Editing James Madison (section)

===1808 presidential election===
{{Main|1808 United States presidential election}}
[[File:ElectoralCollege1808.svg|thumb|Following Jefferson's presidency, Madison's 1808 electoral vote results|alt=Election maps by state for election of 1808.]]

Speculation regarding Madison's potential succession to Jefferson commenced early in Jefferson's first term. Madison's status in the party was damaged by his association with the embargo, which was unpopular throughout the country and especially in the Northeast.{{sfn|Burstein|Isenberg|2010|pages=457–458}} With the Federalists collapsing as a national party after 1800, the chief opposition to Madison's candidacy came from other members of the Democratic–Republican Party.{{sfn|Burstein|Isenberg|2010|pages=438–439}} Madison became the target of attacks from Congressman [[John Randolph of Roanoke|John Randolph]], a leader of a faction of the party known as the [[tertium quids]].{{sfn|Burstein|Isenberg|2010|pages=434–435}}

Randolph recruited Monroe, who had felt betrayed by the administration's rejection of the proposed [[Monroe–Pinkney Treaty]] with Britain, to challenge Madison for leadership of the party.{{sfn|Feldman|2017|pages=496–497}} Many Northerners, meanwhile, hoped that Vice President Clinton could unseat Madison as Jefferson's successor.{{sfn|Burstein|Isenberg|2010|pages=457–459}} Despite this opposition, Madison won his party's presidential nomination at the January 1808 [[congressional nominating caucus]].{{sfn|Feldman|2017|page=498}} The Federalist Party mustered little strength outside New England, and Madison easily defeated Federalist candidate [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]] in the general election.{{sfn|Rutland|1990|page=5}}