1812 United States presidential election

The **1812 United States presidential election** was the 7th election in the history of the United States. It occurred from October 30 to December 2, 1812. This election was between the Democratic-Republican nominee, President James Madison of Virginia and the Federalist nominee, Lieutenant Governor and NYC Mayor DeWitt Clinton of New York. Madison won the election with 128 electoral votes. King got 89  electoral votes.

### 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;"|Elbridge Gerry|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1812 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***|
|4th President of the United States <small>(1809–1817)</small>|9th Governor of Massachusetts <small>(1810–1812)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- James Madison, 4th President of the United States <small>(1809-1817)</small> <small>_(Nominee)_</small>
- DeWitt Clinton, 5th Lieutenant Governor of New York <small>(1811-1813)</small> & 47th, 49th and 51st Mayor of New York City <small>(1803-1807, 1808-1810, 1811-1815) _(Federalist endorsed nominee)_</small>
- George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States <small>(1805-1812) _(Died on April 20, 1812)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Elbridge Gerry, 9th Governor of Massachusetts <small>(1810–1812) _(Nominee)_</small>
- John Langdon, 3rd Governor of New Hampshire <small>(1810–1812)</small>

### Federalist Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"|DeWitt Clinton|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"||
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|style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>**1812 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***|
|5th Lieutenant Governor of New York <small>(1811–1813)</small> 47th, 49th and 51st Mayor of New York City <small>(1803–1807, 1808–1810, & 1811–1815)</small>|5th & 11th Attorney General of Pennsylvania <small>(1791–1800, 1811–1816)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- DeWitt Clinton, 5th Lieutenant Governor of New York <small>(1811-1813)</small> & 47th, 49th and 51st Mayor of New York City <small>(1803-1807, 1808-1810, 1811-1815) _(Nominee)_</small>
- John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States <small>(1801-1835) _(Declined to contest)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Jared Ingersoil, 5th & 11th Attorney General of Pennsylvania <small>(1791–1800, 1811–1816) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

### Straight-Federalist

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"||style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"||
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1812 Straight-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***|
|3rd U.S. Minister to Great Britain <small>(1796–1803)</small>|10th Governor of North Carolina <small>(1798–1799)</small>|||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1812 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1795
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1808 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1808
- **next election**: 1816 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1816
- **votes for election**: 217 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 109 electoral
- **turnout**: 40.4%  3.6 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: October 30 – December 2, 1812
- **image1**: File:James Madison (cropped 3x4 close).jpg
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **nominee1**: **James Madison**
- **party1**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **running mate1**: **Elbridge Gerry**
- **home state1**: Virginia
- **electoral vote1**: **128**
- **states carried1**: **11**
- **popular vote1**: **140,431**
- **percentage1**: **50.3%**
- **image2**: File:Rembrandt Peale's portrait of DeWitt Clinton 1812 cropped.jpg
- **nominee2**: DeWitt Clinton
- **color2**: EA9978
- **party2**: Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican
- **alliance2**: Federalist Party
- **running mate2**: Jared Ingersoll
- **home state2**: New York (state), New York
- **electoral vote2**: 89
- **states carried2**: 7
- **popular vote2**: 132,781
- **percentage2**: 47.6%
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:green;">Green</span> denotes states won by Madison and <span style="color:#EA9978;">Salmon</span> denotes states won by Clinton. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: James Madison
- **before party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **after election**: James Madison
- **after party**: Democratic-Republican Party
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1812.svg