A presidential election was held in Connecticut on November 1, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, the de facto candidate of the Federalist Party, received nine votes from electors chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly. 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 Connecticut electors split their vice presidential votes between the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania James Ross and the chief justice of the United States John Marshall. This was the last election in which Connecticut's electoral votes were awarded by the state legislature.
General election Results + 1816 United States presidential election in Connecticut Party Elector Votes Federalist Elijah Hubbard Federalist Jonathan Ingersoll Federalist Jirah Isham Federalist Samuel W. Johnson Federalist William Perkins Federalist Seth P. Staples Federalist Elisha Sterling Federalist Nathaniel Terry Federalist Asa Willey Democratic-Republican Oliver Wolcott Jr. 88
Electoral college + 1816 United States Electoral College vote in Connecticut For President For Vice President Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Rufus King Federalist New York 9 James Ross Federalist Pennsylvania 5 John Marshall Federalist Virginia 4
See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut
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