Who won Delaware in the 1804 presidential election?

Pinckney (Federalist) carried Delaware in 1804, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1804?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1804 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1804?

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

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1804

Delaware: Pinckney carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Pinckney (Federalist). National winner: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) — Delaware voted against the national winner this cycle.

Delaware in 1804

The 1804 contest saw Delaware line up behind Pinckney, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Federalist ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Delaware among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Delaware backed the Federalist party, a streak reaching back to 1796. It stood apart from its neighbors: Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey went the other way that year. Across the 60 presidential elections Delaware has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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