United States presidential election, 1816

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The United States presidential election of 1816 was the contest in which Democratic-Republican James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King, effectively marking the end of the Federalist Party as a national force and ushering in the Era of Good Feelings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
campaignCharacterization lacked strong organized opposition to Monroe ⓘ
low-intensity contest ⓘ
constitutionalFramework United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electoralCollegeMetDate 1816-12-04 ⓘ
electoralCollegeVotesTotal 217 ⓘ
electoralVoteCountForJamesMonroe 183 ⓘ
electoralVoteCountForRufusKing 34 ⓘ
electoralVotesFor James Monroe ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
eraInitiated Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
followedBy United States presidential election, 1820 ⓘ
follows United States presidential election, 1812 ⓘ
hasEndDate 1816-12-04 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1816-11-01 ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the effective end of the Federalist Party as a national force ⓘ
ushered in the Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
incumbentPresident James Madison ⓘ
incumbentPresidentEligibleForReelection no ⓘ
incumbentPresidentParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
incumbentPresidentTermLimitReason voluntarily retired after two terms ⓘ
loser Rufus King ⓘ
loserParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
mainIssue continuation of Democratic-Republican dominance ⓘ
decline of the Federalist Party ⓘ
post-War of 1812 politics ⓘ
majorParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
numberOfStatesParticipating 19 ⓘ
partOf United States presidential elections ⓘ
popularVoteUsedInMostStates true ⓘ
presidentElected James Monroe ⓘ
presidentialTermStartDate 1817-03-04 ⓘ
reasonStateNotParticipatingIndiana admitted to the Union too late to choose electors ⓘ
stateNotParticipating Indiana ⓘ
statesCarriedBy James Monroe ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
statesCarriedByJamesMonroe 16 ⓘ
statesCarriedByRufusKing 3 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring post-War of 1812 period ⓘ
tookPlaceUnder Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
usedElectoralCollegeSystem true ⓘ
vicePresidentElected Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMateOfLoser John Eager Howard ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMateOfWinner Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
winner James Monroe ⓘ
winnerParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rufus King → candidateInElection → United States presidential election, 1816 ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1812 → followedBy → United States presidential election, 1816 ⓘ
First inauguration of James Monroe → relatedEvent → United States presidential election of 1816 ⓘ
linked to: United States presidential election, 1816
United States presidential election of 1820 → previousElection → United States presidential election of 1816 ⓘ
linked to: United States presidential election, 1816