Who won Delaware in the 1808 presidential election?

Pinckney (Federalist) carried Delaware in 1808, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1808?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1808 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1808?

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

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1808

Delaware: Pinckney carries 3 EV.

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

What happened in Delaware, 1808

In 1808, Delaware awarded its 3 electoral votes to Pinckney of the Federalist party. Nationally the result broke the other way — James Madison (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Delaware among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th 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, James Madison took 122 of the 175 electoral votes, against Charles C. Pinckney's 47.

The 1808 national map

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