A presidential election was held in New Jersey on November 5 and 6, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. 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. The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. 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.
General election Summary New Jersey chose eight 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. This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.
Results + 1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey Party Candidate Votes Democratic-Republican Charles Ogden 5,441 Democratic-Republican John Crowell 5,433 Democratic-Republican David Welch 5,432 Democratic-Republican Lewis Moore 5,409 Democratic-Republican Daniel Garrison 5,408 Democratic-Republican Aaron Vansycle 5,388 Democratic-Republican Aaron Kitchell 5,352 Democratic-Republican William Rossell 5,310 None Benjamin Ludlow 142 None John Beatty 64 None Samuel More 55 None William Irick 54 Federalist Frederick Frelinghuysen 54 None Charles Ewing 50 Federalist Samuel Bayard 49 None Ebenezer Elmer 39 None John N. Simpson 32 None William W. Harrison 31 None Charles Kinsey 17 None Robert Colfax 15 None John Outwater 13 None Jonathan Ogden 8 None Alexander Kirkpatrick 8 None Anthony Taylor 7 None Mahlon Ford 7 None Sylvester D. Russell 6 None John Buck 1 None Joseph Cooper 1 None Morris Hancock 1 None Andrew Hancock 1 None Sheppard Kollack 1 None William Sanford Pennington 1 None David Thompson 1
Results by county This table compares the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors in each county with surviving returns. The totals presented thus differ slightly from the statewide results summary, which compares the results for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket statewide.
County James MonroeDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Margin Total Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Bergen Burlington Cape May Cumberland 291 99.66 1 0.34 290 99.32 292 Essex Gloucester 203 92.27 17 7.73 186 84.54 220 Hunterdon 591 95.02 31 4.98 560 90.04 622 Middlesex Monmouth 460 100.00 — 460 100.00 460 Morris Salem Somerset Sussex 773 99.23 6 0.77 767 98.46 779 TOTAL 2,318 97.68 55 2.32 2,263 95.36 2,373
Electoral college + 1816 United States Electoral College vote in New Jersey For President For Vice President Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 8 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 8
See also United States presidential elections in New Jersey
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