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The 1804 United States presidential election was the fifth quadrennial presidential election, taking place from November 2 to December 5, 1804. Incumbent Democratic-Republican president Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina.
In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson easily defeated Federalist former Governor Charles Pinckney of South Carolina. [3] As the Twelfth Amendment had been ratified in 1804, this was the first election in which electors separately selected a president and a vice president.
During this election, the Federalist Party continued to lose ground as incumbent president Thomas Jefferson won all 17 Massachusetts state electors by a narrow margin of 7.16%. Jefferson would end up as the winner of the 1804 United States presidential election in a landslide victory.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson won with an overwhelming majority of nearly 99.5%, as well as all electoral votes, making this state with the highest percentage of votes in the 1804 presidential election behind only Kentucky, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, and also the highest percentage ever in the state's ...
Nationwide, Jefferson won in a landslide, winning all but two states [nb 1] and proving to be a very popular president in most areas. Georgia was no exception, with all six electors voting for Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson and his running mate George Clinton, over the Federalist candidates Charles Pinckney and Rufus King. [1]
The 1804 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president .
The 1804 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , [ 1 ] who voted for President and Vice President .
The 1804 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place between November 2 and December 5, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. The state chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .