United States presidential election of 1820

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The United States presidential election of 1820 was effectively an uncontested race in which incumbent President James Monroe won re-election during the Era of Good Feelings, reflecting the temporary collapse of strong party opposition.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
presidential election
country United States
dominantParty Democratic-Republican Party
electoralCollegeMeetingDate 1820-12-06
electorallyOpposedBy faithless elector from New Hampshire
electoralVotesForJamesMonroe 231
electoralVotesForJohnQuincyAdams 1
electoralVotesNeededToWin 117
endDate 1820-12-06
eraCharacterizedBy temporary decline of partisan conflict at national level
faithlessElectorVotedFor John Quincy Adams
formalVoteCountDateInCongress 1821-02-14
historicalSignificance last U.S. presidential election in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed
only U.S. presidential election where a major-party candidate received all but one electoral vote
incumbentPresident James Monroe
mainCandidate James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
majorOppositionParty none
nextElection United States presidential election of 1824
numberOfFaithlessElectors 1
numberOfStatesParticipating 24
officeContested President of the United States
partOf Era of Good Feelings
popularVoteForJamesMonroe approximately 80,000
popularVotePercentageForJamesMonroe approximately 80.6%
presidentAfterElection James Monroe
presidentBeforeElection James Monroe
previousElection United States presidential election of 1816
reasonForFaithlessVote to preserve George Washington’s unique status as only unanimously elected president
reflectedCollapseOf Federalist Party
linked to: Federalists
relatedIssue Missouri Compromise
runningMateOfJamesMonroe Daniel D. Tompkins
startDate 1820-11-01
stateAdmittedBeforeElection Maine
Missouri
tookPlaceAfter Panic of 1819
tookPlaceDuring Era of Good Feelings
tookPlaceInCongressionalSession 16th United States Congress
17th United States Congress
totalElectoralVotes 232
typeOfElection indirect election via Electoral College
vicePresidentAfterElection Daniel D. Tompkins
vicePresidentBeforeElection Daniel D. Tompkins
vicePresidentialCandidate Daniel D. Tompkins
wasEffectivelyUncontested true
winner James Monroe
winningParty Democratic-Republican Party

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United States presidential election of 1824 previousElection United States presidential election of 1820
Second inauguration of James Monroe follows United States presidential election of 1820
United States presidential election, 1816 followedBy United States presidential election, 1820
linked to: United States presidential election of 1820