1804
North Carolina in 1804
The 1804 contest saw North Carolina line up behind Jefferson, delivering 14 electoral votes to the Democratic-Republican ticket. North Carolina ended up on the winning side — Thomas Jefferson captured the White House that year.
It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which North Carolina backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. North Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1804. Across the 58 presidential elections North Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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.
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