See main article: 1808 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1808 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Popular Vote4: | - |
| Map Size: | 375px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Thomas Jefferson |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | James Madison |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Previous Election: | 1804 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Previous Year: | 1804 |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,336 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1812 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Next Year: | 1812 |
| Election Date: | 1808 |
| Image1: | James Madison.jpg |
| Nominee1: | James Madison |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 9 |
| Percentage1: | 63.31% |
| Nominee2: | Charles C. Pinckney |
| Party2: | Federalist Party |
| Color2: | F6D6C9 |
| Home State2: | South Carolina |
| Electoral Vote2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,886 |
| Percentage2: | 36.69% |
Voting in Maryland for the 1808 United States presidential election took place on an unknown date. 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. Oftentimes, 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 is similar to the way Nebraska and Maine choose their electors in modern elections.
| Party | Home State | Popular Vote | ElectoralVote[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | |||||
| James Madison | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 15,336 | 63.31% | 9 | |
| Charles C. Pinckney | Federalist | South Carolina | 8,886 | 36.69% | 2 | |
| Total | 24,222 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| James MadisonDemocratic-Republican | Charles C. PinckneyFederalist | Other | Margin | TotalVotes Cast [2] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Electors | % | Electors | % | Electors | % | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 27 | 3.32% | 0 | 781 | 96.30% | 1 | 3 | 0.36% | 0 | -751 | -92.62% | 811 | |||||||
| 2 | 1,268 | 51.60% | 1 | 1,189 | 48.40% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 79 | 3.20% | 2,457 | |||||||
| 3 | 7,241 | 95.64% | 2 | 308 | 4.06% | 0 | 22 | 0.30% | 0 | 6,911 | 91.28% | 7,571 | |||||||
| 4 | 8,707 | 52.81% | 2 | 7,776 | 47.17% | 0 | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 929 | 5.62% | 16,485 | |||||||
| 5 | 1,673 | 93.98% | 1 | 107 | 6.02% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1,566 | 87.96% | 1,780 | |||||||
| 6 | 1,678 | 82.29% | 1 | 361 | 17.71% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1,317 | 64.58% | 2,039 | |||||||
| 7 | 890 | 99.10% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 8 | 0.90% | 0 | 890 | 98.2% | 898 | |||||||
| 8 | 1,287 | 57.58% | 1 | 948 | 42.42% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 339 | 15.16% | 2,235 | |||||||
| 9 | 539 | 27.33% | 0 | 1,433 | 72.67% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | -894 | -45.34% | 1,972 | |||||||
| Total | 15,336 | 63.31% | 9 | 8,886 | 36.69% | 2 | 35 | 0.54% | 0 | 6,450 | 26.62% | 24,222 | |||||||
| James MadisonDemocratic-Republican | Charles C. PinckneyFederalist | Other | Margin | TotalVotes Cast [3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Allegany | 207 | 36.25% | 364 | 63.75% | 0 | 0% | -157 | -27.50% | 571 | ||||
| Anne Arundel | 618 | 97.94% | 13 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 615 | 95.88% | 631 | ||||
| Baltimore (City and County) | 4,510 | 97.45% | 118 | 2.55% | 0 | 0% | 4,392 | 94.90% | 4,628 | ||||
| Calvert | 339 | 46.57% | 389 | 53.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -50 | -6.86% | 728 | ||||
| Caroline | 559 | 62.25% | 339 | 37.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 24.50% | 898 | ||||
| Cecil | 682 | 77.41% | 199 | 22.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 54.82% | 881 | ||||
| Charles | 10 | 2.54% | 383 | 97.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -373 | -94.92% | 393 | ||||
| Dorchester | 282 | 42.92% | 375 | 57.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -93 | -14.16% | 657 | ||||
| Frederick | 2,471 | 51.35% | 2,341 | 48.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 130 | 2.70% | 4,812 | ||||
| Harford | 996 | 86.01% | 162 | 13.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 834 | 72.02% | 1,158 | ||||
| Kent | 459 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 459 | 100.00% | 459 | ||||
| Montgomery | 483 | 49.85% | 486 | 50.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -3 | -0.30% | 969 | ||||
| Prince George's | 627 | 54.38% | 526 | 45.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 8.76% | 1,153 | ||||
| Queen Anne's | 431 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 431 | 100.00% | 431 | ||||
| St. Mary's | 0 | 0.00% | 321 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -321 | -100.00% | 321 | ||||
| Somerset | 167 | 22.54% | 574 | 77.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -407 | -54.92% | 741 | ||||
| Talbot | 536 | 50.71% | 521 | 49.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 55.18% | 482 | ||||
| Washington | 1,525 | 58.90% | 1,064 | 41.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 461 | 17.80% | 2,589 | ||||
| Worcester | 292 | 33.80% | 572 | 66.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -280 | -32.40% | 864 | ||||
| Total | 15,336 | 63.31% | 8,886 | 36.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,450 | 26.62% | 24,222 | ||||