The 1820 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1820. 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 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 MonroeDemocratic-RepublicanVirginia4,16782.61%11 -Federalist -87717.39%0The Federalist Party was unable to put forward a presidential candidate this year.Total5,044100.00%11
Results by electoral district +Results by districtDistrictJames MonroeDemocratic-RepublicanNo candidateFederalistOtherFederalistMarginTotal votescast#%Electors#%Electors#%Electors#%114020.55%054179.45%100.00%0 -401 -58.90%681247095.33%1122.43%0112.24%044790.66%493376997.71%2182.29%000.00%075195.42%787480399.13%240.49%030.38%079698.26%8105283100.00%100.00%000%0283100.00%283648998.98%110.20%040.82%048497.96%4947679100.00%100.00%000%0679100.00%679855393.09%1376.23%040.68%051286.18%594925444.88%124543.29%06711.83%0 -58 -10.24%566Total4,16782.61%1187717.39%0The Federalist Party was unable to put forward a presidential candidate this year. Federalist electors cast their vote for Monroe as President, but cast their vote for the Federalist Vice-President candidate1670329065.22%5,044
Results by county +CountyJames MonroeDemocratic-RepublicanNo candidateFederalistOtherMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#% Allegany151100.00%00.00%00%151100.00%151 Anne Arundel175100.00%00.00%00%175100.00%175 Baltimore (City and County)851100.00%00.00%00%851100.00%851 Calvert10599.05%10.95%00.00% 104 -98.10%106 Caroline163100.00%00.00%00.00%163100.00%163 Cecil19199.48%10.52%00.00%19098.96%190 Charles4625.00%13875.00%00.00% -92 -50.00%118 Dorchester19664.26%10935.74%00.00%8728.52%305 Frederick444100.00%00.00%00.00%444100.00%444 Harford297100.00%00.00%00.00%297100.00%297 Kent181100.00%00.00%00%181100.00%181 Montgomery11592.00%108.00%00%10584.00%125 Prince George's32891.11%328.89%00.00%29682.22%360 Queen Anne's259100.00%00.00%00%259100.00%259 St. Mary's419.79%37890.21%00% -337 -80.43%419 Somerset8964.49%4935.51%00.00%4028.99%138 Talbot23288.89%2911.11%00.00%20377.78%261 Washington21898.64%31.36%00.00%21597.29%221 Worcester10166.89%5033.11%00.00%5133.77%15Total4,16782.61%87717.39%00.00329065.22%5,044
Counties that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican Calvert Caroline Dorchester Somerset Talbot Worcester
See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1820 United States presidential election 1820 United States elections
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