1816 United States presidential election in Maryland

A presidential election was held in Maryland on November 11, 1816 as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins defeated the Federalist ticket. Although the Federalists failed to nominate a presidential candidate, Federalist unpledged electors carried three single-member districts; the electors chosen from these districts subsequently abstained from the Electoral College vote. Monroe carried the remaining six districts, including two multi-member districts, worth a combined eight electoral votes. Monroe won the national election handily, defeating the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.