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Federalist

8 runs · 1 win · 1789 — 1816.

Wins

Total runs

First cycle

1789

Latest cycle

1816

Reading the Federalist record

The Federalist party contested 8 presidential elections between 1789 and 1816. It carried the White House once.

Its winning nominees were John Adams. Its electoral strength centered on the First Party System era. Its last presidential campaign came in 1816.

Elections won · 1

First contested election; resulted in president and VP from opposing parties

Contested but not won · 7

Only unanimous Electoral College vote in US history

Last election where Washington ran; political parties were forming in the background

First Party System

1800

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican · 73 EV

Tie between Jefferson and Burr sent election to the House; led to the 12th Amendment

First Party System

1804

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican · 162 EV

First election under the 12th Amendment; Jefferson won 92% of electoral votes

First Party System

1808

James Madison

Democratic-Republican · 122 EV

Madison won despite the unpopular Embargo Act; Federalists made modest gains in New England

First Party System

1812

James Madison

Democratic-Republican · 128 EV

First election held during wartime; closest race of the era

First Party System

1816

James Monroe

Democratic-Republican · 183 EV

Last election in which the Federalist Party ran a presidential candidate

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