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama and Missouri participated in their first presidential election in 1820, Missouri with controversy, since it was not yet officially a state (see below).
No new states would participate in American presidential elections until 1836, after the admission to the Union of Arkansas in 1836 and Michigan in 1837 (after the main voting, but before the counting of the electoral vote in Congress). == Nominations == === Democratic-Republican Party nomination === Since President Monroe's re-nomination was never in doubt, few Republicans bothered to attend the nominating caucus in April 1820.
This law stated that "the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever." However, when Congress reconvened in November 1820, the admission of Missouri became an issue of contention.
Knowing ahead of time that Monroe had won in a landslide and that Missouri's vote would therefore make no difference in the final result, the Senate passed a resolution on February 13, 1821 stating that if a protest were made, there would be no consideration of the matter unless the vote of Missouri would change who would become president.
Nonetheless, during the counting of the electoral votes on February 14, 1821, an objection was raised to the votes from Missouri by Representative Arthur Livermore of New Hampshire.
No new states would participate in American presidential elections until 1836, after the admission to the Union of Arkansas in 1836 and Michigan in 1837 (after the main voting, but before the counting of the electoral vote in Congress). == Nominations == === Democratic-Republican Party nomination === Since President Monroe's re-nomination was never in doubt, few Republicans bothered to attend the nominating caucus in April 1820.
No new states would participate in American presidential elections until 1836, after the admission to the Union of Arkansas in 1836 and Michigan in 1837 (after the main voting, but before the counting of the electoral vote in Congress). == Nominations == === Democratic-Republican Party nomination === Since President Monroe's re-nomination was never in doubt, few Republicans bothered to attend the nominating caucus in April 1820.
Roosevelt's landslide 1936 victory. Only Washington, who won the vote of each presidential elector in the 1789 and 1792 presidential elections, can claim to have swept the Electoral College. Source: (a) There was a dispute over the validity of Missouri's electoral votes, due to the timing of its assumption of statehood.
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