Editing James Monroe (section)

===Election of 1820===
{{Main|1820 United States presidential election}}
Monroe announced his candidacy for a second term early on. At the [[Republican Caucus]] on April 8, 1820, the 40 members unanimously decided not to nominate an opposing candidate to Monroe. The collapse of the Federalists left Monroe with no organized opposition at the end of his first term, and he ran for reelection unopposed,<ref name="miller.monroe.elections"/> the only president other than [[George Washington|Washington]] to do so. A single elector from New Hampshire, [[William Plumer]], cast a vote for [[John Quincy Adams]], preventing a unanimous vote in the Electoral College.<ref name="miller.monroe.elections">{{cite web|url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/monroe/essays/biography/3|title=America President: James Monroe: Campaigns and Elections|publisher=Miller Center of Public Affairs|access-date=January 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114030924/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/monroe/essays/biography/3|archive-date=January 14, 2010}}</ref> He did so because he thought Monroe was incompetent. Later in the century, the story arose that he had cast his dissenting vote so that only George Washington would have the honor of unanimous election. Plumer never mentioned Washington in his speech explaining his vote to the other New Hampshire electors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections|title=Presidential Elections|publisher=A+E Networks|access-date=February 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321151243/http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections|archive-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> Despite this broad support in the presidential election, Monroe had few loyal supporters and correspondingly little influence in the parallel elected [[17th United States Congress]].<ref name=":11" />