This is a list of Federalist Party candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.
List of Federalist tickets 1796, 1800 Presidentialnominee1796 (won), 1800 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeJohn Adams of MA(1735–1826)Prior public experience Continental Congress (1774–1777) U.S. Envoy to France (1777–1779) U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1782–1788) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1785–1788) Vice President (1789–1797) President (1797–1801)
Higher education Harvard University (BA, MA)Prior public experience Governor of South Carolina (1787–1789) South Carolina House of Representatives (1791) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1792–1796)
Higher education Christ Church, Oxford (BA) Special Military School of St. Cyr (attended) Inner Temple (attended)Thomas Pinckney of SC(1750–1828)(1796)Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1788–1790) South Carolina Senate (1790–1796) U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797)
Higher education Christ Church, Oxford (attended) Middle Temple (attended)Charles Pinckney of SC(1746–1825)(1800)Opponent(s)Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote Adams: 71 (51.4%) Jefferson: 68 (49.3%)
Popular vote Adams/Pinckney: 35,726 (53.4%) Jefferson/Burr: 31,115 (46.6%)Opponent(s)Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)Contingent vote Jefferson: 10 (62.5%) Adams: 4 (25.0%) Blank: 2 (12.5%)
Electoral vote Jefferson: 73 (52.9%) Adams: 65 (47.1%)
Popular vote Jefferson/Burr: 41,330 (61.4%) Adams/Pickney: 25,952 (38.6%)
1804, 1808 Presidentialnominee1804 (lost), 1808 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeCharles Pinckney of SC(1746–1825)Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1788–1790) South Carolina Senate (1790–1796) U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797)
Higher education Christ Church, Oxford (attended) Middle Temple (attended)Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803)
Higher education Harvard University (BA)Rufus King of NY(1755–1827)Opponent(s)Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote Jefferson/Clinton: 162 (92.0%) Pinckney/King: 14 (8.0%)
Popular vote Jefferson/Clinton: 104,110 (72.8%) Pinckney/King: 38,919 (27.2%)Opponent(s)George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)Opponent(s)James Madison (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote Madison/Clinton: 122 (69.7%) Pinckney/King: 47 (26.9%)
Popular vote Madison/Clinton: 124,732 (64.7%) Pinckney/King: 62,431 (32.4%)
1812 Presidentialnominee1812 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeDeWitt Clinton of NY(1769–1828)Prior public experience New York Assembly (1798) New York Senate (1798–1802, 1806–1811) U.S. Senate (1802–1803) Mayor of New York City (1803–1807, 1808–1810, 1811–1815) Lieutenant Governor of New York (1811–1813)
Higher education Princeton University (attended) Columbia University (BA)Prior public experience Continental Congress (1780–1781) Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1791–1800, 1811–1816)
Higher education Yale University (BA) Middle TempleJared Ingersoll of PA(1749–1822)Rufus King of NY(1755–1827)Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803)
Higher education Harvard University (BA)Prior public experience Governor of North Carolina (1798-1799)
Higher education Princeton University (attended)William Davie of NC(1756–1820)Opponent(s)James Madison (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote Madison/Gerry: 128 (59.0%) Clinton/Ingersoll: 89 (41.0%)
Popular vote Madison/Gerry: 140,431 (50.4%) Clinton/Ingersoll: 132,781 (47.6%) King/Davie: 5,574 (2.0%)Opponent(s)Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican)
1816 Presidentialnominee1816 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeRufus King of NY(1755–1827)Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796, 1813–1819) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803)
Higher education Harvard University (BA)Prior public experience Continental Congress (1788) Governor of Maryland (1788–1791) Maryland Senate (1791–1795) U.S. Senate (1796–1803) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1800)
Higher education NoneJohn Howard of MD(1752–1827)Opponent(s)James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote Monroe/Tompkins: 183 (84.3%) King/Howard: 34 (15.7%)
Popular vote Monroe/Tompkins: 76,592 (68.2%) King/Howard: 34,740 (30.9%)Opponent(s)Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
1820 Presidentialnominee1820 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeNonePrior public experience U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1789–1791) U.S. Senate (1796–1799) U.S. House of Representatives (1813–1815)
Higher education Princeton University (BA)Richard Stockton of NJ(1764–1828)Opponent(s)James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)Electoral vote (President) Monroe: 231 (98.3%)If not for a three electors dying prior to the Electoral College convening and not being replaced, Monroe would have received 234 votes (99.6%). Blank: 3 (1.3%) Adams: 1 (0.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President) Tompkins: 218 (92.8%)If not for a three electors dying prior to the Electoral College convening and not being replaced, Tompkins would have received 221 votes (94.0%). Stockton: 8 (3.4%) Rodney: 4 (1.7%) Blank: 3 (1.3%) Harper: 1 (0.4%) Rush: 1 (0.4%)
Popular vote Monroe/Tompkins: 87,343 (80.6%) Federalist/Stockton: 17,465 (16.1%) Clinton: 1,893 (1.8%)Opponent(s)Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
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Other candidates
In addition to the candidates listed above, other Federalists received electoral votes between 1796 and 1820. In the 1796 election, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jay, James Iredell, Samuel Johnston, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney all received at least one electoral vote. Jay also received a single vote in the 1800 election. In the 1816 election, Robert Goodloe Harper, John Marshall, and James Ross all received electoral votes for vice president. In the 1820 election, Robert Goodloe Harper, Daniel Rodney, and Richard Rush all received at least one electoral vote for vice president.
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