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Monroe's victory was the last of six straight victories by Virginians in presidential elections (Jefferson twice, Madison twice, and Monroe twice). This was the last election in which an incumbent ticket was reelected until the ticket of Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall were reelected in 1916.
Monroe's wartime leadership established him as Madison's heir apparent, and he easily defeated Federalist candidate Rufus King in the 1816 presidential election. During Monroe's tenure as president, the Federalist Party collapsed as a national political force and Monroe was re-elected, virtually unopposed, in 1820.
The presidency of James Monroe began on March 4, 1817, when James Monroe was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1825.Monroe, the fifth United States president, took office after winning the 1816 presidential election by an overwhelming margin over Federalist Rufus King.
James Madison, the incumbent president in 1816, whose second term expired on March 4, 1817. Monroe followed an uncertain path to the nomination in 1816. He had feuded with Madison for most of the preceding three decades, running against him for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1789 and for the presidency in 1808. [12]
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3]
During this election, New York cast its 29 electoral votes to Democratic Republican candidate and incumbent President James Monroe. Effectively, the 1820 presidential election was an election with no campaign, since there was no serious opposition to Monroe and Tompkins.
Brant, who was first elected to the Monroe County Commission in 2012, somehow kept secret that the feds had been after him for four years. Fellow commissioner Randy Richardville said when Brant's ...
The 1820 United States elections elected the members of the 17th United States Congress. The election took place during Era of Good Feelings and the First Party System . Despite the Panic of 1819 , the Democratic-Republican Party maintained control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, while the Federalist Party provided only limited ...