Presidential election · 1808
1808 electoral map
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) won the 1808 presidential election with 122 electoral votes to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's 47. Madison carried 12 of the 17 states that took part.
Winner
James Madison
122
Federalist
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
47
official Electoral College count
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Good to know
- Some electoral votes were split within states, cast by faithless electors or not counted, so the coloured states do not add up exactly to the official totals shown here. Each state is coloured by the party that won most of its electors.
States won in 1808
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney· Federalist
5 statesJames Madison· Democratic-Republican
12 statesElectoral College in 1808
17 states held 176 electoral votes in 1808. The largest prize was Virginia with 24 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1808 election article.