1804 Presidential Election

November 1 – December 4, 1804 · The Founding Era · 176 electoral votes, 89 to win

Running with the Louisiana Purchase behind him and the 12th Amendment now separating the offices, Jefferson swept 162 of 176 electoral votes against Pinckney.

Elected

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican

Electoral vote

162 of 176

Popular vote

72.8%

104,110 votes

Turnout

23.8%

The result

EV share
Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-RepublicanGeorge Clinton162
104,11072.80%15
Charles Cotesworth PinckneyFederalistRufus King14
38,91927.20%2

Before 1824 most electors were chosen by state legislatures, so popular-vote figures cover only a handful of states.

Results by state

ConnecticutCharles Cotesworth Pinckney9
DelawareCharles Cotesworth Pinckney3
GeorgiaThomas Jefferson6
KentuckyThomas Jefferson8
MarylandThomas Jefferson9 Jefferson · 2 Pinckney
MassachusettsThomas Jefferson19
New HampshireThomas Jefferson7
New JerseyThomas Jefferson8
New YorkThomas Jefferson19
North CarolinaThomas Jefferson14
OhioThomas Jefferson3
PennsylvaniaThomas Jefferson20
Rhode IslandThomas Jefferson4
South CarolinaThomas Jefferson10
TennesseeThomas Jefferson5
VermontThomas Jefferson6
VirginiaThomas Jefferson24

States marked without popular votes chose their electors in the legislature.

The Congress it seated

9th Congress

1805–1807

Unified government

Senate

27–7

Anti-Administration vs Pro-Administration

House

114–28

Anti-Administration vs Pro-Administration