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James
MADISON
Elbridge Gerry |
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Party:
 DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN
Home State:
PR: VA; VP: MA
Electoral Votes:
PR: 128
VP: 131 |
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De Witt
CLINTON
Jared Ingersoll |
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Party:
FEDERALIST
Home State:
PR: NY; VP: PA
Electoral Votes:
PR: 89
VP: 86
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Total electoral votes - 217 (from 18 states)
Majority needed to win - 109
Total popular vote --- |
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THE 1812 CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION |
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from President Elect contributor Stuart Schimler:
The presidential election occurred only 5 months after the war of 1812 began. Madison had his critics, and many Republicans jumped ship to the Federalist Party in the Northeastern seaboard. Madison got heavy support from the South and West; this is because of the War Hawks: young congressmen like Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Felix Grundy, Richard Johnson and Langdon Cheves. These men pushed for the war, and naturally supported Madison. Madison took the election, but only Vermont- the only state that wasnít on the coast in the North East. |
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