1812
Reading the 1812 result in Massachusetts
Massachusetts backed Clinton (Federalist) in the 1812 presidential election, casting 22 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — James Madison (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Federalist party, a streak reaching back to 1796. The region divided — Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York joined Massachusetts for the Federalist ticket, while Vermont and New Hampshire did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts 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 128 of the 217 electoral votes, against DeWitt Clinton's 89.
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