Who won Connecticut in the 1808 presidential election?

Pinckney (Federalist) carried Connecticut in 1808, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1808?

Connecticut cast 9 electoral votes in the 1808 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1808?

No. Connecticut backed Pinckney, while James Madison won the presidency nationally.

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1808

Connecticut: Pinckney carries 9 EV.

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

Connecticut in 1808

The 1808 contest saw Connecticut line up behind Pinckney, delivering 9 electoral votes to the Federalist ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — James Madison (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Connecticut among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Federalist party, a streak reaching back to 1796. The region divided — Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined Connecticut for the Federalist ticket, while New York 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, James Madison took 122 of the 175 electoral votes, against Charles C. Pinckney's 47.

The 1808 national map

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