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Incumbent president
James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Next Congress
13th
Presidential election
Partisan control
Democratic-Republican hold
Electoral vote
James Madison (DR)
128
DeWitt Clinton (DR/F)
89
1812 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Madison, burnt orange denotes states won by Clinton. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
Senate elections
Overall control
Democratic-Republican hold
Seats contested
12 of 36 seats[1]
Net seat change
Federalist +2[2]
House elections
Overall control
Democratic-Republican hold
Seats contested
All 182 voting members
Net seat change
Democratic-Republican +7[2]
The 1812 United States elections elected the members of the 13th United States Congress. The election took place during the First Party System, and shortly after the start of the War of 1812. The Federalist Party made a relatively strong showing, winning seats in both chambers while supporting a competitive challenge to the incumbent Democratic-Republican president. However, the Democratic-Republican Party continued its control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.
In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison defeated New York Lieutenant Governor and New York City Mayor DeWitt Clinton.[3] Clinton was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, but his presidential bid received the support of both anti-Madison Democratic-Republicans and many Federalists.[4] Although Madison won, the presidential election was the closest since the 1800 election, as Clinton won New England and three mid-Atlantic states.
Following the 1810 census, 39 seats were added to the House. Federalists won major gains, but Democratic-Republicans continued to dominate the chamber.[5]
In the Senate, Federalists picked up a small number of seats, but Democratic-Republicans retained a dominant majority.[6]
^Not counting special elections.
^ abCongressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
^"1812 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^History of American Presidential Elections, Volume I 1789-1844; Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; Pgs 249-272
^"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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