1812 United States presidential election in Maryland

1812 United States presidential election in Maryland
Madison 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Clinton 50-60% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
President before election; James Madison; Democratic-Republican	Elected President ; James Madison; Democratic-Republican

The 1812 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1812, as part of the 1812 presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Early elections were quite different from modern ones. Voters voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Oftentimes, which candidate an elector intended to support was unclear. Prior to the ratification of the 12th amendment, each elector did not distinguish between a vote cast for President and Vice President, and simply cast two votes.

Starting with the 1796 United States presidential election and ending with the 1824 United States presidential election, Maryland used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.

Results


Presidential candidate	Party	Home State	Popular Vote		Electoral Vote^[1]
Presidential candidate	Party	Home State	Count	Percentage	Electoral Vote^[1]
James Madison	Democratic- Republican	Virginia	14,046	51.80%	6
DeWitt Clinton	Federalist	New York	13,092	48.20%	5
Total			27,138	100.00%	11

Results by electoral district

Results by District
District	James Madison Democratic-Republican			DeWitt Clinton Federalist			Other Federalist			Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[2]
District	#	%	Electors	#	%	Electors	#	%	Electors	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[2]
1	107	12.31%	0	757	87.11%	1	3	0.58%	0	-53	-74.22%	869
2	959	44.29%	0	1,206	55.71%	1	0	0.00%	0	-247	-11.42%	2,165
3	6,829	64.92%	2	3,689	35.08%	0	0	0.00%	0	3,140	28.03%	10,518
4	3,925	49.24%	0	4,045	50.76%	2	0	0.00%	0	-120	-1.52%	7,970
5	1,668	69.67%	1	726	30.33%	0	0	0%	0	942	39.34%	1,780
6	1,840	62.18%	1	1,119	37.82%	0	0	0%	0	721	24.36%	2,959
7	1,238	58.64%	1	873	41.36%	0	0	0.00%	0	365	17.28%	2,111
8	1,484	50.49%	1	1,455	49.51%	0	0	0.00%	0	29	0.98%	2,939
9	189	7.77%	0	2,238	92.06%	1	4	0.002%	0	-2053	-84.29%	2,431
Total	14,046	51.80%	6	13,092	48.20%	5	7		0	954	3.60%	27,138

Results by county


County	James Madison Democratic-Republican		DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican		Other Other		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[3]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[3]
Allegany	436	45.85%	515	54.15%	0	0%	-79	-8.30%	951
Anne Arundel	733	57.90%	533	42.10%	0	0.00%	200	15.80%	1,266
Baltimore (City and County)	4,290	73.20%	1,571	26.80%	0	0%	2,719	46.40%	5,861
Calvert	339	46.57%	389	53.43%	0	0.00%	-50	-6.86%	728
Caroline	502	45.18%	609	54.82%	0	0.00%	-107	-9.64%	898
Cecil	768	49.58%	781	50.42%	0	0.00%	-13	-0.84%	1,549
Charles	34	7.57%	415	92.43%	0	0.00%	-381	-84.86%	449
Dorchester	322	29.81%	758	70.19%	0	0.00%	-436	-40.38%	1,080
Frederick	2,216	45.08%	2,590	54.92%	0	0.00%	-374	-9.84%	4,716
Harford	1,072	76.03%	338	23.97%	0	0.00%	734	52.06%	1,410
Kent	467	47.46%	517	52.54%	0	0.00%	-50	-5.08%	987
Montgomery	483	49.85%	486	50.15%	0	0.00%	-3	-0.30%	969
Prince George's	489	44.09%	620	55.91%	0	0.00%	101	8.76%	1,109
Queen Anne's	771	68.41%	356	31.59%	0	0.00%	415	36.82%	1,127
St. Mary's	58	18.65%	253	81.35%	0	0.00%	-195	-62.70%	321
Somerset	49	6.41%	716	93.59%	0	0.00%	-667	-87.18%	765
Talbot	670	48.13%	722	51.87%	0	0.00%	-52	-3.74%	482
Washington	1,364	59.20%	940	40.80%	0	0.00%	424	18.40%	2,304
Worcester	76	8.14%	858	91.86%	0	0.00%	-782	-83.72%	934
Total	14,046	51.80%	13,092	48.20%	0	0.00%	954	3.60%	27,138

Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist

References

^ While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well

^ Petersen, Svend (1963). A statistical history of the American presidential elections. New York: Ungar.
^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[1] While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well

[2] Petersen, Svend (1963). A statistical history of the American presidential elections. New York: Ungar.

[3] "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[4] "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

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