Who won Georgia in the 1816 presidential election?

Monroe (Democratic-Republican) carried Georgia in 1816, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1816?

Georgia cast 8 electoral votes in the 1816 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1816?

Yes. Georgia backed James Monroe, who won the presidency that year.

First Party SystemGA · 8 EV

1816

Georgia: Monroe carries 8 EV.

Georgia cast its 8 electoral votes for Monroe (Democratic-Republican). National winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) — Georgia voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Georgia, 1816

In 1816, Georgia awarded its 8 electoral votes to Monroe of the Democratic-Republican party. Georgia ended up on the winning side — James Monroe captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1816. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the First Party System — Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans.

In the national count, James Monroe took 183 of the 217 electoral votes, against Rufus King's 34.

The 1816 national map

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