The 1820 United States presidential election in Illinois took place between 1 November and 6 December 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. It was the first presidential election that Illinois participated in since being admitted to the Union on 3 December 1818.
Illinois cast three electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent President James Monroe, as he ran effectively unopposed. The electoral votes for vice president were cast for Monroe's running mate Daniel D. Tompkins from New York. The state was divided into electoral districts with one elector each, and each district's voters chose the electors.[1]
Results
| 1820 United States presidential election in Illinois[2]
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| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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Percentage
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Electoral votes
|
|
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Democratic-Republican
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James Monroe (incumbent)
|
940
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65.14%
|
3
|
|
|
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Others
|
503
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34.86%
|
0
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| Totals
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1,443
|
100.0%
|
3
|
Results by county
1820 United States presidential election in Illinois (by county)[3]
| County
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James Monroe
Democratic-Republican[a]
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Other Candidates
Various Parties[b]
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Total votes cast
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| #
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
| Alexander
|
10
|
52.63%
|
9
|
47.37%
|
19
|
| Bond
|
39
|
49.37%
|
40
|
50.63%
|
79
|
| Crawford
|
93
|
91.18%
|
9
|
8.82%
|
102
|
| Edwards
|
10
|
100.00%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
10
|
| Franklin
|
6
|
42.86%
|
8
|
57.14%
|
14
|
| Gallatin
|
67
|
70.53%
|
28
|
29.47%
|
95
|
| Jackson
|
47
|
48.96%
|
49
|
51.04%
|
96
|
| Jefferson
|
30
|
88.24%
|
4
|
11.76%
|
34
|
| Johnson
|
6
|
20.00%
|
24
|
80.00%
|
30
|
| Madison
|
27
|
18.88%
|
116
|
81.12%
|
143
|
| Monroe
|
121
|
80.67%
|
29
|
19.33%
|
150
|
| Pope
|
75
|
100.00%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
75
|
| Randolph
|
170
|
79.81%
|
43
|
20.19%
|
213
|
| Union
|
127
|
94.07%
|
8
|
5.93%
|
135
|
| Wayne
|
38
|
71.70%
|
15
|
28.30%
|
53
|
| Total
|
938
|
65.59%
|
492
|
34.41%
|
1,430
|
See also
Notes
- ^ Vote for the Democratic-Republicans consists of the combined totals of James Moore, Michael Jones, and Adolphus F. Hubbard.
- ^ Vote for "Others" consists of the combined totals of Charles Campbell, William Campbell, Peter Kimmel, John Edgar, Elisha Mills, William Kinney, John Y. Sawyer, and Abraham Prewitt.
References
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- See also
- Presidential elections
- Senate elections
- House elections
- Gubernatorial elections
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