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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1804 United States presidential election
| country = United States
| flag_year = 1795
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1800 United States presidential election
| previous_year = 1800
| next_election = 1808 United States presidential election
| next_year = 1808
| votes_for_election = 176 members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]]
| needed_votes = 89 electoral
| turnout = 23.8%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present|title=National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present|work=United States Election Project|publisher=[[CQ Press]]}}</ref> {{decrease}} 8.5 [[percentage point|pp]]
| election_date = November 2 – December 5, 1804
| image1 = [[File:Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800) (3x4 cropped).jpg|x200px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[Thomas Jefferson]]'''
| party1 = Democratic-Republican Party
| running_mate1 = '''[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]'''
| home_state1 = [[Virginia]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''162'''
| states_carried1 = '''15'''
| popular_vote1 = '''105,524'''
| percentage1 = '''73.2%'''
| image2 = [[File:James Earl - General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped b).jpg|x200px]]
| nominee2 = [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]
| party2 = Federalist Party
| running_mate2 = [[Rufus King]]
| home_state2 = [[South Carolina]]
| electoral_vote2 = 14
| states_carried2 = 2
| popular_vote2 = 38,519
| percentage2 = 26.7%
| map_size = 350px
| map = {{1804 United States presidential election imagemap}}
| map_caption = Presidential election results map. <span style="color:green;">Green</span> denotes states won by Jefferson and <span style="color:#EA9978;">Salmon</span> denotes states won by Pinckney. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
| title = President
| before_election = [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| before_party = Democratic-Republican Party
| after_election = [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| after_party = Democratic-Republican Party
}}
[[United States presidential election|Presidential elections]] were held in the [[United States]] from November 2 to December 5, 1804. Incumbent [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] [[President of the United States|president]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] defeated [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]] of South Carolina. It was the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], which reformed procedures for electing presidents and vice presidents.

Jefferson was renominated by his party's [[congressional nominating caucus]] without opposition, and the party nominated Governor [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] of New York to replace [[Aaron Burr]] as Jefferson's running mate. With former [[President of the United States|president]] [[John Adams]] in retirement, the Federalists turned to Pinckney, a former ambassador and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero who had been Adams's running mate in the 1800 election.

Though Jefferson had only narrowly defeated Adams in 1800, he was widely popular due to the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and a strong economy. He carried almost every state, including most states in the Federalist stronghold of [[New England]].

==Background==
Although the [[1800 United States presidential election|1800 presidential election]] was a close one, Jefferson steadily gained popularity during his term. American trade boomed due to the temporary suspension of hostilities during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] in [[Europe]], and the [[Louisiana Purchase]] was heralded as a great achievement.

==Nominations==
===Democratic-Republican Party nomination===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
| style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|[[File:Tricolour Cockade.svg|65px|center|link=Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican Party]]<big>'''Democratic-Republican Party Ticket, 1804'''</big>
|-
! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"| [[Thomas Jefferson|{{color|white|Thomas Jefferson}}]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"| [[George Clinton (vice president)|{{color|white|George Clinton}}]]
|-
| style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|'''''for President'''''
| style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President'''''
|-
| [[File:Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg|x200px]] 
| [[File:George Clinton by Ezra Ames.jpg|center|200x200px]]
|-
| [[List of presidents of the United States|3rd]]<br />[[President of the United States]]<br /><small>(1801–1809)</small>
| [[List of Governors of New York|1st]]<br />[[Governor of New York]]<br /><small>(1777–1795, 1801–1804)</small>
|-
|}

The [[congressional nominating caucus]] of the [[Democratic-Republican Party]] was held in February 1804, with 108 members of the [[United States Congress]] in attendance and Senator [[Stephen R. Bradley]] as its chair. Jefferson was renominated by acclamation while Vice President [[Aaron Burr]] was not considered for renomination. The caucus selected to give the vice-presidential nomination to Governor [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] whose main opponent was Senator [[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]]. A thirteen-member committee was selected to manage Jefferson's presidential campaign.<ref name="deskins1">{{cite book|last1=Deskins|first1=Donald Richard|last2=Walton|first2=Hanes|last3=Puckett|first3=Sherman|title=Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data|date=2010|publisher=University of Michigan Press|pages=41–42}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1979 |title=National Party Conventions, 1831-1976 |publisher=[[Congressional Quarterly]]}}</ref>

