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US presidential elections

1812: James Madison

Illustration, not an archive object

When
1812

In one line: James Madison (Democratic-Republican) was re-elected over DeWitt Clinton, who had Federalist support and backing from dissident Democratic-Republicans, during the War of 1812; no campaign literature for the year is catalogued.

Context

James Madison (Democratic-Republican) received 128 electoral votes and DeWitt Clinton of New York, listed by NARA as Federalist/Independent Democratic-Republican, 89, out of 217. Elbridge Gerry was elected vice president with 131 votes over Jared Ingersoll's 86 [1][2]. The election was held while the United States was at war with Britain [3]. The pages fetched give electoral votes only for this year [2].

Campaign literature

No campaign literature for 1812 is catalogued in this archive. A search of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs catalogue (about 28 queries across 1808, 1812, 1816 and 1820, using candidate names with "campaign", "broadside", "ticket" and "election 1812") returned only portraits, architectural records and items from other periods, nothing tied to the campaigns. This does not show that nothing survives.

Candidate (party) Objects in the archive
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) 0
DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican dissidents with Federalist support) 0

No candidate has an object in the archive, so no side is favoured or disadvantaged by what is held.

James Madison (Democratic-Republican)

No objects catalogued.

DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican dissidents with Federalist support)

No objects catalogued.

Techniques visible

None analysed, because no 1812 campaign object is catalogued here.

Sources

  1. National Archives, "Electoral College: 1812 Election", https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1812
  2. American Presidency Project, "1812", https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/1812
  3. Wikipedia, "1812 United States presidential election" (cross-check only), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_United_States_presidential_election
  4. No object URLs are listed because no 1812 campaign item is catalogued.