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1820 United States presidential election in Illinois
County results
Monroe
50–60%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
No candidate
50–60%
80–90%
No data/vote
The 1820 United States presidential election in Illinois took place between November 1 and December 6, 1820, as part of the 1820 United States presidential election . Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president . It was the first presidential election that Illinois participated in since being admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818.
Illinois cast three electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent President James Monroe , as he ran effectively unopposed. The electoral votes for vice president were cast for Monroe's running mate Daniel D. Tompkins from New York . The state was divided into electoral districts with one elector each, and each district's voters chose the electors.[ 1]
1820 United States presidential election in Illinois (by county)[ 3]
County
James Monroe[ a]
Unpledged electors[ b]
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
Alexander
10
52.63%
9
47.37%
19
Bond
39
49.37%
40
50.63%
79
Crawford
93
91.18%
9
8.82%
102
Edwards
10
100.00%
0
0.00%
10
Franklin
6
42.86%
8
57.14%
14
Gallatin
67
70.53%
28
29.47%
95
Jackson
47
48.96%
49
51.04%
96
Jefferson
30
88.24%
4
11.76%
34
Johnson
6
20.00%
24
80.00%
30
Madison
27
18.88%
116
81.12%
143
Monroe
121
80.67%
29
19.33%
150
Pope
75
100.00%
0
0.00%
75
Randolph
170
79.81%
43
20.19%
213
Union
127
94.07%
8
5.93%
135
Wayne
38
71.70%
15
28.30%
53
Total
866
69.39%
382
30.60%
1,248
^ Combined totals of James Moore, Michael Jones, and Adolphus F. Hubbard.
^ Combined totals of Charles Campbell, William Campbell, Peter Kimmel, John Edgar, Elisha Mills, William Kinney, John Y. Sawyer, and Abraham Prewitt.
