United States Presidential Election, 1816 (President Franklin)

The United States presidential election of 1816 was the eighth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1816. It came at the end of the controversial four-term presidency of Alexander Hamilton. With the successful anexation of three former candian provinces (New Brunswick, Quebc, and Ontario) incubment vice president Charles Cotesworth Pinckney could now as a lot of Democratic-Republicans thought “ride the coattails of President Hamilton!”

The previous four years of American politics were dominated by the effects of the War of 1812. With the aforementioned annexation of three provinces, Hamilton’s popularity sored up by 60%. However Hamilton had decided that after the war he would not run for President again, instead he nominated Incumbent Vice President Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for the Presidential nominee.