1796

[Keith Broaders]

In the Presidential Election of 1796 there were 13 men that received electoral votes.  Each elector cast to two votes, John Adams received 71 votes and Thomas Jefferson received 68. A total of 278 ballots were cast, John Adams received 71 votes and Thomas Jefferson received 68 and the remaining 11 candidates 

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote(a), (b), (c)		Electoral vote
			Count	Percentage
John Adams	Federalist	Massachusetts	35,726	53.4%	71
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	31,115	46.6%	68
Thomas Pinckney	Federalist	South Carolina	—	—	59
Aaron Burr	Democratic-Republican	New York	—	—	30
Samuel Adams	Democratic-Republican	Massachusetts	—	—	15
Oliver Ellsworth	Federalist	Connecticut	—	—	11
George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	New York	—	—	7
John Jay	Federalist	New York	—	—	5
James Iredell	Federalist	North Carolina	—	—	3
George Washington	Independent	Virginia	—	—	2
John Henry	Federalist[10]	Maryland	—	—	2
Samuel Johnston	Federalist	North Carolina	—	—	2
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Federalist	South Carolina	—	—	1
Total			66,841	100.0%	276
Needed to win					70

Source (Popular Vote): U.S. President National Vote. Our Campaigns. (February 11, 2006).

Before the 12th Amendment was added to the Constitution, the candidate with most electoral votes would be the President and the runner-up would be the Vice President  Beginning in the election in 1804 the electors cast one ballot naming their choice of President and Vice President. As a result only

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote(a), (b)		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Thomas Jefferson (incumbent)	Democratic-Republican	Virginia	104,110	72.8%	162	George Clinton	New York	162
Charles C. Pinckney	Federalist	South Carolina	38,919	27.2%	14	Rufus King	New York	14
Total			143,029	100%	176			176

[Keith Broaders]

 Election of 1808

Presidential Ballot	Total	Vice Presidential Ballot	Total
James Madison	83	George Clinton	79
James Monroe	3	John Langdon	5
George Clinton	3	Henry Dearborn	3
		John Quincy Adams	1

[Keith Broaders]

In the Presidential Election of 1820 James Monroe ran unopposed, as the Federalist Party did not field a candidate. Monroe received 231 of the 232 possible electoral votes;

[Keith Broaders]

In the Presidential Election of 1824 - Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 84 votes, William Crawford  received 41 votes and Henry Clay received 37.

All four candidates were identified as Democratic Republicans. To win the election  a total  of 131 electoral votes were requited and since none of the candidate received the requisite number of the the election would be determined in the House of Representatives,

Only 365,833 popular votes were cast in the election of 1824, but in the election of 1828 there were 1,153,779 people that votes, At this point in time popular votes became relevant,

Before 1828 the Presidential Electors had the responsibility to vote for whoever they believed would best serve the people, but after the election of 1828 the electors were required to vote for the candidate that received the most votes in the state wide popularity contest, This was when our republic became a democracy.

[Keith Broaders]

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote[a]		Electoral vote
			Count	Percentage
Andrew Jackson[c]	Democratic-Republican	Tennessee	151,271	41.36%	99
John Quincy Adams[d]	Democratic-Republican	Massachusetts	113,122	30.92%	84
William Harris Crawford[e]	Democratic-Republican	Georgia	40,856	11.21%	41
Henry Clay[f]	Democratic-Republican	Kentucky	47,531	12.99%	37
Unpledged electors	None	Massachusetts	6,616	1.81%	0
Other			6,437	1.71%	0
Total			365,833	100.0%	261
Needed to win					131

[Keith Broaders]

Only 365,833 popular votes were cast in the election of 1824, but in the election of 1828 there were 1,153,779 people that votes, At this point in time popular votes became relevant,

Before 1828 the Presidential Electors had the responsibility to vote for whoever they believed would best serve the people, but after the election of 1828 the electors were required to vote for the candidate that received the most votes in the state wide popularity contest, This was when our republic became a democracy.

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