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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline August 20, 1808 - 05:00pm Central
Polls Open August 22, 1808 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close August 22, 1808 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1809 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1813 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler April 27, 2008 08:32pm
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Federalist National Ticket, 1808

Presidential Nominee
Vice Presidential Nominee
Party Leader
Charles C. Pinckney SC
Former U.S. Sen.
Rufus King NY

The Federalist Party in the 2d Jefferson Administration

The Federalist Party was devastated in the election of 1804. In addition to its humiliating presidential loss of 162-14, the party lost 11 of its 40 U.S. House seats. The situation was so dire that beginning in 1807 the chief opposition to the Administration came from John Randolph and the Quids, not from the Federalists.

In early 1808, the Federalist situation appeared quite dismal. President Jefferson's stand against British impressment of American seamen, and the resulting Embargo Act, helped bolster his popularity. No Federalists appeared interested in the presidential nomination later in the year, and after the DRP Caucus, it was generally assumed that the Federalists would support George Cli

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic-Republican Won12/05/1804
NameThomas Jefferson Votes162 (92.05%)
Term03/04/1805 - 03/04/1809 Margin148 (+84.09%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic-Republican Won12/07/1808
NameJames Madison Votes122 (69.71%)
Term03/04/1809 - 03/04/1813 Margin75 (+42.86%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceU.S. President 12/07/1808

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Name Ambassador Charles Cotesworth Pinckney  
PartyFederalist  
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Certified Votes 25 (100.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
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