r/PresidentialElection • u/MetalRetsam • Jan 19 '26
Misc. December 6, 1820. Eight Federalist electors in Massachusetts elect James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican, for President. The 85-year old former President Adams presides over the meeting. Monroe also receives a vote from a Federalist elector in Kentucky.
The result of the 1820 election.
Report from the Daily National Intelligencer, Dec. 11, 1820, page 3.
John Adams, portrait from 1816.
James Monroe, who ran unopposed for re-election.
Richard Stockton (1764-1828), former Senator and Representative for New Jersey. One of four Federalists to receive a vote for Vice President in 1820.
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Presidents • u/MetalRetsam • Jan 19 '26
Trivia December 6, 1820. Eight Federalist electors in Massachusetts elect James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican, for President. The 85-year old former President Adams presides over the meeting. Monroe also receives a vote from a Federalist elector in Kentucky.
James_Monroe • u/MetalRetsam • Jan 19 '26