[3] In the subsequent election, the Federalists carried three states but did not field their own candidate, instead supporting the incumbent Monroe, before disappearing by the end of the 1820s.

[6] Monroe benefited from the popularity of the outgoing Madison administration and resurgent nationalism following the end of the war.

Madison's 1816 message to Congress endorsed an ambitious economic program that robbed the Federalists of much of their platform, most notably chartering the Second Bank of the United States.

[7] In spite of significant discontent with the caucus system and the incumbent Virginia dynasty, the Democratic-Republicans were able to avoid a major factional schism in contrast to the previous election.

But Monroe's long record of service at home and abroad made him a fitting candidate to succeed Madison.

Crawford never formally declared himself a candidate, because he believed that he had little chance against Monroe and feared such a contest might deny him a place in the new cabinet.

Tompkins and Snyder realized they had even less chance of beating Monroe to the nomination, and instead positioned themselves to run for the vice presidency.

Other representatives contradicted Taylor, asserting that the joint resolution merely recognized that Indiana had already joined the Union by forming a state constitution and government on June 29, 1816.

The House agreed almost unanimously, and the Senate was brought back in to count the electoral votes from Indiana.

Massachusetts electors voted for former United States Senator (and future Governor) John Eager Howard of Maryland.

Delaware chose a different Marylander, sitting United States Senator Robert Goodloe Harper.

Connecticut split its vote between James Ross of Pennsylvania and Chief Justice John Marshall.

(b) Those states that did choose electors by popular vote had widely varying restrictions on suffrage via property requirements.