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1816 United States presidential election in Virginia
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Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Electoral vote 25
Popular vote 6,859
Percentage 99.9%
County Results
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Virginia on November 4, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election.[1] The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket.[2] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.[3] In the national election, Monroe easily defeated the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.[4]

General election

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Summary

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Virginia chose 25 electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[5] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1816 United States presidential election in Virginia[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins 		6,859 99.94
Federalist Unpledged electors 4 0.06
Total votes 6,863 100.00

Results

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1816 United States presidential election in Virginia[7][a]
Party Candidate Votes
Democratic-Republican Mark Alexander 200
Democratic-Republican Branch T. Archer 200
Democratic-Republican William Lee Ball 200
Democratic-Republican John T. Brooke 200
Democratic-Republican Joseph Carrington Cabell 200
Democratic-Republican John Dixon 200
Democratic-Republican Isaac Foster 200
Democratic-Republican Charles G. Graves 200
Democratic-Republican Hugh Holmes 200
Democratic-Republican William Jones 200
Democratic-Republican George Newton 200
Democratic-Republican Brazure W. Pryor 200
Democratic-Republican John Purnall 200
Democratic-Republican Andrew Russell 200
Democratic-Republican Archibald Stuart 200
Democratic-Republican Charles Taylor 200
Democratic-Republican Robert Taylor 200
Democratic-Republican John Webster 200
Democratic-Republican Charles Yancey 200
Democratic-Republican John Pegram 199
Democratic-Republican George Penn 199
Democratic-Republican William G. Poindexter 199
Democratic-Republican Spencer Roane 199
Democratic-Republican Sthreshley Rennolds 198
Democratic-Republican Archibald Rutherford 197
Federalist Robert B. Taylor 4
Federalist Robert White 4
None John Scott 3
None Enoch Mason 3
None Thomas Nelson 3
Federalist Robert Porterfield 3
None Thomas Van Swearingen 3
Federalist George Adams 1
Federalist Charles Cameron 1
Federalist John Campbell 1
Federalist Paul Carrington 1
Federalist Robert Christian 1
Federalist Thomas Evans 1
Federalist John M. Gannett 1
Federalist Robert Gratton 1
Federalist James H. Hooe 1
Federalist Hudson Martin, Sr. 1
Federalist John Nelson 1
Federalist Isaac Olay 1
Federalist David Patterson 1
None Edward Pegram 1
None George Pegram 1
Federalist Burt Powell 1
Federalist Joseph T. Price 1
Federalist Archibald Ritchie 1
Federalist Benjamin Sheppard 1
Federalist James Stephenson 1
Federalist Isaac Swoop 1
Federalist William Tate 1
None George K. Taylor 1
Federalist Richard T. Taylor 1
Federalist Isaac Williams 1
Federalist Henry Young 1
Federalist Noah Zane 1
Democratic-Republican William Archer[b] 0
Democratic-Republican William Brockenbrough[b] 0
Democratic-Republican Benjamin Cook[b] 0
Democratic-Republican John Edie[b] 0
Democratic-Republican Daniel Morgan[b] 0
Democratic-Republican Robert B. Starke[c] 0
Total
≥204

