1816 United States presidential election

The **1816 United States presidential election** was the 8th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from November 1 to December 3, 1816. This election was between the Democratic-Republican nominee, Secretary of State James Monroe of Virginia and the Federalist nominee, Senator Rufus King of New York. Monroe won the election with 183 electoral votes. King got only 34 electoral votes.

### Democratic-Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|James Monroe|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|Daniel D. Tompkins|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**18**</big><big>**16 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***|
|7th Secretary of State <small>(1811–1817)</small>|4th Governor of New York <small>(18</small><small>07–1817)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- James Monroe, 7th Secretary of State <small>(1811-1817) _(Nominee)_</small>
- William H. Crawford, 9th Secretary of War <small>(1811-1816)</small>
- Daniel D. Tompkins, 4th Governor of New York <small>(1807-1817) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Daniel D. Tompkins, 4th Governor of New York <small>(1807-1817) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>
- Simon Snyder, 3rd Governor of Pennsylvania <small>(1808-1817)</small>

#### Presidential

- Rufus King, U.S. senator from New York <small>(1813-1825) _(Nominee)_</small>
- William H. Crawford, 9th Secretary of War <small>(1811-1816) _(Withdrew March 16, 1816)_</small>
- John E. Howard, U.S. senator from Maryland <small>(1796-1803) _(Did not run)_</small>

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1816 United States presidential election
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: No
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1795
- **previous election**: 1812 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1812
- **next election**: 1820 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1820
- **turnout**: 16.9%  23.5 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: November 1 – December 3, 1816
- **needed votes**: 109 electoral
- **votes for election**: 217 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **nominee1**: **James Monroe**
- **party1**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **home state1**: Virginia
- **running mate1**: **Daniel D. Tompkins**
- **before election**: James Madison
- **before party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **after election**: James Monroe
- **electoral vote1**: **183**
- **image1**: File:John Vanderlyn - James Monroe - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **states carried1**: **16**
- **percentage1**: **68.7%**
- **popular vote1**: **76,762**
- **image2**: File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Rufus King (1819-1820) - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped).jpg
- **nominee2**: Rufus King
- **party2**: Federalist Party
- **home state2**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate2**: _N/A_
- **electoral vote2**: 34
- **popular vote2**: 17,300
- **percentage2**: 15.5%
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:green;">Green</span> denotes states won by Monroe and <span style="color:#EA9978;">Salmon</span> denotes states won by King. One elector from Delaware and three from Maryland did not vote. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
- **map size**: 350px
- **title**: President
- **after party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **states carried2**: 3
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1816.svg