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The1820 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place between 1 November and 6 December 1820, as part of the1820 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President. It was the first Presidential election that Mississippi participated in since beingadmitted to the Union on 10 December 1817.[1]
Mississippi cast two electoral votes for theDemocratic-Republican candidate and incumbentPresidentJames Monroe, as he ran effectively unopposed. The electoral votes forVice president were cast for Monroe'srunning mateDaniel D. Tompkins fromNew York. Each state elector was chosen by the voters statewide. However one elector died before the electoral votes were cast and was not replaced, therefore only two votes were cast for Monroe and Tompkins instead of three.[2]
This election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a place in a presidential election: the others were inWashington, DC in 2000, as one of the district's three electors abstained, and inNevada in 1864 due to one of the electors getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him.[3]
| 1820 United States presidential election in Mississippi[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic-Republican | James Monroe (incumbent) | 490 | 100.0% | 2 | |
| None | Not Cast | – | – | 1 | |
| Totals | 490 | 100.0% | 3 | ||
