Who won Pennsylvania in the 1820 presidential election?

Monroe (Democratic-Republican) carried Pennsylvania in 1820, winning its 25 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 1820?

Pennsylvania cast 25 electoral votes in the 1820 presidential election.

Did Pennsylvania vote for the national winner in 1820?

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

Era of Good FeelingsPA · 25 EV

1820

Pennsylvania: Monroe carries 25 EV.

Pennsylvania cast its 25 electoral votes for Monroe (Democratic-Republican). National winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) — Pennsylvania voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Pennsylvania, 1820

In 1820, Pennsylvania awarded its 25 electoral votes to Monroe of the Democratic-Republican party. Pennsylvania ended up on the winning side — James Monroe captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Pennsylvania backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. Pennsylvania did not move alone — neighboring Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York broke the same way in 1820. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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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