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.

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

 Vice Presidential 
 George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States (1805-1812) (Vice presidential nominee)
 John Langdon, 3rd and 5th Governor of New Hampshire (1805-1809, 1810-1812)
 Henry Dearborn, 5th U.S. Secretary of War (1801-1809)
 John Quincy Adams, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1803-1808) (1824 Nominee) (Later became POTUS in 1825) (Son of 2nd President John Adams [1797-1801])
 Federalist Party 
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 Presidential 
 Charles Cotsworth Pinckney, 6th U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797) (Nominee)

 Vice Presidential 
 Rufus King, 3rd U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1796–1803) (Vice presidential nominee)

 Notes 

 References 
United States presidential election
Category:United States presidential elections