The 1808 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date as part of the 1808 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Early elections were quite different from modern ones. Voters in Maryland voted for individual electors, who were pledged to vote for certain candidates. Often, which candidate an elector intended to support was unclear. Prior to the ratification of the 12th amendment, each elector did not distinguish between a vote cast for president and vice president, and simply cast two votes.
Starting with the 1796 United States presidential election and ending with the 1824 United States presidential election, Maryland used an electoral district system to choose its electors, with each district electing a single elector. This method is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.
Results +Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral voteCountPercentageJames MadisonDemocratic-RepublicanVirginia15,33663.31%9Charles Cotesworth PinckneyFederalistSouth Carolina8,88636.69%2Total24,222100.00%11
Results by electoral district +Results by districtDistrictJames MadisonDemocratic-RepublicanCharles Cotesworth PinckneyFederalistOtherMarginTotal votescast#%Electors#%Electors#%Electors#%1273.32%078196.30%130.36%0 -751 -92.62%81121,26851.60%11,18948.40%000.00%0 79 3.20%2,45737,24195.64%23084.06%0220.30%06,91191.28%7,57148,70752.81%27,77647.17%020.02%09295.62%16,48551,67393.98%11076.02%000%01,56687.96%1,78061,67882.29%136117.71%000%01,31764.58%2,039789099.10%100.00%080.90%089098.2%89881,28757.58%194842.42%000.00%033915.16%2,235953927.33%01,43372.67%100.00%0 -894 -45.34%1,972Total15,33663.31%98,88636.69%2350.54%06,45026.62%24,222
Results by county +CountyJames MadisonDemocratic-RepublicanCharles Cotesworth PinckneyFederalistOtherMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#% Allegany20736.25%36463.75%00% -157 -27.50%571 Anne Arundel61897.94%132.06%00.00%61595.88%631 Baltimore (City and County)4,51097.45%1182.55%00%4,39294.90%4,628 Calvert33946.57%38953.43%00.00% -50 -6.86%728 Caroline55962.25%33937.75%00.00%22024.50%898 Cecil68277.41%19922.59%00.00%48354.82%881 Charles102.54%38397.46%00.00% -373 -94.92%393 Dorchester28242.92%37557.08%00.00% -93 -14.16%657 Frederick2,47151.35%2,34148.65%00.00%1302.70%4,812 Harford99686.01%16213.99%00.00%83472.02%1,158 Kent459100.00%00.00%00.00%459100.00%459 Montgomery48349.85%48650.15%00.00% -3 -0.30%969 Prince George's62754.38%52645.62%00.00%1018.76%1,153 Queen Anne's431100.00%00.00%00.00%431100.00%431 St. Mary's00.00%321100.00%00.00% -321 -100.00%321 Somerset16722.54%57477.46%00.00% -407 -54.92%741 Talbot53650.71%52149.29%00.00%26655.18%482 Washington1,52558.90%1,06441.10%00.00%46117.80%2,589 Worcester29233.80%57266.20%00.00% -280 -32.40%864Total15,19463.46%8,74736.53%00.00%6,44726.93%23,941
Counties that flipped from Democratic-Republican to Federalist Allegany Calvert Montgomery
See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1808 United States presidential election 1808 United States elections
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