A presidential election was held in Maryland on November 11, 1816, as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket. Although the Federalists failed to nominate a presidential candidate, Federalist unpledged electors carried three single-member districts; the electors chosen from these districts subsequently abstained from the Electoral College vote. Monroe carried the remaining six districts, including two multi-member districts, worth a combined eight electoral votes. Monroe won the national election handily, defeating the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.

General election Summary Maryland chose 11 electors from nine electoral districts—seven single-member districts and two districts represented by two members apiece. Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party, or if multiple tickets pledged to the same candidate appeared. This table counts all votes for Democratic-Republican electors in single-member districts as votes for Monroe and all votes for Federalist electors as votes for unpledged electors; for the two multi-member districts, the most popular elector from each ticket is counted. Electors whose allegiance could not be determined are counted separately.

Results by district + District Electoralvotes James MonroeDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Others Margin Total No. % Electoralvotes No. % Electoralvotes No. % Electoralvotes No. % Maryland–1 1 2 0.74 — 270 99.26 1 — — 268 98.52 272 Maryland–2 1 523 73.66 1 184 25.92 — 3 0.42 — 339 47.74 710 Maryland–3 2 1,440 98.97 2 13 0.89 — 2 0.14 — 1,427 98.08 1,455 Maryland–4 2 1,855 95.62 2 — — 85 4.43 — 1,720 91.19 1,940 Maryland–5 1 693 100.00 1 — — — — 693 100.00 693 Maryland–6 1 938 67.87 1 435 31.48 — 9 0.65 — 503 36.39 1,382 Maryland–7 1 750 100.0 1 — — — — 750 100.0 750 Maryland–8 1 1,282 48.74 — 1,338 51.26 1 — — -56 -2.52 2,610 Maryland–9 1 30 3.28 — 886 96.72 1 — — -856 -93.44 916 Totals 11 7,513 69.97 8 3,126 29.11 3 99 0.92 0 4,387 40.86 10,738

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Results by county + County James MonroeDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Others Margin Total Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Allegany 4 217 87.15 — 32 12.85 185 74.30 249 Anne Arundel 3 475 98.55 5 1.04 2 0.41 470 97.51 482 Baltimore 5 693 100.00 — — 693 100.00 693 City of Baltimore 3 944 100.00 — — 944 100.00 944 Calvert 2 141 75.40 43 22.99 3 1.60 98 52.41 187 Caroline 8 446 43.18 587 56.82 — -141 -13.64 1,033 Cecil 6 448 52.09 412 47.91 — 436 4.18 860 Charles 1 2 1.68 117 98.32 — -115 -96.64 119 Dorchester 8 265 72.40 101 27.60 — 164 44.80 366 9 2 0.82 242 99.18 — -240 -98.36 244 267 43.77 343 56.23 — -76 -12.46 610 Frederick 4 922 95.74 — 41 4.26 881 91.48 963 Harford 6 490 93.87 23 4.41 9 1.72 467 89.46 522 Kent 7 308 100.00 — — 308 100.00 308 Montgomery 2 74 100.00 — — 74 100.00 74 3 21 72.41 8 27.59 — 11 44.82 29 95 92.23 8 7.77 — 87 84.46 103 Prince George's 1 — 54 100.00 — -54 -100.00 54 2 308 68.60 141 31.40 — 167 37.20 449 308 61.23 195 38.77— 113 22.46 503 Queen Anne's 7 442 100.0 — — 442 100.0 442 Somerset 9 13 3.93 318 96.07 — -305 -92.14 331 St. Mary's 1 — 99 100.00 — -99 -100.00 99 Talbot 8 561 46.32 650 53.67 — -89 -7.35 1,211 Washington 4 717 98.35 — 12 1.65 705 96.71 729 Worcester 9 15 4.40 326 95.60 — -311 -91.20 341 Total 7,513 69.97 3,126 29.11 99 0.92 4,387 40.86 10,738

Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican Allegany Cecil Frederick Kent Montgomery Prince George's

Electoral college + 1816 United States Electoral College vote in Maryland For president For vice president Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 8 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 8 Not cast 3 Not cast 3

See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1816 United States presidential election 1816 United States elections

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