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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > presidential campaigns and elections > presidential election of 1808

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presidential election of 1808  

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  • IN THE PRESIDENTIAL election of 1808 James Madison of the Democratic-Republican Party was elected president, defeating Federalist candidate Charles Cotes-worth Pinckney. George Clinton was elected vice president, in one of only two instances when a new president was elected and the incumbent vice president was re-elected; the other occasion was the re-election of John C. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Presidential Election of 1808]

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