A presidential election was held in North Carolina on an unknown date in 1800, as part of the 1800 presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Carolina voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won North Carolina by a margin of 2.6%, taking eight of its twelve electoral votes.
North Carolina used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections. While it is known that the elector from the Edenton district voted for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the county level results have been lost.
Results 1800 United States presidential election in North Carolina PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votesDemocratic-RepublicanThomas Jefferson11,49251.26%8FederalistJohn Adams10,92448.75%4Totals4,512100.00%12
Results by county +1800 United States presidential election in North CarolinaCountyJohn AdamsFederalistThomas JeffersonDemocratic-RepublicanMarginTotalvotes#%#%#% Anson32193.04%246.96%29786.08%345 Ashe00.00%62100.00%-62-100.00%62 Beaufort15634.59%29565.41%-139-30.82%451 Bertie299.76%26890.24%-239-80.48%297 Bladen34198.27%61.73%33596.54%347 Brunswick18880.34%4619.66%14260.68%234 Buncombe2614.29%15685.71%-130-71.42%182 Burke12222.22%42777.78%-305-55.56%549 Cabarrus13957.92%10142.08%3015.84%240 Camden-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Carteret14791.30%148.70%13382.60%161 Caswell132.40%52897.60%-51595.20%541 Chatham23136.78%39763.22%-166-26.44%628 Chowan-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Craven33152.37%30147.63%304.74%632 Cumberland52879.52%13620.48%39259.04%664 Currituck-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Duplin13428.27%34071.73%-206-43.46%474 Edgecombe20247.64%22252.36%-20-4.72%424 Franklin6823.29%22476.71%-156-53.42%292 Gates-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Granville18733.04%37966.96%-192-33.92%566 Greene24584.48%4515.52%20068.96%290 Guilford35775.48%11624.52%24150.96%473 Halifax20930.96%46669.04%-257-38.08%675 Hertford11534.43%21965.57%-104-31.14%334 Hyde22457.88%16342.12%6115.76%387 Iredell46190.57%489.43%41381.14%509 Johnston16864.62%9235.38%7629.24%260 Jones14262.01%8737.99%5524.02%229 Lenoir12234.96%22765.04%-105-30.08%349 Lincoln24095.62%114.38%22991.24%251 Martin27679.31%7220.69%20458.62%348 Mecklenburg27448.41%29251.59%-18-3.18%566 Montgomery27783.69%5416.31%22367.38%331 Moore52598.87%61.13%51997.74%531 Nash4731.76%10168.24%-54-36.48%148 New Hanover22348.37%23851.63%-15-3.26%461 Northampton28164.30%15635.70%12528.60%437 Onslow24977.81%7122.19%17855.62%320 Orange37439.91%56360.09%-189-20.18%937 Pasquotank-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Perquimans-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Person6220.46%24179.54%-179-59.08%303 Pitt38864.99%20935.01%17929.98%597 Randolph2515.43%13784.57%-112-69.14%162 Richmond32289.44%3810.56%28478.88%360 Robeson17274.14%6025.86%11248.28%232 Rockingham5810.74%48289.26%-424-78.52%540 Rowan64353.32%56346.68%806.64%1,206 Rutherford6014.25%36185.75%-301-71.50%421 Sampson26088.14%3511.86%22576.28%295 Stokes42256.64%32343.36%9913.28%745 Surry20230.10%46969.90%-267-39.80%671 Tyrrell-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Wake26646.83%30253.17%-36-6.34%568 Warren142.49%54997.51%-535-95.02%563 Washington-0.00%-100.00%--100.00%- Wayne225.06%41394.94%-391-89.88%435 Wilkes369.16%35790.84%-321-81.68%393Total10,92448.73%11,49251.27%-568-2.54%22,416
Results by district Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican John AdamsFederalist Margin District total Citation District # % # % # % # Edenton No data No data No data No data Edgecombe 1,035 44.02 1,316 55.98 -281 -11.96 2,351 Fayetteville 299 12.32 2,128 87.68 -1,829 -75.36 2,427 Hilsborough 1,344 63.61 769 36.39 575 27.22 2,113 Morgan 1,374 73.95 484 26.05 890 47.90 1,858 New Bern 1,134 54.89 932 45.11 202 9.78 2,066 Northampton 715 50.49 701 49.51 14 0.98 1,416 Raleigh 1,319 63.87 746 36.13 573 27.74 2,065 Rockingham 1,322 53.63 1,143 46.37 179 7.26 2,465 Salisbury 1,010 43.11 1,333 56.89 -323 -13.78 2,343 Warren 1,340 79.86 338 20.14 1,002 59.72 1,678 Wilmington 701 38.18 1,135 61.82 -434 -23.64 1,836
See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina 1800 United States presidential election 1800 United States elections
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