Fed

Federalist

8 runs · 1 win · 1789 — 1816.

Wins

Total runs

First cycle

1789

Latest cycle

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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