1816 United States presidential election in Tennessee

1816 United States presidential election in Tennessee
November 7, 1816
 
Nominee James Monroe
Party Democratic-Republican
Home state Virginia
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins
Electoral vote 8
President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

 Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

A presidential election was held in Tennessee on November 7, 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 was elected unopposed. The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. In the national election, Monroe easily defeated the senior U.S. senator from New York Rufus King, who received 34 votes from unpledged electors despite not being a candidate.

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