Results by county

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County James Monroe
Democratic-Republican 		Unpledged electors
Federalist 		Margin Total
Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent
Accomack 5 100.00 — 5 100.00 5
Albermarle 259 100.00 — 259 100.00 259
Amelia 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39
Amherst 72 100.00 — 72 100.00 72
Augusta 53 100.00 — 53 100.00 53
Bath 29 100.00 — 29 100.00 29
Bedford 84 100.00 — 84 100.00 84
Berkeley 66 100.00 — 66 100.00 66
Botetourt 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74
Brooke 90 100.00 — 90 100.00 90
Brunswick 45 100.00 — 45 100.00 45
Buckingham 105 100.00 — 105 100.00 105
Cabell ** ** ** **
Campbell 87 100.00 — 87 100.00 87
Caroline 58 100.00 — 58 100.00 58
Charles City 23 100.00 — 23 100.00 23
Charlotte 112 100.00 — 112 100.00 112
Chesterfield 143 100.00 — 143 100.00 143
Culpepper 75 100.00 — 75 100.00 75
Cumberland 46 100.00 — 46 100.00 46
Dinwiddie 30 100.00 — 30 100.00 30
Elizabeth City 65 100.00 — 65 100.00 65
Essex 61 98.39 1 1.61 60 96.78 62
Fairfax 93 100.00 — 93 100.00 93
Fauquier 65 95.59 3 4.41 62 91.18 68
Fluvanna 45 100.00 — 45 100.00 45
Franklin 106 100.00 — 106 100.00 106
Frederick 146 100.00 — 146 100.00 146
Giles 25 100.00 — 25 100.00 25
Gloucester 144 100.00 — 144 100.00 144
Goochland 51 100.00 — 51 100.00 51
Grayson 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49
Greenbrier 17 100.00 — 17 100.00 17
Halifax 83 100.00 — 83 100.00 83
Hampshire 6 100.00 — 6 100.00 6
Hanover 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39
Hardy 8 100.00 — 8 100.00 8
Harrison 96 100.00 — 96 100.00 96
Henrico 242 100.00 — 242 100.00 242
Henry 24 100.00 — 24 100.00 24
Isle of Wight 160 100.00 — 160 100.00 160
James City 67 100.00 — 67 100.00 67
Jefferson 30 100.00 — 30 100.00 30
Kanawha ** ** ** **
King and Queen 79 100.00 — 79 100.00 79
King George 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63
King William 36 100.00 — 36 100.00 36
Lancaster 96 100.00 — 96 100.00 96
Lee ** ** ** *
Lewis ** ** ** **
Loudon 66 100.00 — 66 100.00 66
Louisa 102 100.00 — 102 100.00 102
Lunenburg 47 100.00 — 47 100.00 47
Madison 98 100.00 — 98 100.00 98
Mason 68 100.00 — 68 100.00 68
Mathews 27 100.00 — 27 100.00 27
Mecklenburg 69 100.00 — 69 100.00 69
Middlesex 105 100.00 — 105 100.00 105
Monongalia ** ** ** **
Monroe 55 100.00 — 55 100.00 55
Montgomery ** ** ** **
Nansemond 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39
Nelson 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49
New Kent 26 100.00 — 26 100.00 26
Norfolk 213 100.00 — 213 100.00 213
Northampton ** ** ** **
Northumberland 139 100.00 — 139 100.00 139
Nottoway 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49
Ohio 38 100.00 — 38 100.00 38
Orange 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74
Patrick 59 100.00 — 59 100.00 59
Pendleton 94 100.00 — 94 100.00 94
Pittsylvania 104 100.00 — 104 100.00 104
Powhatan ** ** ** **
Prince Edward 52 100.00 — 52 100.00 52
Prince George 145 100.00 — 145 100.00 145
Prince William 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63
Princess Anne 84 100.00 — 84 100.00 84
Randolph ** ** ** **
Richmond 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74
Rockbridge 127 100.00 — 127 100.00 127
Rockingham 107 100.00 — 107 100.00 107
Russell ** ** ** **
Scott 13 100.00 — 13 100.00 13
Shenandoah 260 100.00 — 260 100.00 260
Southampton 91 100.00 — 91 100.00 91
Spotsylvania 111 100.00 — 111 100.00 111
Stafford 62 100.00 — 62 100.00 62
Surry 52 100.00 — 52 100.00 52
Sussex 88 100.00 — 88 100.00 88
Tazewell 32 100.00 — 32 100.00 32
Tyler 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63
Warwick 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49
Washington 97 100.00 — 97 100.00 97
Westmoreland 38 100.00 — 38 100.00 38
City of Williamsburg 29 100.00 — 29 100.00 29
Wood 169 100.00 — 169 100.00 169
Wythe 25 100.00 — 25 100.00 25
York 42 100.00 — 42 100.00 42
TOTAL 6,859 99.94 4 0.06 6,855 99.88 6,863

Electoral college

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1816 United States Electoral College vote in Virginia[4]
For President For Vice President
Candidate Party Home state Electoral
vote 		Candidate Party Home state Electoral
vote
James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 25 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 25
Total
25
Total
25

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Incomplete results based on returns from Essex, Fauquier, and Richmond counties
  2. ^ a b c d e Archer, Brockenbrough, Cook, Edie, and Morgan are listed as "elected" by the United States Telegraph (published 1828), but not by the original election returns.[8]
  3. ^ Voted in the Electoral College[9]
  1. ^ "Electors of President & Vice President of the United States". Richmond Enquirer. November 9, 1816.
  2. ^ Dubin 2002, pp. 24–25.
  3. ^ Turner 2002, p. 307.
  4. ^ a b National Archives and Records Administration n.d.
  5. ^ Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 34.
  6. ^ Dubin 2002, pp. 24–25; Lampi 2012.
  7. ^ Lampi 2012.
  8. ^ Lampi 2012, n26.
  9. ^ Lampi 2012, n27.

Bibliography

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  • Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
  • Lampi, Philip J. (n.d.). "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  • Lampi, Philip J. (January 11, 2012). "Virginia 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  • National Archives and Records Administration (n.d.). "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  • Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 45–77. JSTOR 24486931.
  • Turner, Lynn W. (2002). "Elections of 1816 and 1820". In Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. pp. 298–345.
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