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Federalist Party presidential election history

The Federalist Party in U.S. presidential elections: 8 nominees from 1789 to 1816, 3 won the presidency.

Also listed as: unofficially Federalist.

YearNomineeRunning mateElectoral votesPopular voteShareStatesResult
1816 Rufus King John Howard 34 — — 0 Lost
1812 DeWitt Clinton Jared Ingersoll 89 — — 0 Lost
1808 Charles Pinckney Rufus King 47 — — 0 Lost
1804 Charles Pinckney Rufus King 14 — — 0 Lost
1800 John Adams — 65 — — 0 Lost
1796 John Adams — 71 — — 0 Won
1792 George Washington — 132 — — 0 Won
1789 George Washington — 69 — — 0 Won

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data