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1816 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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1816 United States presidential election
1816 United States presidential election in Massachusetts United States 1795 presidential Legislative no 1812 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1812 1820 (Mass.) →1820 (Maine) November 12, 1816 GA IN 200x200px File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Rufus King (1819-1820) - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped).jpg Rufus King Federalist Party John E. Howard New York 22 198 100.0% President James Madison Democratic-Republican Party James Monroe Democratic-Republican Party
A presidential election was held in Massachusetts on November 12, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election.Legislature of Massachusetts https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016082/1816-11-19/ed-1/seq-2 Portland Gazette and Maine Advertiser November 19, 1816 The senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, the de facto candidate of the Federalist Party, received 22 votes from electors chosen by the Massachusetts General Court.Lampi Philip J. Massachusetts 1816 Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/4f16c398v A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society March 26, 2025 Although commonly remembered as the last Federalist presidential candidate, King was not formally selected as the party's nominee and had no designated running mate; the Massachusetts electors voted for the former U.S. senator from Maryland John Eager Howard for vice president.Turner Lynn W. Schlesinger Arthur M. Jr. Israel Fred L. History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001 1 Chelsea House Publishers Philadelphia 2002 Elections of 1816 and 1820 307 https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica01schl/page/298/mode/2up1816 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1816 National Archives February 22, 2025 This was the last election in which the District of Maine participated as part of Massachusetts.Turner 2002 344–45
General election
Results
+ 1816 United States presidential election in MassachusettsResults of balloting in the Massachusetts General Court. Party Candidate Votes Federalist William Abbott 198 Federalist Peter Bryant 198 Federalist Luther Carey 198 Federalist Wendell Davis 198 Federalist Thomas Dwight 198 Federalist Christopher Gore 198 Federalist Joshua Head 198 Federalist Daniel Howard 198 Federalist Jonas Kendall 198 Federalist Joseph Locke 198 Federalist Stephen Longfellow 198 Federalist Prentiss Mellen 198 Federalist Benjamin Pickman Jr. 198 Federalist Edward Robbins 198 Federalist Bazaleel Taft Sr. 198 Federalist Israel Thorndike 198 Federalist Seth Washburn 198 Federalist Daniel A. White 198 Federalist Joseph Woodbridge 198 Federalist Timothy Boutelle 197 Federalist John Low 197 Federalist Samuel Wilde 160 Federalist Daniel Cony 36 None Samuel Cony 2 None William Boutelle 1 Not cast 46 Total 244
Electoral college
+ 1816 United States Electoral College vote in Massachusetts For President For Vice President Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Rufus King Federalist New York 22 John E. Howard Federalist Maryland 22 Total 22 Total 22
See also
United States presidential elections in Massachusetts
References
Massachusetts
1816
Category:1816 Massachusetts elections