A presidential election was held in New Hampshire on November 4, 1816, as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of U.S. Secretary of State James Monroe and Governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket. Whereas nationally the Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate, and most state parties effectively conceded the election, in New Hampshire a serious effort was mounted to defeat the Democratic-Republican ticket. Victory in New Hampshire presaged the national Democratic-Republican landslide; with 183 electoral votes, 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire Party Candidate Votes Democratic-Republican William Badger 15,225 Democratic-Republican Amos Cogswell 15,225 Democratic-Republican Richard H. Ayer 15,218 Democratic-Republican Jacob Tuttle 15,213 Democratic-Republican Thomas C. Drew 15,207 Democratic-Republican Thomas Manning 15,199 Democratic-Republican Benjamin Butler 15,140 Democratic-Republican Dan Young 15,133 Federalist Samuel Hale 13,338 Federalist Nathaniel A. Haven 13,321 Federalist George B. Upham 13,316 Federalist Thomas Bellows 13,315 Federalist John T. Gilman 13,313 Federalist Robert Means 13,311 Federalist William Webster 13,297 Federalist Benjamin J. Gilbert 13,119 None John Durken 74 None William Plumer 28 None John Langdon 21 None William Hale 16 None Samuel Wates Hale 14 None Arthur Livermore 14 None John F. Parrott 13 Federalist Jeremiah Smith 13 None Josiah Butler 12 Federalist Bradbury Cilley 12 None Clifton Clagett 12 None Parker Noyes 12 None Nathaniel Upham 12 Federalist Roger Vose 12 None Jeduthun Wilcox 12 None Salma Hale 11 Federalist Oliver Peabody 4 None Thomas Cogswell 2 None Caleb Keith 2 Federalist James Sheafe 2 None Samuel Sparhawk 2 None Joseph Tuttle 2 None Uriah Wilcox 2 None Josiah Bartlett Jr. 1 None Levi Bartlett 1 None John Bellows 1 None Jacob Billey 1 None John J. Cutts 1 None Richard Dame 1 None Samuel B. Dana 1 None Richard C. Drew 1 Federalist Timothy Farrar 1 None Samuel Gilchrist 1 None Nathaniel Gilman 1 None John Harris 1 None Daniel Hawkins 1 None Joseph Healy 1 None Samuel Hotkinson 1 None Samuel Holmes 1 None Elisha Huntley 1 None Jonas C. Marsh 1 None Thomas Means 1 None Richard Odell 1 None Mills Olcott 1 None Nahum Parker 1 None Moses P. Payson 1 None Benjamin Pierce 1 None Samuel Quarles 1 None Nathan Taylor 1 None Timothy Walker 1 None Benjamin West 1
Results by county This table compares the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors in each county. 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 Cheshire 2,724 43.51 3,536 56.48 -812 -12.97 6,260 Coös 254 62.56 152 37.44 102 25.12 406 Grafton 1,541 43.68 1,987 56.32 -446 -12.64 3,528 Hillsborough 4,382 64.32 2,431 35.68 1,951 28.64 6,813 Rockingham 3,585 53.19 3,155 46.81 430 6.38 6,740 Strafford 2,740 56.79 2,085 43.21 655 13.58 4,825 TOTAL 15,226 53.29 13,346 46.71 1,862 6.58 28,572
Electoral college + 1816 United States Electoral College vote in New Hampshire 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 Hampshire
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