United States presidential election of 1820

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The United States presidential election of 1820 was effectively an uncontested race in which incumbent President James Monroe won re-election during the Era of Good Feelings, reflecting the temporary collapse of strong party opposition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election
presidential election
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantParty Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED
electoralCollegeMeetingDate 1820-12-06
electorallyOpposedBy faithless elector from New Hampshire
electoralVotesForJamesMonroe 231
electoralVotesForJohnQuincyAdams 1
electoralVotesNeededToWin 117
endDate 1820-12-06
eraCharacterizedBy temporary decline of partisan conflict at national level
faithlessElectorVotedFor John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED
formalVoteCountDateInCongress 1821-02-14
historicalSignificance last U.S. presidential election in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed
only U.S. presidential election where a major-party candidate received all but one electoral vote
incumbentPresident James Monroe NERFINISHED
mainCandidate James Monroe NERFINISHED
John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED
majorOppositionParty none
nextElection United States presidential election of 1824 NERFINISHED
numberOfFaithlessElectors 1 GENERATED
numberOfStatesParticipating 24
officeContested President of the United States NERFINISHED
partOf Era of Good Feelings NERFINISHED
popularVoteForJamesMonroe approximately 80,000
popularVotePercentageForJamesMonroe approximately 80.6%
presidentAfterElection James Monroe NERFINISHED
presidentBeforeElection James Monroe NERFINISHED
previousElection United States presidential election of 1816 NERFINISHED
reasonForFaithlessVote to preserve George Washington’s unique status as only unanimously elected president
reflectedCollapseOf Federalist Party NERFINISHED
relatedIssue Missouri Compromise NERFINISHED
runningMateOfJamesMonroe Daniel D. Tompkins NERFINISHED
startDate 1820-11-01
stateAdmittedBeforeElection Maine NERFINISHED
Missouri NERFINISHED
tookPlaceAfter Panic of 1819 NERFINISHED
tookPlaceDuring Era of Good Feelings NERFINISHED
tookPlaceInCongressionalSession 16th United States Congress NERFINISHED
17th United States Congress NERFINISHED
totalElectoralVotes 232
typeOfElection indirect election via Electoral College
vicePresidentAfterElection Daniel D. Tompkins NERFINISHED
vicePresidentBeforeElection Daniel D. Tompkins NERFINISHED
vicePresidentialCandidate Daniel D. Tompkins NERFINISHED
wasEffectivelyUncontested true
winner James Monroe NERFINISHED
winningParty Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED

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Second inauguration of James Monroe follows United States presidential election of 1820
United States presidential election of 1824 previousElection United States presidential election of 1820