UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1808 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== The President was chosen by the Electoral College, whose members were chosen by the state legislatures. James Charles Madison Pinckney (Democratic-Rep, VA) (Federalist, SC) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State ECV ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTICUT - 9 DELAWARE - 3 GEORGIA 6 - KENTUCKY 7 - MARYLAND 9 2 MASSACHUSETTS - 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE - 7 NEW JERSEY 8 - NEW YORK 13 - NTH CAROLINA 11 3 OHIO 3 - PENNSYLVANIA 20 - RHODE ISLAND - 4 STH CAROLINA 10 - TENNESSEE 5 - VERMONT 6 - VIRGINIA 24 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 122 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------- One Kentucky elector did not vote. Six New York electors voted for New York Governor George Clinton.