Who won Massachusetts in the 1816 presidential election?

King (Federalist) carried Massachusetts in 1816, winning its 22 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1816?

Massachusetts cast 22 electoral votes in the 1816 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1816?

No. Massachusetts backed King, while James Monroe won the presidency nationally.

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1816

Massachusetts: King carries 22 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 22 electoral votes for King (Federalist). National winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) — Massachusetts voted against the national winner this cycle.

Massachusetts in 1816

The 1816 contest saw Massachusetts line up behind King, delivering 22 electoral votes to the Federalist ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Federalist party, a streak reaching back to 1796. The region divided — Rhode Island and Connecticut joined Massachusetts for the Federalist ticket, while New York, 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 Monroe took 183 of the 217 electoral votes, against Rufus King's 34.

The 1816 national map

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