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Apresidential election was held inNew Jersey on November 5 and 6, 1816 as part of the1816 United States presidential election. TheDemocratic-Republican ticket of theU.S. secretary of stateJames Monroe and thegovernor of New YorkDaniel D. Tompkins defeated theFederalist ticket.[1] The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.[2] In the national election, Monroe easily defeated the seniorU.S. senator fromNew YorkRufus King, who received 34 votes fromunpledged electors despite not being a candidate.[3]
New Jersey chose eight electors on a statewidegeneral ticket. Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[4] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins | 5,441 | 99.02 | |
| Federalist | Unpledged electors | 54 | 0.98 | |
| Total votes | 5,495 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Charles Ogden | 5,441 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Crowell | 5,433 | |
| Democratic-Republican | David Welch | 5,432 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Lewis Moore | 5,409 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Daniel Garrison | 5,408 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Aaron Vansycle | 5,388 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Aaron Kitchell | 5,352 | |
| Democratic-Republican | William Rossell | 5,310 | |
| None | Benjamin Ludlow | 142 | |
| None | John Beatty | 64 | |
| None | Samuel More | 55 | |
| None | William Irick | 54 | |
| Federalist | Frederick Frelinghuysen | 54 | |
| None | Charles Ewing | 50 | |
| Federalist | Samuel Bayard | 49 | |
| None | Ebenezer Elmer | 39 | |
| None | John N. Simpson | 32 | |
| None | William W. Harrison | 31 | |
| None | Charles Kinsey | 17 | |
| None | Robert Colfax | 15 | |
| None | John Outwater | 13 | |
| None | Jonathan Ogden | 8 | |
| None | Alexander Kirkpatrick | 8 | |
| None | Anthony Taylor | 7 | |
| None | Mahlon Ford | 7 | |
| None | Sylvester D. Russell | 6 | |
| None | John Buck | 1 | |
| None | Joseph Cooper | 1 | |
| None | Morris Hancock | 1 | |
| None | Andrew Hancock | 1 | |
| None | Sheppard Kollack | 1 | |
| None | William Sanford Pennington | 1 | |
| None | David Thompson | 1 | |
Total | ≥5,495 | ||
This table compares the result for the most popular Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors in each county with surviving returns. The totals presented thus differ slightly from the statewide results summary, which compares the results for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket statewide.
| County | James Monroe Democratic-Republican | Unpledged electors Federalist | Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percent | Votes | Percent | Votes | Percent | ||
| Bergen | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Burlington | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Cape May | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Cumberland | 291 | 99.66 | 1 | 0.34 | 290 | 99.32 | 292 |
| Essex | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Gloucester | 203 | 92.27 | 17 | 7.73 | 186 | 84.54 | 220 |
| Hunterdon | 591 | 95.02 | 31 | 4.98 | 560 | 90.04 | 622 |
| Middlesex | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Monmouth | 460 | 100.00 | — | 460 | 100.00 | 460 | |
| Morris | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Salem | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Somerset | ** | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Sussex | 773 | 99.23 | 6 | 0.77 | 767 | 98.46 | 779 |
| TOTAL | 2,318 | 97.68 | 55 | 2.32 | 2,263 | 95.36 | 2,373 |
| For President | For Vice President | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Home state | Electoral vote | Candidate | Party | Home state | Electoral vote |
| James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 8 | Daniel D. Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | New York | 8 |
Total | 8 | Total | 8 | ||||
State results of the1816 United States presidential election | ||
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