1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 January 2025 1804 United States presidential election 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1800 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1800 North Carolina File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg presidential no 1808 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1808 November 8–9, 1804 NJ NY 200x200px File:Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 (Cropped).jpg Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Virginia George Clinton 14 2,578 69.1% 2em 150x150px Unpledged electors Federalist Party N/A N/A 0 1,155 30.9% File:1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by county.svg 400px County results Jefferson #73bc84 50–60% #3fa457 60–70% #006e1a 80–90% #005113 90–100% Federalist electors #dc8c53 50–60% #733000 90–100% No data #808080 President Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party A presidential election was held in North Carolina on November 8 and 9, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.Friday last being [...] https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045242/1804-11-19/ed-1/?sp=3 National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser November 19, 1804Lampi 2012a n2 The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton defeated the Federalist Party's ticket in the state's 14 electoral districts.Lampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i Lampi 2012j Lampi 2012k Lampi 2012l Lampi 2012m Lampi 2012n Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over the de facto Federalist candidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.Dauer 2002 659 Although a clandestine gathering of Federalist members of Congress had nominated Pinckney in February, the Federalist electors were formally unpledged.Broussard 1978 83–84 In two districts, Federalists won the popular vote on Election Day, but the exclusion of votes from Martin and Montgomery counties gave both districts to Jefferson.Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012j The narrow margin in the former Federalist stronghold of Fayetteville, North Carolina, indicated the party's decline in the state.Broussard 1978 84 General election Summary North Carolina chose 14 electors from as many single-member districts. Complete returns are available for the 8th and 10th electoral districts; returns from the remaining districts are either incomplete or missing.Lampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i Lampi 2012j Lampi 2012k Lampi 2012l Lampi 2012m Lampi 2012n Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential nominee, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.Lampi n.d. The following table calculates the sum of all votes for electors pledged to Jefferson and for unpledged Federalist electors to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote. 1804 United States presidential election in North CarolinaLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i Lampi 2012j Lampi 2012k Lampi 2012l Lampi 2012m Lampi 2012n Democratic-Republican Party Thomas JeffersonGeorge Clinton 2,578 69.06 Federalist Party Unpledged electors 1,155 30.94 3,733 100.00 Results by district + District E.V. Electoral Votes Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Margin Total Votes % E.V. Electoral Votes Votes % E.V. Electoral Votes Votes % North Carolina–1 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–2 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–3incomplete Incomplete returns. 1 481 100.00 1 — — 481 100.00 481 North Carolina–4 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–5 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–6 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–7 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–8Including rejected votes from Montgomery County, North Carolina. Three electors pledged to Jefferson and one unpledged elector ran in this single-member district. The votes from Montgomery County were excluded from the official count, with the result that the leading Jefferson elector carried the district with 492 votes; the unpledged elector received 461 votes, and the other Jefferson electors received 450 votes and 380 votes, respectively. 1 1,511jefferson8 Including votes for one Federalist elector pledged to Jefferson. 70.94 1 619 29.06 — 892 41.88 2,130 North Carolina–9 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–10Including rejected votes from Martin County, North Carolina. These votes were excluded from the official count, with the result that Jefferson carried the district with 481 votes to Pinckney's 25 votes. 1 489 47.75 1 535 52.24 — -46 -4.49 1,024 North Carolina–11 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–12 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–13 1 ** No data 1 ** No data — ** No data ** No data North Carolina–14Incomplete returns. Including rejected votes from Franklin County, North Carolina. 1 97 98.98 1 1 1.02 — 96 97.96 98 TOTAL 14 2,578 69.06 14 1,155 30.94 0 1,423 38.12 3,733 District 1 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Felix Walker, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012a District 2 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Peter Forney, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012b District 3 Returns from Stokes and Surry counties appear to be lost. Joseph Williams, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012c 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 3rd electoral districtLampi 2012cincomplete Democratic-Republican Party Joseph Williams 130 27.03 Democratic-Republican Party John Brown 351 72.97 481 100.00 District 4 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Montfort Stokes, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012d District 5 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Solomon Graves, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012e District 6 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Joseph Taylor, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012f District 7 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Joseph J. Alston, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012g District 8 Two Democratic-Republicans, one Federalist pledged to Jefferson, and one unpledged Federalist ran in this single-member district. The Federalist unpledged elector, John Culpepper, received the most votes on Election Day based on votes from Montgomery County.Broussard 1978 84 Lampi 2012h 