A presidential election was held in Virginia on November 4, 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. The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. In the national election, Monroe easily defeated 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 Virginia chose 25 electors on a statewide general ticket. 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. This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

Results + 1816 United States presidential election in Virginia Party Candidate Votes Democratic-Republican Mark Alexander Democratic-Republican Branch T. Archer Democratic-Republican William Lee Ball Democratic-Republican John T. Brooke Democratic-Republican Joseph Carrington Cabell Democratic-Republican John Dixon Democratic-Republican Isaac Foster Democratic-Republican Charles G. Graves Democratic-Republican Hugh Holmes Democratic-Republican William Jones Democratic-Republican George Newton Democratic-Republican Brazure W. Pryor Democratic-Republican John Purnall Democratic-Republican Andrew Russell Democratic-Republican Archibald Stuart Democratic-Republican Charles Taylor Democratic-Republican Robert Taylor Democratic-Republican John Webster Democratic-Republican Charles Yancey Democratic-Republican John Pegram Democratic-Republican George Penn Democratic-Republican William G. Poindexter Democratic-Republican Spencer Roane Democratic-Republican Sthreshley Rennolds Democratic-Republican Archibald Rutherford Federalist Robert B. Taylor Federalist Robert White None John Scott None Enoch Mason None Thomas Nelson Federalist Robert Porterfield None Thomas Van Swearingen Federalist George Adams Federalist Charles Cameron Federalist John Campbell Federalist Paul Carrington Federalist Robert Christian Federalist Thomas Evans Federalist John M. Gannett Federalist Robert Gratton Federalist James H. Hooe Federalist Hudson Martin Sr. Federalist John Nelson Federalist Isaac Olay Federalist David Patterson None Edward Pegram None George Pegram Federalist Burt Powell Federalist Joseph T. Price Federalist Archibald Ritchie Federalist Benjamin Sheppard Federalist James Stephenson Federalist Isaac Swoop Federalist William Tate None George K. Taylor Federalist Richard T. Taylor Federalist Isaac Williams Federalist Henry Young Federalist Noah Zane Democratic-Republican William Archer Democratic-Republican William Brockenbrough Democratic-Republican Benjamin Cook Democratic-Republican John Edie Democratic-Republican Daniel Morgan Democratic-Republican Robert B. Starke

Results by county County James MonroeDemocratic-Republican Unpledged electorsFederalist Margin Total Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Accomack 5 100.00 — 5 100.00 5 Albemarle 259 100.00 — 259 100.00 259 Amelia 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39 Amherst 72 100.00 — 72 100.00 72 Augusta 53 100.00 — 53 100.00 53 Bath 29 100.00 — 29 100.00 29 Bedford 84 100.00 — 84 100.00 84 Berkeley 66 100.00 — 66 100.00 66 Botetourt 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74 Brooke 90 100.00 — 90 100.00 90 Brunswick 45 100.00 — 45 100.00 45 Buckingham 105 100.00 — 105 100.00 105 Cabell Campbell 87 100.00 — 87 100.00 87 Caroline 58 100.00 — 58 100.00 58 Charles City 23 100.00 — 23 100.00 23 Charlotte 112 100.00 — 112 100.00 112 Chesterfield 143 100.00 — 143 100.00 143 Culpepper 75 100.00 — 75 100.00 75 Cumberland 46 100.00 — 46 100.00 46 Dinwiddie 30 100.00 — 30 100.00 30 Elizabeth City 65 100.00 — 65 100.00 65 Essex 61 98.39 1 1.61 60 96.78 62 Fairfax 93 100.00 — 93 100.00 93 Fauquier 65 95.59 3 4.41 62 91.18 68 Fluvanna 45 100.00 — 45 100.00 45 Franklin 106 100.00 — 106 100.00 106 Frederick 146 100.00 — 146 100.00 146 Giles 25 100.00 — 25 100.00 25 Gloucester 144 100.00 — 144 100.00 144 Goochland 51 100.00 — 51 100.00 51 Grayson 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49 Greenbrier 17 100.00 — 17 100.00 17 Halifax 83 100.00 — 83 100.00 83 Hampshire 6 100.00 — 6 100.00 6 Hanover 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39 Hardy 8 100.00 — 8 100.00 8 Harrison 96 100.00 — 96 100.00 96 Henrico 242 100.00 — 242 100.00 242 Henry 24 100.00 — 24 100.00 24 Isle of Wight 160 100.00 — 160 100.00 160 James City 67 100.00 — 67 100.00 67 Jefferson 30 100.00 — 30 100.00 30 Kanawha King and Queen 79 100.00 — 79 100.00 79 King George 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63 King William 36 100.00 — 36 100.00 36 Lancaster 96 100.00 — 96 100.00 96 Lee Lewis Loudoun 66 100.00 — 66 100.00 66 Louisa 102 100.00 — 102 100.00 102 Lunenburg 47 100.00 — 47 100.00 47 Madison 98 100.00 — 98 100.00 98 Mason 68 100.00 — 68 100.00 68 Mathews 27 100.00 — 27 100.00 27 Mecklenburg 69 100.00 — 69 100.00 69 Middlesex 105 100.00 — 105 100.00 105 Monongalia Monroe 55 100.00 — 55 100.00 55 Montgomery Nansemond 39 100.00 — 39 100.00 39 Nelson 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49 New Kent 26 100.00 — 26 100.00 26 Norfolk 213 100.00 — 213 100.00 213 Northampton Northumberland 139 100.00 — 139 100.00 139 Nottoway 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49 Ohio 38 100.00 — 38 100.00 38 Orange 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74 Patrick 59 100.00 — 59 100.00 59 Pendleton 94 100.00 — 94 100.00 94 Pittsylvania 104 100.00 — 104 100.00 104 Powhatan Prince Edward 52 100.00 — 52 100.00 52 Prince George 145 100.00 — 145 100.00 145 Prince William 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63 Princess Anne 84 100.00 — 84 100.00 84 Randolph Richmond 74 100.00 — 74 100.00 74 Rockbridge 127 100.00 — 127 100.00 127 Rockingham 107 100.00 — 107 100.00 107 Russell Scott 13 100.00 — 13 100.00 13 Shenandoah 260 100.00 — 260 100.00 260 Southampton 91 100.00 — 91 100.00 91 Spotsylvania 111 100.00 — 111 100.00 111 Stafford 62 100.00 — 62 100.00 62 Surry 52 100.00 — 52 100.00 52 Sussex 88 100.00 — 88 100.00 88 Tazewell 32 100.00 — 32 100.00 32 Tyler 63 100.00 — 63 100.00 63 Warwick 49 100.00 — 49 100.00 49 Washington 97 100.00 — 97 100.00 97 Westmoreland 38 100.00 — 38 100.00 38 City of Williamsburg 29 100.00 — 29 100.00 29 Wood 169 100.00 — 169 100.00 169 Wythe 25 100.00 — 25 100.00 25 York 42 100.00 — 42 100.00 42 TOTAL 6,859 99.94 4 0.06 6,855 99.88 6,863

Electoral college + 1816 United States Electoral College vote in Virginia For president For vice president Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote Candidate Party Home state Electoralvote James Monroe Democratic-Republican Virginia 25 Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic-Republican New York 25

See also United States presidential elections in Virginia

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