1816 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1816 United States presidential election in Ohio

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Nominee  | James Monroe | Unpledged electors |
Party  | Democratic-Republican | Federalist
Home state  | Virginia | N/A
Running mate  | Daniel D. Tompkins | N/A[a]
Electoral vote  | 8 | 0
Popular vote  | 3,326 | 593
Percentage  | 84.87% | 15.13%

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| President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

| Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

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A presidential election was held in Ohio on November 1, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election.[1] 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.[2] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.[3] 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.[4]

## General election

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### Summary

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Ohio chose eight electors on a statewide general ticket. Original returns for the election have been lost. Contemporary newspapers state the Democratic-Republican candidates ran unopposed without providing exact figures.[5] Beginning in 1891, the Ohio secretary of state included a table of past election returns in his Annual Report that records 3,326 votes for Monroe and 563 votes for King;[6] these figures have been republished in subsequent editions of Ohio Election Statistics down to the present day. Although the Annual Report is notably imprecise, lacks county data, and omits the names and votes received by electors pledged to each ticket, it remains the most important source for the statewide popular vote in Ohio in 1816.[7] Michael J. Dubin reprints the figures from the Annual Report for 1816 in his comprehensive study of the popular vote in presidential elections prior to 1860.[2] Phil Lampi's A New Nation Votes project locates partial returns from two counties, but no statewide figures.[8] This table follows the scholarly consensus to defer to the figures in Ohio Election Statistics, as corrected in the 1985–86 edition.

1816 United States presidential election in Ohio[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic-Republican | James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins | 3,326  | 84.87
| Federalist | Unpledged electors | 593  | 15.13
Total votes | 3,919  | 100.00

### Results

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1816 United States presidential election in Ohio[b] Party  | Candidate  | Votes

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| Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Hough | 53
| Democratic-Republican | John Patterson | 53
| Democratic-Republican | Abraham Shepherd | 53
| Democratic-Republican | John G. Young | 53
| Democratic-Republican | Aaron Wheeler | 52
| Democratic-Republican | William Skinner | 50
| Democratic-Republican | Othniel Looker | 49
| Democratic-Republican | Joseph Vance | 33
| Democratic-Republican | James Curry | 20
| None  | John H. Patch  | 12
| None  | Reason Bell  | 6
| None  | Jesup N. Couch  | 6
| None  | Calvin Pease | 6
| None  | Benjamin Tappan | 6
| None  | Abraham Skinner  | 5
| None  | Philemon Beecher | 4
| None  | Bezaleel Wells | 4
| None  | Francis Freeman  | 3
| None  | Ethan Allen Brown | 1
| None  | William Patterson | 1
| None  | Thomas Worthington | 1

Total

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### Results by county

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County  | James Monroe
Democratic-Republican  | Others  | Margin  | Total  | Cit.

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Votes  | Percent  | Votes  | Percent  | Votes  | Percent
Adams | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Ashtabula | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Athens | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Belmont | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Butler | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Champaign | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Clermont | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Clinton | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Columbiana | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Coshocton | 8  | 100.00  | —  | 8  | 100.00  | 8  | [8]
Cuyahoga | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Delaware | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Fairfield | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Fayette | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Franklin | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Gallia | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Geauga | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Greene | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Guernsey | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Hamilton | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Harrison | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Highland | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Huron | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Jackson | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Jefferson | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Knox | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Licking | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Madison | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Miami | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Monroe | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Montgomery | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Muskingum | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Pickaway | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Pike | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Portage | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Preble | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Richland | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Ross | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Scioto | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Stark | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Trumbull | 12  | 66.67  | 6  | 33.33  | 6  | 33.34  | 18  | [8]
Tuscarawas | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Warren | 33  | 100.00  | —  | 33  | 100.00  | 33  | [9]
Washington | ** | ** | ** | ** |
Wayne | ** | ** | ** | ** |
TOTAL  | 53  | 89.83  | 6  | 10.17  | 47  | 79.66  | 59  |

### Electoral college

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1816 United States Electoral College vote in Ohio[4] For President  | For Vice President

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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

Total

## See also

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* United States presidential elections in Ohio

## References

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1. ^ No candidate formally nominated
2. ^ Incomplete results based on partial returns from Coshocton, Trumbull,[8] and Warren[9] counties

1. ^ State of Ohio (1816). Laws of Ohio [...]. n.p. p. 298.
2. ^ a b c Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 22.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b "1816 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
5. ^ "In the state of Ohio [...]". Daily National Intelligencer. November 18, 1816.
6. ^ State of Ohio (1891). Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio [...]. Columbus. p. 215.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. ^ Ratcliffe, Donald (1992). "The Mystery of Ohio's Missing Presidential Election Returns, 1804–1848". Archival Issues. 17 (2): 138–39.
8. ^ a b c d Lampi, Philip J. "Ohio 1816 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
9. ^ a b The History of Warren County, Ohio [...]. Chicago. 1882. p. 592.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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