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 8th electoral district: provisionalLampi 2012h Federalist Party John Culpepperculpepper Unpledged elector 619 29.06 Democratic-Republican Party Isaac Lanier 535 25.12 Democratic-Republican Party Robert Cochran 504 23.66 Federalist Party Allen Gilchristgilchrist Pledged to Thomas Jefferson 472 22.16 2,130 100.00 The votes from Montgomery County were excluded from the official returns, flipping the district. Robert Cochran, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Broussard 1978 84 Lampi 2012h 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 8th electoral district: officialLampi 2012h Democratic-Republican Party Robert Cochran 492 27.59 Federalist Party John Culpepperculpepper 461 25.86 Federalist Party Allen Gilchristgilchrist 450 25.24 Democratic-Republican Party Isaac Lanier 380 21.31 1,783 100.00 District 9 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Lemuel Sawyer, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012i District 10 John B. Hunter, a Federalist, received the most votes on Election Day based on votes from Martin County.Lampi 2012j n2 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 10th electoral district: provisionalLampi 2012j Federalist Party John B. Hunter 535 52.24 Democratic-Republican Party James Jones 489 47.75 1,024 100.00 The votes from Martin County were excluded from the official returns, flipping the district. James Jones, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012j n2 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 10th electoral district: officialLampi 2012j Democratic-Republican Party James Jones 481 95.06 Federalist Party John B. Hunter 25 4.94 506 100.00 District 11 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Reading Blount, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012k District 12 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Bryan Whitfield, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012l District 13 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Samuel Ashe, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012m District 14 Returns from Halifax, Nash, and Warren counties appear to be lost. Gideon Alston, a Democratic-Republican, received the most votes on Election Day based on votes from Franklin County.Lampi 2012n 1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina's 14th electoral district: provisionalLampi 2012nincomplete Democratic-Republican Party Gideon Alston 95 96.94 Democratic-Republican Party George Tunstall 2 2.04 Federalist Party Stephen W. Carney 1 1.02 98 100.00 The votes from Franklin County were excluded from the official returns. The exclusion did not change the result in the district, and Alston was elected.Lampi 2012n n2 Results by county + County D District Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Anson 8 284jefferson8 49.13 294 50.86 -10 -1.73 578 Ashe 3 93 100.00 — 93 100.00 93 Beaufort 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Bertie 10 195 89.45 23 10.55 172 78.90 218 Bladen 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Brunswick 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Buncombe 1 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Burke 1 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Cabarrus 4 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Camden 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Carteret 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Caswell 5 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Chatham 7 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Chowan 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Craven 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Cumberland 8 524jefferson8 90.34 56 9.66 468 80.68 580 Currituck 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Duplin 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Edgecombe 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Franklin 14 97 98.98 1 1.02 96 97.96 98 Gates 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Granville 6 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Greene 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Guilford 5 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Halifax 14 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Hertford 10 58 98.30 1 1.69 57 96.61 59 Hyde 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Iredell 2 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Johnston 6 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Jones 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Lenoir 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Lincoln 2 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Martin 10 8 1.54 510 98.46 -502 -98.43 518 Mecklenburg 2 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Montgomery 8 189jefferson8 54.47 158 45.53 31 8.94 347 Moore 7 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Nash 14 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data New Hanover 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Northampton 10 128 99.22 1 0.78 127 98.45 129 Onslow 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Orange 7 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Pasquotank 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Perquimans 9 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Person 5 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Pitt 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Randolph 4 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Richmond 8 173jefferson8 64.31 96 35.69 77 28.62 269 Robeson 8 341jefferson8 95.79 15 4.21 326 91.57 356 Rockingham 5 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Rowan 4 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Rutherford 1 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Sampson 13 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Stokes 3 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Surry 3 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Tyrrell 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Wake 6 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Warren 14 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Washington 11 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Wayne 12 ** No data ** No data ** No data ** No data Wilkes 3 388 100.00 — 388 100.00 388 TOTAL 2,578 69.06 1,155 30.94 1,423 38.12 3,733 See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina Notes References Bibliography Broussard James H. 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