Presidential Election of 1820

Presidential Election of 1820
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{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:12.32px;width:417px;background:transparent;"	1816 ←	November 1 - December 6, 1820	→ 1824
The Ninth Presidential Election was held between November 1st to December 6th, 1820. The new Republican Party did great during it's first Presidential term, and President John Quincy Adams' approval was very high, especially after all his work in lowering the debt. John Quincy Adams ultimately would not run again though, leaving the Republicans in dire straights.
==Candidates==
===Democratic Party===
The Democratic Party had been seen in a better light after working with President Adams in many of his endeavors, and hoping to ride that wave they selected one of Adams' close Democratic allies, James Monroe, who had helped him with several things like the Adams Doctrine. For Vice President they chose Democratic Governor of New York DeWitt Clinton, who was much more aligned with the upcoming Liberal Democrats instead of the Democratic Party he served under. The Patriot Party opted to back the Democrats in order to get into the executive department, especially after the loss of their party leaders Joseph Brandon and William Gray from old age.
===Republican Party===
The Republican Party was split on their nomination, President John Quincy Adams indicated he wanted to run again in his personal writings, but after Senator John G. Benckendorf of Pennsylvania announced his candidacy in 1819, Adams resigned himself to one term, not wanting to rock the boat. For their Vice President many were split between Representative of Maine Gregory Anderson and Senator Joseph Gus of Maryland. In the end they went with Gregory Anderson to avoid another legacy candidate on the same ticket, however the ticket was clearly very north centric. 
===Independent/Third Party===
====Write-In Republican====
Republicans from Ohio had some personal gripes over them dropping John Quincy Adams as the candidate, who was very popular in Ohio at the time, they decided to back a Write-In Adams ticket instead of Benckendorf, which cascaded into all-out Adams support. The Electors chosen backed Gregory Anderson for Vice President like the main Republican Party.
====Democratic-Independent====
A group of northern Democrats and Republicans unsatisfied with the nominations decided to instead back Governor of New York DeWitt Clinton on a separate ticket to try and stick it to the two Parties.
==Results==
The election was the first election without a Congressional Contingent since 1804. The election saw James Monroe elected for President and DeWitt Clinton for Vice President. The election also saw the first successful write-in candidate in American history, having John Quincy Adams win a write-in election in the state of Ohio. 
===Results===
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Popular Vote 	Popular Vote 	Electoral Vote	Running Mate 	Running Mate 	Running Mate
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Count 	Percent 	Electoral Vote	Vice-Presidential Candidate	Home State 	Electoral Vote
James Monroe 	Democratic 	Virginia 	1,052,758 	49.48% 	139 	DeWitt Clinton 	Georgia 	139
John G. Benckendorf	Republican 	Pennsylvania 	916,436 	43.07% 	75 	Gregory Anderson 	Maine 	83
John Quincy Adams 	Republican 	Massachusetts	119,390 	5.61% 	8 	Gregory Anderson 	Maine 	83
DeWitt Clinton 	Democratic 	New York 	39,114 	1.84% 	0 	Non Applicable 	Non Applicable	Non Applicable
Total 	Total 	Total 	2,127,698 	100% 	222 	 	 	222
Needed to Win 	Needed to Win	Needed to Win	Needed to Win	Needed to Win	112 	 	 	112
===Popular Votes By State===
 	 	Monroe 	Monroe	Monroe	Benckendorf	Benckendorf	Benckendorf	Adams 	Adams 	Adams 	Clinton 	Clinton 	Clinton 	Margin 	Margin
State 	EVs	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	%
Connecticut 	8 	51,360 	55.3% 	8 	41,516 	44.7% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	9,844 	10.6%
Illinois 	3 	10,544 	54.1% 	3 	8,946 	45.9% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	1,598 	8.2%
Kentucky 	12 	118,375 	54.1% 	12 	100,433 	45.9% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	17,942 	8.2%
Maine 	8 	53,100 	37.8% 	- 	87,376 	62.2% 	8 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-34,276 	-24.4%
Maryland 	11 	71,176 	49.5% 	- 	72,613 	50.5% 	11 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-1,537 	-1%
Massachusetts 	12 	44,094 	28.8% 	- 	108,899 	71.2% 	12 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-64,805 	-42.4%
Mississippi 	3 	14,234 	65.9% 	3 	7,365 	34.1% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	6,869 	31.8%
New Hampshire 	7 	53,161 	49.8% 	- 	53,588 	50.2% 	6 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-427% 	-0.4%
New Jersey 	8 	49,332 	59% 	8 	34,282 	41% 	7 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	15,049 	18%
North Carolina	15 	135,237 	72% 	15 	52,592 	28% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	82,645 	44%
Ohio 	8 	115,420 	40.7% 	- 	48,777 	17.2% 	- 	119,390 	42.1% 	8 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-3,970 	-1.4%
Pennsylvania 	22 	68,266 	24.2% 	- 	184,206 	65.3% 	22 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	29,620 	10.5% 	- 	-115,940	-41.1%
Rhode Island 	4 	10,836 	32.3% 	- 	13,218 	39.4% 	4 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	9,494 	28.3% 	- 	-2,382 	-21.3%
Tennessee 	8 	87,443 	83.5% 	8 	17,279 	16.5% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	70,164 	67%
Virginia 	22 	170,180 	66.6% 	21 	85,346 	33.4% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	84,834 	33.2%
TOTALS: 	222	1,052,758	49.48%	139 	916,436 	43.07% 	75 	119,390 	5.61% 	8 	39,114 	1.84% 	0 	136,322 	6.41%
 	 	 	 	 	
↓ 	↓ 	↓ 	↓	↓	
139 	8 	75 	 	 	
Monroe	Adams	Benckendorf