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1804 United States presidential election
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1804 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg presidential no 1800 United States presidential election in Maryland 1800 1808 United States presidential election in Maryland 1808 November 12, 1804 DE GA 200x200px File:Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 (Cropped).jpg Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Virginia George Clinton 9 7,479 76.24% File:James Earl - General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped b).jpg Charles Cotesworth Pinckney(by unpledged electors) Federalist Party South Carolina Rufus King(by unpledged electors) 2 2,309 23.54% 1804 United States presidential election in Maryland results map by county.svg 300px County results
Jefferson
#42CA42 60–70%
#30A630 70–80%
#217821 80–90%
#165016 90–100%
Federalist electors
#DFC27D 50–60%
#BF812D 60–70%
#8C510A 70–80% President Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party
A presidential election was held in Maryland on November 12, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.Lampi 2012b The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton carried seven electoral districts, choosing nine electors.Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h The Federalist Party carried the remaining districts, choosing two electors who voted for the former U.S. minister to France, Charles C. Pinckney, and the former U.S. minister to Great Britain, Rufus King.Lampi 2012a Lampi 2012i
Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over Pinckney, who received electoral votes from Connecticut and Delaware, in addition to the two Maryland districts. Maryland was one of three states where electors were chosen by popular vote which the Federalists seriously contested. Although a clandestine gathering of Federalist members of Congress had nominated Pinckney in February, the Federalist electors were formally unpledged. The defeat of the Federalist ticket in Massachusetts and New Hampshire made Maryland's two Federalist districts the only popular vote constituencies to oppose Jefferson's re-election.Dauer 2002 168, 162
Results
Summary
Maryland chose 11 electors from nine electoral districts—seven single-member districts and two plural districts electing two electors each. 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 in the single-member districts and the votes for the leading Democratic-Republican and Federalist candidates in each plural district to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.
1804 United States presidential election in MarylandLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i
Democratic-Republican Party
Thomas JeffersonGeorge Clinton
7,479
76.24
Federalist Party
Unpledged electors
2,309
23.54
22
0.22
9,810
100.00
Results by district
+ 1804 United States presidential election in Maryland by districtLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i District E.V. Electoral Votes Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsThe Federalist electors voted for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.Federalist Other Margin Total Votes % E.V. Electoral Votes Votes % E.V. Electoral Votes Votes % Votes % Maryland–1 1 239 27.82 — 620 72.18 1 — -381 -44.36 859 Maryland–2 1 498 98.61 1 3 0.59 — 4 0.79 495 98.02 505 Maryland–3 2 1,038 99.33 2 3 0.29 — 4 0.38 1,035 99.04 1,045 Maryland–4 2 2,370 99.29 2 6 0.25 — 11 0.46 2,364 99.04 2,387 Maryland–5 1 276 99.28 1 2 0.72 — — 274 98.56 278 Maryland–6 1 668 99.55 1 — — 3 0.45 668 99.55 671 Maryland–7 1 602 100.00 1 — — — 602 100.00 602 Maryland–8 1 793 82.95 1 163 17.05 — — 630 65.90 956 Maryland–9 1 995 39.69 — 1,512 60.31 1 — -517 -20.62 2,507 TOTAL 11 7,479 76.24 9 2,309 23.54 2 22 0.22 5,171 52.70 9,810
District 1
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 1st electoral districtLampi 2012a
Federalist Party
John Parnham
620
72.18
Democratic-Republican Party
John Mitchell
239
27.82
859
100.00
District 2
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 2nd electoral districtLampi 2012b
Democratic-Republican Party
John Wilkinson
498
98.61
Richard Grayson
2
0.40
Federalist Party
John Lamb
1
0.20
Henry W. C. Robertson
1
0.20
Federalist Party
Samuel Thomas
1
0.20
Federalist Party
Edward Calvert
1
0.20
Richard Marshall
1
0.20
505
100.00
District 3
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 3rd electoral districtLampi 2012c
Democratic-Republican Party
John Johnson Sr.
1,038
48.35
Democratic-Republican Party
Edward Johnson
623
29.02
Democratic-Republican Party
George Keeport
474
22.08
Democratic-Republican Party
John Francis Mercer
3
1.40
Federalist Party
Robert Goodloe HarperRan as a ticket with Philip Barton Key.
2
0.09
Federalist Party
Philip Barton KeyRan as a ticket with Robert Goodloe Harper.
