1804 United States elections
Presidential election year
Year1804
Incumbent presidentThomas Jefferson
(Democratic-Republican)
Next congress9th
President controlDemocratic-Republican hold
President candidate 1Thomas Jefferson (DR)
Electoral vote 1162
President candidate 2Charles C. Pinckney (F)
Electoral vote 214
Senate controlDemocratic-Republican hold
Senate seats contested11 of 34 seats[1]
Senate net changeDemocratic-Republican +2[2]
House controlDemocratic-Republican hold
House seats contestedAll 142 voting members
House net changeDemocratic-Republican +11[2]
Governor seats contested13
Governor net change+1 Federalist

Elections were held for the 9th United States Congress, in 1804 and 1805. The election took place during the First Party System. The Democratic-Republican Party continued its control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.

In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson easily defeated Federalist former Governor Charles Pinckney of South Carolina.[3] As the Twelfth Amendment had been ratified in 1804, this was the first election in which electors separately selected a president and a vice president.

In the House, Democratic-Republicans won moderate gains, boosting their already-dominant majority.[4]

In the Senate, Democratic-Republicans made small gains, improving on their commanding majority.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Not counting special elections.
  2. ^ Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. ^ "1804 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.