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1808 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1808, won by James Madison with 122 electoral votes.

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James Madison's Cabinet

President: James Madison (1809-1817)

Vice President: George Clinton (1809-1812), None (1812-1813)

Secretary of State: Robert Smith (1809-1811), James Monroe (1811-1817)

Secretary of the Treasury: Albert Gallatin (1809-1814)

Secretary of War: William Eustis (1809-1813)

Attorney General: Caesar Augustus Rodney (1809-1811), William Pinkney (1811-1814)

Electoral Vote Totals

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1808 National Election

122
James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
47
Charles Pinckney (Federalist)
86 to win
Running Mate: George Clinton
Running Mate: Rufus King

This election was the first of only two instances in American history in which a new President would be selected but the incumbent Vice President would continue to serve. (The re-election of John C. Calhoun in 1828 was the other instance.)

1808

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

9

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

6

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

11

Massachusetts

19

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

7

New Jersey

8

New Mexico

New York

19

North Carolina

14

North Dakota

Ohio

3

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

20

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

10

South Dakota

Tennessee

5

Texas

Utah

Vermont

6

Virginia

24

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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