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U.S. Presidential Election: 1808
November 4 – December 7, 1808
175 electoral votes of the Electoral College
89 electoral votes needed to win
Winners:
James Madison Charles C. Pinckney
Running mate George Clinton Rufus King
Electoral vote 122 47
States carried 12 5
James Madison (Virginia), Secretary of State
James Monroe (Virginia), Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
George Clinton (New York), Vice President of the United States
Henry Dearborn (Maine), Secretary of War
John Quincy Adams (Massachusetts), United States Senator
Presidential Ballot Total Vice Presidential Ballot Total
James Madison 83 George Clinton 79
James Monroe 3 John Langdon 5
George Clinton 3 Henry Dearborn 3
John Quincy Adams 1
Federalist Party Ticket, 1808
Charles C. Pinckney Rufus King
Running mate
Count Percentage
Vicepresidential
candidate
Home state
Electoral vote
James Madison
122
George Clinton
(incumbent) 113
John Langdon
New Hampshire
9
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
South Carolina 47
George
Clinton
New
York — — 6
James
Madison
Virginia 3
James
Monroe
Virginia 3
James
Monroe
Vote Count = 348
Popular Vote = 204 = 59 percent
Non-Popular Vote = 144 = 41 percent
Connecticut - Legislative selection - 9
Delaware - Legislative selection - 3
Georgia - Legislative selection - 6
Massachusetts - Legislative selection - 19
New York - Legislative selection - 19
South Carolina - Legislative selection - 10
Vermont - Legislative selection - 6
Kentucky - Popular Vote by District - 7
Maryland - Popular Vote by District - 11
North Carolina - Popular Vote by District - 13
Tennessee - Popular Vote by District - 5
New Hampshire - Popular Vote overall - 7
New Jersey - Popular Vote overall - 8
Ohio - Popular Vote overall - 3
Pennsylvania - Popular Vote overall - 20
Rhode Island - Popular Vote overall - 4
Virginia - Popular Vote overall - 24
change: Massachusetts - Popular Vote by District to Legislative selection
One Elector from Kentucky did not vote.
