1812 United States presidential election in Maryland

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.

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

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.

Results

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Presidential

candidate

Party Home State Popular Vote Electoral

Vote[1]

Count Percentage
James Madison Democratic-

Republican

Virginia 14,046 51.80% 6
DeWitt Clinton Federalist New York 13,092 48.20% 5
Total 27,138 100.00% 11

Results by electoral district

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Results by District
District James Madison

Democratic-Republican

DeWitt Clinton

Federalist

Other

Federalist

Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % Electors # % Electors # % Electors # %
1 107 12.31% 0 757 87.11% 1 3 0.58% 0 -53 -74.22% 869
2 959 44.29% 0 1,206 55.71% 1 0 0.00% 0 -247 -11.42% 2,165
3 6,829 64.92% 2 3,689 35.08% 0 0 0.00% 0 3,140 28.03% 10,518
4 3,925 49.24% 0 4,045 50.76% 2 0 0.00% 0 -120 -1.52% 7,970
5 1,668 69.67% 1 726 30.33% 0 0 0% 0 942 39.34% 1,780
6 1,840 62.18% 1 1,119 37.82% 0 0 0% 0 721 24.36% 2,959
7 1,238 58.64% 1 873 41.36% 0 0 0.00% 0 365 17.28% 2,111
8 1,484 50.49% 1 1,455 49.51% 0 0 0.00% 0 29 0.98% 2,939
9 189 7.77% 0 2,238 92.06% 1 4 0.002% 0 -2053 -84.29% 2,431
Total 14,046 51.80% 6 13,092 48.20% 5 7 0 954 3.60% 27,138

Results by county

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County James Madison

Democratic-Republican

DeWitt Clinton

Democratic-Republican

Other

Other

Margin Total

Votes

Cast [3]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 436 45.85% 515 54.15% 0 0% -79 -8.30% 951
Anne Arundel 733 57.90% 533 42.10% 0 0.00% 200 15.80% 1,266
Baltimore (City and County) 4,290 73.20% 1,571 26.80% 0 0% 2,719 46.40% 5,861
Calvert 339 46.57% 389 53.43% 0 0.00% -50 -6.86% 728
Caroline 502 45.18% 609 54.82% 0 0.00% -107 -9.64% 898
Cecil 768 49.58% 781 50.42% 0 0.00% -13 -0.84% 1,549
Charles 34 7.57% 415 92.43% 0 0.00% -381 -84.86% 449
Dorchester 322 29.81% 758 70.19% 0 0.00% -436 -40.38% 1,080
Frederick 2,216 45.08% 2,590 54.92% 0 0.00% -374 -9.84% 4,716
Harford 1,072 76.03% 338 23.97% 0 0.00% 734 52.06% 1,410
Kent 467 47.46% 517 52.54% 0 0.00% -50 -5.08% 987
Montgomery 483 49.85% 486 50.15% 0 0.00% -3 -0.30% 969
Prince George's 489 44.09% 620 55.91% 0 0.00% 101 8.76% 1,109
Queen Anne's 771 68.41% 356 31.59% 0 0.00% 415 36.82% 1,127
St. Mary's 58 18.65% 253 81.35% 0 0.00% -195 -62.70% 321
Somerset 49 6.41% 716 93.59% 0 0.00% -667 -87.18% 765
Talbot 670 48.13% 722 51.87% 0 0.00% -52 -3.74% 482
Washington 1,364 59.20% 940 40.80% 0 0.00% 424 18.40% 2,304
Worcester 76 8.14% 858 91.86% 0 0.00% -782 -83.72% 934
Total 14,046 51.80% 13,092 48.20% 0 0.00% 954 3.60% 27,138

Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well
  1. ^ Petersen, Svend (1963). A statistical history of the American presidential elections. New York: Ungar.
  2. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved October 31, 2022.