Democratic-Republican Party - Candidates

Candidates

Election year Result Nominees
President Vice President
1792 lost None George Clinton
1796 lost(a) Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
1800 won(b)
1804 won George Clinton
1808 won James Madison
1812 won Elbridge Gerry
1816 won James Monroe Daniel Tompkins
1820 won
1824 N/A(c) None None
  • (a) Jefferson did not win the presidency, and Burr did not win the vice presidency. However, under the pre-12th Amendment election rules, Jefferson won the vice presidency due to dissension among Federalist electors.
  • (b) Jefferson and Burr received the same number of electoral votes. Jefferson was subsequently chosen as president by the House of Representatives.
  • (c) Crawford and Gallatin were nominated by a group of 66 Congressmen that called itself the "Democratic members of Congress". Gallatin later withdrew from the contest. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay ran as Republicans, although they were not nominated by any national body. While Jackson won a plurality in the electoral college and popular vote, he did not win the constitutionally required majority of electoral votes to be elected president. The contest was thrown to the House of Representatives, where Adams won with Clay's support. The electoral college chose John C. Calhoun for vice president.

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