1808 United States presidential election

The **1808 United States presidential election** was the 6th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from November 4 to December 7, 1808. This election was between the Democratic-Republican nominee, Secretary of State James Madison of Virginia and the Federalist nominee, former Minister to France Charles C. Pinckney of South Carolina. Madison won the election with 122 electoral votes. Pinckney got 45 electoral votes.

This is also the first time that an unsuccessful presidential nominee would win their party's nomination for a second time and lose the election, as Pinckney had won the Federalist presidential nomination in 1804 but had lost to President Thomas Jefferson.

### Democratic-Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|James Madison|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|George Clinton|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1808 Democratic-Republican Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|5th Secretary of State <small>(1801-1809)</small>|4th Vice President of the United States <small>(1805–1812)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- James Madison, 5th U.S. Secretary of State from Virginia <small>(1801-1809)</small> <small>_(Nominee)_</small>
- James Monroe, 4th Ambassador to the United Kingdom from Virginia <small>(1803-1807)</small> <small>_(1816 Nominee) (Later became POTUS in 1817)_</small>
- George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States <small>(1805-1812)</small> <small>_(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States <small>(1805-1812)</small> <small>_(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>
- John Langdon, 3rd and 5th Governor of New Hampshire <small>(1805-1809, 1810-1812)</small>
- Henry Dearborn, 5th U.S. Secretary of War <small>(1801-1809)</small>
- John Quincy Adams, U.S. senator from Massachusetts <small>(1803-1808) _(1824 Nominee) (Later became POTUS in 1825) (Son of 2nd President John Adams [1797-1801])_</small>

### Federalist Party

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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1808 Federalist Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFDAB9; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFDAB9; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|6th U.S. Minister to France <small>(1796–1797)</small>|3rd U.S. Minister to Great Britain <small>(1796–1803)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- Charles Cotsworth Pinckney, 6th U.S. Minister to France <small>(1796–1797)</small> <small>_(Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Rufus King, 3rd U.S. Minister to Great Britain <small>(1796–1803)</small> <small>_(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1808 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1795
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1804 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1804
- **next election**: 1812 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1812
- **votes for election**: 176 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 89 electoral
- **turnout**: 36.8%  13.0 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: November 4 – December 7, 1808
- **image1**: File:James Madison (cropped 3x4 close).jpg
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **nominee1**: **James Madison**
- **party1**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **running mate1**: **George Clinton**
- **home state1**: Virginia
- **electoral vote1**: **122**
- **states carried1**: **12**
- **popular vote1**: **124,964**
- **percentage1**: **65.0%**
- **image2**: File:James Earl - General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped b).jpg
- **nominee2**: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- **color2**: EA9978
- **party2**: Federalist Party
- **running mate2**: Rufus King
- **home state2**: South Carolina
- **electoral vote2**: 45
- **states carried2**: 5
- **popular vote2**: 60,976
- **percentage2**: 31.7%
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:green;">Green</span> denotes states won by Madison/Clinton and <span style="color:#EA9978;">Salmon</span> denotes states won by Pinckney/King. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Thomas Jefferson
- **before party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **after election**: James Madison
- **after party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1808.svg