A presidential election was held in Delaware on November 12, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. The Federalist Party's ticket defeated the Democratic-Republican Party's ticket in the Delaware General Assembly. The Federalist electors voted for former U.S. minister to France Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and former U.S. minister to Great Britain Rufus King over the incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and the former New York governor George Clinton.
Jefferson won the national election in a landslide. Delaware was one of two states to back the losing Federalist candidates, in addition to Connecticut and two single-member districts in Maryland.
General election + 1804 United States presidential election in Delaware Party Candidate Votes Federalist Maxwell Bines 18 Federalist Thomas Fisher 18 Federalist George Kennard 18 Democratic-Republican John Fisher 5 Democratic-Republican Joseph Haslet 5 Democratic-Republican George Read Jr. 5 23
See also United States presidential elections in Delaware
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