See main article: 1812 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1812 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Popular Vote4: | - |
| Map Size: | 375px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | James Madison |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | James Madison |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Previous Election: | 1808 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Previous Year: | 1808 |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,046 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1816 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Next Year: | 1816 |
| Election Date: | 1812 |
| Image1: | James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg |
| Nominee1: | James Madison |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Percentage1: | 51.80% |
| Nominee2: | DeWitt Clinton |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican[1] |
| Color2: | F6D6C9 |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Electoral Vote2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,092 |
| Percentage2: | 48.20% |
The 1812 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on an unknown date in 1812, as part of the 1812 presidential election. 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[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | |||||
| James Madison | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 14,046 | 51.80% | 6 | |
| DeWitt Clinton | Federalist | New York | 13,092 | 48.20% | 5 | |
| Total | 27,138 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| James MadisonDemocratic-Republican | DeWitt ClintonFederalist | OtherFederalist | Margin | TotalVotes Cast [3] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Electors | % | Electors | % | Electors | % | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 107 | 12.31% | 0 | 757 | 87.11% | 1 | 3 | 0.58% | 0 | -53 | -74.22% | 869 | |||||||
| 2 | 959 | 44.29% | 0 | 1,206 | 55.71% | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | -247 | -11.42% | 2,165 | |||||||
| 3 | 6,829 | 64.92% | 2 | 3,689 | 35.08% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 3,140 | 28.03% | 10,518 | |||||||
| 4 | 3,925 | 49.24% | 0 | 4,045 | 50.76% | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | -120 | -1.52% | 7,970 | |||||||
| 5 | 1,668 | 69.67% | 1 | 726 | 30.33% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 942 | 39.34% | 1,780 | |||||||
| 6 | 1,840 | 62.18% | 1 | 1,119 | 37.82% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 721 | 24.36% | 2,959 | |||||||
| 7 | 1,238 | 58.64% | 1 | 873 | 41.36% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 365 | 17.28% | 2,111 | |||||||
| 8 | 1,484 | 50.49% | 1 | 1,455 | 49.51% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 29 | 0.98% | 2,939 | |||||||
| 9 | 189 | 7.77% | 0 | 2,238 | 92.06% | 1 | 4 | 0.002% | 0 | -2053 | -84.29% | 2,431 | |||||||
| Total | 14,046 | 51.80% | 6 | 13,092 | 48.20% | 5 | 7 | 0 | 954 | 3.60% | 27,138 | ||||||||
| James MadisonDemocratic-Republican | DeWitt ClintonDemocratic-Republican | OtherOther | Margin | TotalVotes Cast [4] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Allegany | 436 | 45.85% | 515 | 54.15% | 0 | 0% | -79 | -8.30% | 951 | ||||
| Anne Arundel | 733 | 57.90% | 533 | 42.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 200 | 15.80% | 1,266 | ||||
| Baltimore (City and County) | 4,290 | 73.20% | 1,571 | 26.80% | 0 | 0% | 2,719 | 46.40% | 5,861 | ||||
| Calvert | 339 | 46.57% | 389 | 53.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -50 | -6.86% | 728 | ||||
| Caroline | 502 | 45.18% | 609 | 54.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -107 | -9.64% | 898 | ||||
| Cecil | 768 | 49.58% | 781 | 50.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -13 | -0.84% | 1,549 | ||||
| Charles | 34 | 7.57% | 415 | 92.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -381 | -84.86% | 449 | ||||
| Dorchester | 322 | 29.81% | 758 | 70.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -436 | -40.38% | 1,080 | ||||
| Frederick | 2,216 | 45.08% | 2,590 | 54.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -374 | -9.84% | 4,716 | ||||
| Harford | 1,072 | 76.03% | 338 | 23.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 734 | 52.06% | 1,410 | ||||
| Kent | 467 | 47.46% | 517 | 52.54% | 0 | 0.00% | -50 | -5.08% | 987 | ||||
| Montgomery | 483 | 49.85% | 486 | 50.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -3 | -0.30% | 969 | ||||
| Prince George's | 489 | 44.09% | 620 | 55.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 8.76% | 1,109 | ||||
| Queen Anne's | 771 | 68.41% | 356 | 31.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 415 | 36.82% | 1,127 | ||||
| St. Mary's | 58 | 18.65% | 253 | 81.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -195 | -62.70% | 321 | ||||
| Somerset | 49 | 6.41% | 716 | 93.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -667 | -87.18% | 765 | ||||
| Talbot | 670 | 48.13% | 722 | 51.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -52 | -3.74% | 482 | ||||
| Washington | 1,364 | 59.20% | 940 | 40.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 18.40% | 2,304 | ||||
| Worcester | 76 | 8.14% | 858 | 91.86% | 0 | 0.00% | -782 | -83.72% | 934 | ||||
| Total | 14,046 | 51.80% | 13,092 | 48.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 954 | 3.60% | 27,138 | ||||