Who won Kentucky in the 1816 presidential election?

Monroe (Democratic-Republican) carried Kentucky in 1816, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1816?

Kentucky cast 12 electoral votes in the 1816 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1816?

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

First Party SystemKY · 12 EV

1816

Kentucky: Monroe carries 12 EV.

Kentucky cast its 12 electoral votes for Monroe (Democratic-Republican). National winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) — Kentucky voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kentucky, 1816

In 1816, Kentucky awarded its 12 electoral votes to Monroe of the Democratic-Republican party. Kentucky ended up on the winning side — James Monroe captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. Kentucky did not move alone — neighboring Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, and Illinois broke the same way in 1816. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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