====Vice-presidential candidates====
* [[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]] ([[Kentucky]]), U.S. Senator
* [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] ([[New York (state)|New York]]), Governor
* [[Gideon Granger]] ([[Connecticut]]), Postmaster General
* [[John Langdon (politician)|John Langdon]] ([[New Hampshire]]), former U.S. Senator
* [[Levi Lincoln Sr.|Levi Lincoln]] ([[Massachusetts]]), U.S. Attorney General
* [[William Maclay (politician)|William Maclay]] ([[Pennsylvania]]), former U.S. Senator

<gallery mode="packed" heights="160">
File:John Breckinridge.jpg|Senator <br /> [[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]] <br /> from [[Kentucky]]
File:George Clinton by Ezra Ames (full portrait).jpg|Governor <br /> '''[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]''' <br /> of [[New York (state)|New York]]
File:Gideon Granger.jpg|Postmaster General <br /> [[Gideon Granger]]<br />from [[Connecticut]]
File:John langdon.jpg|Former Senator <br /> [[John Langdon (politician)|John Langdon]]<br />from [[New Hampshire]]
File:LeviLincoln.gif|Attorney General <br /> [[Levi Lincoln Sr.|Levi Lincoln]]<br />from [[Massachusetts]]
File:WilliamMaclay.jpg|Former Senator <br /> [[William Maclay (Pennsylvania senator)|William Maclay]]<br />from [[Pennsylvania]]
</gallery>

====Balloting====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Presidential ballot
!Total
!Vice-presidential ballot
!Total
|-
|'''[[Thomas Jefferson]]'''
|align="right"|108
|'''[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]'''
|align="right"|67
|-
|
|
|[[John Breckinridge (Virginia and Kentucky)|John Breckinridge]]
|align="right"|20
|-
|
|
|[[Levi Lincoln Sr.|Levi Lincoln]]
|align="right"|9
|-
|
|
|[[John Langdon (politician)|John Langdon]]
|align="right"|7
|-
|
|
|[[Gideon Granger]]
|align="right"|4
|-
|
|
|[[William Maclay (politician)|William Maclay]]
|align="right"|1
|}

===Federalist Party nomination===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
| style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|[[File:Federalist Cockade.svg|65px|center|link=Federalist Party|Federalist Party]]<big>'''Federalist Party Ticket, 1804'''</big>
|-
! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"| [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney|{{color|black|Charles Cotesworth Pinckney}}]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#FF7F50; width:200px;"| [[Rufus King|{{color|black|Rufus King}}]]
|-
| style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFDAB9; width:200px;"|'''''for President'''''
| style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFDAB9; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President'''''
|-
| [[File:CharlesCPinckney (cropped).png|center|200x200px]]
| [[File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Rufus King (1819-1820) - Google Art Project.jpg|center|200x200px]]
|-
| 6th
[[United States Ambassador to France|U.S. Minister to France]]<br /><small>(1796–1797)</small>
| 3rd
[[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom|U.S. Minister to Great Britain]]<br /><small>(1796–1803)</small>
|-
|}
The Federalists did not hold a nominating caucus, but Federalist congressional leaders informally agreed to nominate a ticket consisting of [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]] of South Carolina and former Senator [[Rufus King]] of New York.<ref name="deskins1"/> Pinckney's public service during and after the [[American Revolutionary War]] had won him national stature, and Federalists hoped that Pinckney would win some Southern votes away from Jefferson, who had dominated the Southern vote in the previous election.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zahniser|first1=Marvin|title=Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Founding Father|url=https://archive.org/details/charlescoteswort00zahn|url-access=registration|date=1967|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/charlescoteswort00zahn/page/243 243–246]}}</ref>

==General election==
Federalist leader [[Alexander Hamilton]]'s death in July 1804 following the [[Burr–Hamilton duel]] destroyed whatever hope the Federalists had of defeating the popular Jefferson. Leaderless and disorganized, the Federalists failed to attract much support outside of [[New England]]. The Federalists attacked the Louisiana Purchase as unconstitutional, criticized Jefferson's [[gunboat]] navy, and alleged that Jefferson had fathered children with his [[slavery in the United States|slave]], [[Sally Hemings]], but the party failed to galvanize opposition to Jefferson. Jefferson's policies of expansionism and reduced government spending were widely popular. Jefferson was aided by an effective Democratic-Republican party organization, which had continued to develop since 1800, especially in the Federalist stronghold of [[New England]].<ref name="deskins1"/>

