1808 Presidential Election
November 4 – December 7, 1808 · The Founding Era · 176 electoral votes, 89 to win
Madison inherited Jefferson's coalition comfortably despite the deep unpopularity of the trade embargo, though the Federalists doubled their electoral vote.
Elected
James Madison
Democratic-Republican
Electoral vote
122 of 176
Popular vote
64.7%
124,732 votes
Turnout
36.8%
The result
James Madison
Democratic-Republican · 64.70% of votes
122
electoral votes
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Federalist · 32.40% of votes
47
electoral votes
George Clinton
Democratic-Republican · 0.00% of votes
6
electoral votes
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican · 2.50% of votes
—
electoral votes
Unpledged electors
None · 0.40% of votes
—
electoral votes
Before 1824 most electors were chosen by state legislatures, so popular-vote figures cover only a handful of states.
Results by state
Connecticut
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
9
electoral votes
Delaware
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
3
electoral votes
Georgia
James Madison
6
electoral votes
Kentucky
James Madison
7
electoral votes
Maryland
James Madison
9 Madison · 2 Pinckney
electoral votes
Massachusetts
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
19
electoral votes
New Hampshire
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
7
electoral votes
New Jersey
James Madison
8
electoral votes
New York
James Madison
13
electoral votes
North Carolina
James Madison
11 Madison · 3 Pinckney
electoral votes
Ohio
James Madison
3
electoral votes
Pennsylvania
James Madison
20
electoral votes
States marked without popular votes chose their electors in the legislature.
The Congress it seated
11th Congress
1809–1811
Unified government
Senate
27–7
Anti-Administration control · Anti-Administration–Pro-Administration
House
92–50
Anti-Administration control · Anti-Administration–Pro-Administration