1816 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1816 Presidential election year Democratic-Republican Party (US)James Madison (DR) 15th Democratic-Republican hold James Monroe (DR) 183 Rufus King (F) 34 1816 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Monroe, burnt orange denotes states won by King. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Democratic-Republican hold 12 of 36 seatsNot counting special elections. Democratic-Republican +2Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. Democratic-Republican hold All 184 voting members Democratic-Republican +25 Elections for the 15th United States Congress were held in 1816 and 1817. Mississippi and Illinois were admitted as states during the 15th Congress. The election took place during the First Party System. The Democratic-Republican Party controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress, while the Federalist Party provided only limited opposition. The election marked the start of the Era of Good Feelings, as the Federalist Party became nearly irrelevant in national politics after the War of 1812 and the Hartford Convention. In the presidential election, Democratic-Republican Secretary of State James Monroe easily defeated Federalist Senator Rufus King of New York.1816 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1816 The American Presidency Project 25 June 2014 Monroe faced a more difficult challenge in securing his party's nomination, but was able to defeat Secretary of War William H. Crawford in the Democratic-Republican congressional nominating caucus.Presidential elections http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections History.com History Channel 3 September 2015 The Federalists never again fielded a presidential candidate. In the House, Democratic-Republicans won major gains, and continued to dominate the chamber.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 In the Senate, Democratic-Republicans picked up a moderate number of seats, increasing their already-dominant majority.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 See also 1816 United States presidential election 1816–17 United States House of Representatives elections 1816–17 United States Senate elections References Category:1816 elections in the United States 1816 Category:Era of Good Feelings