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Seventh American presidential election of 1812

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Dates

The 1812 presidential election took place from Friday, October 30 - Wednesday, December 2, 1812.

Candidates

• James Madison, winner
• DeWitt Clinton, former mayor of New York
• George Clinton, incumbent vice president (died before nomination)

• DeWitt Clinton (same person, winner)
• John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Final tickets

• Democratic-Republican Party: James Madison (P) & Elbridge Gerry (VP)
• Federalist Party (unofficial): DeWitt Clinton (P) & Jared Ingersoll (VP)
• Federalist party of the state of Pennsylvania: Rufus King (P) & William R. Davie (VP)

Campaining & major issues

In this election, Federalists had a real chance of possibly winning. Tensions in Europe had been increasing and in June 1812 the United States declared war on Britain. DeWitt's candidacy was interesting; he was never formally nominated by anybody, as many Federalists thought officially nominating him would split the party. However, not only did he have support of most Federalists, anti-war Democratic-Republicans also supported him and did not approve of Madison's performance as president. This was the first election that took place when the United States was directly at war.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college increased to 217 electors in 1812; 109 needed to win. 278,786 people voted.

Results

First place: James Madison & Elbridge Gerry

128/217 electoral votes

50.4% of the popular vote

Second place: DeWitt Clinton & Jared Ingersoll

86/217 electoral votes

47.6% of the popular vote

Third place: DeWitt Clinton & Elbridge Gerry

3/217 electoral votes

Popular vote unknown

Fourth place: Rufus King & William R. Davie

No electoral votes

2% of the popular vote

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