12th United States presidential election

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The 12th United States presidential election was the 1816 contest in which Democratic-Republican James Monroe was elected president, marking the decline of the Federalist Party and the start of the Era of Good Feelings.

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instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoContestedOffice Vice President of the United States ⓘ
campaignIssues aftermath of the War of 1812 ⓘ
economic recovery ⓘ
national unity ⓘ
constitutionalBasis United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionDate 1816 ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVotesForMainOpponent 34 ⓘ
electoralVotesForWinner 183 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 109 ⓘ
endDate 1816-12-04 ⓘ
eraStarted Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
followedBy 13th United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 11th United States presidential election ⓘ
governingAmendmentInEffect Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
marked the decline of the Federalist Party ⓘ
incumbentPresidentBeforeElection James Madison ⓘ
incumbentPresidentPartyBeforeElection Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
location various states of the United States ⓘ
mainOpponent Rufus King ⓘ
mainOpponentParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
mainWinner James Monroe ⓘ
nextElectionYear 1820 ⓘ
notableOutcome Federalist Party failed to recover nationally ⓘ
numberInSequence 12 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partySystemContext First Party System ⓘ
popularVoteForMainOpponent 38258 ⓘ
popularVoteForWinner 108595 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForMainOpponent 24.3 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForWinner 68.2 ⓘ
presidentAfterElection James Monroe ⓘ
presidentAfterElectionParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
previousElectionYear 1812 ⓘ
resultType landslide victory for James Monroe ⓘ
runningMateOfWinner Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
startDate 1816-11-01 ⓘ
stateParticipation all states in the Union in 1816 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring post-War of 1812 period ⓘ
totalElectors 217 ⓘ
vicePresidentialWinner Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
vicePresidentialWinnerParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
winnerParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ

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11th United States presidential election → nextElection → 12th United States presidential election ⓘ