1812 United States presidential election in Maryland

1812 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee James Madison DeWitt Clinton
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican[Note 1]
Home state Virginia New York
Electoral vote 6 5
Popular vote 14,046 13,092
Percentage 51.80% 48.20%
Popular vote -

County Results

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

The 1812 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1812, as part of the 1812 presidential election. 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.
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