U.S. presidential election, 1808

The U.S. presidential election of 1808 was the first of only two cases where a new President would be elected, but the Vice Presidency remained in the same hands.

In addition to his re-election, Vice President George Clinton, who had served under Thomas Jefferson, was also an unwilling candidate for President, garnering six electoral votes from a wing of the Democratic-Republican Party that disapproved of James Madison.

Contents

1 General election 1.1 Results 2 Electoral college selection 3 See also 4 External link

General election

Results

|- | rowspan="2" | George Clinton | rowspan="2" | Republican | rowspan="2" | New York | rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | — | rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | — | rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | 6 | James Madison | Virginia | style="text-align:right;" | 3

|- | James Monroe | Virginia | style="text-align:right;" | 3 ^(a) '

Electoral college selection

Method of choosing Electors	State(s)
each Elector appointed by state legislature	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Massachusetts New York South Carolina Vermont
each Elector chosen by voters statewide	New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia
state is divided into electoral districts, with one Elector chosen per district by the voters of that district	Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Tennessee

See also

• History of the United States (1789-1849)

External link

• The Green Papers: A Historical Analysis of the Electoral College