1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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.^[1] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1816 United States presidential election in New Hampshire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins	5,441	99.02
	Federalist	Unpledged electors	54	0.98
Total votes			5,495	100.00

Results

1816 United States presidential election in New Jersey^[1]
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 S. Pennington	1
	None	David Thompson	1
Total			≥5,495

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 Monroe Democratic-Republican		Unpledged electors Federalist		Margin		Total
County	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent	Total
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	**		**		**		**
Monmouth	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^[3]
For President				For Vice President
Candidate	Party	Home state	Electoral vote	Candidate	Party	Home state	Electoral vote
James Monroe	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	8	Daniel D. Tompkins	Democratic-Republican	New York	8
Total			8	Total			8

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lampi, Philip J. "New Jersey 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
^ Turner, Lynn W. (2002). "Elections of 1816 and 1820". In Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 307.
^ ^a ^b "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
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- Lampi, Philip J. "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 57. JSTOR 24486931.

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[Lampi-1] Lampi, Philip J. "New Jersey 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

[2] Turner, Lynn W. (2002). "Elections of 1816 and 1820". In Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 307.

[National-Archives-3] "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

[4] 
Lampi, Philip J. "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 57. JSTOR 24486931.

[5] Lampi, Philip J. "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 19, 2025.

[6] Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 57. JSTOR 24486931.

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