Who won Ohio in the 1820 presidential election?

Monroe (Democratic-Republican) carried Ohio in 1820, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 1820?

Ohio cast 8 electoral votes in the 1820 presidential election.

Did Ohio vote for the national winner in 1820?

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

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Ohio: Monroe carries 8 EV.

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

What happened in Ohio, 1820

In 1820, Ohio awarded its 8 electoral votes to Monroe of the Democratic-Republican party. Ohio ended up on the winning side — James Monroe captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Ohio backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1804. Ohio did not move alone — neighboring Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania broke the same way in 1820. Across the 56 presidential elections Ohio has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 times). The vote fell within the Era of Good Feelings — One-party rule and the Corrupt Bargain.

In the national count, James Monroe took 231 of the 232 electoral votes, against John Quincy Adams's 1.

The 1820 national map

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