United States presidential election of 1820

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The United States presidential election of 1820 was effectively an uncontested race in which incumbent President James Monroe won re-election during the Era of Good Feelings, reflecting the temporary collapse of strong party opposition.

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instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
electoralCollegeMeetingDate 1820-12-06 ⓘ
electorallyOpposedBy faithless elector from New Hampshire ⓘ
electoralVotesForJamesMonroe 231 ⓘ
electoralVotesForJohnQuincyAdams 1 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 117 ⓘ
endDate 1820-12-06 ⓘ
eraCharacterizedBy temporary decline of partisan conflict at national level ⓘ
faithlessElectorVotedFor John Quincy Adams ⓘ
formalVoteCountDateInCongress 1821-02-14 ⓘ
historicalSignificance last U.S. presidential election in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed ⓘ
only U.S. presidential election where a major-party candidate received all but one electoral vote ⓘ
incumbentPresident James Monroe ⓘ
mainCandidate James Monroe ⓘ
John Quincy Adams ⓘ
majorOppositionParty none ⓘ
nextElection United States presidential election of 1824 ⓘ
numberOfFaithlessElectors 1 ⓘ
numberOfStatesParticipating 24 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partOf Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
popularVoteForJamesMonroe approximately 80,000 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForJamesMonroe approximately 80.6% ⓘ
presidentAfterElection James Monroe ⓘ
presidentBeforeElection James Monroe ⓘ
previousElection United States presidential election of 1816 ⓘ
reasonForFaithlessVote to preserve George Washington’s unique status as only unanimously elected president ⓘ
reflectedCollapseOf Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
relatedIssue Missouri Compromise ⓘ
runningMateOfJamesMonroe Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
startDate 1820-11-01 ⓘ
stateAdmittedBeforeElection Maine ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter Panic of 1819 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
tookPlaceInCongressionalSession 16th United States Congress ⓘ
17th United States Congress ⓘ
totalElectoralVotes 232 ⓘ
typeOfElection indirect election via Electoral College ⓘ
vicePresidentAfterElection Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
vicePresidentBeforeElection Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
vicePresidentialCandidate Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
wasEffectivelyUncontested true ⓘ
winner James Monroe ⓘ
winningParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ

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United States presidential election of 1824 → previousElection → United States presidential election of 1820 ⓘ
Second inauguration of James Monroe → follows → United States presidential election of 1820 ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1816 → followedBy → United States presidential election, 1820 ⓘ
linked to: United States presidential election of 1820