2
0.09
John Purivance
2
0.09
Thomas Johnson
1
0.05
John Stricker
1
0.05
Federalist Party
Thomas Davis
1
0.05
2,147plural Voters selected up to two candidates in this plural district; consequently, the number of votes is approximately double the number of voters.
100.00
District 4
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 4th electoral districtLampi 2012d
Democratic-Republican Party
John Tyler
2,370
49.77
Democratic-Republican Party
Frisby Tilghman
2,369
49.75
Federalist Party
Elias EckhardRan as a ticket with Edmund Boyd.
6
0.12
Federalist Party
Edmund BoydRan as a ticket with Elias Eckhard.
6
0.12
J. Thayer
6
0.12
Philip Thomas
2
0.04
Richard Potts
1
0.02
William C. Hobbs
1
0.02
Jonathan Harper
1
0.02
4,762plural
100.00
District 5
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 5th electoral districtLampi 2012e
Democratic-Republican Party
Tobias E. Stansbury
276
99.28
Federalist Party
Charles Carnan Ridgely
2
0.72
278
100.00
District 6
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 6th electoral districtLampi 2012f
Democratic-Republican Party
John Gilpin
668
99.55
William Howell
1
0.15
Israel Reynolds
1
0.15
Caleb Johnson
1
0.15
671
100.00
District 7
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 7th electoral districtLampi 2012g
Democratic-Republican Party
William Gleaves
427
70.93
Democratic-Republican Party
Samuel T. Wright
175
29.07
602
100.00
District 8
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 8th electoral districtLampi 2012h
Democratic-Republican Party
Perry Spencer
793
82.95
Federalist Party
William Frazier
163
17.05
956
100.00
District 9
1804 United States presidential election in Maryland's 9th electoral districtLampi 2012i
Federalist Party
Ephraim King Wilson
1,512
60.31
Democratic-Republican Party
Peter Dashiell
995
39.69
2,507
100.00
Results by county
In counties where voters selected more than one elector, this table compares the votes for the leading elector pledged to each ticket by county and county subdivision. It therefore differs slightly from the state and district tables, which compare the votes for the leading electors by district.
+ 1804 United States presidential election in Maryland by countyLampi 2012a Lampi 2012b Lampi 2012c Lampi 2012d Lampi 2012e Lampi 2012f Lampi 2012g Lampi 2012h Lampi 2012i County D District Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Other Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Allegany 4 236 97.52 6 2.48 — 230 95.04 242 Anne Arundel 3 248 99.20 — 2 0.80 246 98.40 250 Baltimore 5 276 99.28 2 0.72 — 274 98.56 278 Baltimore City 3 758 99.60 2 0.26 1 0.13 756 99.34 761 Calvert 1 221 99.55 1 0.45 — 220 99.10 222 Caroline 8 287 92.28 24 7.72 — 263 84.56 311 Cecil 6 238 99.17 — 2 0.83 236 98.34 240 Charles 1 118 24.08 372 75.92 — -254 -51.84 490 Dorchester 8 132 80.98 31 19.02 — 101 61.96 163 9 49 19.01 208 80.93 — 159 61.92 257 Frederick 4 1,523 99.74 — 4 0.26 1,519 99.48 1,527 Harford 6 430 99.77 — 1 0.23 429 99.54 431 Kent 7 315 100.00 — — 315 100.00 315 Montgomery 2 50 96.15 1 1.92 1 1.92 49 94.23 52 3 32 96.97 1 3.03 — 31 93.94 33 Prince George's 1 15 32.61 31 67.39 — -16 -34.78 46 2 227 98.27 1 0.43 3 1.30 226 97.84 231 Queen Anne's 7 287 100.00 — — 287 100.00 287 St. Mary's 1 106 32.82 217 67.18% — -111 -34.36 323 Somerset 9 259 31.13 573 68.87 — -314 -37.74 832 Talbot 8 374 77.59 108 22.41 — 266 55.18 482 Washington 4 612 99.67 — 2 0.33 610 99.34 614 Worcester 9 687 48.45 731 51.55 — -44 -3.10 1,418 TOTAL 7,480 76.28 2,309 23.55 16 0.16 5,171 52.74 9,805
Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican
Allegany
Calvert
Frederick
Montgomery
Prince George's
See also
United States presidential elections in Maryland
1804 United States presidential election
1804 United States elections
Notes
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.
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