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1804 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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1804 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential Tennessee File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg no 1800 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1800 1808 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1808 November 1–2, 1804 CT KY 200x200px File:Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 (Cropped).jpg Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Virginia George Clinton 5 943 100.0% President Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Jefferson
A presidential election was held in Tennessee on November 1 and 2, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton was elected unanimously in each of the state's five electoral districts.Speer 2001 122 Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over the de facto Federalist candidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.Dauer 2002 159
General election
Summary
Tennessee chose five electors from single-member districts.Speer 2001 122 Returns from four of the districts have been lost.Lampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Two electors pledged to Jefferson ran in the fifth district.Lampi 2012e Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block.Lampi n.d. The following table calculates the sum of all votes for electors pledged to Jefferson to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.
1804 United States presidential election in TennesseeLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e
Democratic-Republican Party
Thomas JeffersonGeorge Clinton
943
100.00
943
100.00
Results by district
+ 1804 United States presidential election in Tennessee by districtLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e District E.V. Electoral Votes Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Total Votes % E.V. Electoral Votes Tennessee–1 1 ** No data 1 ** No data Tennessee–2 1 ** No data 1 ** No data Tennessee–3 1 ** No data 1 ** No data Tennessee–4 1 ** No data 1 ** No data Tennessee–5 1 943 100.00 1 943 TOTAL 5 943 100.00 5 943
District 1
Returns from this district appear to be lost. David Deaderick, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012a
District 2
Returns from this district appear to be lost. Richard Mitchell, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012b
District 3
Returns from this district appear to be lost. Robert Houston, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012c
District 4
Returns from this district appear to be lost. William Martin, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.Lampi 2012d
District 5
1804 United States presidential election in TennesseeLampi 2012e
Democratic-Republican Party
George Ridley
778
82.50
Democratic-Republican Party
Henry Small
165
17.50
943
100.00
See also
United States presidential elections in Tennessee
References
Bibliography
Dauer Manning Julian Schlesinger Arthur M. Jr. Israel Fred L. History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001 1 Chelsea House Publishers Philadelphia 2002 Election of 1804 159–82 https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica01schl/page/158/mode/2up
Lampi Philip J. Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 28, 2026 n.d.
Lampi Philip J. Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 1 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/n583xw48f A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 27, 2026 2012a
Lampi Philip J. Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 2 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tt44pn11b A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 27, 2026 2012b
Lampi Philip J. Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 3 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/707957995 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 27, 2026 2012c
Lampi Philip J. Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 4 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/jh343t58b A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 27, 2026 2012d
Lampi Philip J. Tennessee 1804 Electoral College, District 5 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/9z903128k A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 27, 2026 2012e
Speer Ed Tennessee's Presidential Electors, 1796-1836 Tennessee Historical Quarterly Summer 2001 60 2 120–26 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42627633
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