1812 United States presidential election
Results

1812 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote(a), (b)	Electoral vote(c)	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

James Madison (incumbent)	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	140,431	50.4%	128	Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	128

DeWitt Clinton	Democratic-Republican	New York	132,781	47.6%	89	Jared Ingersoll	Pennsylvania	86

Elbridge Gerry	Massachusetts	3

Rufus King	Federalist	New York	5,574	2.0%	0	William R. Davie	North Carolina	0

Total	278,786	100%	217	217

Needed to win	109	109

Sentence(s)

Madison was elected with 50.4 percent of the popular vote to Clinton's 47.6% in the 1812 presidential election.

final_sentence: Madison was elected with 50.4 percent of the popular vote to Clinton's 47.6% in the 1812 presidential election.