Who won Connecticut in the 1804 presidential election?

Pinckney (Federalist) carried Connecticut in 1804, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1804?

Connecticut cast 9 electoral votes in the 1804 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1804?

No. Connecticut backed Pinckney, while Thomas Jefferson won the presidency nationally.

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1804

Connecticut: Pinckney carries 9 EV.

Connecticut cast its 9 electoral votes for Pinckney (Federalist). National winner: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) — Connecticut voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1804 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Pinckney (Federalist) in the 1804 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Connecticut among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Federalist party, a streak reaching back to 1796. The region divided — Massachusetts joined Connecticut for the Federalist ticket, while New York and Rhode Island did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the First Party System — Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans.

In the national count, Thomas Jefferson took 162 of the 176 electoral votes, against Charles C. Pinckney's 14.

The 1804 national map

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