UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1820 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== The President was chosen by the Electoral College, whose members were chosen by the state legislatures. James Monroe (Democratic-Rep, VA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 3 CONNECTICUT 9 DELAWARE 4 GEORGIA 8 INDIANA 3 ILLINOIS 3 KENTUCKY 12 LOUISIANA 3 MAINE 9 MARYLAND 11 MASSACHUSETTS 15 MISSISSIPPI 2 MISSOURI 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 NEW JERSEY 8 NEW YORK 29 NTH CAROLINA 15 OHIO 8 PENNSYLVANIA 24 RHODE ISLAND 4 STH CAROLINA 11 TENNESSEE 7 VERMONT 8 VIRGINIA 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 231 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Monroe was unopposed for re-election but one New Hampshire elector voted for John Q Adams of Massachusetts to prevent Monroe equalling George Washington's record of unanimous re-election. One elector from Mississippi, one from Pennsylvania and one from Tennessee did not vote.