See main article: 1812 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1812 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1788 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1808 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1808 |
| Next Election: | 1816 United States presidential election in Virginia |
| Next Year: | 1816 |
| Election Date: | October 30 – December 2, 1812 |
| Nominee1: | James Madison |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Running Mate1: | Elbridge Gerry |
| Electoral Vote1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,127 |
| Percentage1: | 73.07% |
| Nominee2: | Rufus King |
| Party2: | Federalist Party |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | William R. Davie |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,574 |
| Percentage2: | 26.93% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | James Madison |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican |
| After Election: | James Madison |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican |
The 1812 United States presidential election in Virginia took place between October 30 and December 2, 1812, as part of the 1812 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Virginia voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent president, James Madison. Madison won Virginia, his home state, by a margin of 46.2%.[1]
The race in the state was noteworthy for a dispute within the Federalist Party, who had formed an unofficial pact to support rebel Democratic-Republican candidate DeWitt Clinton nationwide, while putting up Federalist candidate Jared Ingersoll as Clinton's running-mate. The Virginia state Federalist Party rejected this pact, however, and instead nominated Rufus King, the party's vice-presidential candidate in the two previous elections, for president, while nominating William Richardson Davie as King's running-mate. Despite the state's substantial number of presidential electors and the closeness of the race nationally, the dispute did not have a major impact on the election's outcome, as Madison was never considered likely to lose his home state.[2]