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title: '1816: James Monroe'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/elections/us-presidential/1816/
description: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) defeated Rufus King (Federalist) by a wide margin in an election in which the Federalists did not formally nominate…
section: US presidential elections
---

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# 1816: James Monroe

- **When:** 1816

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**In one line:** James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) defeated Rufus King (Federalist) by a wide margin in an election in which the Federalists did not formally nominate a candidate; no campaign literature for the year is catalogued.

## Context

James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) received 183 electoral votes and Rufus King of New York (Federalist) 34. Four electors, one from Delaware and three from Maryland, did not vote. Daniel D. Tompkins was elected vice president with 183 votes; Federalist electors divided their vice-presidential votes among four men [1][2]. A cross-check source states that the Federalists held no caucus and did not formally select a candidate, and that King took no part in promoting his candidacy [3]. The pages fetched give electoral votes only for this year [2].

## Campaign literature

No campaign literature for 1816 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 1816") 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 Monroe (Democratic-Republican) | 0 |
| Rufus King (Federalist) | 0 |

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

### James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)

No objects catalogued.

### Rufus King (Federalist)

No objects catalogued.

## Techniques visible

None analysed, because no 1816 campaign object is catalogued here.

## Sources

1. National Archives, "Electoral College: 1816 Election", https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1816
2. American Presidency Project, "1816", https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/1816
3. Wikipedia, "1816 United States presidential election" (cross-check only), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1816_United_States_presidential_election
4. No object URLs are listed because no 1816 campaign item is catalogued.