Jefferson's victory was overwhelming, and he even won four of the five New England states. Pinckney won only two states, [[Connecticut]] and [[Delaware]]. This was the first election where the Democratic-Republicans won in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

As of 2024, Jefferson was the first of eight presidential nominees to win a significant number of electoral votes in at least three elections, the others being Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump. Of these, Jackson, Cleveland, and Roosevelt also won the popular vote in at least three elections. Jefferson, Cleveland, Roosevelt, and Trump were also their respective party's nominees for three consecutive elections.

===Results===
[[File:United States Electoral College 1804.svg]]
{{start U.S. presidential ticket box|pv_footnote=<sup>(a), (b)</sup>|ev_footnote=}}
{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Thomas Jefferson]] (incumbent)|vp_name=[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]|party=[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]|state=[[Virginia]]|vp_state=[[New York (state)|New York]]|pv=105,524|pv_pct=73.2%|ev=162}}
{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney|Charles C. Pinckney]]|vp_name=[[Rufus King]]|party=[[Federalist Party|Federalist]]|state=[[South Carolina]]|vp_state=[[New York (state)|New York]]|pv=38,519|pv_pct=26.7%|ev=14}}
{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=[[Unpledged elector]]s|party=None|state=N/A|pv=95|pv_pct=0.1%|ev=0|vp_name=N/A|vp_state=N/A|vp_ev=N/A}}
{{end U.S. presidential ticket box|pv=144,138|ev=176|to_win=89}}

'''Source (Popular Vote):''' ''A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog?commit=Limit&f%5Belection_type_sim%5D%5B%5D=General&f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&page=2&q=1820&range%5Bdate_sim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1820&range%5Bdate_sim%5D%5Bend%5D=1820&search_field=all_fields&utf8=%E2%9C%93|title=A New Nation Votes|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref><br />
'''Source (electoral vote):''' {{National Archives EV source| year=1804| as of=July 30, 2005}}

<sup>(a)</sup> ''Only 11 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote.''<br />
<sup>(b)</sup> ''Those states that did choose electors by popular vote had widely varying restrictions on suffrage via property requirements.''

=== Popular vote by state ===
The popular vote totals used are the elector from each party with the highest total of votes. The vote totals of North Carolina and Tennessee appear to be incomplete.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!State
! colspan="2" |Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
! colspan="2" |Charles C. Pinckney
Federalist
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Margin
!Citation
|-
!
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!#
!%
!
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Kentucky|Kentucky]]
| 5,080
| 100.00%
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 5,080
| 100.00%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Kentucky&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Maryland|Maryland]]
| 7,304
| 75.92%
| 2,306
| 23.97%
| 11
| 0.11%
| 4,987
| 51.84%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Maryland&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
| 29,599
| 53.58%
| 25,644
| 46.42%
| 2
| <0.01%
| 3,953
| 7.16%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Massachusetts&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]
| 9,088
| 52.01%
| 8,386
| 47.99%
| 0{{efn|Unpledged elector John Bradley is reported with 1 vote in the town of [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] but is shown with no votes in the final official count. Similarly, the town of [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]] is reported with 27 votes under "scattering"}}
| 0.00%
| 702
| 4.02%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=New+Hampshire&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in New Jersey|New Jersey]]
| 13,119
| 99.79%
| 19
| 0.14%
| 8
| 0.06%
| 13,092
| 99.59%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=New+Jersey&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| 1,644{{efn|name=NC1|Only complete returns for the 8th and 10th electoral districts exist. Incomplete returns from the 3rd and 14th electoral districts also exist.}}{{efn|name=NC2|The Sheriffs of [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck]], [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]], and [[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery]] Counties failed to attend and compare the polls at the time and place appointed. This led to votes of these counties being rejected. Of the known rejected votes there were (best performing electors only) 258 Jefferson and 669 Pinckney votes. The rejection of these votes caused the 8th and 10th electoral districts to switch the winner from a Pinckney elector to a Jefferson elector. Also, the best performing Jefferson elector in the 8th electoral district switched from being Isaac Lanier to Robert Cochran}}
| 
| 486{{efn|name=NC1}}{{efn|name=NC2}}
|
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 
| 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=North+Carolina&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Ohio|Ohio]]
| 2,593
| 87.69%
| 364
| 12.31%
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 2,229
| 75.38%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Ohio&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
| 22,081
| 94.69%
| 1,239
| 5.31%
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 20,842
| 89.38%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Pennsylvania&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]
| 1,312
| 100.00%
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 1,312
| 100.00%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Rhode+Island&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Tennessee|Tennessee]]
| 778{{efn|Returns only exist for the 5th electoral district}}
| 100.00%
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| colspan="2" |''No ballots''
| 
| 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Tennessee&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[1804 United States presidential election in Virginia|Virginia]]
| 12,926
| 98.86%
| 75
| 0.57%
| 74
| 0.57%
| 12777
| 97.72%
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Nation Votes|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Virginia&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1804&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1804&search_field=dummy_range|access-date=2020-10-03|website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref>
|}

