List of Federalist Party presidential tickets explained

This is a list of Federalist Party candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.^[1] ^[2] Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.

List of Federalist tickets

1796, 1800

width=190	Presidential nominee	1796 (won), 1800 (lost)		width=190	Vice presidential nominee
John Adams of MA (1735–1826)	Prior public experience Continental Congress (1774–1777) U.S. Envoy to France (1777–1779) U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1782–1788) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1785–1788) Vice President (1789–1797) President (1797–1801) Higher education Harvard University (BA, MA)	width=350	Prior public experience Governor of South Carolina (1787–1789) South Carolina House of Representatives (1791) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1792–1796) Higher education Christ Church, Oxford (BA) Special Military School of St. Cyr Inner Temple	Thomas Pinckney of SC (1750–1828) (1796)
Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1788–1790) South Carolina Senate (1790–1796) U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797) Higher education Christ Church, Oxford Middle Temple	Charles Pinckney of SC (1746–1825) (1800)
Opponent(s) Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote Adams: 71 (51.4%) Jefferson: 68 (49.3%) Popular vote Adams/Pinckney: 35,726 (53.4%) Jefferson/Burr: 31,115 (46.6%)		Opponent(s) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
	Contingent vote Jefferson: 10 (62.5%) Adams: 4 (25.0%) Blank: 2 (12.5%) Electoral vote Jefferson: 73 (52.9%) Adams: 65 (47.1%) Popular vote: Jefferson/Burr: 41,330 (61.4%) Adams/Pickney: 25,952 (38.6%)		Opponent(s) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)

1804, 1808

width=175	Presidential nominee	1804 (lost), 1808 (lost)		width=175	Vice presidential nominee
Charles Pinckney of SC (1746–1825)	width=350	Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1788–1790) South Carolina Senate (1790–1796) U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797) Higher education Christ Church, Oxford Middle Temple	width=350	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	Rufus King of NY (1755–1827)
	Opponent(s) Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote Jefferson/Clinton: 162 (92.0%) Pinckney/King: 14 (8.0%) Popular vote Jefferson/Clinton: 104,110 (72.8%) Pinckney/King: 38,919 (27.2%)		Opponent(s) George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
	Opponent(s) James Madison (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote Madison/Clinton: 122 (69.7%) Pinckney/King: 47 (26.9%) Popular vote Madison/Clinton: 124,732 (64.7%) Pinckney/King: 62,431 (32.4%)		Opponent(s) George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)

1812

width=175	Presidential nominee	1812 (lost)		width=175	Vice presidential nominee
DeWitt Clinton of NY (1769–1828)	width=350	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1798) New York Senate (1798–1802, 1806–1811) U.S. Senate (1802–1803) Mayor of New York City (1803–1807, 1808–1810, 1811–1815) Lieutenant Governor of New York (1811–1813) Higher education Princeton University Columbia University (BA)	width=350	Prior public experience Continental Congress (1780–1781) Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1791–1800, 1811–1816) Higher education Yale University (BA) Middle Temple	Jared Ingersoll of PA (1749–1822)
Rufus King of NY (1755–1827)	width=350	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	width=350	Prior public experience Governor of North Carolina (1798-1799) Higher education Princeton University	William Davie of NC (1756–1820)
Opponent(s) James Madison (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote Madison/Gerry: 128 (59.0%) Clinton/Ingersoll: 89 (41.0%) Popular vote Madison/Gerry: 140,431 (50.4%) Clinton/Ingersoll: 132,781 (47.6%) King/Davie: 5,574 (2.0%)		Opponent(s) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican)

1816

width=175	Presidential nominee	1816 (lost)		width=175	Vice presidential nominee
Rufus King of NY (1755–1827)	width=350	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1789–1796, 1813–1819) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1796–1803) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	width=350	Prior public experience Continental Congress (1788) Governor of Maryland (1788–1791) Maryland Senate (1791–1795) U.S. Senate (1796–1803) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1800) Higher education None	John Howard of MD (1752–1827)
Opponent(s) James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote Monroe/Tompkins: 183 (84.3%) King/Howard: 34 (15.7%) Popular vote Monroe/Tompkins: 76,592 (68.2%) King/Howard: 34,740 (30.9%)		Opponent(s) Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)

1820

width=175	Presidential nominee	1820 (lost)		width=175	Vice presidential nominee
*None*	width=350		width=350	Prior public experience U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1789–1791) U.S. Senate (1796–1799) U.S. House of Representatives (1813–1815) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	Richard Stockton of NJ (1764–1828)
Opponent(s) James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Monroe: 231 (98.3%)^[3] Blank: 3 (1.3%) Adams 1 (0.4%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Tompkins: 218 (92.8%)^[4] Stockton: 8 (3.4%) Rodney 4 (1.7%) Blank: 3 (1.3%) Harper 1 (0.4%) Rush 1 (0.4%) Popular vote Monroe/Tompkins: 87,343 (80.6%) Federalist/Stockton: 17,465 (16.1%) Clinton 1,893 (1.8%)		Opponent(s) Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)

Other candidates

In addition to the candidates listed above, other Federalists received electoral votes between 1796 and 1820. In the 1796 election, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jay, James Iredell, Samuel Johnston, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney all received at least one electoral vote. Jay also received a single vote in the 1800 election. In the 1816 election, Robert Goodloe Harper, John Marshall, and James Ross all received electoral votes for vice president. In the 1820 election, Robert Goodloe Harper, Daniel Rodney, and Richard Rush all received at least one electoral vote for vice president.^[1]

References

Works cited

Book: Deskins. Donald Richard. Walton. Hanes. Puckett. Sherman. Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. 2010. University of Michigan Press. 978-0472116973.
Morgan. William G.. The Origin and Development of the Congressional Nominating Caucus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 1969. 113. 2. 184–196. 985965.
Siry . Steven Edwin . The Sectional Politics of "Practical Republicanism": De Witt Clinton's Presidential Bid, 1810–1812 . Journal of the Early Republic . 1985 . 5 . 4 . 441–462 . 3123061.

Notes and References

Web site: Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996 . National Archives and Records Administration . 16 September 2018.
Web site: United States Presidential Election Results . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 16 September 2018.
If not for a three electors dying prior to the Electoral College convening and not being replaced, Monroe would have received 234 votes (99.6%).
If not for a three electors dying prior to the Electoral College convening and not being replaced, Tompkins would have received 221 votes (94.0%).