1808 United States presidential election in Maryland

1808 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee James Madison Charles C. Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia South Carolina
Electoral vote 9 2
Popular vote 15,336 8,886
Percentage 63.31% 36.69%
Popular vote -

County Results

President before election

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Voting in Maryland for the 1808 United States presidential election took place on an unknown date. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Early elections were quite different from modern ones. Voters voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Oftentimes, which candidate an elector intended to support was unclear. Prior to the ratification of the 12th amendment, each elector did not distinguish between a vote cast for President and Vice President, and simply cast two votes.

Starting with the 1796 United States presidential election and ending with the 1824 United States presidential election, Maryland used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.