{{bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=410px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Jefferson'''|{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}|73.2}}
{{bar percent|Pinckney|{{party color|Federalist Party}}|26.7}}
{{bar percent|Unpledged electors|{{party color|Independent}}|0.1}}
}}
{{bar box
|title=Electoral vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=410px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Jefferson'''|{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}|92.0}}
{{bar percent|Pinckney|{{party color|Federalist Party}}|8.0}}
}}

===States that flipped from Federalist to Democratic-Republican===
*[[Massachusetts]]
*[[New Hampshire]]
*[[New Jersey]]
*[[Rhode Island]]
*[[Vermont]]

=== Close states ===

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:
# '''<span style="color:#008000;">New Hampshire, 4.02% (702 votes)</span>'''

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:
# '''<span style="color:#008000;">Massachusetts, 7.16% (3,953 votes)</span>'''

=== Maps ===
<gallery heights="200" mode="packed">
ElectoralCollege1804-Large.png|Electoral College map
1804 United States presidential election by county.svg|Map of presidential election results by county, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate (includes rejected votes)
1804 United States presidential election by electoral district.svg|Map of presidential election results by electoral district, shaded according to the vote share of the highest result for an elector of any given candidate. Electoral boundaries for Maryland could not be found (includes rejected votes)

</gallery>

==Electoral College selection==
{{start electoral college selection}}
{{electoral college selection row|method=Each elector appointed by state legislature|states={{plainlist|
*[[Connecticut]]
*[[Delaware]]
*[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
*[[New York (state)|New York]]
*[[South Carolina]]
*[[Vermont]]}}}}
{{electoral college selection row|method=Each elector chosen by voters statewide|states={{plainlist|
*[[New Hampshire]]
*[[New Jersey]]
*[[Ohio]]
*[[Pennsylvania]]
*[[Rhode Island]]
*[[Virginia]]}}}}
{{electoral college selection row|method=State is divided into electoral districts, with one elector chosen per district by the voters of that district|states={{plainlist|
*[[North Carolina]]
*[[Maryland]]
*[[Tennessee]]}}}}
{{electoral college selection row|method=<nowiki/>
State is divided into two electoral districts and half the electors are chosen from each district.
|states=[[Kentucky]]}}
{{electoral college selection row|method=<nowiki/>
*Two electors chosen by voters statewide
*One elector chosen per congressional district in a statewide vote
|states=[[Massachusetts]]}}
{{end electoral college selection}}

==See also==
* [[Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[History of the United States (1789–1849)]]
* [[Second inauguration of Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[1804–05 United States House of Representatives elections]]
* [[1804–05 United States Senate elections]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web |title=A Historical Analysis of the Electoral College |work=The Green Papers |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/ElectoralCollege.html |access-date=March 20, 2005}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725105911/http://dca.tufts.edu/features/aas/ A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825]
* [https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/elections/election1804.html Presidential Election of 1804: A Resource Guide] from the Library of Congress

== External links ==
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* [http://www.countingthevotes.com/1804/ Election of 1804 in Counting the Votes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930095424/http://www.countingthevotes.com/1804/ |date=September 30, 2019 }}

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