The 1820 United States presidential election in Maine took place between November 1 to December 6, 1820, as part of the
1820 United States presidential election
The 1820 United States presidential election was the ninth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Wednesday, November 1, to Wednesday, December 6, 1820. Taking place at the height of the Era of Good Feelings, the election saw incumbe ...
. The state's popular vote chose nine representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
President and
Vice President.
would vote in its first ever United States presidential election, having become the 23rd state by splitting off
Massachusetts on March 15 of the same year. The state would cast its nine electoral votes to
Democratic Republican
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
candidate and incumbent President
James Monroe, who would win the state by a margin of 91.56%.
Effectively, the 1820 presidential election was an election with no campaign, since there was no serious opposition to Monroe and Tompkins. In fact, Monroe won all the electoral votes barring one from neighboring
New Hampshire, which was cast for
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
See also
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United States presidential elections in Maine
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maine, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1820, Maine has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1820, much of the territory currently comprising ...
References
1820 United States presidential election by state
United States presidential elections in Maine
1820 Maine elections
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