United States Presidential Election of 1816

James Monroe crushed Rufus King 183 to 34, opening the Era of Good Feelings.

Overview

With the Federalist Party discredited by Hartford Convention whispers of New England secession during the war, Secretary of State Monroe defeated Rufus King 183 to 34, carrying every state except Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Delaware. Turnout was low because competition was dying. Monroe's term gave the name Era of Good Feelings to the postwar calm of one-party dominance, though beneath it the Panic of 1819 and the Missouri crisis of 1819 to 1820 revived sectional politics that would shatter the old Republican Party.