1804 United States presidential election

The **1804 United States presidential election** was the 5th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from November 2 to December 4, 1804 This election was between the Democratic-Republican nominee, President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and the Federalist nominee, former Minister to France Charles C. Pinckney of South Carolina. Jefferson won the election with 128 electoral votes. King got 89 electoral votes.

This would be the first time in U.S. history that a nominee of a political party would win the presidency for two consecutive terms.

### Democratic-Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|Thomas Jefferson|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|George Clinton|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1804 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***|
|3rd President of the United States <small>(1801-1809)</small>|1st Governor of New York <small>(1777-1795, 1801-1804)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States from Virginia <small>(1801-1809) _(Nominee)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- George Clinton, 1st Governor of New York <small>(1777-1795, 1801-1804) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>
- John Breckinridge, U.S. senator from Kentucky <small>(1801-1805) _(Grandfather of future VP John C. Breckinridge)_</small>
- Levi Lincoln, 4th Attorney General of the United States from Massachusetts <small>(1801-1805)</small>
- John Langdon, U.S. senator from New Hampshire <small>(1789-1801)</small> and 2nd President of New Hampshire <small>(1785-1786, 1788-1789)</small>
- Gideon Granger, 7th Postmaster General of the United States from Connecticut <small>(1801-1814)</small>
- William Maclay, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania <small>(1789-1801)</small>

### Federalist Party

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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1804 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**: 1804 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1795
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1800 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1800
- **next election**: 1808 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1808
- **votes for election**: 176 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 89 electoral
- **turnout**: 23.8%  8.5 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: November 2 – December 4, 1808
- **image1**: File:Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800) (3x4 cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **nominee1**: **Thomas Jefferson**
- **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 Jefferson/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**: Thomas Jefferson
- **after party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1804.svg