1816 Election (The Hearse at Monticello)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Dubbed the "Era of Good Feeling" by his admirers, President Marshall's administration has been enormously successful at home and abroad. On the domestic front, the president has rechartered the Bank of the United States and supported a program of internal improvements, while improved relations with Britain abroad has led to a small economic boom. Easily renominated by the Federalists at their quadrennial caucus, Marshall's opponent in the Election of 1816 is Vice President DeWitt Clinton, who is running mainly on opposition to the National Bank. Clinton's candidacy has been harmed by the fact that he quite vocally supported Marshall's internal improvement program, however, and the president's popularity makes a Democratic-Republican victory a long shot.

Two days.

[Mr. Smith]

Marshall

[Intell]

Clinton/Clay!

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bump. We need more votes!

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Marshall

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bump. We need more votes!

[ElectionsGuy]

Clinton/Clay unenthusiastically.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

1816 Election

* Maryland’s electoral vote was split: 6 for Clinton and 2 for Marshall

Vice President DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican-New York)/ Congressman Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican-Kentucky): 153 Electoral Votes; 61.1% popular votes
President John Marshall (Federalist-Virginia)/ Senator John Eager Howard (Federalist-Maryland): 64 Electoral Votes; 38.9% popular votes

With the American people prosperous and their country at peace with the world, few seriously believed President Marshall had any chance of being defeated as the Election of 1816 commenced. Vice President Clinton, however, refused to cede victory to his former chief, and went on to win one of the most impressive upsets in American History. With a coalition of South and West at his back, Clinton swept both the popular and electoral vote, tossing the Federalists out of office just four years after they had won it in a landslide. The Democratic-Republicans were once again in power, and though the policies of the new administration would not be too great a departure from its predecessor's, Clinton's presidency would nevertheless mark a turning point in the life of the young republic.