1820 Presidential Election
November 1 – December 6, 1820 · The Founding Era · 232 electoral votes, 117 to win
Monroe ran effectively unopposed at the height of the Era of Good Feelings, taking every electoral vote but one. The 16% recorded against him was cast for scattered Federalist electors with no candidate.
Elected
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican
Electoral vote
231 of 232
Popular vote
80.6%
87,343 votes
Turnout
10.1%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Daniel D. Tompkins | 231 | 87,343 | 80.60% | 24 | |
| John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | Richard Rush (Federalist) | 1 | 2,215 | 2.04% | — | |
| No candidate | Federalist | — | — | 17,465 | 16.12% | — | |
| DeWitt Clinton | Democratic-Republican | — | — | 1,893 | 1.75% | — | |
| Unpledged electors | Independent | — | — | 1,658 | 1.53% | — |
Before 1824 most electors were chosen by state legislatures, so popular-vote figures cover only a handful of states.
Results by state
| Alabama | James Monroe | — | 3 | — |
| Connecticut | James Monroe | — | 9 | — |
| Delaware | James Monroe | — | 4 | — |
| Georgia | James Monroe | — | 8 | — |
| Illinois | James Monroe | — | 3 | — |
| Indiana | James Monroe | — | 3 | — |
| Kentucky | James Monroe | — | 12 | — |
| Louisiana | James Monroe | — | 3 | — |
| Maine | James Monroe | — | 9 | — |
| Maryland | James Monroe | — | 11 | — |
| Massachusetts | James Monroe | — | 15 | — |
| Mississippi | James Monroe | — | 2 | — |
| Missouri | James Monroe | — | 3 | — |
| New Hampshire | James Monroe | — | 7 | — |
| New Jersey | James Monroe | — | 8 | — |
| New York | James Monroe | — | 29 | — |
| North Carolina | James Monroe | — | 15 | — |
| Ohio | James Monroe | — | 8 | — |
| Pennsylvania | James Monroe | — | 24 | — |
| Rhode Island | James Monroe | — | 4 | — |
| South Carolina | James Monroe | — | 11 | — |
| Tennessee | James Monroe | — | 7 | — |
| Vermont | James Monroe | — | 8 | — |
| Virginia | James Monroe | — | 25 | — |
States marked without popular votes chose their electors in the legislature.
The Congress it seated
17th Congress
1821–1823
Unified government
Senate
44–4
Anti-Administration vs Pro-Administration
House
155–32
Anti-Administration vs Pro-Administration