Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1820'

(Wednesday, December 6, 1820, during the United States presidential election, 1820) — James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican from Virginia, was re-elected as the fifth President of the United States today without a major opponent.

Monroe, who received 80.61 percent of the popular vote cast from Wednesday, November 1, to Wednesday, December 6, 1820, won every state and received all but one of the 232 electoral votes.

Secretary of State John Quincy Adams received the only other electoral vote, which came from faithless elector William Plumer.

Four different Federalists received electoral votes for vice president, but incumbent Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins of New York won re-election by a large margin (218-8 over the runner-up, former U.S. Senator Richard Stockton of New Jersey).

Monroe and Tompkins would be sworn in for a second four-year term on March 4, 1821.