United States Presidential Election of 1804

Jefferson re-elected 162 to 14 over Charles Cotesworth Pinckney under the new Twelfth Amendment rules.

Overview

The first election run under the Twelfth Amendment, with distinct presidential and vice presidential ballots, worked smoothly. Jefferson, buoyed by the Louisiana Purchase and prosperity, crushed Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 162 to 14, carrying every state except Connecticut and Delaware with two Maryland split electors. George Clinton became vice president. The Federalists' collapse in the face of Jeffersonian popularity began the party's slide toward extinction after 1816, and Burr's earlier duel with Hamilton lay just ahead.