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1812 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

1812 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Resultsus-map

The United States presidential election of 1812 was the seventh quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 1812, and took place in the shadow of the War of 1812. It featured an intriguing competition between incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison and a dissident Democratic-Republican, DeWitt Clinton, nephew of Madison's late Vice President, George Clinton. The Federalist opposition threw their support behind Clinton. Nonetheless, Madison was re-elected with 50.4 percent of the popular vote, making the 1812 election the closest election up to that point for the popular vote. This was the first presidential election to be held during a major war involving the United States.

Presidential candidate

Party

Home state

Popular vote

Electoral vote

Count

Percentage

James Madison (Incumbent)

Democratic-Republican

Virginia

1,40,431

50.40%

128

DeWitt Clinton

Democratic-Republican

New York

1,32,781

47.60%

89

Rufus King

Federalist

New York

5,574

2.00%

0

Total

2,78,786

100.00%

217

Needed to win

109